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Ron Eldard

Acting Born Feb 20, 1965 Long Island, New York, USA 24 credits

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Ronald Jason "Ron" Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American actor. Eldard made his film debut in the 1989 comedy True Love, written and directed by Nancy Savoca, and co-starring Annabella Sciorra. This film won the Grandy Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Eldard has performed on Broadway in critically acclaimed productions of On the Waterfront, Biloxi Blues, Bash: Latterday Plays, and Death of a Salesman. The latter two were filmed for Showtime productions.

Eldard is also known for his evocative role as sympathetic street thug John Reilly in the 1996 film Sleepers which co-starred Brad Pitt, Billy Crudup, Jason Patric, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Deniro, and Minnie Driver.

On January 9, 2006 he debuted in the role of Father Flynn in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway production of Doubt opposite the British actress Dame Eileen Atkins.

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Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Geno Parnell
Film

Lust, Caution

as Ray Shepard

The View

as Self

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Emmet Carey

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self
Film

Scent of a Woman

as Officer Gore

Full filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Geno Parnell
  • ER (1994) as Ray Shepard
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Emmet Carey
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • Justified (2010) as Colton "Colt" Rhodes
  • Black Hawk Down (2001) as CWO Michael Durant
  • In Plain Sight (2008) as Carl Harris
  • The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self
  • Sleepers (1996) as John
  • Scent of a Woman (1992) as Officer Gore
  • Deep Impact (1998) as Oren Monash
  • Men Behaving Badly (1996) as Kevin Murphy
  • Super 8 (2011) as Louis Dainard
  • Blind Justice (2005) as Detective Jim Dunbar
  • Ghost Ship (2002) as Dodge
  • Bakersfield P.D. (1993) as Detective Wade Preston
  • Jobs (2013) as Rod Holt
  • TriBeCa (1993) as Phil
  • Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) as Glen Waddell
  • Drop Dead Fred (1991) as Mickey Bunce
  • House of Sand and Fog (2003) as Lester
  • Mystery, Alaska (1999) as 'Skank' Marden
  • When Trumpets Fade (1998) as Manning