{{short description|American actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Rory Cochrane | image = Rory Cochrane.jpg | caption = Cochrane in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|28}} | birth_place = [[Syracuse, New York]], U.S. | years_active = 1991–present | occupation = Actor }}
'''Rory Cochrane''' (born February 28, 1972)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cochrane, Rory 1972- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/cochrane-rory-1972 |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |publisher=[[Cengage]]}}</ref> is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'', Lucas in ''[[Empire Records]]'', Lee Schatz in ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'', Freck in ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'', and [[Tim Speedle]] in ''[[CSI: Miami]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/13862/Rory-Cochrane/biography|title=Rory Cochrane profile|access-date=2017-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104114447/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/13862/Rory-Cochrane/biography|archive-date=2012-11-04|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Sandra Brennan|date=2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== Cochrane's first roles included a part in a docudrama about drugs on ''Saturday Night with [[Connie Chung]]'' (1989) and an appearance in an episode of ''[[H.E.L.P.]]'' (1990). He then made his film debut (with about fifteen seconds' screen time) in ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)|A Kiss Before Dying]]'', followed by his first substantial role as [[Jeff Goldblum]]'s son in ''[[Fathers & Sons (1992 film)|Fathers & Sons]]''.
Cochrane's breakout role came when he was cast as [[Cannabis culture|stoner]] Ron Slater in 1993's ''Dazed and Confused''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/50besthsfilms2.html |title=50 Best High School Movies |publisher=Filmsite.org |date=2006-09-15 |access-date=2011-04-20}}</ref> Cochrane followed up with a well-received performance as the psychotic Billy Mack in the [[Renée Zellweger]] action comedy ''[[Love and a .45]]'' in 1994. Cochrane again found success with a [[role]] in the comedy ''[[Empire Records]]'' and appeared in ''[[Hart's War]]'' starring [[Bruce Willis]] and [[Colin Farrell]]. He also appeared in the [[Richard Linklater]] film ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'' (2006).
Cochrane played the role of CSI Tim Speedle in ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' seasons 1–3. Cochrane also reprised his role in the season 6 episode "[[Bang, Bang, Your Debt]]", as a hallucination to [[Eric Delko]].
In 2015, Cochrane had a supporting role as Boston mobster [[Stephen Flemmi]] in the true-crime film ''[[Black Mass (film)|Black Mass]]'', which starred [[Johnny Depp]].
==Filmography==
===Film=== {|class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1991 | ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)|A Kiss Before Dying]]'' | Chico | |- | 1992 | ''[[Fathers & Sons (1992 film)|Fathers & Sons]]'' | Ed | |- | 1993 | ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'' | Ron Slater | |- | 1994 | ''[[Love and a .45]]'' | Billy Mack Black | |- | rowspan="2"| 1995 | ''[[Empire Records]]'' | Lucas | |- | ''[[The Low Life]]'' | John | |- | rowspan="2"| 1997 | ''[[Dogtown (film)|Dogtown]]'' | Curtis Lasky | |- | ''[[Right at your Door]]'' | Brad | |- | 1998 | ''[[The Adventures of Sebastian Cole]]'' | "Chi-Town" | |- | rowspan="2"| 1999 | ''[[Flawless (1999 film)|Flawless]]'' | "Pogo" | |- | ''[[Black and White (1999 TV film)|Black and White]]'' | Chris O'Brien | |- | rowspan="2"| 2000 | ''[[Sunset Strip (2000 film)|Sunset Strip]]'' | Felix | |- | ''[[The Prime Gig]]'' | Joel | |- | 2001 | ''[[Southlander]]'' | Chance | |- | 2002 | ''[[Hart's War]]'' | Sergeant Carl S. Webb | |- | rowspan="2"| 2006 | ''[[Right at Your Door]]'' | Brad | |- | ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'' | Charles Freck | |- | 2009 | ''[[Public Enemies (2009 film)|Public Enemies]]'' | FBI Agent Carter Baum | |- | 2010 | ''[[Passion Play (film)|Passion Play]]'' | Rickey | |- | 2011 | ''[[Bringing Up Bobby (2011 film)|Bringing Up Bobby]]'' | Walt | |- | 2012 | ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'' | Lee Schatz | [[Hollywood Film Festival|Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year]]<br>[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]<br>Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast<br>Nominated—[[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast]] |- | 2013 | ''[[Parkland (film)|Parkland]]'' | Earl Rose, The Coroner | |- | 2014 | ''[[Oculus (film)|Oculus]]'' | Alan Russell | |- | 2015 | ''[[Black Mass (film)|Black Mass]]'' | [[Stephen Flemmi|Stevie "The Rifleman" Flemmi]] | |- | 2016 | ''[[Soy Nero]]'' | Sergeant McCloud | |- | rowspan="2"| 2017 | ''[[The Most Hated Woman in America]]'' | Gary Karr | |- | ''[[Hostiles (film)|Hostiles]]'' | Master Sergeant Thomas Metz | |- | rowspan="2"| 2018 | ''[[The Outsider (2018 film)|The Outsider]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/markets-festivals/jared-leto-netflix-1201919499/|title=Netflix Circling Jared Leto Crime Thriller 'The Outsider' (EXCLUSIVE)|work=Variety|date=November 16, 2016|access-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref> | Anthony Panetti | |- | ''[[White Boy Rick]]'' | FBI Agent Frank Byrd | |- | rowspan="2"| 2021 | ''[[Encounter (2021 film)|Encounter]]'' | Shepard West | |- | ''[[Antlers (2021 film)|Antlers]]'' | Dan Lecroy | |- | 2022 | ''[[Tyson's Run]]'' | Bobby Hollerman | |- | 2023 |[[Boston Strangler (film)|''Boston Strangler'']] |Detective DeLine | |- | 2024 | ''[[King Ivory]]'' |Beatty | |}
===Television=== {|class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1990 | ''[[H.E.L.P.]]'' | Second Kid | Episode: "Fire Down Below" |- | 1997 | ''[[The Last Don (miniseries)|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 (TV miniseries)|The Company]]'' | Yevgeny Tsipin | 6 episodes |- | 2009 | ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' | Greg Seaton | 7 episodes |- | 2019 | ''[[Reprisal (TV series)|Reprisal]]'' | Burt | 6 episodes |- |2022 |''[[Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty]]'' |[[Jerry Tarkanian]] | 2 Episodes |- | 2024 | ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'' | Detective Dillard | 4 episodes |- | TBA | ''[[Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey]]'' | John Eller | Upcoming series |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2004 | ''[[CSI: Miami (video game)|CSI: Miami]]'' | CSI Level 3 Tim Speedle | Voice role |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0168262}}
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