Arliss Howard

Actor
Director
Writer

After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

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The Killer (2023)

Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for his roles in the films Full Metal Jacket (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), Moneyball (2011), and Mank (2020). Howard was born in Independence, Missouri and has a sister, Joy Howard, and two younger brothers, Jim Howard (b. 1956) and Kip Howard. He graduated from Truman High School and Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri.

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

6.6

Peter Ludlow

1997

Full Metal Jacket

8.2

Pvt. Cowboy

1987

The Time Traveler's Wife

7.1

Richard DeTamble

2009

Moneyball

7.6

John Henry

2011

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Actor

The Thicket
5.7
- Rev. Ephron Karlsson
- 2024
The Killer
6.7
- The Client - Claybourne
- 2023
With/In
4.9
- Segment "Still Life"
- 2022
Mr. Corman
6.5
TV Series
- Larry
- 2021
With/In: Volume 2
6.0
- (segment "Still Life")
- 2021
Mank
6.8
- Louis B. Mayer
- 2020
Lapsis
6.2
- Dr. Mangold
- 2020
Manhunt
8.1
TV Series
- Earl Embry
- 2020
Mosaic
7.3
- Klaus Kinsmann
- 2017
The Boy Downstairs
5.7
- Diana's Father
- 2017
When We Rise
7.5
TV Mini Series
- Ted Olson
- 2017
Concussion
7.1
- Dr. Joseph Maroon
- 2015
True Blood
7.9
TV Series
- Truman Burrell
- 2013
Over/Under
4.8
TV Movie
- Victor
- 2013
Moneyball
7.6
- John Henry
- 2011

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Alternative name
- Less R. Howard
Height
- 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Born
- October 18, 1954
- Independence, Missouri, USA
Spouses
Children
- Babe Howard
Relatives
Other works
Stage: Appeared (as "Peck") in "How I Learned to Drive", American Repoertory Theatre, 9/18/98-10/10/98, Cambridge, MA.

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Trivia
Two sons: Sam Howard is his son from his first marriage to his agent and appeared in Dawn Anna (2005). Babe Howard is his son from his second marriage to actress Debra Winger and they appeared together in Lapsis (2020).

Quotes
When I came to California I thought once they put you in a movie, then you become a movie star. And then a movie I did came out and no one saw it and I wasn't a movie star.