Biography
Rory Cochrane (born February 28, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, and Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami.
Known For
Complete Filmography

King Ivory
2025
as Beatty
Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl traffick...

Boston Strangler
2023
as Detective Deline
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the lin...

Tyson's Run
2022
as Bobby Hollerman
When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the footbal...

Encounter
2021
as Shepard West
A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous d...

Antlers
2021
as Dan Lecroy
A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening ...

White Boy Rick
2018
as Agent Byrd
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug t...

The Outsider
2018
as Anthony Panetti
A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

Hostiles
2017
as Master Sergeant Thomas Metz
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family thr...

The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
as Gary Karr
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film reveals the path traveled by the auteur from his small-town Texas roots to his w...

I Am Nero
2016
as Sergeant McCloud
The border fence between Mexico and the United States is part of their lives; Mexican youths use it as a volleyball net on the beach, holding their ow...

Black Mass
2015
as Stephen Flemmi
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an F...

Parkland
2013
as Earl Rose
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...

Oculus
2013
as Alan Russell
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Argo
2012
as Lee Schatz
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter ...

Bringing Up Bobby
2011
as Walt
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a...

Passion Play
2011
as Rickey
An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

Public Enemies
2009
as Agent Carter Baum
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side o...

One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
as Self / Freck
A unique documentary that interlaces archival interviews with author Philip K. Dick with chats featuring cast and crew. Discussed are the origins of t...

A Scanner Darkly
2006
as Charles Freck
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Right at Your Door
2006
as Brad
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.

Hart's War
2002
as Sgt. Carl S. Webb
When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlistin...

The Prime Gig
2001
as Joel
Pendelton "Penny" Wise is a smooth-talking con-artist who scams people with phoney travel comp vacations over the phone when, desperate for more fast ...
Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
2001
as Chance
Chance, a hapless Los Angeles musician is searching for the coveted Moletron synthesizer through the classified ad paper the "Southlander", and meetin...

Sunset Strip
2000
as Felix
A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Zach will open that night for a British rocker at W...

Black & White
1999
as Chris O'Brien
Chris O'Brien, devote Catholic and rookie cop with LAPD, is assigned to partner with the hard-edged, street-smart Nora Hugosian. A serial killer is lo...

Flawless
1999
as Pogo
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the...

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
as Chinatown
Hank marries the divorced Joan, who's the mother of teens Sebastian and Jessica. After living with his new family for years, Hank announces that he's ...

Dogtown
1996
as Curtis Lasky
Philip Van Horn, who left his small town a long time ago to become a Hollywood actor and hasn't had any success at that, returns to the town for a vis...

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

Empire Records
1995
as Lucas
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.

Love and a .45
1994
as Billy Mack Black
Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murde...

Dazed and Confused
1993
as Slater
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jock...

Fathers & Sons
1992
as Ed
A beach runner and bookworm has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns topsy-turvy ...

A Kiss Before Dying
1991
as Chico
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father...