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Ron Silver is known for his extraordinary stage presence and high-energy
portrayals of a variety of offbeat characters in films and on television. A
native New Yorker, Silver studied Chinese at State University of New York at
Buffalo and drama at the Herbert Berghof Studio and the Actors Studio. After
receiving his bachelor's from S.U.N.Y., Silver earned a master's degree in
Chinese history at the College of Chinese Culture in Taiwan and then returned to
New York to study at the aforementioned acting studios.
1976 was a big year for Silver who debuted as a comedian in feature films (Tunnelvision),
television (The Mac Davis Show), and theater (El Grande de Coca-Cola). He was
also a regular cast member between 1976 and 1978 on the sitcom Rhoda, and then
appeared in several made-for-television movies before appearing in Semi-Tough
(1977). His feature film career picked up in the early '80s, but he did not get
his first big break until he starred opposite Anne Bancroft in Sidney Lumet's
Garbo Talks (1984). Silver earned critical acclaim in 1989 for starring in
Philip Saville's Fellow Traveler as a Hollywood screenwriter forced to flee his
family and friends to avoid getting blacklisted during the early '50s. That same
year, Silver won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for starring in David Mamet's
Speed-The-Plow and scored a second film coup in Paul Mazursky's adaptation of
author Isaac Bashevis Singer's Enemies, A Love Story. Since then, the busy
Silver, who juggled his time between the three entertainment forms, has become a
respected mid-range star who can be counted on to deliver consistently strong,
fine performances. As the '90s progressed, he moved into more lead roles playing
everything from psychopaths (Blue Steel [1990]), senators (Time Cop [1994]),
sleazy lawyers (in the TV medical drama Chicago Hope [1994- ]), and scientists
(The Arrival [1996]).
Source:
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