Ron Leibman won both the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 1993 for his performance as Roy Cohn in Angels in America.
11 Facts About Ron Leibman
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Ron Leibman was born October 11,1937, in Manhattan to Grace, who was of Russian-Jewish descent, and Murray Ron Leibman, a Russian-Jewish immigrant who worked in the garment business.
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Ron Leibman was a member of the Compass Players in the late 1950s, and was admitted to the Actors Studio shortly thereafter.
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Ron Leibman then starred alongside Robert Redford and Segal in the heist film The Hot Rock and he was featured as a northern Jewish union organizer in the award-winning film Norma Rae.
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Ron Leibman won an Emmy Award, Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series, in 1979 for his convict-turned-lawyer character in Kaz, a series which he created and co-wrote.
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Ron Leibman was later nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Morris Huffner in Christmas Eve.
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Ron Leibman co-starred with his second wife, Jessica Walter, in Tartuffe at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 1986, and they co-starred again in Neil Simon's play Rumors in 1988 on Broadway.
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Ron Leibman received a 1993 Tony Award for his performance as Roy Cohn in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America.
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Ron Leibman played Dr Leonard Green, Rachel Green's overbearing father, on the sitcom Friends.
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Ron Leibman had a recurring role on The Sopranos as Dr Plepler.
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Ron Leibman died from complications of pneumonia in Manhattan on December 6,2019, at age 82.