Arliss Howard
Born
Leslie Richard Howard

(1954-10-18) October 18, 1954
Independence, Missouri, U.S.
Other namesLess R. Howard
Education
Occupations
Years active1983–present
Spouses
  • Karen Mary Sellars (divorced)
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(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 was born in Independence, Missouri. He has a sister, Joy Howard, and two younger brothers, Jim and Kip. He graduated from Truman High School and Columbia College.

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.

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.[1] Howard appeared in the 2011 feature Moneyball.[2]

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.[3][4] He was also seen as Mikhail Lvovich Astrov in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya,[5] and Nikolai Ivanov in Chekhov's Ivanov, with Winger playing the role of Anna.[6]

Howard joined the cast of a CBS political drama pilot titled Ways & Means with Patrick Dempsey in June 2020.[7]

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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983The ProdigalScott Stuart
1986The LightshipEddie
1987Full Metal JacketSergeant 'Cowboy' Evans
1988Tequila SunriseGregg Lindroff
Plain ClothesNick DunbarLead role
1990Men Don't LeaveCharles Simon
1991For the BoysDixie's Husband Sergeant Michael Leonard
1992CrissCrossJoe
RubyMaxwell
1993Wilder NapalmWilder Foudroyant
The SandlotOlder Scotty SmallsUncredited
1994Natural Born KillersOwen Traft, Mickey & Mallory's Guardian Angel / The Demon
1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarVirgil
WetBruce LomannShort film
1996JohnsJohn Cardoza
Tales of EroticaBruce LomannRe-release of "Wet" as a segment
1997AmistadJohn C. Calhoun
The Lost World: Jurassic ParkPeter Ludlow
1998The Lesser EvilIvan Williams
1999A Map of the WorldPaul Reverdy
2001Big Bad LoveBarlowAlso director and writer
2004DandelionLuke Mullich
BirthBob
2006WeaponsMikey's Uncle
2007AwakeDr. Jonathan Neyer
2009The Time Traveler's WifeRichard DeTamble
2011MoneyballJohn Henry
2015ConcussionDr. Joseph Maroon
2017The Boy DownstairsDiana's Father
2020LapsisDr. Mangold
MankLouis B. Mayer
2021With/In: Volume 2Segment: "Still Life"; also director and writer
2023The KillerHenderson "Clay" Claybourne, the Client
TBAThe ThicketPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979The Incredible HulkPolicemanEpisode: "The Disciple"
1983AfterMASHDanny MaddenEpisode: "September of '53/Together Again"
A Killer in the FamilyJohn LyonsTV movie
The Day AfterTom Cooper
1984Hill Street BluesPhil PlattEpisode: "Bangladesh Slowly"
1985The Twilight ZoneStrangerEpisode: "Healer/Children's Zoo/Kentucky Rye"
1987Hands of a StrangerFelix LyttleTV movie
1989I Know My First Name Is StevenKenneth ParnellMiniseries (uncredited)
1990Somebody Has to Shoot the PictureRaymond EamesTV movie
1992Till Death Us Do PartVincent Bugliosi
Those SecretsSimon
1995The InfiltratorRicky Eaton
1996The Man Who Captured EichmannPeter Malkin
Beyond the CallKeith O'Brien
1997Old ManJ.J. Taylor
1999You Know My NameWiley
2001The Song of the LarkDr. Howard Archie
2003Word of HonorJ.D. Runnells
2005Dawn AnnaPhysical TherapistTV movie; also director
2005–2007MediumCaptain Kenneth Push4 episodes
2010RubiconKale Ingram13 episodes
2013True BloodTruman BurrellSeason 6, main cast
2017When We RiseTheodore OlsonEpisode: "Part IV"
2020Manhunt: Deadly GamesEarl EmbryMain cast
2021Mr. CormanLarry2 episodes

References

  1. ↑ "Rubicon Cancelled By AMC". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 14, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Arliss Howard at IMDb
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Profile". AmRep. July 2002. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Arliss Howard". American Repertory Theater.
  6. ↑ "Ivanov". American Repertory Theater.
  7. ↑ 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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