---
name: "Ralph Seymour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ralph-seymour"
fi1m_id: "ralph-seymour"
imdb_id: "nm0786860"
tmdb_id: 5147
wikidata_id: "Q113639196"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 May 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:44.907397+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ralph Seymour

## Identity

Ralph Seymour

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ralph-seymour
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ralph-seymour
- **IMDb ID:** nm0786860
- **TMDB ID:** 5147
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113639196
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Seymour_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113639196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5147

Actor. Born 4 May 1956 in Lansing, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 May 1956, Lansing, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1985–1988
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $481m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Seymour_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113639196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5147

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rain Man*](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md) (76)

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## Biography

Ralph Seymour is an American actor born on 4 May 1956 in Lansing, Illinois. He began his career in theatre, appearing on Broadway in a production of Peter Shaffer's *Equus* in the mid-1970s, and made his screen debut in the early 1980s.

Seymour is known for supporting roles in films including *Ghoulies* (1985), *Fletch* (1985), *Pee-wee's Big Adventure* (1985), *Empire of the Sun* (1987), *Rain Man* (1988) as Lenny, and *The Relic* (1997). He has also appeared in television series such as *ER* and *The Flash*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rain Man* (1988), Fi1m 76, as Lenny — [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), Fi1m 81, as Cohen — [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)
- *Fletch* (1985), Fi1m 71, as Creasy — [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Murder by Numbers* (2002), as Paramedic
- *Brimstone* (1998), series, as Nick Keeney
- *The Relic* (1997), as Sergeant
- *ER* (1994), series, Actor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Rage and Honor* (1992), as Sleazoid
- *The Flash* (1990), series, as Danny
- *Let It Ride* (1989), as Sid
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Perry
- *Rain Man* (1988), as Lenny — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), as Cohen — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)
- *Killer Party* (1986), as Martin
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as Ira
- *Pee-wee's Big Adventure* (1985), as Francis' Accomplice
- *Fletch* (1985), as Creasy — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)
- *Ghoulies* (1984), as Mark (Toad Boy)
- *Meatballs: Part II* (1984), as Eddie
- *Mister Roberts* (1984), as Stefanowski
- *Surf 2* (1984), as Becker
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Gene Castody — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Just Before Dawn* (1981), as Daniel
- *Code Red* (1981), series, Actor
- *Back Roads* (1981), as Gosler
- *Underground Aces* (1981), as Zig
- *Longshot* (1981), as Leroy Curtis
- *Makin' It* (1979), series, as Al 'Kingfish' Sorrentino

## Gallery

- ![Ralph Seymour](https://film.one/media/person/119165/gallery-7037064e37a1.jpg) Ralph Seymour — ITC Entertainment, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Ralph_Seymour_%281981%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ralph Seymour and Zoe Chauvenau in a publicity still for Longshot (1981)](https://film.one/media/person/119165/gallery-6816c67fccfc.jpg) Ralph Seymour and Zoe Chauvenau in a publicity still for Longshot (1981) — ITC Entertainment, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ralph_Seymour_and_Zoe_Chauvenau_in_Longshot_%281981%29.jpg/1280px-Ralph_Seymour_and_Zoe_Chauvenau_in_Longshot_%281981%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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