Leon Russom

In his later years, he has appeared in shows such as X-Files, Bones, Jericho, Prison Break, and Cold Case. Russom worked with the Coen brothers twice, playing smaller parts in The Big Lebowski (1998) and True Grit (2010), as well appearing in John Krasinski's A Quiet Place (2018).

• Name — Leon Russom • Occupation — Actor

Russom was in the original cast of the 1969 Off-Broadway show Oh! Calcutta!. His first television acting work was on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in the late 1960s. He subsequently appeared in another CBS soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing as Joe Taylor from 1972 to 1973. Russom was the second actor to play the role of Willis Frame on the NBC soap Another World, a role that he kept for several years. His early film career included The Trial of the Catonsville Nine as David Durst and Stephen King's Silver Bullet. He also appeared on the TV show Mission: Impossible as Sam Evans.

Russom's later work included many appearances in dramas, mainly legal or crime. He appeared in many TV shows in the 1990s and the early 2000s, including L.A. Law, Bones, Cold Case, Law & Order, JAG, NYPD Blue, John Doe, The X-Files, Dark Skies, Seinfeld and other shows. He played the police chief of Malibu in the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski (1998). He appeared in Prison Break as General Jonathan Krantz, head of The Company. Russom is also a stage actor, and in 2012, he was nominated for an LA Weekly Theater Award for his portrayal of Hamm in Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Los Angeles' Sacred Fools Theater Company, where he served as a co-artistic director for the company's sixteenth season, alongside fellow company members French Stewart and Alyssa Preston. In 2013, he appeared as the Earl of Gloucester in King Lear with The Porters of Hellsgate, alongside Larry Cedar as King Lear. In 2018, he appeared in John Krasinski's horror film, A Quiet Place.

Leon Russom television credits • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1969 — Guiding Light — Peter Wexler — 1 episode • 1971 — Mission: Impossible — Sam Evans — Episode: "The Miracle" (S6.E5) • 1972–1973 — Love is a Many Splendored Thing — Joe Taylor — 248 episodes • 1975 — Kojak — Gallen — 1 episode • 1978–1980 — Another World — Willis Frame — 272 episodes • 1987 — The Equalizer — Sergeant Worley — Episode: "Solo" • 1988 — The Equalizer — Lieutenant Borley — Episode: "Something Green" • 1993 — L.A. Law — Matthew Wilton — 1 episode • 1993 — Law & Order — Gordon Bryce — Episode: "Benevolence" • 1993 — The X-Files — Detective Miles — Episode: Pilot • 1995 — NYPD Blue — William Crawford — 1 episode • 1995 — Seinfeld — Clayton — Episode: "The Hot Tub" • 1995 — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Vice Admiral Toddman — Episode: "The Die is Cast" • 1996 — Nowhere Man — Dr. John Shayzin — Episode: "Forever Jung" • 1996 — Dark Skies — Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter — 1 episode • 1997 — JAG — Captain Gayle Osbourne — Episodes: "Secrets" & "Ghosts" • 1998 — The Magnificent Seven — Mr. Wheeler — 1 episode • 1999 — Diagnosis: Murder — Claude Campbell — 1 episode • 2000 — The Practice — Brian Kerns — 2 episodes • 2000 — The X-Files — Detective Miles — Episode: "Requiem" • 2002 — JAG — Lt. General Anthony Manzarek — Episode: "Ready or Not" • 2002 — John Doe — Lorne Barker — 1 episode • 2002 — The West Wing — Network News President — 1 episode • 2004 — NYPD Blue — Larry Praegitzer — 1 episode • 2005 — Alias — James Lehman — 1 episode • 2006 — Cold Case — Owen Murphy — 1 episode • 2006–2008 — Jericho — Sheriff — 2 episodes • 2006-2009 — Prison Break — General Jonathan Krantz — 30 episodes • 2007 — Bones — Archbishop Stephen Wallace — 1 episode • 2007 — Boston Legal — Colonel George Hegarty — 1 episode • 2019 — Shameless (American TV series) — Chester — 1 episode

The archives are cited for the existence and date of each notice; their wording is not reproduced here.