Arliss Howard
Biography
Arliss Howard is an American actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Independence, Missouri, he studied English literature at Columbia College before turning to acting. His early supporting work included Full Metal Jacket (1987), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Men Don't Leave (1990), Ruby (1992) and To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995). He earned two CableACE Award nominations and won for the television film Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture. In 1997 he played Peter Ludlow in The Lost World: Jurassic Park and John C. Calhoun in Amistad, both directed by Steven Spielberg. He had a recurring role on the NBC series Medium and directed several episodes, and he directed and starred in Big Bad Love (2001) and Dawn Anna (2005). Later credits include The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), the series Rubicon, Moneyball (2011) and Mank (2020). He has also worked extensively in theater, including a Broadway revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
71years old
Turns 72 on October 18in 6 days
- Born Independence
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Leslie Richard Howard (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 41 years1983 to 2024
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A change of course
Arliss Howard worked in the Wyoming oil industry and on a New Mexico ranch, and he also lived in Hawaii, before he turned to acting.
Behind the camera
Howard has directed several episodes of Medium, the NBC weekly drama thriller series, and he has also had a recurring role in that same series.
Arliss Howard movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David Fincher directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Julianne Moore's page
Deirdre O'Connell's page
Richard T. Jones's page
All films by David Fincher
Box office
What Arliss Howard's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.1 billion
17 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 17 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 17Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$619M54.8% of the total
- 2$110M9.8% of the total
- 3$106M9.4% of the total
- 4$101M9.0% of the total
- 5$50M4.5% of the total
- 6$48M4.2% of the total
- 7$46M4.1% of the total
- 8$24M2.1% of the total
$25.3 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.