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Ron Livingston Profile |
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Birth Date: June 5, 1968
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Birth Place: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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Birth Name: Ron Livingston
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Ron Livingston (born June 5, 1968) is an American film and
television actor. He is known for his lead role as a
disaffected corporate employee in the cult classic Office
Space. As of fall 2006, he is starring as FBI negotiator
Matt Flannery in the FOX series Standoff, co-starring
Rosemarie DeWitt and is the new spokesman for Sprint Nextel.
Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and grew up
wrestling. He graduated from Marion High School in Marion,
Iowa. He attended Yale University, where he received B.A.
degrees in Theatre and English. Livingston relocated to
Chicago and became involved in the city's thriving theater
scene.
His mother is a Lutheran minister and his father is an
aerospace engineer. His younger brother, John Livingston, is
also an actor; sister Jennifer Livingston is a TV news
personality at WKBT in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
His first film role was in 1992, in Dolly Parton's Straight
Talk. He moved to Los Angeles and received supporting roles
in Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade and The Low Life.
Director Paul W.S. Anderson had wanted him to play the role
of Goro in 1995's Mortal Kombat, but the prosthetics
required to make him taller and add two arms were too
expensive to justify.
Livingston landed his first role in a major film in 1996's
Swingers. He played the male lead in Office Space, which
co-starred Jennifer Aniston and was written and directed by
Mike Judge. His first serious role came in HBO's Band of
Brothers as Captain Lewis Nixon. Going beyond nice-guy
roles, Livingston played a shark-like Hollywood agent in
Adaptation (2002); a weaselly Ivy League upstart to Alec
Baldwin's casino boss in The Cooler (2003); and an
unfortunate English teacher in Pretty Persuasion (2005). He
also appeared as Jack Berger, Carrie's boyfriend in the
sixth season of Sex and the City, as well as in the episode
"TB or not TB" of House.
Sprint Nextel announced on October 21, 2006 that as part of
their new "Power Up" campaign, they will use Ron as a
"Straightforward, relatable guy who finds unconventional
ways to talk about Sprint's wireless services." |
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Other Information |
Is a native of Marion, Iowa, USA. Graduated from Marion High
School.
Engaged to actress Lisa Sheridan [2001].
Attended Yale University with Edward Norton and Paul
Giamatti.
Older brother of actor John Livingston.
Mother is a Lutheran minister, father is an aerospace
engineer.
Got his start in Chicago where one of the theaters he
performed, was at the Goodman Theatre. |
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He is such a stalion! I have never seen a prettier face than his face
he's also a great actor, I love him... really I do!!
If I ever get to meet him I will probably just pass out or run like crazy to his arms and kiss him like a Latin girl does!
caliente!!
a super fan from Chile!
camila