---
name: "Ron Livingston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ron-livingston"
fi1m_id: "ron-livingston"
imdb_id: "nm0515296"
tmdb_id: 17402
wikidata_id: "Q528126"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-09T04:02:55.051511+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 Livingston

## Identity

Ron Livingston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ron-livingston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ron-livingston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0515296
- **TMDB ID:** 17402
- **Wikidata ID:** Q528126
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528126, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17402

Actor. Born 5 June 1967 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 June 1967, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Also known as:** 朗·里维斯顿, Ronald Joseph Livingston, ران لیوینگستون
- **Frequently works with:** [Damian Lewis](https://film.one/person/damian-lewis.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 86 (2), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 50 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Crime 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $321m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528126, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17402

## Coming up

- *Christmas at the Kringles* (2026-10-30), as Mark Severson

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Band of Brothers*](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) (89), [*The Flash*](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md) (50)
- **Apple TV:** [*Swingers*](https://film.one/film/swingers.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Ron Livingston

> Ron Livingston makes weariness worth watching, with a deadpan manner that serves comedy and a patience that can hurt in drama. We rate him most when another actor gives that quiet approach something to work against.

On a prison telephone in *The Flash* (2023), Ron Livingston makes Henry Allen's patience look exhausting. We were moved by how beaten he seems, and by the effort he suggests it takes to remain calm. The film keeps abandoning its family story for effects and callbacks, but he gives that story a little of the weight it needs. We value him most when such apparently ordinary behaviour is allowed to matter.

A supporting part in *Swingers* (1996) came before Peter Gibbons, the lead in the workplace satire *Office Space* (1999). His deadpan delivery suits people who are tired of the arrangements everyone else accepts, though the danger is that disillusionment becomes a manner rather than a character. With *Band of Brothers* (2001), his naturalistic style found a substantial use in a dramatic ensemble. That turn matters more to our view of him than his reputation for sarcastic men who say what they think.

His Lewis Nixon gives Damian Lewis's Richard D. Winters someone who need not respond to everything as he does. Their difference in temperament makes the scenes between them more convincing, and lets Livingston contribute without competing with Lewis's restraint. The series has the patience to accommodate both men, which is why we find it a stronger setting for Livingston than the cluttered *The Flash*. We get time to notice the way they work together, without waiting for the next interruption.

Later supporting work includes *The Conjuring* (2013) and *Tully* (2018), while the lead role of Sam Loudermilk in *Loudermilk* (2017–20) returns to his caustic comic habits. We would not take that recurring sourness as a guarantee that a part has depth; a dry delivery still needs something worth saying. We are more interested when the writing gives him somebody to react to than when it supplies another complaint to make. Start with *Band of Brothers*, for the scenes with Lewis. His work in *The Flash* is not a reason to sit through the rest.

## Biography

Ron Livingston is an American actor. He was born on 5 June 1967 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Theatre Studies and English Literature.

Livingston is known for his roles as Peter Gibbons in *Office Space* (1999), Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001), Roger Perron in *The Conjuring* (2013), and Henry Allen in *The Flash* (2023). He has also appeared in *Adaptation.* (2002), *The 5th Wave* (2016), and series including *Sex and the City* and *House*.

He trained in theatre in Chicago before moving into film and television. Livingston is married to actress Rosemarie DeWitt.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Flash* (2023), Fi1m 50, as Henry Allen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Roy Phillips — [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Adaptation.* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Marty Bowen — [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, as Lewis Nixon — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *Office Space* (1999), Fi1m 80, as Peter — [page](https://film.one/film/office-space.md)
- *Swingers* (1996), Fi1m 80, as Rob — [page](https://film.one/film/swingers.md)

