Biography
Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American film and television actor. He's best known for his role as Sam Gilroy in the Taken film trilogy. Additional roles include Mr. Nevins in Amsterdam, Richard Stratton on the series American Giggolo, Peter Sullivan on I am the Night, Robert Kirsch on Berlin Station, Ansel Roth in the film Faults, Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER, Bernie Teitel in The Good German, Wesley Owen Welch in the film Daredevil, Richard Thompson in The Bone Col...
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Complete Filmography

Amsterdam
2022
as Mr. Nevins
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plo...

Corporate Animals
2019
as Rescue Team Leader
Disaster strikes when the egotistical CEO of an edible cutlery company leads her long-suffering staff on a corporate team-building trip in New Mexico....

The Art of Self-Defense
2019
as Detective McCallister
Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend h...

Blindspotting
2018
as Judge
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, ...

The Devil's Candy
2016
as TV Preacher
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.

The Gambler
2014
as Larry Jones
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangste...

Taken 3
2014
as Sam Gilroy
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a sa...

The Guest
2014
as Spencer Peterson
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into the...

Faults
2014
as Ansel
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the wor...

Morning
2013
as Mark
Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance...

Morning
2013
Director, Writer
Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance...

Taken 2
2012
as Sam Gilroy
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Pleading Guilty
2010
as Bert Kamin
The story is a legal thriller about Mack Malloy, a middle-aged lawyer basically waiting to retire, who is assigned by his firm to track down another a...

Give 'em Hell, Malone
2009
as Murphy
A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to pr...

Taken
2008
as Sam Gilroy
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let K...

The Good German
2006
as Bernie Teitel
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes...

Homeland Security
2004
as Sol Binder
Admiral McKee is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires...

Twisted
2004
as Edmund Cutler
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by s...

Confidence
2003
as Lionel Dolby
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting ...

Daredevil
2003
as Wesley Owen Welch
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

Runaway Jury
2003
as Lamb
After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, w...

Brother's Keeper
2002
as Travis Adler
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond, a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have commit...

Pearl Harbor
2001
as Major Jackson
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love ...

The Bone Collector
1999
as Richard Thompson
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and ...

Resurrection
1999
as Det. Andrew Hollinsworth
A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembe...

Very Bad Things
1998
as Charles Moore
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a d...

Saving Private Ryan
1998
as Lieutenant DeWindt
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain Joh...

Alien Resurrection
1997
as Purvis
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises...

Excess Baggage
1997
as Detective Barnaby
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996
as FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter
Sydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, M...

Lifeform
1996
as Michael Perkett, NASA
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" ...

American Yakuza II
1996
as Wheelchair Guy
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by ...

Escape from L.A.
1996
as Test Tube
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.

Independence Day
1996
as Techy / Med Asst #1
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...

Girl in the Cadillac
1995
as Used Car Salesman
A runaway teenage girl and a drifter rob a bank, hit the road to elude the Texas Rangers and find love on the run.

Piranha
1995
as Terry Wechsler
Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and P...

Se7en
1995
as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film t...

Red Ribbon Blues
1995
as James
After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist ...

Dead Badge
1995
as Pellman
After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a "dead badge" - a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many Tor...

Phoenix
1995
as Doctor Riley
When a mining colony is taken over by genetically altered androids, an elite attack team is sent in to take down the android leader.

Cover Story
1993
as Julian
Tale of erotic obsession about a man who's fixated on a deceased stripper (Tuesday Knight).