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Rod Lurie

Director, Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn May 15, 1962 (63 years)
Rod Lurie is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter and former film critic. Lurie's first foray into filmmaking, as writer and director, was the low-budget political thriller Deterrence (1999), with Kevin Pollak as the first Jewish President of the United States.

The characters (in his films) of President Jackson Evans (The Contender), prison inmate Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin (The Last Castle), FBI agent Paige Van Doren (Line of Fire), and vice presidential nominee Gen. (ret.) Warren Keaton (Commander in Chief) are all fictional graduates of the "Long Gray Line".

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hell on Wheels
  • Nothing But the Truth
  • The Contender
  • Resurrecting the Champ
  • What Doesn't Kill You

Known For

  • The Last Castle
  • Nothing But the Truth
  • Straw Dogs
  • The Contender
  • The Outpost
  • Resurrecting the Champ
  • Hell on Wheels
  • What Doesn't Kill You
  • Damnation
  • American Odyssey
  • Deterrence
  • Killing Reagan
  • The Senior
  • Commander In Chief
  • Scenes of the Crime
  • Louder Than Words

Featured Videos

  • Rod Lurie On What A Straw Dog Is
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Rod Lurie Filmography

2016
Killing Reagan · as Sergeant At Arms
2011
Hell on Wheels (TV Series) · as Bystander #2
2011
Straw Dogs · as Logger
2008
2007
Resurrecting the Champ · as Toby Eagleburger
1999
Deterrence · as John Desimio
1990
Hollywood Boulevard II · as Who Are You?

2022
Last Seen Alive · as Executive Producer
2017
Black Butterfly · as Executive Producer
2013
Louder Than Words · as Executive Producer
2008
2008
2007
2005
Commander In Chief (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2004
Capital City · as Executive Producer
2003
Line of Fire (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2001
The Search for John Gissing · as Executive Producer
2001

2011
Straw Dogs · as Screenplay
2008
2005
Commander In Chief (TV Series)
2003
Line of Fire (TV Series)
2000
1999

2009
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Heckler · as Self
2006
1998
Junket Whore · as Self
1994
Hardball with Chris Mathews (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1992
HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

2008
Speechless · as Co-Director
2004
Capital City · as Written By

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