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Best Bet For Stardom USA Today 12-12-1997 by Jennifer Schwalbach Leland Orser Background: Age, 35; born in San Francisco, now lives in Los Angeles. Graduated Connecticut College, New London, Conn., with an art history degree. Loved acting since third grade, always in school plays. Currently seen in: Alien Resurrection as Purvis, a nerd who uses the alien fetus inside him as a weapon to kill a bad guy and save the day. His role: "Who doesn't want to be the hero? But Purvis is not macho. My action figure should be dressed in Garanimals and glasses." On Sigourney Weaver: "She was amazing. ... not just a producer in name, but deeply cared about this film." Seen in: The X-Files, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Independence Day and Escape From L.A. His sci-fi career: "I'm not afraid to go to strange places and imaginary worlds within a role that I am playing. Maybe that's why I get so many sci-fi parts." Next up: He plays a glider pilot in Steven Spielberg's WWII drama Saving Private Ryan (starring Tom Hanks and Ed Burns), due out on D-Day '98. /back |