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Arliss Howard (born Leslie Richard Howard; October 18 1954) is an American actor, writer and film director. He was born in Independence, Missouri and established his career with stand-out roles in Full Metal Jacket and Ruby. In Till Death Us Do Part (1992), Howard portrayed author and attorney Vincent Bugliosi, who led the prosecution in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. He has had a recurring role in the NBC weekly drama series Medium and has directed several episodes. Howard has extensive stage credits, including a role in the 2009 revival of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" on Broadway. He also starred in and directed the films Big Bad Love and "Dawn Anna", both co-written with James Howard, his brother. His wife, Debra Winger, stars in both films. They have one son.

Filmography

• The Day After (1983) (TV)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Plain Clothes (1988)
• I Know My Name Is Steven (1989) (TV) .... Kenneth Parnell (uncredited)
• Men Don't Leave (1990)
• Till Death Us Do Part (1992) (TV)
• CrissCross (1992)
• Ruby (1992)
• Those Secrets (1992) (TV)
• Wilder Napalm (1993)
• The Sandlot (1993) (uncredited)
• Natural Born Killers (1994) (uncredited)
• To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
• The Infiltrator (1995) (TV) .... Eaton
• Wet (1995)
• Johns (1996)
• The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (TV)
• Beyond the Call (1996) (TV)
• Tales of Erotica (1996) (segment "Wet")
• Amistad (1997)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Old Man (1997) (TV)
• The Lesser Evil (1998)
• A Map of the World (1999)
• You Know My Name (1999) (TV)
• Big Bad Love (2001)
• The Song of the Lark (2001) (TV)
• Word of Honor (2003) (TV)
• Dandelion (2004)
• Birth (2004)
• "Dawn Anna" (2005) (TV)
• Weapons (2006)
• Awake (2007)
• The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

External links

• Arliss Howard at IMDb

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