Ron Livingston, Actor ('Office Space', 'Band of Brothers', 'Dinner For Schmucks')

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  1. S. P. Honeybunch

    S. P. Honeybunch Presidente de Kokomo, Endless Mikelovemoney Thread Starter

    What do you think of Ron Livingston as an actor? He has struck me as an interesting actor every time I've seen a movie or TV program with his starring or supporting roles? I'm most familiar with his starring role in Office Space, in which he regularly displayed a sense of exasperation and boredom as Peter Gibbons. He plays a LAPD SWAT officer in the cable TV movie 44 Minutes, in which he is a little more amped and excitable. The Band of Brothers HBO miniseries was one of his most acclaimed roles, in which he received a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe nomination.

    Films
    1992 Straight Talk Soldier
    1994 Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
    1995 The Low Life Chad
    1996 Swingers Rob
    1997 Campfire Tales Rick / RV Driver Segments: "The Honeymoon" and "The Campfire"
    1997 The Small Hours Steve
    1999 Dill Scallion Ron Statlin
    1999 Office Space Peter Gibbons
    1999 The Big Brass Ring Sheldon Buckle
    1999 Two Ninas Marty Sachs
    1999 Body Shots Trent
    2000 Beat Allen Ginsberg
    2000 A Rumor of Angels Uncle Charlie
    2002 Buying the Cow Tyler Carter Bellows
    2002 Adaptation Marty Bowen
    2003 The Cooler Larry Sokolov
    2003 King of the Ants Eric Gatley, Uncredited
    2005 Winter Solstice Mr. Bricker
    2004 Little Black Book Derek
    2005 Pretty Persuasion Mr. Anderson
    2005 The Life Coach Ron
    2006 Life Happens Ben Dreamantowski
    2006 Relative Strangers Richard Clayton
    2006 Holly Patrick
    2007 Music Within Richard Pimentel
    2008 American Crude Johnny
    2008 The Spleenectomy Dr. Bannister Short film
    2008 McCartney's Genes Rudolf
    2009 The Time Traveler's Wife Gomez
    2010 Dinner for Schmucks Caldwell
    2010 Going the Distance Will Broderick
    2011 Leave Dr. Lieberman
    2011 10 Years Paul
    2012 Queens of Country Rance McCoy
    2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green Franklin Crudstaff
    2013 Touchy Feely Adrian
    2013 Drinking Buddies Chris Cook
    2013 The Pretty One Charles
    2013 The Conjuring Roger Perron
    2013 The Sidekick Captain Wonder
    2013 Parkland James P. Hosty
    2014 Fort Bliss Richard Swann
    2015 James White Ben
    2015 Addicted to Fresno Edwin
    2015 Vacation Ethan
    2015 Digging for Fire Bob
    2016 The 5th Wave Oliver Sullivan
    2017 Shimmer Lake Kyle Walker
    2017 Lucky Bobby Lawrence
    2018 Tully Drew Moreau
    2018 The Long Dumb Road Francois
    TV
    1995 JAG Corporal David Anderson Episode: "Scimitar"
    1996 Townies Curt 2 episodes
    1997 Timecop Elliott Ness Episode: "Public Enemy"
    1997 Players Jordan Episode: "Con Law"
    1998 That's Life Mitch 6 episodes
    2000 Then Came You Max Episode: "Then Came Cousin Aidan"
    2001 Band of Brothers Captain Lewis Nixon Miniseries; 10 episodes
    2001–2002 The Practice A.D.A. Alan Lowe 8 episodes
    2002–2003 Sex and the City Jack Berger 8 episodes
    2003 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out Donnie Anderson
    2005–2007 American Dad! Bob Memari (voice) 3 episodes
    2005 House Dr. Sebastian Charles Episode: "TB or Not TB"
    2006 Family Guy Video Store Clerk (voice) Episode: "Stewie B. Goode"
    2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Howard Fornoy Episode: "The End of the Whole Mess"
    2006–2007 Standoff Matt Flannery 18 episodes
    2009 Defying Gravity Maddux Donner 13 episodes
    2009 WWII in HD Charles Scheffel (voice) 5 episodes
    2012 Game Change Mark Wallace Television film
    2013 Boardwalk Empire Roy Phillips 6 episodes
    2015 Adventure Time Morty Rogers (voice) Episode: "Chips & Ice Cream"
    2015 Saints & Strangers John Carver Miniseries; 2 episodes
    2016–present Search Party Keith Powell 10 episodes
    2017 Dice Sydney Stein 2 episodes
    2017 Loudermilk Sam Loudermilk Lead role, 10 episodes
    2018 A Million Little Things Jon Dixon Series regular
     
  2. S. P. Honeybunch

    S. P. Honeybunch Presidente de Kokomo, Endless Mikelovemoney Thread Starter

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  3. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    I thought he was quite good in the little seen Music Within. He played a vet with hearing loss who was best friends with a writer with cerebral palsy played by Michael Sheen. It was about the events that led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

    I don't know why he hasn't had a bigger career. Only can thing is that he's not good-looking enough to be a leading actor but not odd-looking enough to be a great character actor.
     
  4. Dr. Funk

    Dr. Funk Vintage Dust

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    Love the guy..........he was brilliant as Peter Gibbons in Office Space.
     
  5. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    I like him.
     
  6. Monosterio

    Monosterio Forum Resident

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    The only thing I recall seeing him in is Swingers, and that’s because I’ve seen it a few times. Otherwise I would have no idea who he is.
     
  7. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    He just has one of those unremarkable faces that doesn't really leave you with a big impression either good or bad.
     
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  8. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

  9. Terrific actor. I saw him most recently in Tully.
     
  10. Glenpwood

    Glenpwood Hyperactive!

    He made a big impression on viewers of "Sex And The City." His breakup with Carrie via post-it is a classic...
     
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    Simon A Arrr!

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  12. George Co-Stanza

    George Co-Stanza Forum Resident

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    I've only seen him in a few things (Office Space, Band of Brothers, Sex and the City, Boardwalk Empire). Doesn't seem like he has much range, but he does a solid job within that range. Office Space is a classic and his comedic timing helped make it funny.
     
  13. will_b_free

    will_b_free Forum Resident

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    He was great in Office Space and my personal favorite Defying Gravity - I’m still upset that the series ended prematurely.

    He also made a cute video of himself being keyboard cat. And one of his eyebrows is now much higher than the other, but who is perfect?
     
  14. Dude111

    Dude111 An Awesome Dude

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    I have only seen him in office space..... He does a good job in that!!
     
  15. Seems he's never wanting for work, but after Office Space I thought he might be destined for a higher profile career than he's had.
     
  16. Thievius

    Thievius Blue Oyster Cult-ist

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    Jeez. I thought he died and the OP forgot to put it in the title. /relieved
     
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  17. daca

    daca Currently on Double Secret Probation

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    Ummm, yeeeeaahhhh. I had no idea he has appeared it so many other movies/shows. However, his role as Peter in Office Space is one of the greatest in film history (at least IMHO) and if that only remembered for it, I would still say he was a success and had a great “career.”

    Same here.
     
  18. Dan C

    Dan C Forum Fotographer

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    I’ve always liked him in pretty much anything I’ve seen him in. A good hard working actor. No, he’s not a “superstar” but he does look plenty busy!

    dan c
     
  19. S. P. Honeybunch

    S. P. Honeybunch Presidente de Kokomo, Endless Mikelovemoney Thread Starter

    Even though Livingston played the main character, it was more of an ensemble type of movie. It relied pretty heavily upon other characters like Michael Bolton, Samir, and Jennifer Aniston's character.
     
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