Biography
Ronald Joseph "Ron" Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. His roles include a disaffected corporate employee in the film Office Space, a sardonic writer in a short-term relationship with Carrie Bradshaw in the TV show Sex and the City, and Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries Band of Brothers. In 2006, he starred as FBI negotiator Matt Flannery in the Fox series Standoff, co-starring Rosemarie DeWitt, and he was an ad spokesman for Sprint Nextel. In 2009 he po...
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Complete Filmography

Sitting in Bars with Cake
2023
as Fred
Extrovert Corinne convinces Jane, a shy, talented baker, to commit to a year of bringing cakes to bars, to help her meet people and build confidence. ...

The Featherweight
2023
as Bob Kaplan
Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and...

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
as Self - 'Henry Allen'

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide
2023
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The Flash
2023
as Henry Allen
When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and th...

USS Iowa
2023
as Narrator
When an international military treaty fell apart in the mid 1930s, America rebounded by building the most legendary battleships ever constructed; the ...

The Estate
2022
as James
Down-on-her-luck divorcee Macey and her fickle sister Savanna attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please Aunt Hilda in hopes of bec...

The Same Storm
2022
as Jim Lamson
Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tender Bar
2021
as Future JR Maguire (voice only)
JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of q...

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Self
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all...

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of...

Holly Slept Over
2020
as Pete
Audra confesses to her husband Noel that she had a lesbian fling in college with her roommate Holly. Things turn upside down when Holly visits their h...

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019
as Flag Pin
Decades after serving in WWII and assassinating Adolf Hitler, a legendary American war veteran must now hunt down the fabled Bigfoot.

The Long Dumb Road
2018
as Francois
Two guys serendipitously meet at a time when they both find themselves at personal crossroads and decide to embark on an unplanned road trip across th...

The Professor
2018
as Henry Wright
A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as ...

Tully
2018
as Drew Moreau
Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant at first, she quickly forms a bond with the thoughtful...

Lucky
2017
as Bobby Lawrence
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of ...

Shimmer Lake
2017
as Kyle Walker
Shot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone...

Shangri-La Suite
2016
as Elvis Presley
Karen and Jack met in a mental hospital and fell in love. They set out to follow what Jack thinks is his destiny: killing Elvis Presley.

The 5th Wave
2016
as Oliver Sullivan
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and kno...

James White
2015
as Ben
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his m...

Addicted to Fresno
2015
as Edwin
Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fresno, go to ludicrous lengths to cover up an accid...

Digging for Fire
2015
as Bob
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

The End of the Tour
2015
as David Lipsky's Editor
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right af...

Vacation
2015
as Ethan
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their...

Fort Bliss
2014
as Richard
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with he...

The Pretty One
2014
as Charles
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, ...

Parkland
2013
as James Hosty
November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This f...

Touchy Feely
2013
as Adrian
Abby is a sought after massage therapist and a free spirit, while her brother Paul thrives on routine, running a failing dental practice with his assi...

Drinking Buddies
2013
as Chris
Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too l...

The Conjuring
2013
as Roger Perron
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful ...

The Sidekick
2013
as Captain Wonder
As career “sidekick” Max McCabe pushes 40 and his job performance starts to lose its youthful zip, he is unceremoniously fired by his superhero boss a...

10 Years
2012
as Paul
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Franklin Crudstaff
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all ...

Queens of Country
2012
as Rance McCoy
Living in a fantasy era long gone and obsessed with old time country stars, the prettiest girl in a small Arizona town finds a lost iPod filled with s...

Game Change
2012
as Mark Wallace
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his r...

Leave
2011
as Dr. Liberman
Henry Harper is a successful novelist who has it all. But after surviving a recent trauma he finds himself haunted by a dream that terrifies him. Conv...

AppleBox
2011
as Ron Livingston
James Bronson is a Hollywood Mega Star. He's at the top of his game -- and the top of his box. A full apple box, to be exact. At the height of his sta...

Going the Distance
2010
as Will Broderick
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work ...

Dinner for Schmucks
2010
as Caldwell
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim pla...

The Time Traveler's Wife
2009
as Gomez
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true lov...

The Spleenectomy
2008
as Dr. Bannister
After passionately auditioning for a role in a local community theater production, Judy is cast aside by a pretentious theater director. Lucky for her...

American Crude
2008
as Johnny
Quite a bit can happen over the course of a single day in L.A., and when smooth-talking scam artist Johnny decides to throw a bachelor party for his b...
McCartney's Genes
2008
as Rudolf
When he learns that his sperm may be defective, small-time rock vocalist Alex (Hamilton von Watts) decides to father a child before it's too late -- i...

Music Within
2007
as Richard Pimentel
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to...

Music Within
2007
Co-Producer
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to...

Holly
2006
as Patrick
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touc...

Relative Strangers
2006
as Dr. Richard Clayton
An uptight professional meets his lower-class biological parents for the first time.

Brothers in Arms: The Untold Story of the 502
2006
as Narrator
This riveting 2-part series hosted by Ron Livingston of HBO's "Band of Brothers" weaves together archival footage, sophisticated computer animation an...

The Life Coach
2005
as Ron
A mockumentary about the rise and fall of Hollywood's life coach to the stars.

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005
as Clerk (voice)
The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipate...

Pretty Persuasion
2005
as Percy Anderson
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

Little Black Book
2004
as Derek
Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Bar...

King of the Ants
2004
as Eric Gatley (uncredited)
A young drifter, struggling to makes ends meet, accepts a job to kill a prominent accountant. When he isn't paid for the hit, revenge is now his path.

Winter Solstice
2004
as Mr. Bricker
A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.

The Cooler
2003
as Larry Sokolov
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His i...

44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003
as Donnie Anderson
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

Adaptation.
2002
as Marty Bowen
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting amb...

Buying the Cow
2002
as Tyler Bellows
A commitment-averse man frantically hits the dating scene after his girlfriend starts pressuring him to pop the question.

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
2001
as Self
Interviews made of the various actors and cast members that provide the knowledge and production skills and sets required to make the film a success.
Band of Brothers : Ron Livingston's Video Diaries
2001
as himself

Two Ninas
2000
as Marty Sachs
After a long lonely period of involuntary celibacy, Marty Sachs decides that he has had enough of New York and wants to pack up and run the family bus...

A Rumor of Angels
2000
as Uncle Charlie
An old woman helps a young boy resolve his feelings over the death of his mother.

Beat
2000
as Allen Ginsberg
The true story of two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the "Bea...

Dill Scallion
1999
as Ron Statlin
School bus driver Dill Scallion dreams of becoming a famous country music singer. He sings from his heart and makes up his own dance, the 'Scallion Sh...

Body Shots
1999
as Trent
The Los Angeles club scene is a place of booze-fueled decadence and debauchery. In a night full of possibilities, eight 20-somethings take to the club...

The Big Brass Ring
1999
as Sheldon Buckle
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past...

Office Space
1999
as Peter Gibbons
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living...

Campfire Tales
1997
as Rick (segment "The Honeymoon") / RV Driver (segment "The Campfire")
Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.

Swingers
1996
as Rob
After 6 years together, Mike's girlfriend leaves him, so he travels to LA to be a star. Six months on, he's still not doing very well— so a few of his...

The Low Life
1995
as Chad
Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes...

Innocent Blood
1992
as Medic (uncredited)
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than s...

Straight Talk
1992
as Soldier
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in ...

Killing Castro
N/A
Centered on true events when Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro visited New York City and stayed in Harlem in 1960.