Ron Eldard

Ron Eldard

Born: February 20, 1965
in Long Island, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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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Higher Power
Title: Higher Power
Character: Joe Steadman
Released: May 11, 2018
Type: Movie
When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world – or destroy it.
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Odds Are
Title: Odds Are
Character: Homeowner
Released: March 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Three college students play a challenge game called Odds Are... It quickly erupts into a nightmare for the participants who find themselves caught in an unpredictable web of deceit and survival. Based on actual events.
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Poker Night
Title: Poker Night
Character: Cunningham
Released: December 20, 2014
Type: Movie
When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
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Jobs
Title: Jobs
Character: Rod Holt
Released: August 16, 2013
Type: Movie
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
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Roadie
Title: Roadie
Character: Jimmy Testagross
Released: January 6, 2012
Type: Movie
After 20 years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Testagros returns to his hometown to life with his ailing mother. Complications arise when he falls for an old friend, who is now married to his longtime nemesis.
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Super 8
Title: Super 8
Character: Louis Dainard
Released: June 8, 2011
Type: Movie
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.
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Title: Justified
Character: Colton "Colt" Rhodes
Released: March 16, 2010
Type: TV
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.
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The Tenth Circle
Title: The Tenth Circle
Character: Daniel Stone
Released: June 28, 2008
Type: Movie
A family's well-kept secrets are exposed when the daughter accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape.
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Already Dead
Title: Already Dead
Character: Thomas Archer
Released: December 11, 2007
Type: Movie
When Thomas Archer's happy and successful life is all but ruined following a horrific attack he is presented with a perfect opportunity to exact physical revenge upon the man who caused all his grief. However the immediate consequences of his actions and in-actions are much more complicated than he imagined.
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Diggers
Title: Diggers
Character: Jack
Released: September 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to face the changing times in both their personal lives and their neighborhood.
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Freedomland
Title: Freedomland
Character: Danny Martin
Released: February 17, 2006
Type: Movie
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
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Fathers and Sons
Title: Fathers and Sons
Character: Tom
Released: June 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Anthony and Jenny and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over 30 years. The second story centers on the affairs of an airline pilot who shares a house but not a life with his wife. He crosses paths with an unusual woman and spends an extraordinary night with his son. The final chapter follows the homecoming of Elliot to his estranged family. As his father dies, Elliot meets and falls in love with a woman who sees past his tough-guy exterior.
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Title: Blind Justice
Character: Detective Jim Dunbar
Released: March 8, 2005
Type: TV
Blind Justice is an American television series created by Steven Bochco about a blind New York City police detective. It was introduced mid-season in March 8, 2005 to fill the time slot left by Bochco's highly successful NYPD Blue, which had just aired its final episode after a 12-year run. The show ran for only one season, with 13 episodes broadcast.
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Title: The Tony Danza Show
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 2004
Type: TV
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.
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House of Sand and Fog
Title: House of Sand and Fog
Character: Lester
Released: December 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Ghost Ship
Title: Ghost Ship
Character: Dodge
Released: October 25, 2002
Type: Movie
After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
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Just a Kiss
Title: Just a Kiss
Character: Dag
Released: June 15, 2002
Type: Movie
A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.
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Black Hawk Down
Title: Black Hawk Down
Character: CWO Michael Durant
Released: December 28, 2001
Type: Movie
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
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Bash: Latter-Day Plays
Title: Bash: Latter-Day Plays
Released: August 11, 2001
Type: Movie
The movie comprises three vignettes of actors-speaking-to-audience, two of which are monologues. All three revolve around violence or murder.
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Death of a Salesman
Title: Death of a Salesman
Character: Biff Loman
Released: January 9, 2000
Type: Movie
An aging salesman is fired from his job after a long career in it. Broken, without much to look forward to, he tries reconnecting with his wife and kids who he had always put down as he dedicated himself to work.
