Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston, born June 5, 1967, is a film and TV actor. His roles include disaffected corporate employee Peter Gibbons in the film "Office Space," sardonic writer Jack Berger in a short-term relationship with Carrie Bradshaw in the TV show "Sex and the City" and Captain Lewis Nixon in the miniseries "Band of Brothers." In 2006, he starred as FBI negotiator Matt Flannery in the Fox series "Standoff," co-starring Rosemarie DeWitt, and he was an ad spokesman for Sprint Nextel. In 2009 he portrayed flight engineer Maddux Donner in the series "Defying Gravity."

Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His younger brother John is also an actor, and his sister Jennifer Livingston and brother-in-law Mike Thompson are both TV news personalities at WKBT in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He attended Yale University, where he received B.A. degrees in Theater and English. Livingston had his first acting experience at Theatre Cedar Rapids after being introduced to the group during a school job shadowing. Livingston relocated to Chicago and became involved in the local theater scene.

Livingston's first film role was in 1992, in Dolly Parton's "Straight Talk." He moved to Los Angeles and was cast in supporting roles in "Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade" and "The Low Life." Livingston landed his first role in a major film in 1996's "Swingers." He played the male lead in "Office Space," which co-starred Jennifer Aniston and was written and directed by Mike Judge. He also appeared in HBO's "Band of Brothers" as Captain Lewis Nixon opposite Donnie Wahlberg and Damian Lewis. Going beyond nice-guy roles, Livingston played a Hollywood agent in "Adaptation"; a weaselly Ivy League upstart to Alec Baldwin's casino boss in "The Cooler"; and a teacher in both "Winter Solstice" and "Pretty Persuasion."

The indie film "Holly" starred Ron Livingston, his first turn to film drama. Summer 2007 saw Livingston on the off-Broadway stage in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's "In A Dark Dark House," produced by MCC Theater, alongside Frederick Weller and Louisa Krause. The show ran May 16 through July 27, 2007, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City.

In 2010, Livingston co-starred in the Jay Roach comedy "Dinner for Schmucks." In February 2013, Entertainment Weekly confirmed that he would be joining the cast of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" for the fourth season.

Ron Livingston also appeared in the 2013 horror film, "The Conjuring." Most recently, he played the part of David Lipsky's (played by Jesse Eisenberg) editor in the film, "The End of the Tour."