
Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American film and television actor. He's best known for his role as Sam Gilroy in the Taken film trilogy. Additional roles include Mr. Nevins in Amsterdam, Richard Stratton on the series American Giggolo, Peter Sullivan on I am the Night, Robert Kirsch on Berlin Station, Ansel Roth in the film Faults, Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER, Bernie Teitel in The Good German, Wesley Owen Welch in the film Daredevil, Richard Thompson in The Bone Collector, Major Jackson in Pearl Harbor, Lt. DeWindt in Saving Private Ryan, and Larry Purvis in Alien Resurrection.
He's appeared in other films including Runaway Jury, Escape from L.A., Independence Day, Piranha, and Se7en. He has guest starred on TV shows including Ray Donovan, Revolution, Scandal, NCIS: LA, 24, Magic City, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Star Trek: Enterprise, CSI, Law & Order: SVU, The Pretender, NYPD Blue, Married... with Children, Boston Common, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Mad About You, The X-Files, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Cheers, and The Golden Girls.
He.has been married to actress Jeanne Tripplehorn since 2000; they have 1 child together. He was previously married to actress Roma Downey (m.1987;d.1989).

Saving Private Ryan
1998 · as Lieutenant DeWindt

Independence Day
1996 · as Techy / Med Asst #1

Se7en
1995 · as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor

Pearl Harbor
2001 · as Major Jackson

Taken
2008 · as Sam Gilroy

Taken 2
2012 · as Sam Gilroy

Taken 3
2014 · as Sam Gilroy

Alien Resurrection
1997 · as Purvis

Daredevil
2003 · as Wesley Owen Welch

The Gambler
2014 · as Larry Jones

The Bone Collector
1999 · as Richard Thompson

The Guest
2014 · as Spencer Peterson

Amsterdam
2022 · as Mr. Nevins

Runaway Jury
2003 · as Lamb

Escape from L.A.
1996 · as Test Tube

Twisted
2004 · as Edmund Cutler

Very Bad Things
1998 · as Charles Moore

The Good German
2006 · as Bernie Teitel