Ron Eldard

Ronald Jason Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American actor.

Ron Eldard
Born
Ronald Jason Eldard

(1965-02-20) February 20, 1965
Long Island, New York, U.S.
EducationState University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present

Early life

Eldard, the second youngest of seven children (he has four sisters and two brothers), was born on Long Island, New York. He is of Irish and Scottish descent.[1] Eldard's mother died in a car accident when he was a child, and Eldard and his siblings were sent to live with various family members. He attended grade school in Utah while living with his aunt and uncle. At age 13, Ron moved to Ridgewood, Queens to live with his sister Lana and her husband.[2]

Career

Eldard made his film debut in the comedy True Love (1989), written and directed by Nancy Savoca, and co-starring Annabella Sciorra. This film won the Grand 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 known for his film roles as Mickey Bunce in the cult comedy Drop Dead Fred (1991); as street thug John Reilly in Sleepers (1996), which co-starred Brad Pitt, Billy Crudup, Jason Patric, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Minnie Driver; and as Dodge, a Marine Salvage Expert, in the horror film Ghost Ship (2002), alongside Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Desmond Harrington and Isaiah Washington.

On January 9, 2006 he starred as Father Flynn in the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway production of Doubt, opposite the British actress Dame Eileen Atkins. In 2014, he starred in the indie horror film Poker Night.[3]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1989 True Love Michael
One Life to Live Blade Television series
1991 Drop Dead Fred Mickey Bunce
1992 Jumpin' Joe Joe Dugan Television film
Arresting Behavior Officer Donny Walsh Television series
Scent of a Woman Officer Gore
1993 Tribeca Phil Television series
1993–1994 Bakersfield P.D. Detective Wade Preston Television series
1995 Sex & the Other Man Bill Jameson
The Last Supper Pete
1995–1996 ER Paramedic Ray 'Shep' Shepard Television series
1996 Bastard Out of Carolina Glen Waddell
Sleepers John Reilly
1996–1997 Men Behaving Badly Kevin Murphy Television series
1998 Deep Impact Oren Monash
When Trumpets Fade Pvt./Sgt./Lt. David Manning Television film
1999 Homicide: Life on the Street Emmet Carey Television series
Delivered Reed aka Death by Pizza
The Runner Edward Harrington
Mystery, Alaska Matt 'Skank' Marden
2000 Death of a Salesman Biff Loman Television film
2001 Bash: Latter-Day Plays Television film
Black Hawk Down CWO Michael Durant
2002 Just a Kiss Dag
Ghost Ship Dodge
2003 House of Sand and Fog Lester Burdon
2005 Fathers and Sons Tom Television film
Blind Justice Detective Jim Dunbar Television series
2006 Freedomland Danny Martin
Diggers Jack
2007 Demons Gus Television film
Already Dead Thomas Archer
2008 The Tenth Circle Daniel Stone Television film
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Geno Parnell Television series
2011 In Plain Sight Carl Harris Television series
Super 8 Louis Dainard
Roadie Jimmy Testagross
2013 Justified Colton "Colt" Rhodes Television series
Jobs Rod Holt
2014 Poker Night Cunningham
2018 Higher Power Joe Steadman
Odds Are... The Homeowner

References
  1. Miller, Daryl H. (28 August 2000). "Versatile, Not Vain, That's Ron Eldard". LA Times. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. "Ron Eldard". tv.com. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  3. Hanley, Ken W. (19 December 2014). ""POKER NIGHT" (Film Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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