Ron Eldard

Birth Name:

Ronald Jason Eldard

Birth Place:

Long Island, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Won third place for Best Actor at the Seattle International Film Festival, taking home a Golden Space Needle Award for his performances in "Delivered" and "When Trumpets Fade․"
Worked at a local fast food restaurant called Chicken Galore when he was young, often donning the store's Chicken Suit costume
Quote: "I can play really terrible human beings, and I seem to have a quality that people can, if not necessarily forgive me those sins, at least cut me some slack․"
Many of his characters step into moral grey areas, yet remain sympathetic, including police officer Lester Burdon in "House of Sand and Fog" and street thug John Reilly in "Sleepers․"
On television, one of his most recognizable roles was as the love interest of Julianna Margulies on the medical drama "ER․"
Able to bench press 312 pounds in high school, he started a career as a Golden Glove boxer in his youth
Used to perform magic on the streets of Manhattan

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