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Leon Russom
Highest Rated: 96% A Quiet Place (2018)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Dec 6, 1941
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Longtime stage, television and film actor Leon Russom is best known for his extensive theater work and his role on the series "Prison Break." His first professional job was on the soap opera "Guiding Light." During his early TV career days, Russom continued to work in theater and in 1983 he landed another soap opera, "All My Children." Throughout the 1980s he appeared in numerous films including "No Way Out," "The Rescue," "Silver Bullet," and "Hotshot." After starring in the TV film "Hostage," Russon moved to Los Angeles where he joined the series "TV101." In 1991 he appeared in the feature film "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" and later worked on the films "Double Dragon" and "The Phantom." In 1998 he appeared in one of his most well known roles as the police chief in "The Big Lebowski," directed by the Coen Brothers. In 2006, he joined the series "Prison Break" in a recurring role, appearing in 30 episodes of the show. He earned an Emmy nomination for the television film "Long Road Home."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Primevals | Rondo Montana (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 96% | 83% | A Quiet Place | Man in the Woods (Character) | $68.4M | 2018 |
| 38% | 44% | Bethany | Doctor Merman (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | The Midnighters | Victor (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | The Binding | Minister Uriel (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Lost on Purpose | Gene Lee (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 95% | 85% | True Grit | Sheriff (Character) | $171.0M | 2010 |
| 60% | 61% | Witness Protection | Reedy (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 80% | 93% | The Big Lebowski | Malibu Police Chief (Character) | $17.4M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | A Wing and a Prayer | Vernon Spencer (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reasons of the Heart | Drew Hadley (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Childhood Sweetheart? | Lt. James Walker (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Joshua Crane (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broken Pledges: The Eileen Stevens Story | Roy Stevens (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges | Roy Stevens (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | A Private Matter | Steve Morris (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Bob Hamilton (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Evening News | Doug Levitt (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Long Road Home | Titus Wardlow (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 83% | 84% | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Chief in Command (Character) | $71.7M | 1991 |
| 0% | 33% | Fresh Horses | Kyle Larkin (Character) | $6.4M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hostage | Grady (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotshot | Coach (Character) | - | 1986 |
| 41% | 56% | Silver Bullet | Bob Coslaw (Character) | $10.8M | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Judgement: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Migrants | Doctor (Character) | - | 1974 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61% | 77% | Prison Break | Jonathan Krantz (Guest Star) | 2006-2009 |
| 90% | 83% | Bones | Archbishop Stephen Wallace (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Smith | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 54% | 83% | Jericho | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 86% | 87% | Alias | James Lehman (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | William Crawford (Guest Star) | 1995 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | NCIS | Mr. Donaldson (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 9% | No Score Yet | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Becker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 2002 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Network News President (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 74% | 85% | The X-Files | Detective Miles (Guest Star) | 1993 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 33% | No Score Yet | The Magnificent Seven | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sentinel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 25% | No Score Yet | The Client | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nowhere Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | Strange Luck | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Clayton (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Lane Henderson (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Adm. Toddman (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992-1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 21 Jump Street | Ohanian (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Lieutenant Borley (Guest Star) | 1987-1988 |