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Ron Leibman

Actor

Ron Leibman

Born October 11, 1937 in New York City, New York, USADied December 6, 201930 films

Ron Leibman (October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019) was an American actor. He won both the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 1993 for his performance as Roy Cohn in Angels in America. Leibman also won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1979 for his role as Martin 'Kaz' Kazinsky in his short-lived crime drama series Kaz.

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Leibman also acted in films such as Where's Poppa? (1970), The Hot Rock (1972), Norma Rae (1979), and Zorro, The Gay Blade (1982). Later in his career, he became widely known for providing the voice of Ron Cadillac in Archer (2013–2016) and for playing Dr. Leonard Green, Rachel's rich, short-tempered father, on the sitcom Friends (1996–2004).

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Essential films

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Garden State poster7.1Garden State2004Slaughterhouse-Five poster6.5Slaughterhouse-Five1972Auto Focus poster6.4Auto Focus2002The Hot Rock poster6.5The Hot Rock1972Night Falls on Manhattan poster6.4Night Falls on Manhattan1997Dummy poster5.9Dummy2002Zorro, The Gay Blade poster6.0Zorro, The Gay Blade1981Where’s Poppa? poster6.0Where’s Poppa?1970

Filmography

30 films as actor
  1. 2010A Little HelpWarren Dunning
  2. 2004Garden StateDr. Cohen
  3. 2002Auto FocusLenny
  4. 2002DummyLou Schoichet
  5. 2002Personal VelocityAvram Herskowitz
  6. 1998Just the TicketBarry the Book
  7. 1997Don King: Only in AmericaHarry Shondor
  8. 1997Night Falls on ManhattanMorgenstern
  9. 1996A Rugrats ChanukahRabbi / Old Man (voice)
  10. 1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim AjamiSimon Resnick
  11. 1988Seven Hours to JudgmentDavid Reardon
  12. 1987Class Act: A Teacher's StorySam Greene
  13. 1986Christmas EveMorris Huffner
  14. 1986Many Happy ReturnsJerry Brenner
  15. 1985Door to DoorLarry Price
  16. 1984RhinestoneFreddie Ugo
  17. 1983Romantic ComedyLeo Jessup
  18. 1983Phar LapDave Davis
  19. 1981Zorro, The Gay BladeCaptain Esteban
  20. 1981Rivkin: Bounty HunterStan Rivkin
  21. 1980Up the AcademyMajor Vaughn Liceman (uncredited)
  22. 1979Norma RaeReuben
  23. 1978A Question of GuiltDetective Louis Kazinsky
  24. 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodRudy Montague
  25. 1975The Art of CrimeRoman Grey
  26. 1974The Super CopsDavid Greenberg
  27. 1973Your Three Minutes Are UpMike
  28. 1972Slaughterhouse-FivePaul Lazzaro
  29. 1972The Hot RockStanley Murch
  30. 1970Where’s Poppa?Sidney Hocheiser