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Rory Cochrane
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Cochrane at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival
Born (1972-02-28) February 28, 1972 (age 53)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1991–present

Rory Cochrane (born February 28, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for playing interesting characters in many movies and TV shows. Some of his famous roles include Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, and Lee Schatz in Argo. He also played Tim Speedle in the popular TV series CSI: Miami.

Rory Cochrane's Acting Journey

Rory Cochrane started his acting career with small parts. His first movie role was in A Kiss Before Dying. After that, he got a bigger role playing Jeff Goldblum's son in the movie Fathers & Sons.

Breakthrough Roles in Movies

Cochrane became well-known for his role as Ron Slater in the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused. He then gave a strong performance as Billy Mack in the action-comedy Love and a .45 in 1994. Cochrane also had success with his role as Lucas in the comedy Empire Records. He appeared in Hart's War alongside Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell. He also worked with director Richard Linklater again in the 2006 film A Scanner Darkly.

Television Appearances

Rory Cochrane played CSI Tim Speedle in the TV show CSI: Miami for its first three seasons. He even returned for a special appearance in a later season. In 2015, Cochrane had a supporting role in the true-crime movie Black Mass. In this film, he played Stephen Flemmi, and the movie starred Johnny Depp.

Movies and TV Shows

Rory Cochrane has been in many different films and television series. Here are some of his notable works:

Film Roles

Year Title Role
1991 A Kiss Before Dying Chico
1992 Fathers & Sons Ed
1993 Dazed and Confused Ron Slater
1994 Love and a .45 Billy Mack Black
1995 Empire Records Lucas
The Low Life John
1997 Dogtown Curtis Lasky
Right at your Door Brad
1998 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole "Chi-Town"
1999 Flawless "Pogo"
Black and White Chris O'Brien
2000 Sunset Strip Felix
The Prime Gig Joel
2001 Southlander Chance
2002 Hart's War Sergeant Carl S. Webb
2006 Right at Your Door Brad
A Scanner Darkly Charles Freck
2009 Public Enemies FBI Agent Carter Baum
2010 Passion Play Rickey
2011 Bringing Up Bobby Walt
2012 Argo Lee Schatz
2013 Parkland Earl Rose, The Coroner
2014 Oculus Alan Russell
2015 Black Mass Stevie "The Rifleman" Flemmi
2016 Soy Nero Sergeant McCloud
2017 The Most Hated Woman in America Gary Karr
Hostiles Master Sergeant Thomas Metz
2018 The Outsider Anthony Panetti
White Boy Rick FBI Agent Frank Byrd
2021 Encounter Shepard West
Antlers Dan Lecroy
2022 Tyson's Run Bobby Hollerman
2023 Boston ... Detective DeLine
2024 King Ivory Beatty

Television Series

Year Title Role Notes
1990 H.E.L.P. Second Kid Episode: "Fire Down Below"
1997 The Last Don Dante Clericuzio 3 episodes
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI Level 3 Tim Speedle Episode: "Cross-Jurisdictions"
2002–2007 CSI: Miami CSI Level 3 Tim Speedle 50 episodes
2007 The Company Yevgeny Tsipin 6 episodes
2009 24 Greg Seaton 7 episodes
2019 Reprisal Burt 6 episodes
2024 Yellowstone Detective Dillard 4 episodes
TBA Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey John Eller Upcoming series

Video Game Voice Work

Year Title Role Notes
2004 CSI: Miami CSI Level 3 Tim Speedle Voice role

See also

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