Rodney Rowland

Rodney Rowland is an American actor who is also credited as Rod Rowland in later productions. Born in Newport Beach, California, he briefly attended Pepperdine University on a watersport scholarship before moving to Europe to model for labels such as Gucci and Versace; a suggestion from Bruce Weber prompted him to take acting classes and begin appearing in film and theater. His breakthrough came in 1995, when James Wong and Glen Morgan cast him as the genetically engineered In Vitro Cooper Hawkes in their space war series Space: Above and Beyond. He worked with the pair again on The X-Files, playing Ed Jerse alongside Gillian Anderson, and he had a recurring role on Veronica Mars as Liam Fitzpatrick, a lead figure in the Fighting Fitzpatricks. He is also known for playing P. Wiley in The 6th Day (2000), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.