Career

Orser made his television debut in 1991 on the show Gabriel's Fire. His next roles were bit parts and small roles on The Golden Girls, Cheers, L.A. Law, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 1999, he played the (rather demanding) main role of Dr. Arthur Zeller in The Outer Limits episode "Descent", a part seemingly tailored by writer Eric Saltzgaber for Orser's particular talents. Fans of Married... with Children know him in his recurring guest role as the cynical director of advertisements.

He has had minor roles in many popular films. He appeared in 1995's Seven as the man who was involuntarily recruited as the punisher for the lust sin. He was credited as "Crazed Man in Massage Parlour". He played Larry Purvis in 1997's Alien: Resurrection. He played the antagonist Richard Thompson in the 1999 Denzel Washington thriller The Bone Collector. In 2001, he had a small part in the film Pearl Harbor playing an injured man saved by Kate Beckinsale's character. In 2003, he appeared in the comic-turned-film Daredevil. He also appeared in Saving Private Ryan as the traumatized pilot of a crashed glider.

Orser also appeared in various parts in the Star Trek franchise, among them playing a Changeling posing as the Romulan Colonel Lovok in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Die is Cast" and in the episode "Sanctuary" playing a bit part as a member of the Skrreean race. He also played a homicidal hologram in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Revulsion". And finally in the franchise's most recent series Enterprise, he played a low-life in the time-travel episode "Carpenter Street". He also portrayed Ansel in the drama thriller film Faults.

From 2004 to 2009, he played Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko, a recurring character, on the television show ER. Most recently he has appeared in all three of the Taken film series in the pivotal role as Sam, the former operative and colleague of Liam Neeson's Bryan Mills.

Personal life

Orser was born in San Francisco, California. He married Irish actress Roma Downey in 1987; they divorced in 1989. In 2000, he married Jeanne Tripplehorn; they have one son, August Tripplehorn Orser (b. 2002).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1991	The Golden Girls	Waiter	"The Case of the Libertine Belle"
1993	Cover Story	Julian
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Gai
1994	X-Files, TheThe X-Files	Jason Ludwig	Episode: "FireWalker"
1995	Ned & Stacey	Phil
1995	Baby Face Nelson	Benny Bakst
1995	Dead Badge	Pellman
1995	Phoenix	Doctor Riley
1995	Girl in the Cadillac	Used car salesman
1995	Seven	Crazed Man in Massage Parlour
1995	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Colonel Lovok/Changeling
1996	Invader	Michael Perkett, NASA
1996	Escape from L.A.	Test Tube
1996	Independence Day	Tech / Medical Assistant #1
1996	Red Ribbon Blues	James
1997	Excess Baggage	Detective Barnaby
1997	Alien: Resurrection	Larry Purvis
1997	Star Trek: Voyager	Dejaren
1998	Very Bad Things	Charles Moore
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Lieutenant DeWindt
1998-2000	The Pretender	Argyle	3 episodes: "Amnesia", "Unsinkable", "Cold Dick"
1999	Resurrection	Det. Andrew Hollinsworth
1999	Bone Collector, TheThe Bone Collector	Richard Thompson
2000	Rebel Yell	Billy Idol
2001	Pearl Harbor	Major Jackson
2003	Daredevil	Wesley Owen Welch
2003	Confidence	Lionel Dolby
2003	Runaway Jury	Lamb
2003	Star Trek: Enterprise	Loomis
2003	Law & Order: SVU	Kevin Walker	episode: Coerced
2004	Twisted	Edmund Cutler
2004 - 2009	ER	Dr. Lucien Dubenko	61 episodes
2006	Good German, TheThe Good German	Bernie
2008	Taken	Sam
2009	24	Martin Collier
2009	Give 'Em Hell, Malone	Murphy
2010	Morning	Mark	Also as director
2012	Taken 2	Sam
2012	"Magic City" Starzz series	Mike Strauss
2013	Touch	Dr. Linus
2013	Revolution	John Sanborn
2014	The Guest	Spencer Peterson
2014	Faults	Ansel Roth
2014	The Gambler	Larry
2015	Taken 3	Sam	Released
2015	Ray Donovan	Father Romero
2016	Berlin Station	Robert Kirsch

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