Ron Eldard Biography

Fast Facts

• Won third place for Best Actor at the Seattle International Film Festival, taking home a Golden Space Needle Award for his performances in "Delivered" and "When Trumpets Fade․"
• Worked at a local fast food restaurant called Chicken Galore when he was young, often donning the store's Chicken Suit costume
• Quote: "I can play really terrible human beings, and I seem to have a quality that people can, if not necessarily forgive me those sins, at least cut me some slack․"
• Many of his characters step into moral grey areas, yet remain sympathetic, including police officer Lester Burdon in "House of Sand and Fog" and street thug John Reilly in "Sleepers․"
• On television, one of his most recognizable roles was as the love interest of Julianna Margulies on the medical drama "ER․"
• Able to bench press 312 pounds in high school, he started a career as a Golden Glove boxer in his youth
• Used to perform magic on the streets of Manhattan