Leon Russom
- Actor
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Best known asPrison Break (2005)'s General Jonathan Kranz (Padman) and the Malibu police chief inThe Big Lebowski (1998),Russom was, for 22 years, a New York stage actor whose day job was soaps, with long tenures as Joe Taylor onLove Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967),Willis Frame onAnother World (1964),and Jack Darling onAll My Children (1970).The featureNo Way Out (1987)brought Russom to Los Angeles in 1987.
A year later, after starring oppositeCarol BurnettinHostage (1988),he moved to LA permanently to star in NBC'sTV 101 (1988).Emmy-nominated forLong Road Home (1991),Russom has continued his theatrical activity in Los Angeles (and on Broadway) while establishing himself as a presence in episodic television and feature films, includingTrue Grit (2010),his second film with Joel and Ethan Coen.
A year later, after starring oppositeCarol BurnettinHostage (1988),he moved to LA permanently to star in NBC'sTV 101 (1988).Emmy-nominated forLong Road Home (1991),Russom has continued his theatrical activity in Los Angeles (and on Broadway) while establishing himself as a presence in episodic television and feature films, includingTrue Grit (2010),his second film with Joel and Ethan Coen.
