Leland Orser Biography

Fast Facts

• Married Jeanne Tripplehorn in 2000 after previously being married to Roma Downey in the late '80s
• The day he showed up on set for his first role, a part on "Gabriel's Fire," James Earl Jones showed up driving a Chevy Citation, the same car he had bought from a guy in San Francisco for $250
• Quote: "It's the thing they don't teach you in film school--what happens after you finish your movie․"
• Quote: "[on his first play] "Even at a young age I realized, 'Oh, this is a place where I belong․'""
• Made his television debut in 1991, eventually appearing on several popular programs including "Gabriel's Fire", "ER" and "Outer Limits", among others
• Two ancillary characters in "A History of Violence" were named after him as a practical joke played by friend, David Cronenberg
• Was once recognized at the gym by his voice alone for his cameo appearances in "Star Trek" spinoffs
• While he was playing Tiny Tim in a school production, his future wife was playing one of the Cratchit sisters in a production of the same play in a different city
• Once used the Heimlich Maneuver to save a woman who was choking on bread at a restaurant
• Was a student at Cathedral School for Boys in San Francisco when Philip Kaufman was shooting "Bullitt," and all the cars were based out of the parking lot below his classroom