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11 Facts About Arliss Howard

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Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard was born on October 18,1954 and is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director.

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Arliss Howard is known for his roles in the films Full Metal Jacket, Tequila Sunrise, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Time Traveler's Wife, Moneyball, and Mank.

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Arliss Howard received an English literature degree from Columbia College.

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Arliss Howard established his career with roles in the films Full Metal Jacket, Men Don't Leave, Ruby, and Natural Born Killers.

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Arliss Howard was nominated for two CableACE Awards for his roles in the television films Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture and The Man Who Captured Eichmann, winning for the former.

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In 1997, Howard portrayed billionaire John Hammond's evil nephew Peter Ludlow in the film The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and US Vice President John C Calhoun in the film Amistad; both films were directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Arliss Howard has had a recurring role in the CBS weekly drama series Medium and has directed several episodes.

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Arliss Howard starred in and directed the films Big Bad Love and Dawn Anna, both co-written with James Howard, his brother.

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Arliss Howard has extensive stage credits, including a role in the 2009 revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway.

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Arliss Howard has appeared in several productions at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, including Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive, with Winger, and Bertolt Brecht's In the Jungle of the Cities, directed by Robert Woodruff.

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Arliss Howard has two sons, Sam was born on 1987 and from his previous marriage to talent agent Karen Sellars, and Gideon "Babe" was born on 1997 and with Winger.