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 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 (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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991A Kiss Before DyingChico
1992Fathers & SonsEd
1993Dazed and ConfusedRon Slater
1994Love and a .45Billy Mack Black
1995Empire RecordsLucas
The Low LifeJohn
1997DogtownCurtis Lasky
Right at your DoorBrad
1998The Adventures of Sebastian Cole"Chi-Town"
1999Flawless"Pogo"
Black and WhiteChris O'Brien
2000Sunset StripFelix
The Prime GigJoel
2001SouthlanderChance
2002Hart's WarSergeant Carl S. Webb
2006Right at Your DoorBrad
A Scanner DarklyCharles Freck
2009Public EnemiesFBI Agent Carter Baum
2010Passion PlayRickey
2011Bringing Up BobbyWalt
2012ArgoLee SchatzHollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
2013ParklandEarl Rose, The Coroner
2014OculusAlan Russell
2015Black MassStevie "The Rifleman" Flemmi
2016Soy NeroSergeant McCloud
2017The Most Hated Woman in AmericaGary Karr
HostilesMaster Sergeant Thomas Metz
2018The OutsiderAnthony Panetti
White Boy RickFBI Agent Frank Byrd
2021EncounterShepard West
AntlersDan Lecroy
2022Tyson's RunBobby Hollerman
2023Boston StranglerDetective DeLine
2024King IvoryBeatty

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990H.E.L.P.Second KidEpisode: "Fire Down Below"
1997The Last DonDante Clericuzio3 episodes
2002CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI Level 3 Tim SpeedleEpisode: "Cross-Jurisdictions"
2002–2007CSI: MiamiCSI Level 3 Tim Speedle50 episodes
2007The CompanyYevgeny Tsipin6 episodes
200924Greg Seaton7 episodes
2019ReprisalBurt6 episodes
2022Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyJerry Tarkanian2 Episodes
2024YellowstoneDetective Dillard4 episodes
TBAUnspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét RamseyJohn EllerUpcoming series

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004CSI: MiamiCSI Level 3 Tim SpeedleVoice role

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