| Ron Livingston | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ronald Joseph Livingston |
| Born | June 5 1967 Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as a disaffected corporate employee in the comedy film Office Space, a sardonic writer and subject of a short-time obsession of Carrie Bradshaw in the TV-series Sex and the City, and as Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries Band of Brothers. As of fall 2006, he is starring as FBI negotiator Matt Flannery in the FOX series Standoff, co-starring Rosemarie DeWitt, and he is the new spokesman for Sprint Nextel.
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Biography
Early life
Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Linda, a Lutheran minister, and Kurt Livingston, an aerospace engineer.[1] His younger brother, John, is also an actor; sister Jennifer Livingston is a TV news personality at WKBT in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. He graduated from Marion High School in Marion, Iowa and attended Yale University, where he received B.A. degrees in Theater and English. Edward Norton was one of his classmates. Livingston relocated to Chicago and became involved in the city's theater scene.
Career
Livingston's first film role was in 1992, in Dolly Parton's Straight Talk. He moved to Los Angeles and was cast in supporting roles in Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade and The Low Life. Livingston landed his first role in a major film in 1996's Swingers. He played the male lead in Office Space, which co-starred Jennifer Aniston and was written and directed by Mike Judge. He gave his first serious role in HBO's Band of Brothers as Captain Lewis Nixon. Going beyond nice-guy roles, Livingston played a Hollywood agent in Adaptation (2002); a weaselly Ivy League upstart to Alec Baldwin's casino boss in The Cooler (2003); and an unfortunate English teacher in Pretty Persuasion (2005). He also appeared as Jack Berger, Carrie's boyfriend in the sixth season of Sex and the City, as well as in the episode "TB or Not TB" of House. Sprint Nextel announced on October 21, 2006, that as part of their new "Power Up" campaign, they will use Livingston as a "straightforward, relatable guy who finds unconventional ways to talk about Sprint's wireless services".[2] Summer 2007 saw Livingston on the Off-Broadway stage in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's In A Dark Dark House, produced by MCC Theater, alongside Frederick Weller and Louisa Krause. The show ran May 16 through July 27, 2007 at The Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City.
Filmography
- Music Within (2007) - Richard Pimentel
- Holly (2006) - Patrick
- Nightmares & Dreamscapes: The End Of The Whole Mess (TV) (2006) - Howard Fornoy
- (History Channel Documentary) (2006) - Hosting as Himself
- Standoff (TV) (2006) - Matt Flannery
- House (TV) (2005) - Dr. Sebastian Charles in "TB or Not TB"
- Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story-Lackluster Video Clerk
- Relative Strangers (2005) - Richard Clayton
- Pretty Persuasion (2005) - Mr. Anderson
- Little Black Book (2004) - Derek
- The Cooler (2003) - Larry Sokolov
- 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) Donnie Anderson
- King of the Ants (2003) - Eric Gatley
- Sex and the City (TV) (2002 - 2003) - Jack Berger
- Adaptation. (2002) - Marty Bowen
- Buying the Cow (2002) - Tyler Carter Bellows
- The Practice (TV) (2001-2002) - Assistant D.A. Alan Lowe
- Band of Brothers (TV) (2001) - Captain Lewis Nixon
- Beat (2000) - Allen Ginsberg
- Body Shots (1999) - Trent
- Office Space (1999) - Peter Gibbons
- Two Ninas (1999) - Marty Sachs
- Campfire Tales (1997) - Rick
- Swingers (1996) - Rob
