Former golden gloves boxer Ron Eldard has found success on stage,
television and in feature films. Fans of the NBC medical drama
ER (1994)
will remember Eldard for playing a paramedic and love interest for
nurse
Julianna Margulies on the show's second season. The New York native
graduated from the city's prestigious High School of the Performing
Arts after studying drama and made his feature film debut in
Nancy Savoca's
True Love (1989). Eldard's subsequent major film roles include that of an inner
city youth coping with the consequences of a practical joke gone
horribly awry in
Barry Levinson's
Sleepers (1996). On stage, Eldard made a name for
himself appearing in the off-Broadway productions of "AveNu Boys" and
"Servy 'n' Bernice 4Ever" and, in his one man show, "Standing Eight
Count". His Broadway credits include
Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues" and "On
the Waterfront". On television, Eldard starred in the short-lived NBC
sitcom
Men Behaving Badly (1996) and in
Bakersfield P.D. (1993). Eldard has also appeared in several
made-for-television movies, including Showtime's
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) and HBO's
When Trumpets Fade (1998).