---
name: "Ron Eldard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ron-eldard"
fi1m_id: "ron-eldard"
imdb_id: "nm0253035"
tmdb_id: 12260
wikidata_id: "Q462903"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 February 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T12:10:15.283629+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."
---

# Ron Eldard

## Identity

Ron Eldard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ron-eldard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ron-eldard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0253035
- **TMDB ID:** 12260
- **Wikidata ID:** Q462903
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Eldard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253035/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12260

Actor. Born 20 February 1965 in Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 February 1965, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1991–2001
- **Also known as:** Ronald Jason Eldard , ران الدارد
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 60 (3), 2000s 73 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 61 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $487m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Eldard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253035/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12260

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Black Hawk Down*](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md) (73)
- **Tubi:** [*Sleepers*](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md) (57)

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## Biography

Ron Eldard is an American actor born on 20 February 1965 in Long Island, New York. He made his film debut in the 1989 comedy *True Love*, directed by Nancy Savoca. He trained at the State University of New York, Purchase, where he earned a BFA.

Eldard has appeared in films including *Sleepers* (1996) as John Reilly, *Ghost Ship* (2002) as Dodge, *Super 8* (2011) as Louis Dainard and *Black Hawk Down* (2001) as Durant. On television he played Ray Shepard in *ER* (1994–1996) and had roles in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and *Justified*. His stage work includes Broadway productions of *On the Waterfront*, *Biloxi Blues*, *Death of a Salesman* and *Doubt* (2006), in which he played Father Flynn.

He was in a relationship with actress Julianna Margulies, his co-star on *ER*, from 1991 to 2003.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), Fi1m 73, as Durant — [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)
- *Sleepers* (1996), Fi1m 57, as John — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md)
- *Scent of a Woman* (1992), Fi1m 75, as Officer Gore — [page](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md)
- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), Fi1m 48, as Mickey Bunce — [page](https://film.one/film/drop-dead-fred.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Higher Power* (2018), as Joe Steadman
- *Odds Are* (2018), as Homeowner
- *Poker Night* (2014), as Cunningham
- *Jobs* (2013), as Rod Holt
- *Roadie* (2012), as Jimmy Testagross
- *Super 8* (2011), as Louis Dainard
- *Justified* (2010), series, as Colton "Colt" Rhodes — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *The Tenth Circle* (2008), as Daniel Stone
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, as Carl Harris
- *Already Dead* (2007), as Thomas Archer
- *Diggers* (2007), as Jack
- *Freedomland* (2006), as Danny Martin
- *Fathers and Sons* (2005), as Tom
- *Blind Justice* (2005), series, as Detective Jim Dunbar
- *House of Sand and Fog* (2003), as Lester
- *Ghost Ship* (2002), as Dodge
- *Just a Kiss* (2002), as Dag
- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), as Durant — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)
- *Bash: Latter-Day Plays* (2001), as John
- *Death of a Salesman* (2000), as Biff Loman
- *Mystery, Alaska* (1999), as 'Skank' Marden
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Geno Parnell
- *The Runner* (1999), as Edward
- *Delivered* (1999), as Reed
- *When Trumpets Fade* (1998), as Manning
- *Deep Impact* (1998), as Oren Monash
- *Bastard Out of Carolina* (1996), as Glen Waddell
- *Sex and the Other Man* (1996), as Bill Jameson
- *Sleepers* (1996), as John — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md)
- *Men Behaving Badly* (1996), series, as Kevin Murphy
- *The Last Supper* (1995), as Pete
- *ER* (1994), series, as Ray Shepard — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Bakersfield P.D.* (1993), series, as Detective Wade Preston
- *TriBeCa* (1993), series, as Phil
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Emmet Carey — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Scent of a Woman* (1992), as Officer Gore — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md)
- *Arresting Behavior* (1992), series, as Officer Donny Walsh
- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), as Mickey Bunce — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/drop-dead-fred.md)
- *True Love* (1989), as Michael

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