Ron Rifkin
Ron Rifkin received a 1998 Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor
for the Broadway revival of "Cabaret." His recent theatre credits include David
Hirson's "Wrong Mountain," Arthur Miller's "Broken Glass," Turgenev's "Month in
the Country" and Neil Simon's "Proposals." Rifkin originated the role of Isaac
Geldhart in the Jon Robin Baitz play, "Substance of Fire," in which he won the
Obie, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Drama-Logue awards for Best Actor. The
following year, he performed in Baitz's "Three Hotels," for which he received a
second Lucille Lortel award and Drama Desk nomination.
Rifkin's film credits include "Boiler Room," "Keeping the Faith," "The
Negotiator," "L.A. Confidential," the film adaptation of "Substance of Fire,"
Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives" and "Manhattan Murder Mystery,"
"Last Summer in the Hamptons," "Wolf," "JFK," "The Sting II," "The Big Fix,"
"The Sunshine Boys" and "Silent Running."
On television, Rifkin has appeared in numerous made-for-television movies and
miniseries, including "Flowers for Algernon," "Norma Jean and Marilyn," "The
Sunset Gang," "Concealed Enemies," "Buying a Landslide," "Evergreen," "The Winds
of War" and "Dress Gray." He starred in the series, "One Day at a Time" and "The
Trials of Rosie O'Neill"; and guest starred on "ER," "Law & Order," "Falcon
Crest," "Soap," "Hill Street Blues" and "The Outer Limits," in which he received
a Cable ACE nomination.
Rifkin has also been seen in the television film, "Deliberate Intent," opposite
Timothy Hutton;
and in "Light Up the Sky" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival."Last Summer in
the Hamptons," "Wolf," "JFK," "The Sting II," "The Big Fix," "The Sunshine Boys"
and "Silent Running."
On television, Rifkin has appeared in numerous made-for-television movies and
miniseries, including "Flowers for Algernon," "Norma Jean and Marilyn," "The
Sunset Gang," "Concealed Enemies," "Buying a Landslide," "Evergreen," "The Winds
of War" and "Dress Gray." He starred in the series, "One Day at a Time" and "The
Trials of Rosie O'Neill"; and guest starred on "ER," "Law & Order," "Falcon
Crest," "Soap," "Hill Street Blues" and "The Outer Limits," in which he received
a Cable ACE nomination.
Rifkin has also been seen in the television film, "Deliberate Intent," opposite
Timothy Hutton; and in "Light Up the Sky" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
He also appeared in several episodes of "Nero Wolfe," with Timothy Hutton
directing. Other film projects for 2001 include starring roles in "Dragonfly"
with Kevin Costner, "The Majestic" with Jim Carrey and "Sum of All Fears" with
Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman.