Arliss Howard

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Arliss Howard
Born
Leslie Richard Howard

(1954-10-18) October 18, 1954 (age 69)
Other namesLess R. Howard
Education
Occupations
Years active1983–present
Spouses
  • Karen Mary Sellars (divorced)
(m. 1996)
Children2
RelativesJames Howard (brother)

Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard (born October 18, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for his roles in the films Full Metal Jacket (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), Moneyball (2011), and Mank (2020).

Early life and education

Howard is a native of Independence, Missouri. He received an English literature degree from Columbia College. Before committing to acting, Howard worked in the Wyoming oil industry, on a New Mexico ranch, and lived in Hawaii.[1]

Career

Howard established his career with roles in the films Full Metal Jacket, Men Don't Leave, Ruby, and Natural Born Killers. He was nominated for two CableACE Awards for his roles in the television films Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture and The Man Who Captured Eichmann, winning for the former.[citation needed]

In 1997, he portrayed billionaire John Hammond's evil nephew Peter Ludlow in the film The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun in the film Amistad; both films were directed by Steven Spielberg.

Howard has had a recurring role in the CBS weekly drama series Medium and has directed several episodes. He also starred in and directed the films Big Bad Love and Dawn Anna, both co-written with James Howard, his brother. His wife, Debra Winger, starred in both films. In 2010 he played Kale Ingram, a benignly duplicitous supervisor at an American intelligence agency, in the TV series Rubicon, which was canceled by AMC after 13 episodes.[2] Howard appeared in the 2011 feature Moneyball.[3]

Howard has extensive stage credits, including a role in the 2009 revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway. He has appeared in several productions at the American Repertory Theatre (ART) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, including Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, with Winger, and Bertolt Brecht's In the Jungle of the Cities, directed by Robert Woodruff.[4][5] He was also seen as Mikhail Lvovich Astrov in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya,[6] and Nikolai Ivanov in Chekhov's Ivanov, with Winger playing the role of Anna.[7]

Howard joined the cast of a CBS political drama pilot titled Ways & Means with Patrick Dempsey in June 2020.[8]

Personal life

Howard is married to actress Debra Winger. He has two sons, Sam Howard (born 1987) from his previous marriage to talent agent Karen Sellars, and Gideon "Babe" Howard (born 1997) with Winger.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1983 The Prodigal Scott Stuart
1986 The Lightship Eddie
1987 Full Metal Jacket Sergeant 'Cowboy' Evans
1988 Tequila Sunrise Gregg Lindroff
Plain Clothes Nick Dunbar Lead role
1990 Men Don't Leave Charles Simon
1991 For the Boys Dixie's Husband Sergeant Michael Leonard
1992 CrissCross Joe
Ruby Maxwell
1993 Wilder Napalm Wilder Foudroyant
The Sandlot Older Scotty Smalls Uncredited
1994 Natural Born Killers Owen Traft, Mickey & Mallory's Guardian Angel / The Demon
1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Virgil
Wet Bruce Lomann Short film
1996 Johns John Cardoza
Tales of Erotica Bruce Lomann Re-release of "Wet" as a segment
1997 Amistad John C. Calhoun
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Peter Ludlow
1998 The Lesser Evil Ivan Williams
1999 A Map of the World Paul Reverdy
2001 Big Bad Love Barlow Also director and writer
2004 Dandelion Luke Mullich
Birth Bob
2006 Weapons Mikey's Uncle
2007 Awake Dr. Jonathan Neyer
2009 The Time Traveler's Wife Richard DeTamble
2011 Moneyball John Henry
2015 Concussion Dr. Joseph Maroon
2017 The Boy Downstairs Diana's Father
2020 Lapsis Dr. Mangold
Mank Louis B. Mayer
2021 With/In: Volume 2 Segment: "Still Life"; also director and writer
2023 The Killer Henderson "Clay" Claybourne, the Client
TBA The Thicket Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1979 The Incredible Hulk Policeman Episode: "The Disciple"
1983 AfterMASH Danny Madden Episode: "September of '53/Together Again"
A Killer in the Family John Lyons TV movie
The Day After Tom Cooper
1984 Hill Street Blues Phil Platt Episode: "Bangladesh Slowly"
1985 The Twilight Zone Stranger Episode: "Healer/Children's Zoo/Kentucky Rye"
1987 Hands of a Stranger Felix Lyttle TV movie
1989 I Know My First Name Is Steven Kenneth Parnell Miniseries (uncredited)
1990 Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture Raymond Eames TV movie
1992 Till Death Us Do Part Vincent Bugliosi
Those Secrets Simon
1995 The Infiltrator Ricky Eaton
1996 The Man Who Captured Eichmann Peter Malkin
Beyond the Call Keith O'Brien
1997 Old Man J.J. Taylor
1999 You Know My Name Wiley
2001 The Song of the Lark Dr. Howard Archie
2003 Word of Honor J.D. Runnells
2005 Dawn Anna Physical Therapist TV movie; also director
2005–2007 Medium Captain Kenneth Push 4 episodes
2010 Rubicon Kale Ingram 13 episodes
2013 True Blood Truman Burrell Season 6, main cast
2017 When We Rise Theodore Olson Episode: "Part IV"
2020 Manhunt: Deadly Games Earl Embry Main cast
2021 Mr. Corman Larry 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ Trussell, Robert (May 24, 2009). "Arliss Howard follows the road to Broadway". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Rubicon Cancelled By AMC". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 14, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  3. ^ Arliss Howard at IMDb
  4. ^ Koch, John (August 5, 1998). "Winger, Howard to appear at ART". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  5. ^ "Profile". AmRep. July 2002. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
  6. ^ "Arliss Howard". American Repertory Theater.
  7. ^ "Ivanov". American Repertory Theater.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 9, 2020). "Pilot Season 2020: CBS TV Studios Is Latest To Pay Casts & Extend Options On Pilots Suspended Due To COVID-19". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 9, 2020.

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