Ron Rifkin is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Arvin Sloane on the spy drama Alias and as Saul Holden on the American family drama Brothers & Sisters.
| Full Name | Ron Rifkin |
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 31, 1939 |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.74 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Film director |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Iva Rifkin (m. 1966) |
| Parents | Herman Rifkin, Miriam Rifkin |
| Siblings | Arnold Rifkin |
| Nicknames | Saul M. Rifkin |
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| Awards | Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Visiting Production, Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Parental Unit, The Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor i... |
| Movies | The Negotiator, L.A. Confidential, Boiler Room, Silent Running, The Sum of All Fears, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Keeping the Faith, The Majestic, Peep World, Husbands and Wives, Dragonfly, Tadpole, The Words, The Sting II, The Sunshine Boys, Pulse, Norma Jean & Marilyn, JFK, Last Summer in the Hampto... |
| TV Shows | Brothers & Sisters, Alias, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Leaving L.A., The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, One Day at a Time, The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, When Things Were Rotten, Husbands, Wives & Lovers, Adam's Rib |
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| 1 | He was awarded the 1993 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "The Substance of Fire" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2 | Older brother of Arnold Rifkin. |
| 3 | He is sometimes confused with actor Joel Grey and vica versa. Due to this, Grey guest-starred on Alias (2001) as a man brainwashed into thinking he was the evil terrorist-spy Arvin Sloane, who was played by Rifkin. |
| 4 | Is very close friends with Sarah Jessica Parker and Stephen Collins. |
| 5 | Godfather of Eve Kagan. |
| 6 | Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival "Cabaret." |
| 7 | Appeared with wife Iva Rifkin in The Sting II (1983). |
| 8 | Appeared in two movies in 2002 with animals for titles, Tadpole (2000) and Dragonfly (2002). Coincidentally, he'd previously appeared in the film Wolf (1994) as well. |
| 9 | He won a Tony in 1998 for a featured role in "Cabaret". |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| True Memoirs of an International Assassin | 2016 | Amos |
| Elementary | 2016 | TV Series | Wayne Vachs |
| They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief | 2016 | Documentary | Henry Morgenthau |
| Limitless | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Dennis Finch |
| Gotham | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Father Creal / Father Creel |
| The Good Wife | 2015 | TV Series | Spencer Randolph |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2011-2014 | TV Series | Marvin Exley |
| Mind Games | 2014 | TV Series | Ted Sanders |
| Touch | 2013 | TV Series | Isaac |
| The Words | 2012 | Timothy Epstein |
| Brothers & Sisters | 2006-2011 | TV Series | Saul Holden |
| Peep World | 2010 | Henry Meyerwitz |
| American Masters | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Pivot | 2008 | Short |
| Pulse | 2006/I | Dr. Waterson |
| Alias | 2001-2006 | TV Series | Arvin Sloane |
| Alias | 2004 | Video Game | Arvin Sloane (voice) |
| Just a Kiss | 2002 | Dr. Fauci |
| The Sum of All Fears | 2002 | Secretary of State Owens |
| Dragonfly | 2002 | Charlie Dickinson |
| Sex and the City | 2002 | TV Series | Julian Fisher |
| The Majestic | 2001 | Kevin Bannerman |
| A Nero Wolfe Mystery | 2001 | TV Series | Nikola Miltan / Attorney Perry Helmar / Perry Helmar |
| Sam the Man | 2001 | Richard |
| The Warden | 2001 | TV Movie | Judge Faschbinder |
| Tadpole | 2000 | Professor Tisch |
| Deliberate Intent | 2000 | TV Movie | Howard Siegel |
| Keeping the Faith | 2000 | Larry Friedman |
| Flowers for Algernon | 2000 | TV Movie | Dr. Jonah Strauss |
| Boiler Room | 2000 | Judge Marty Davis |
| Drop Back Ten | 2000 |
| The Outer Limits | 1997-1998 | TV Series | Dr. Martin Nodel |
| The Negotiator | 1998 | Grant Frost |
| Leaving L.A. | 1997 | TV Series | Dr. Neil Bernstein |
| L.A. Confidential | 1997 | D.A. Ellis Loew |
| I'm Not Rappaport | 1996 | Feigenbaum |
| The Substance of Fire | 1996 | Isaac Geldhart |
