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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ronald Jason "Ron" Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American actor. Eldard made his film debut in the 1989 comedy True Love, written and directed by Nancy Savoca, and co-starring Annabella Sciorra. This film won the Grandy Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Eldard has performed on Broadway in critically acclaimed productions of On the Waterfront, Biloxi Blues, Bash: Latterday Plays, and Death of a Salesman. The latter two were filmed for Showtime productions. Eldard is also known for his evocative role as sympathetic street thug John Reilly in the 1996 film Sleepers which co-starred Brad Pitt, Billy Crudup, Jason Patric, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Deniro, and Minnie Driver. On January 9, 2006 he debuted in the role of Father Flynn in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway production of Doubt opposite the British actress Dame Eileen Atkins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Eldard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ron Eldard

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for Commander in Deep Impact (1998 film) - Released on October 30, 1998
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Deep Impact is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film[3] directed by Mimi Leder, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin, and starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and Morgan Freeman. Steven Spielberg served as an executive producer of this film. It was released by Paramount Pictures in North America and by DreamWorks Pictures internationally on October 30, 1998. The film depicts humanity's attempts to prepare for and destroy a 7-mile (11 km) wide comet set to collide with Earth and cause a mass extinction. Directed by Mimi Leder Written by Bruce Joel Rubin Michael Tolkin Produced by David Brown Richard D. Zanuck Starring Robert Duvall Téa Leoni Elijah Wood Vanessa Redgrave Maximilian Schell Morgan Freeman Cinematography Dietrich Lohmann Edited by Paul Cichocki David Rosenbloom Music by James Horner Production companies Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Amblin Entertainment The Manhattan Project Zanuck/Brown Productions Distributed by Paramount Pictures (United States and Canada) DreamWorks Pictures (through United International Pictures, international) Release date October 30, 1998 Running time 121 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $80 million[1] Box office $349.5 million[2]