Ron Silver(1946-2009)

Actor
Director
Producer

Ron Silver at an event for The West Wing (1999)

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A Secret Promise (2011)

Ron Silver was born on 2 July 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Timecop (1994), Reversal of Fortune (1990) and Find Me Guilty (2006). He was married to Lynne Miller. He died on 15 March 2009 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 4 nominations total

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Known for

Timecop

5.9

Senator Aaron McComb

1994

Reversal of Fortune

7.2

Alan Dershowitz

1990

Find Me Guilty

7.0

Judge Sidney Finestein

2006

The Arrival

6.2

Gordian

1996

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Actor

A Secret Promise
5.3
- Sam Dunbar
- 2011
Xenophobia
5.8
TV Movie
- President
- 2008
Crossing Jordan
7.0
TV Series
- Shelly Levine
- 2007
Law & Order
7.8
TV Series
- Defense Attorney Bernie Adler
- Mr. Archer
- 1996–2007
The Ten
4.9
- Fielding Barnes
- 2007
Call It Fiction
Short
- Chas
- 2006
The West Wing
8.9
TV Series
- Bruno Gianelli
- 2001–2006
Find Me Guilty
7.0
- Judge Sidney Finestein
- 2006
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
6.5
TV Series
- Defense Attorney Bernie Adler
- 2006
Red Mercury
5.0
- Sidney
- 2005
Skin
6.4
TV Mini Series
- Larry Goldman
- 2003–2005
Jack
6.6
TV Movie
- Paul
- 2004
The Wisher
4.4
- Campbell
- 2002
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
6.0
TV Movie
- Mike Fine
- 2002
Exposure
4.2
Video
- Gary Whitford
- 2001

Director

Producer

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Height
- 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
Born
- July 2, 1946
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- March 15, 2009
- New York City, New York, USA(esophageal cancer)
Spouse
- Lynne MillerDecember 24, 1975 - July 1997 (divorced, 2 children)
Children
Other works
Audiobook: Philip Roth's "American Pastoral", narrator
Publicity listings
- 9 Articles

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Trivia
He taught Spanish for several years in the 1960s at The Roosevelt School, a Jewish boarding school in Shippan Point, Stamford, Connecticut. Because of his knowledge of Chinese, he got a job with the US Government and traveled to Taiwan in the early 1970s.

Quotes
By inclination I am more of a politician than I am an actor. I care more about public policy. I care more about pro-choice, the environment, homelessness, and nuclear issues than I do about any part.