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Mystery, Alaska
Title: Mystery, Alaska
Character: 'Skank' Marden
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Geno Parnell
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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The Runner
Title: The Runner
Character: Edward
Released: September 9, 1999
Type: Movie
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
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Delivered
Title: Delivered
Character: Reed
Released: July 30, 1999
Type: Movie
College dropout Will Sherman works as a pizza delivery boy. One night he delivers a pizza at the house where the guy who ordered pizza was just killed. The murderer, Reed, soon realizes that Will is a witness and begins to follow him.
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When Trumpets Fade
Title: When Trumpets Fade
Character: Manning
Released: June 27, 1998
Type: Movie
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
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Deep Impact
Title: Deep Impact
Character: Oren Monash
Released: May 8, 1998
Type: Movie
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Bastard Out of Carolina
Title: Bastard Out of Carolina
Character: Glen Waddell
Released: December 15, 1996
Type: Movie
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
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Sex and the Other Man
Title: Sex and the Other Man
Character: Bill Jameson
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
When Bill catches his girlfriend and her boss in bed, an unusual cure for impotence is found.
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Sleepers
Title: Sleepers
Character: John Reilly
Released: October 18, 1996
Type: Movie
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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Title: Men Behaving Badly
Character: Kevin Murphy
Released: September 18, 1996
Type: TV
Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996 to 1997. It is based on the earlier British sitcom of the same name.
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The Last Supper
Title: The Last Supper
Character: Pete
Released: September 8, 1995
Type: Movie
A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
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Title: ER
Character: Ray Shepard
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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Title: Bakersfield P.D.
Character: Detective Wade Preston
Released: September 14, 1993
Type: TV
Bakersfield P.D. is a short-lived American television comedy series that aired on the Fox network in 1993-94. The show was based in the police department of the city of Bakersfield, California. It was shot with naturalistic lighting and without a laugh track. Fox canceled the show after one season, citing low ratings. The cable channel Trio reran the show under its "Brilliant But Cancelled" umbrella.
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Title: TriBeCa
Character: Phil
Released: March 23, 1993
Type: TV
TriBeCa was a television drama anthology series created by David J. Burke and co-produced with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal for TriBeCa Productions in 1993 that aired on the Fox Network. The series theme song, "Keep It Going," was performed by the alternative hip hop artist Me Phi Me. For his performance in the lead role of Martin McHenry in the season opener, "The Box," Laurence Fishburne won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Noted for attracting “actors, screenwriters and directors of uncommon quality,” and set in New York City's lower Manhattan neighborhood of TriBeCa, the series was aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company. The stellar casts, with series regulars Philip Bosco and Joe Morton, included Eli Wallach, Kevin Spacey, Kathleen Quinlan, Melanie Mayron, Judith Malina, Carl Lumbly, Richard Lewis, Carol Kane, Debbie Harry, Dizzy Gillespie and Danny Aiello III. Directors and screenwriters included David J. Burke, Hans Tobeason, John Mankiewicz of the prolific Mankiewicz family, Barry Primus, Bryan Spicer, Jeffrey Solomon and several actors in the series, among others.
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Title: Homicide: Life on the Street
Released: January 31, 1993
Type: TV
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
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Scent of a Woman
Title: Scent of a Woman
Character: Officer Gore
Released: December 23, 1992
Type: Movie
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
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Title: Arresting Behavior
Character: Officer Donny Walsh
Released: August 18, 1992
Type: TV
Arresting Behavior is a half-hour American television police comedy that aired on ABC from August 18 to September 2, 1992.
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Drop Dead Fred
Title: Drop Dead Fred
Character: Mickey Bunce
Released: April 19, 1991
Type: Movie
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth attempts to win back her husband and return to normality.
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True Love
Title: True Love
Character: Michael
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Donna and Michael are getting married. But first, they have to plan the reception, get the tux, buy the rings, and cope with their own uncertainty about the decision. Michael fears commitment. Donna has her doubts about Michael's immaturity. Both are getting cold feet.