Bruce Boxleitner

Also known as Bruce William Boxleitner

American actor, science fiction and suspense writer (born 1950)

Person · Open Library

Works: 5

Top works

Message in a Bottle
Echoes of All Our Conversations, Volume 2
Frontier Earth
The Baron Of The Coyote River
Frontier Earth

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Film & TV

Acting · Elgin, Illinois, USA

Bruce Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor and science fiction writer, best known for his roles in the television series *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983–1987) and the *Tron* film series. He has had a long and varied career in television, film, and literature. He developed an interest in acting at an early age and pursued it professionally after studying at the American Academy of…

Known for

Space Command Redemption — General Joe Haldeman2024
Christmas Under the Northern Lights — Doug2024
Babylon 5: The Road Home — John Sheridan (voice)2023
A Gettysburg Christmas — Ron2023
The Warrant: Breaker's Law — Judge Thaddeus Breaker2023
Far Haven — Ben Watkins2023
MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill — Nick Columba2021
Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day — Jim Ross2020
MatchMaker Mysteries: A Killer Engagement — Nick Columba2019
Holiday Date — Walter2019

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: United States
Active from: 1999
Active to: 2001

Discography

Total Shutdown / Boxleitner2001

Official site Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 5
Total plays: 54

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,169x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,520x
Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,743x
The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
· 1997 · cited 16,058x
Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
· 2002 · cited 15,922x

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Key facts

Born: Bruce William Boxleitner , ( 1950-05-12 ) May 12, 1950 (age 76) , Elgin, Illinois , U.S.
Occupations: Actor, writer
Years active: 1973–present
Known for: Luke Macahan, Alan Bradley/Tron, Lee Stetson a.k.a. Scarecrow, Captain John Sheridan
Spouses: Kathryn Holcomb ( married"}]]}'>m. 1977 ; divorced"}]]}'>div. 1987 ) Melissa Gilbert ( married"}]]}'>m. 1995 ; divorced"}]]}'>div. 2011 ) Verena King ( married"}]]}'>m. 2016 )

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Wikidata facts

Image: Bruce Boxleitner by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Bruce Boxleitner
date of birth: 1950-05-12
birth name: Bruce William Boxleitner
name in native language: Bruce Boxleitner
start of work period: 1973-00-00
social media followers: 27208

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Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series: How the West Was Won, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs. King (with Kate Jackson) and Babylon 5 (as John Sheridan in seasons 2–5, 1991–95). He is known for his dual role as the characters Alan Bradley and Tron in the 1982 Walt Disney Pictures film Tron, a role which he reprised in the 2003 video game Tron 2.0, the 2006 Square-Enix/Disney crossover game Kingdom Hearts II, the 2010 film sequel, Tron: Legacy and the animated series Tron: Uprising. He co-starred in most of the Gambler films with Kenny Rogers, where his character provided comic relief. He also voiced General Moss in the films AniMen: Triton Force and AniMen: The Galactic Battle.

Early life