Leon Russom

Leon Russom is an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, particularly soap operas. He portrayed Admiral Toddman (in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Die is Cast") and the Starfleet Commander-in-Chief in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. 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 and True Grit (2010), as well appearing in John Krasinski's A Quiet Place (2018).

Early career 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.

Later work 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.

Filmography Film + Year Title Role 1972 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine David Darst 1985 Silver Bullet Bob Coslaw 1987 Hotshot Coach 1987 No Way Out Kevin O'Brien 1988 The Rescue Captain Miller 1988 Fresh Horses Kyle Larkin 1991 He Said, She Said Harry 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Chief-in-Command 1993 The Adventures of Huck Finn Shanty Lady's Husband 1994 Double Dragon Chief Delario 1995 Goldilocks and the Three Bears Joshua Crane 1996 The Phantom Mayor Krebs 1996 Reasons of the Heart Drew Hadley 1998 The Big Lebowski Malibu Police Chief 2000 Men of Honor Decker 2000 A Visit from the Sergeant Major with Unintended Consequences Mr. White 2000 Ascension Old Man 2001 Behind Enemy Lines Ed Burnett 2003 Buttleman Reverend Buttleman 2010 True Grit Sheriff 2012 Fuzz Track City Victor Swick 2013 Lost on Purpose Gene Lee 2016 The Binding Uriel 2016 The Midnighters Victor 2017 Bethany Doctor Merman 2017 The Fuzz Victor Swick 2018 A Quiet Place Man in the woods 2023 The Primevals Rondo Montana

Television

+ Year Title Role Notes 1969 Guiding Light Peter Wexler 1 episode 1971 Mission: Impossible Sam Evans Episode: "The Miracle" 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