Leland Orser

Birth Name:

Leland Jones Orser

Birth Place:

San Francisco, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Director, Writer

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
Once used the Heimlich Maneuver to save a woman who was choking on bread at a restaurant
Two ancillary characters in "A History of Violence" were named after him as a practical joke played by friend, David Cronenberg
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
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

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