| Norma Jean & Marilyn | 1996 | TV Movie | Johnny Hyde |
| ER | 1995-1996 | TV Series | Dr. Carl Vucelich |
| Fallen Angels | 1995 | TV Series | Frank Barsaly |
| Last Summer in the Hamptons | 1995 | Eli Garfield |
| W.S.H. | 1994 | TV Movie | Professor Pulling |
| Wolf | 1994 | Doctor |
| Manhattan Murder Mystery | 1993 | Sy |
| Room for Two | 1993 | TV Series | Jack Weissman / Jack |
| Law & Order | 1990-1992 | TV Series | Alex Drakos / Phillip Nevins |
| Screenplay | 1992 | TV Series | Teddy Weinfeld |
| Husbands and Wives | 1992 | Rain's Analyst |
| The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | 1990-1992 | TV Series | Ben Meyer |
| Queen Esther | 1992 | Video short | Mordecai (voice) |
| JFK | 1991 | Mr. Goldberg / Spiesel (credited on Director's Cut) |
| American Playhouse | 1984-1991 | TV Series | Leonard / Samuel Roth |
| Three Hotels | 1990 | TV Movie |
| Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 | 1987 | TV Movie | Allen Ginsberg |
| Courage | 1986 | TV Movie | Eppy Lucido |
| Dress Gray | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Maj. Consor |
| Do You Remember Love | 1985 | TV Movie | Gerry Kaplan |
| Evergreen | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Solly |
| The Ratings Game | 1984 | TV Movie | T.V. Director |
| Kidco | 1984 | George Tuskle |
| Hill Street Blues | 1984 | TV Series | Monty DiMair |
| Falcon Crest | 1983 | TV Series | Dr. Hal Lantry |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | 1983 | TV Series | The Squire |
| Ryan's Four | 1983 | TV Series |
| The Sting II | 1983 | Eddie |
| The Winds of War | 1983 | TV Mini-Series | Mark Hartley |
| Another Woman's Child | 1983 | TV Movie | Barry Stein |
| The Day the Bubble Burst | 1982 | TV Movie |
| The Chosen | 1981 | Baseball Coach |
| One Day at a Time | 1980-1981 | TV Series | Nick Handris |
| Knots Landing | 1980 | TV Series | Stan Lesser |
| Mrs. R's Daughter | 1979 | TV Movie | Joseph Barron |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Hour | 1979 | TV Series | Artie Miller |
| Alice | 1979 | TV Series | Eric |
| Salvage 1 | 1979 | TV Series | Reporter Mike Flannery |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | 1978 | TV Series | Beseleel |
| Soap | 1978 | TV Series | Dr. Kanter |
| The Big Fix | 1978 | Randy |
| Husbands, Wives & Lovers | 1978 | TV Series | Ron Willis |
| Rabbit Test | 1978 | Dr. Briscoe |
| Columbo | 1978 | TV Series | Luther |
| A Question of Guilt | 1978 | TV Movie | Assistant District Attorney Verrell |
| Rafferty | 1977 | TV Series | Dr. Bakersmith |
| The Tony Randall Show | 1977 | TV Series | Benten |
| Family | 1977 | TV Series | Dr. Grant |
| Husbands and Wives | 1977 | TV Movie | Ron Cutler |
| McMillan & Wife | 1977 | TV Series | Aaron Leacock |
| In the Glitter Palace | 1977 | TV Movie | Roger |
| The Rockford Files | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Warren Weeks / Tom Robertson |
| Medical Center | 1976 | TV Series | Danny Armbruster |
| Doc | 1976 | TV Series | Gary |
| When Things Were Rotten | 1975 | TV Series | Prince John |
| Kojak | 1975 | TV Series | Rick Levene |
| The Sunshine Boys | 1975/I | T.V. Floor Manager |
| The Night That Panicked America | 1975 | TV Movie | Mercury Theatre Player |
| Cannon | 1975 | TV Series | Paul Goldberg |
| Barnaby Jones | 1975 | TV Series | Snapper Wilcox |
| Insight | 1973-1975 | TV Series | Bailey / John Bailey |
| The Dream Makers | 1975 | TV Movie | Herb |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | 1974 | TV Series | Tony |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1974 | TV Series | Ed Schroeder |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1974 | TV Series | Marty Dyer |
| The Suicide Club | 1974 | TV Movie |
| The Bob Newhart Show | 1974 | TV Series | Jeff Boggs |
| Get Christie Love! | 1974 | TV Series | Normand |
| Adam's Rib | 1973 | TV Series | Asst. Dist. Atty. Roy Mendelsohn |
| Bachelor-at-Law | 1973 | TV Movie | Assistant D.A. |
| The Sandy Duncan Show | 1972 | TV Series | Warren |
| Fuzz | 1972 | Cop guarding the Mayor's Mansion (uncredited) |
| Silent Running | 1972 | Marty Barker |
| Awake and Sing | 1972 | TV Movie | Sam Feinschreiber |
| Young Dr. Kildare | 1972 | TV Series | Harry Flicker |
| The Interns | 1970 | TV Series | Ferguson |
| Room 222 | 1970 | TV Series | Ralph Fisk |
| Flareup | 1969 | Sailor |
| The Devil's 8 | 1969 | Stewart Martin |
| Gidget | 1966 | TV Series | Mel |
