Known for his outstanding performances as a Texan dubbed “Cowboy” in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” (1987), as “Peter Ludlow” in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” (1997), and as “Richard DeTamble” in “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” Arliss Howard is an American actor, director, and screenwriter (2009).
Many people mistakenly think that Arliss Howard made his acting debut in Kubrick’s movie, however, the actor had previously played a foolish vacuum cleaner salesman in “Door to Door” (1984).
In “Plain Clothes,” he also made an appearance as a baby-faced high school kid (1988). Howard continued to perform roles far into the 1990s that were seen as “second fiddle” to the leading actors of the day. He appeared in the film “Men Don’t Leave,” which featured Jessica Lange (1990).
He starred in “Crisscross” (1992) and “For the Boys” as a troubled Vietnam veteran (1991). His first union, with Karen Mary Sellars, ended quickly. In 1996, he wed Debra Winger.
Sam Howard, from his first wedding, and Gideon “Babe” Howard, from his second marriage, are both of his sons.
Arliss Howard’s Date of Birth and Parents
On October 18, 1954, in Independence, Missouri, Arliss Howard was born. His parents are Barbara and Richard “Dick” Howard (Peavy).
Jim Howard, a screenwriter, novelist, poet, and developer of video games is his older brother. Sister Joy Howard and younger brother Kip Howard are his other two siblings.
Arliss Howard’s Education
He attended Missouri’s Truman High School and Columbia College before joining theater. At the renowned “Actors Studio” in New York, he got formal acting training.
Arliss Howard’s Wife
Actress Debra Winger and Howard were wed on November 28, 1996.
Sam Howard, born in 1987, is the son of his first marriage to Karen Mary Sellars, his talent agent, and Gideon “Babe” Howard, born in 1997, is the son of his second marriage to Debra Winger.
He is Noah Hutton’s stepfather. He is Ruth Winger’s (an actress) son-in-law, Debra Winger’s mother.
Arliss Howard’s Career
With his roles in “Ruby” and “Natural Born Killers,” Howard became well-known. In the follow-up to “Jurassic Park,” “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” he played the clever and selfish businessman “Peter Ludlow” with ease.
Howard had an appearance in the 2011 film Moneyball as well as the CBS drama series Medium. He was the director of the movies “Big Bad Love” (2002) and “Dawn Anna” (2005).
He and his brother Jim Howard co-wrote the scripts for both movies. Both of these films had Debra Winger, his wife, as the lead. In Bette Midler’s “GI Husband,” he played a USO performer but was not given credit for it.
“I Know My First Name Is Steven” (1989) and “Iran: Days of Crisis” are two of his outstanding TV movies (1991).
In the intellectual TV show “Rubicon,” which was canceled by “AMC” after 13 episodes, he played the part of a smart supervisor employed by an American intelligence organization.
Howard was a visitor at Graceland University where he performed in and directed the American classic “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder, the 2012 “Homecoming Play,” and the first performance of the “JR Black Box Theatre” in the recently enlarged “Shaw Center.”
During his six-week stint in Lamoni, he taught ‘Graceland’ theater students acting and directing tips.
In addition to directing numerous stage productions, he also acted in a few of them, including “The Monogamist,” “How I Learned to Drive,” “The Late Henry Moss,” “Fool for Love,” “Geography of Luck,” and “The Late Henry Moss” at the American Repertory Theater, all of which starred his wife Debra Winger.
With his appearances at the “American Repertory Theater” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he has garnered a significant amount of stage experience.
He has been in many plays including Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” Bertolt Brecht’s “In the Jungle of the Cities,” and August Wilson’s 2009 Broadway production of Joe Turner’s “Come and Gone.”
Additionally, he has performed the role of “Nikolai Ivanov” in Chekhov’s “Ivanov.”