Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as a disaffected corporate employee in the cult comedy Office Space, a sardonic writer and subject of a short-time obsession of Carrie Bradshaw in a cult TV-series Sex and the City, and as Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries Band of Brothers. As of fall 2006, he is starring as FBI negotiator Matt Flannery in the FOX series Standoff, co-starring Rosemarie DeWitt, and he is the new spokesman for Sprint Nextel. is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in the State of Iowa Coordinates: , Country United States State Iowa County Linn County Incorporated 1849 Government  - Mayor Kay Halloran Area  - City  64. ... is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Office Space is an American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. ... Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw Caroline Marie Bradshaw (born October 10, 1966) is the fictional narrator of the HBO sitcom/drama Sex and the City played by actress Sarah Jessica Parker. ... Sex and the City is a popular American cable television program. ... Band of Brothers is an acclaimed 10-part television miniseries set during World War II, co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... This article is about the animal. ... Standoff is an American television series. ... Rosemarie DeWitt is an American actress. ... Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. ...

Biography

Early life

Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Linda, a Lutheran minister, and Kurt Livingston, an aerospace engineer.^[1] His younger brother, John, is also an actor; sister Jennifer is a TV news personality at WKBT in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. He graduated from Marion High School in Marion, Iowa and attended Yale University, where he received B.A. degrees in Theater and English. Edward Norton was one of his classmates. Livingston relocated to Chicago and became involved in the city's theater scene. Nickname: Location in the State of Iowa Coordinates: , Country United States State Iowa County Linn County Incorporated 1849 Government  - Mayor Kay Halloran Area  - City  64. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering that concerns aircraft, spacecraft, and related topics. ... WKBT-TV (News Channel 8) is a CBS television affiliate serving west central Wisconsin. ... La Crosse is a city located in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. ... Marion is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... Edward Harrison Norton[1] (born August 18, 1969) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American film actor and director. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ...

Career

Livingston's first film role was in 1992, in Dolly Parton's Straight Talk. He moved to Los Angeles and was cast in supporting roles in Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade and The Low Life. Livingston landed his first role in a major film in 1996's Swingers. He played the male lead in Office Space, which co-starred Jennifer Aniston and was written and directed by Mike Judge. He gave his first serious role in HBO's Band of Brothers as Captain Lewis Nixon. Going beyond nice-guy roles, Livingston played a Hollywood agent in Adaptation (2002); a weaselly Ivy League upstart to Alec Baldwin's casino boss in The Cooler (2003); and an unfortunate English teacher in Pretty Persuasion (2005). He also appeared as Jack Berger, Carrie's boyfriend in the sixth season of Sex and the City, as well as in the episode "TB or Not TB" of House. Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is a Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated American country singer, songwriter, composer, author, actress, and philanthropist. ... Straight Talk is an American 1992 comedy film starring Dolly Parton. ... Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade is a short film directed by George Hickenlooper and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, and J.T. Walsh. ... For the sexual lifestyle, see swinging. ... Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and television actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green in the hugely popular television sitcom Friends. ... Michael Craig Judge (born 17 October 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Lewis Nixon (September 30, 1918 - January 11, 1995) was a United States Army officer in the 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Easy Company. ... For other uses, see Adaptation (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ivy League (disambiguation). ... Alec Baldwin (born April 3, 1958) is an Emmy- and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe Award-winning, American actor. ... Bello, Baldwin, and Macy. ... Pretty Persuasion is a 2005 comedy / drama / teen film directed by Marcos Siega and written by Skander Halim. ... Sex and the City is a popular American cable television program. ... TB or Not TB is the fourth episode of the second season of House, and the twenty-sixth episode overall. ... House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ...

Sprint Nextel announced on October 21, 2006, that as part of their new "Power Up" campaign, they will use Livingston as a "straightforward, relatable guy who finds unconventional ways to talk about Sprint's wireless services".^[2] Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. ...

Summer 2007 saw Livingston on the Off-Broadway stage in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's In A Dark Dark House, produced by MCC Theater, alongside Frederick Weller and Louisa Krause. The show ran May 16 through July 27, 2007 at The Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Neil LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and playwright. ... In A Dark Dark House is a play by Neil Labute. ... MCC Logo MCC Theater, previously named Manhattan Class Company is an Off-Broadway theater company located in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Filmography

• Music Within (2007) - Richard Pimentel
• Nightmares & Dreamscapes: The End Of The Whole Mess (TV) (2006) - Howard Fornoy
• Brothers in Arms: The Untold Story of the 502 (History Channel Documentary) (2006) - Hosting as Himself
• Standoff (TV) (2006) - Matt Flannery
• House (TV) (2005) - Dr. Sebastian Charles in "TB or Not TB"
• Relative Strangers (2005) - Richard Clayton
• Pretty Persuasion (2005) - Mr. Anderson
• Little Black Book (2004) - Derek
• The Cooler (2003) - Larry Sokolov
• 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) Donnie Anderson
• King of the Ants (2003) - Eric Gatley
• Sex and the City (TV) (2002 - 2003) - Jack Berger
• Adaptation. (2002) - Marty Bowen
• Buying the Cow (2002) - Tyler Carter Bellows
• The Practice (TV) (2001-2002) - Assistant D.A. Alan Lowe
• Band of Brothers (TV) (2001) - Captain Lewis Nixon
• Beat (2000) - Allen Ginsberg
• Body Shots (1999) - Trent
• Office Space (1999) - Peter Gibbons
• Two Ninas (1999) - Marty Sachs
• Swingers (1996) - Rob

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References

External links

• Ron Livingston at the Internet Movie Database
• Ron Livingston at the TCM Movie Database
• World Poker Tour Profile
• Ron Livingston interview
• Ron Livingston EcoZone Special