Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard (born October 18, 1954) is an American
actor, writer and film director.Howard was born in Independence,
Missouri and has a sister, Joy Howard, and two younger brothers, Jim
Howard (b. 1956) and Kip Howard. He graduated from Truman High School
and Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri.Howard established his
career with stand-out roles in Natural Born Killers, Full Metal
Jacket, and Ruby. In Till Death Us Do Part (1992), he portrayed author
and attorney Vincent Bugliosi, who led the prosecution in the
Tate-LaBianca murder trial. In 1997, he co-starred in Jurassic Park's
sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, as Hammond's conniving nephew
Peter Ludlow, a greedy and manipulative businessman.Howard has had a
recurring role in the CBS weekly drama series Medium and has directed
several episodes. He also starred in and directed the films Big Bad
Love and Dawn Anna, both co-written with James Howard, his brother.
His wife, Debra Winger, starred in both films. In 2010 he played Kale
Ingram, a benignly duplicitous supervisor at an American intelligence
agency, in the cerebral TV series Rubicon, which was canceled by AMC
after 13 episodes. Howard appeared in the 2011 feature Moneyball.
actor, writer and film director.Howard was born in Independence,
Missouri and has a sister, Joy Howard, and two younger brothers, Jim
Howard (b. 1956) and Kip Howard. He graduated from Truman High School
and Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri.Howard established his
career with stand-out roles in Natural Born Killers, Full Metal
Jacket, and Ruby. In Till Death Us Do Part (1992), he portrayed author
and attorney Vincent Bugliosi, who led the prosecution in the
Tate-LaBianca murder trial. In 1997, he co-starred in Jurassic Park's
sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, as Hammond's conniving nephew
Peter Ludlow, a greedy and manipulative businessman.Howard has had a
recurring role in the CBS weekly drama series Medium and has directed
several episodes. He also starred in and directed the films Big Bad
Love and Dawn Anna, both co-written with James Howard, his brother.
His wife, Debra Winger, starred in both films. In 2010 he played Kale
Ingram, a benignly duplicitous supervisor at an American intelligence
agency, in the cerebral TV series Rubicon, which was canceled by AMC
after 13 episodes. Howard appeared in the 2011 feature Moneyball.
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