Rory Cochrane (born February 28, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, Lee Schatz in Argo, Freck in A Scanner Darkly, and Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami.
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, followed by his first substantial role as Jeff Goldblum's son in Fathers & Sons.
Cochrane's breakout role came when he was cast as stoner Ron Slater in 1993's Dazed and Confused. 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 appeared in the comedy Empire Records (1995) which was a box office bomb, but prominent film critic Roger Ebert praised his performance as a highlight of the film.
Cochrane had a supporting part in the 2002 action-drama Hart's War starring Bruce Willis. He also appeared in the Richard Linklater 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, which starred Johnny Depp.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1991 A Kiss Before Dying Chico 1992 Fathers & Sons Ed 1993 Dazed and Confused Ron Slater 1994 Love and a .45 Billy Mack Black 1995 Empire Records Lucas The Low Life John 1997 Dogtown Curtis Lasky Right at your Door Brad 1998 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole "Chi-Town" 1999 Flawless "Pogo" Black and White Chris O'Brien 2000 Sunset Strip Felix The Prime Gig Joel 2001 Southlander Chance 2002 Hart's War Sergeant Carl S. Webb 2006 Right at Your Door Brad A Scanner Darkly Charles Freck 2009 Public Enemies FBI Agent Carter Baum 2010 Passion Play Rickey 2011 Bringing Up Bobby Walt 2012 Argo Lee Schatz Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the YearScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureNominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastNominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast 2013 Parkland Earl Rose, The Coroner 2013 Oculus Alan Russell 2015 Black Mass Stevie "The Rifleman" Flemmi 2016 Soy Nero Sergeant McCloud 2017 The Most Hated Woman in America Gary Karr Hostiles Master Sergeant Thomas Metz 2018 The Outsider Anthony Panetti White Boy Rick FBI Agent Frank Byrd 2021 Encounter Shepard West Antlers Dan Lecroy 2022 Tyson's Run Bobby Hollerman 2023Boston StranglerDetective DeLine 2024 King IvoryBeatty
Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 H.E.L.P. Second Kid Episode: "Fire Down Below" 1997 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 Yevgeny Tsipin 6 episodes 2009 24 Greg Seaton 7 episodes 2019 Reprisal Burt 6 episodes2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyJerry Tarkanian 2 Episodes 2024 Yellowstone Detective Dillard 4 episodes TBA The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey John Eller Upcoming series
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2004 CSI: Miami CSI Level 3 Tim Speedle Voice role
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