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Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce Boxleitner is an American actor and science‑fiction author whose career spans five decades of television, film, and interactive media. Born on May 12 1950 in Elgin, Illinois, he grew up in the Chicago suburbs, attending Prospect High School before studying drama at the Goodman School of Drama (now part of DePaul University). His early screen debut came in 1973 with a guest spot on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and he quickly became a familiar face on popular series such as Gunsmoke and The Six Million Dollar Man. By the late 1970s, Boxleitner secured leading roles in the western anthology How the West Was Won and the adventure series Bring ’Em Back Alive, demonstrating a versatility that would define his later work. The actor’s most iconic performance arrived in 1982 when he portrayed Alan Bradley and the titular computer program Tron in Disney’s groundbreaking sci‑fi film, a dual role that earned him a lasting cult following and later reprises in Tron: Legacy (2010), the animated series Tron: Uprising (2012), and multiple video game adaptations. He continued to shape the genre with his portrayal of Commander John Sheridan on the critically acclaimed series Babylon 5 (1994‑1998), a role that cemented his status as a staple of 1990s television. Beyond screen acting, Boxleitner authored the western‑infused novels Frontier Earth (1999) and Searcher (2001), and voiced characters in games such as Kingdom Hearts II and Spec Ops: The Line. His personal life includes three marriages—first to Kathryn Holcomb, then to Melissa Gilbert, and presently to publicist Verena King—and three children. An avid supporter of space exploration, he has served on the board of the National Space Society, reflecting a lifelong passion that mirrors the futuristic worlds he often inhabits.
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Given Name: Bruce William Boxleitner
Born: Elgin, Illinois, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: May 12, 1950
Occupations: Actor, Writer
Years Active: 1973-present
Children: 3
Spouses: Kathryn Holcomb, Melissa Gilbert, Verena King
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Movies Featuring Bruce Boxleitner
TRON
Shadows in Paradise
LEGO® Atlantis: The Movie
Love’s Everlasting Courage
Blackout sur Los Angeles
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TRON: The Next Day
Installing the Cast
The Thanksgiving House
So You Said Yes
Double Mommy
Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried
Wedding Bells
Contagion
The Making of TRON
The Christmas Contract
Snakehead Terror
Special Report: Zombie Invasion
Holiday Date
The Only Witness
Arthur Hailey’s Detective
A Killer Upstairs
King of the Lost World
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
Sharpshooter
MatchMaker Mysteries: A Killer Engagement
They Are Among Us
Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke
Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
The Bone Eater
Double Cross
The Pixar Story
East of Eden
Fly Away Home
Murderous Vision
Diplomatic Immunity
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Passion Flower
Louis L’Amour’s Down the Long Hills
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day
The Gambler
The Return of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer
Judith Krantz’s Till We Meet Again
From the Dead of Night
MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill
The Baltimore Bullet
Red River
Judith Krantz’s Till We Meet Again
The Secret
Gunsmoke: One Man’s Justice
A Cry for Help
Kuffs
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Danielle Steel’s Zoya
Sixpack Annie
Murder at the World Series
The Babe
Aces ’N’ Eights
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Transmorphers: Fall of Man
Christmas Under the Northern Lights
House of Secrets
Dead Space: Downfall
The Macahans
The Warrant: Breaker’s Law
Career Timeline
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2011
Love’s Everlasting Courage
Lloyd
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Col. Martin
TRON: The Next Day
Alan Bradley
Installing the Cast
Self
2007
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
President John Sheridan
Sharpshooter
Sheriff Garner
The Bone Eater
Sheriff Steve Evans
The Pixar Story
Tron (archive footage)
2006
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
Frank Lucas
Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
Clint Lawson
Double Cross
James
2005
Arthur Hailey’s Detective
Ketledge
A Killer Upstairs
Detective Bruning
King of the Lost World
Lt. Challenger
2004
Snakehead Terror
Sheriff Patrick James
Special Report: Zombie Invasion
The President
They Are Among Us
Hugh
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