James Rebhorn (born September 1, 1948) is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of major films.
One of America's most recognizable character actors, James Rebhorn is a veteran of over one hundred television shows, feature films, and plays. While best known for portraying lawyers, politicians, doctors, and military men, he has delivered equally notable performances in a variety of other roles, including that of a brutal serial killer on NBC's Law & Order, a shipping magnate in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and a comically doomed restaurateur in Scotland, Pa. (2001). He also played an abusive stepfather on the soap opera Guiding Light in the mid-1980s.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 1st, 1948, Rebhorn moved to Anderson, Indiana as a child. A devout Lutheran, he attended the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Wittenberg University in Ohio, where he studied political science. After graduating in 1970, Rebhorn moved to New York City, where he earned a Master's of Fine Arts in acting from Columbia University's School of the Arts and joined the metropolitan theater scene.
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IMDB entry for James Rebhorn
