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Ron Eldard

Ron Eldard

Highest Rated: 100% Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

Lowest Rated: 11% Drop Dead Fred (1991)

Birthday: Feb 20, 1965

Birthplace: Long Island, New York, USA

An amiable, engaging performer of stage, film and TV, Ron Eldard received critical acclaim in his feature debut opposite Annabella Sciorra as the immature bridegroom in "True Love" (1989), Nancy Savoca's low-budget, slice-of-life sleeper about an Italian wedding in the Bronx. (His Off-Broadway debut had come in an almost identical role as Tony in "Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding.") The attention, however, spooked him, and he passed on the first round of film offers coming his way, electing instead to remain in Queens and concentrate on theater while deciding what he wanted from life. After starring as Servy in the 1991 Off-Broadway production of "Servy-n-Bernice 4Ever," the former Golden Gloves contender decided to stick his toe in TV waters, and his rugged athletic looks and ability gave him credibility as a former baseball player who resorts to crime to support his family in the 1992 ABC movie "Jumpin' Joe." Eldard went on to play policemen in two short-lived sitcoms: in ABC's "Arresting Behavior" (1992), he was cast as the precinct playboy teamed with a veteran while in Fox's clever and classy "Bakersfield, P.D." (1993), he was a detective whose entire knowledge of policing came from TV.

Highest rated movies

100% Bastard Out of Carolina
85% Scent of a Woman 81% Super 8 77% Black Hawk Down
74% House of Sand and Fog
73% Sleepers
69% Diggers
68% Roadie

Photos

GHOST SHIP, Ron Eldard, 2002, (c) Warner Brothers LAST SUPPER, Ron Eldard, Cameron Diaz, 1995 MYSTERY ALASKA, Rod Eldard, Russell Crowe, Michael Buie, 1999 JUST A KISS, Kyra Sedgwick, Ron Eldard, 2002, (c)Paramount. DEEP IMPACT, Jon Favreau, Mary McCormack, Aleksandr Baluyev, Ron Eldard, Robert Duvall, Blair Underwood, 1998, (c)Paramount SLEEPERS, Billy Crudup, Ron Eldard, Jason Patric, 1996 GHOST SHIP, Isaiah Washington, Ron Eldard, Karl Urban, Desmond Harrington, Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, 2002, (c) Warner Brothers SUPER 8, from left: Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Ron Eldard, 2011. ph: Francois Duhamel/©Paramount Pictures SUPER 8, from left: Elle Fanning, Ron Eldard, Joel Courtney, 2011. ph: Francois Duhamel/©Paramount Pictures SUPER 8, from left: Ron Eldard, Kyle Chandler, 2011. ph: Francois Duhamel/©Paramount Pictures ALREADY DEAD, from left: Til Schweiger, Ron Eldard, 2007. ©Arclight Films ALREADY DEAD, from left: Geoffrey Pierson, Ron Eldard, 2007. ©Arclight Films DEEP IMPACT, Ron Eldard, Jon Favreau, 1998, (c)Paramount DIGGERS, Josh Hamilton, Ken Marino, Ron Eldard, Paul Rudd, 2006. ©Magnolia Pictures DIGGERS, Ron Eldard, Paul Rudd, Josh Hamilton, Ken Marino, 2006. ©Magnolia Pictures DIGGERS, Ken Marino, Josh Hamilton, Ron Eldard, Paul Rudd, 2006. ©Magnolia Pictures HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, Jennifer Connelly, Ron Eldard, 2003, (c) DreamWorks ROADIE, from left: Ron Eldard, Jill Hennessy, 2011. ©Magnolia Pictures ROADIE, Ron Eldard, 2011. ©Magnolia Pictures ROADIE, l-r: Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, 2010, ph: Mark Forster
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 59% Odds Are Homeowner (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 45% Higher Power Joe Steadman (Character) $299 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Higher Power Unknown (Character) - 2018
50% 41% Poker Night Cunningham (Character) - 2014
27% 40% Jobs Rod Holt (Character) $16.1M 2013
68% 32% Roadie Jimmy Testagross (Character) $7.6K 2011
81% 75% Super 8 Louis Dainard (Character) $127.0M 2011
No Score Yet 34% The Tenth Circle Daniel Stone (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 21% Already Dead Thomas Archer (Character) - 2007
69% 57% Diggers Jack (Character) - 2006
24% 25% Freedomland Danny Martin (Character) $12.5M 2006
No Score Yet 53% Fathers and Sons Tom (Character) - 2005
74% 83% House of Sand and Fog Deputy Sheriff Lester Burdon (Character) $13.0M 2003
18% 28% Just a Kiss Dag (Character) $63.8K 2002
15% 37% Ghost Ship Dodge (Character) $30.1M 2002
77% 88% Black Hawk Down Durant (Character) $108.6M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bash: Latter Day Plays Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Runner Edward (Character) - 1999
37% 66% Mystery, Alaska 'Skank' Marden (Character) $8.9M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Delivered Reed (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 75% When Trumpets Fade Pvt./Sgt./Lt. David Manning (Character) - 1998
45% 43% Deep Impact Dr. Oren Monash (Character) $140.4M 1998
73% 85% Sleepers John Reilly (Character) $53.3M 1996
100% 84% Bastard Out of Carolina Glen Waddell (Character) - 1996
61% 70% The Last Supper Pete (Character) $189.5K 1995
No Score Yet 53% Captive Bill Jameson (Character) - 1995
85% 92% Scent of a Woman Officer Gore (Character) $62.1M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jumpin' Joe Unknown (Character) - 1992
11% 77% Drop Dead Fred Mickey Bunce (Character) $13.9M 1991
67% 40% True Love Michael (Character) $1.0M 1989

TV

Credit
97% 94% Justified Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Plain Sight Carl Harris (Guest Star) 2011
78% 82% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Geno Parnell (Guest Star) 2009
39% No Score Yet Blind Justice Detective Jim Dunbar (Character) 2005
91% 90% Homicide: Life on the Street Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Men Behaving Badly Unknown (Character) 1996-1997
No Score Yet 85% ER Ray 'Shep' Shepard (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1995-1996
67% No Score Yet Bakersfield, P.D. Detective Wade Preston (Character) 1993-1994