## Complete filmography (96)

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

- *Christmas at the Kringles* (2026), as Mark Severson
- *Killing Castro* (2026), Actor
- *She Dances* (2026), as Andrew
- *Sitting in Bars with Cake* (2023), as Fred
- *The Featherweight* (2023), as Bob Kaplan
- *Making The Flash: Worlds Collide* (2023), Thanks
- *The Flash* (2023), as Henry Allen — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md)
- *USS Iowa* (2023), as Narrator
- *The Estate* (2022), as James
- *The Same Storm* (2022), as Jim Lamson
- *Pantheon* (2022), series, as Peter Waxman (voice)
- *The Tender Bar* (2021), as Future JR Maguire (voice only)
- *50 States of Fright* (2020), series, as Blake
- *Holly Slept Over* (2020), as Pete
- *Creepshow* (2019), series, as Mac Kamen (voice)
- *The Professor* (2019), as Henry Wright
- *The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot* (2019), as Flag Pin
- *The Long Dumb Road* (2018), as Francois
- *The Romanoffs* (2018), series, as Alex Myers
- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, as Jon Dixon
- *Tully* (2018), as Drew Moreau
- *Loudermilk* (2017), series, as Sam Loudermilk
- *Lucky* (2017), as Bobby Lawrence
- *Shimmer Lake* (2017), as Kyle Walker
- *Search Party* (2016), series, as Keith — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/tv/search-party-2016.md)
- *Shangri-La Suite* (2016), as Elvis Presley
- *Dice* (2016), series, as Sydney Stein
- *The 5th Wave* (2016), as Oliver Sullivan
- *Saints & Strangers* (2015), series, as John Carver
- *James White* (2015), as Ben
- *Addicted to Fresno* (2015), as Edwin
- *Digging for Fire* (2015), as Bob
- *The End of the Tour* (2015), as David Lipsky's Editor
- *Vacation* (2015), as Ethan
- *Fort Bliss* (2014), as Richard
- *The Pretty One* (2014), as Charles
- *Parkland* (2013), as James Hosty
- *Touchy Feely* (2013), as Adrian
- *Drinking Buddies* (2013), as Chris
- *The Conjuring* (2013), as Roger Perron
- *The Sidekick* (2013), as Captain Wonder
- *10 Years* (2012), as Paul
- *The Odd Life of Timothy Green* (2012), as Franklin Crudstaff
- *Queens of Country* (2012), as Rance McCoy
- *Game Change* (2012), as Mark Wallace
- *Leave* (2011), as Dr. Liberman
- *AppleBox* (2011), as Ron Livingston
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, as Roy Phillips — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Going the Distance* (2010), as Will Broderick
- *Dinner for Schmucks* (2010), as Caldwell
- *WWII in HD* (2009), series, as Charles Scheffel (voice)
- *The Time Traveler's Wife* (2009), as Gomez
- *Defying Gravity* (2009), series, as Maddux Donner
- *The Spleenectomy* (2008), as Dr. Bannister
- *American Crude* (2008), as Johnny
- *McCartney's Genes* (2008), as Rudolf
- *Music Within* (2007), as Richard Pimentel · Co-Producer
- *Standoff* (2006), series, as Matt Flannery
- *Holly* (2006), as Patrick
- *Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King* (2006), series, as Howard Fornoy
- *Relative Strangers* (2006), as Dr. Richard Clayton
- *Brothers in Arms: The Untold Story of the 502* (2006), as Narrator
- *The Life Coach* (2005), as Ron
- *Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story* (2005), as Clerk (voice)
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Bob Memari (voice)
- *Pretty Persuasion* (2005), as Percy Anderson
- *House* (2004), series, as Dr. Sebastian Charles — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Little Black Book* (2004), as Derek
- *King of the Ants* (2004), as Eric Gatley (uncredited)
- *Winter Solstice* (2004), as Mr. Bricker
- *The Cooler* (2003), as Larry Sokolov
- *44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out* (2003), as Donnie Anderson
- *Adaptation.* (2002), as Marty Bowen — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Buying the Cow* (2002), as Tyler Bellows
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as Lewis Nixon — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *Two Ninas* (2000), as Marty Sachs
- *A Rumor of Angels* (2000), as Uncle Charlie
- *Beat* (2000), as Allen Ginsberg
- *Dill Scallion* (1999), as Ron Statlin
- *Body Shots* (1999), as Trent
- *The Big Brass Ring* (1999), as Sheldon Buckle
- *Office Space* (1999), as Peter — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/office-space.md)
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Jack Berger
- *That's Life* (1998), series, as Mitch
- *Timecop* (1997), series, Actor
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as A.D.A. Alan Lowe
- *Campfire Tales* (1997), as Rick (segment "The Honeymoon") / RV Driver (segment "The Campfire")
- *Swingers* (1996), as Rob — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/swingers.md)
- *Townies* (1996), series, as Curt
- *The Low Life* (1995), as Chad
- *JAG* (1995), series, as David Anderson
- *Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade* (1994), Actor
- *Straight Talk* (1992), as Soldier
- *47 Meters Down: The Wreck*, as Larry
- *Raven*, Actor
- *Turn the Lights Back On*, as Donny

## Gallery

- ![Ron Livingston](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-8e4489dfc710.jpg) Ron Livingston — Fuzheado, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0752-Office_Space_Ron_Livingston_crop.jpg/1280px-SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0752-Office_Space_Ron_Livingston_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ron Livingston at South by Southwest 2024](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-9747480c84f1.jpg) Ron Livingston at South by Southwest 2024 — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/2024-03-09_SXSW_Conan_Nick-Kroll_Office-Space_events_07310.jpg/1280px-2024-03-09_SXSW_Conan_Nick-Kroll_Office-Space_events_07310.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Al Pacino, Eif Rivera, Diego Boneta, Brad Feinstein, Kiki Layne - cast and crew Q&A for Killing Castro at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, New York City, Jun](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-d0b614667d92.jpg) Al Pacino, Eif Rivera, Diego Boneta, Brad Feinstein, Kiki Layne - cast and crew Q&A for Killing Castro at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, New York City, Jun — Jorge Jaramillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Killing_Castro_-_Tribeca_2026_-_by_%40JJxFile-15.jpg/1280px-Killing_Castro_-_Tribeca_2026_-_by_%40JJxFile-15.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Killing Castro - Tribeca 2026](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-06de7541d489.jpg) Killing Castro - Tribeca 2026 — Jorge Jaramillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Killing_Castro_-_Tribeca_2026_-_by_%40JJxFile-16.jpg/1280px-Killing_Castro_-_Tribeca_2026_-_by_%40JJxFile-16.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ron Livingston](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-665ba37acffd.jpg) Ron Livingston — Image via TMDB
- ![Ron Livingston](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-491d5f6af3d5.jpg) Ron Livingston — Image via TMDB
- ![Ron Livingston](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-fc56eb3202b5.jpg) Ron Livingston — Image via TMDB
- ![Ron Livingston Cast and crew Q&A for Killing Castro at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, New York City, June 9, 2026.](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-dae30083921d.jpg) Ron Livingston Cast and crew Q&A for Killing Castro at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, New York City, June 9, 2026. — Jorge Jaramillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Killing_Castro_-_Tribeca_2026_-_by_%40JJxFile-18.jpg/1280px-Killing_Castro_-_Tribeca_2026_-_by_%40JJxFile-18.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ron Livingston at the National Movie Awards in South Bank, London, England. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-f41488531476.jpg) Ron Livingston at the National Movie Awards in South Bank, London, England. (2010) — Ian Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/RonLivingstonMay10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ron Livingston](https://film.one/media/person/586/gallery-4db2cc01a250.jpg) Ron Livingston — Image via TMDB

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