Ron Silver Net Worth

Ron Silver was an American actor, director, and producer born in New York City on July 2, 1946. He was best known for his roles in Timecop (1994), Reversal of Fortune (1990), and Find Me Guilty (2006). He was married to Lynne Miller and passed away in New York City on March 15, 2009.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Director, Producer
Birth Day July 02, 1946
Birth Place  New York City, New York, United States
Age 74 YEARS OLD
Died On March 15, 2009(2009-03-15) (aged 62)\nManhattan, New York, U.S.
Birth Sign Leo
Resting place Westchester Hills Cemetery
Occupation Actor, director, producer, political activist
Years active 1974–2008
Spouse(s) Lynne Miller (m. 1975; div. 1997)
Children 2

💰 Net worth: $20 Million (2024)

Ron Silver, a multi-talented figure in the entertainment industry, has amassed an impressive net worth of $20 million as of 2024. Renowned for his roles as an actor, director, and producer, Ron Silver has made significant contributions to the world of film and television in the United States. With a versatile acting style, he has portrayed a variety of characters throughout his career, showcasing his exceptional skills and remarkable range. In addition to his acting prowess, Silver has also ventured into directing and producing, further establishing his influence and expertise in the industry. With such a successful career and substantial net worth, Ron Silver continues to leave a lasting legacy in the American entertainment landscape.

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Biography/Timeline

1946

Silver was born on July 2, 1946 in Manhattan, New York, the son of May (née Zimelman), a substitute Teacher, and Irving Roy Silver, a clothing sales executive. Silver was raised Jewish on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and attended Stuyvesant High School.

1974

Silver got his big acting break starring in El Grande de Coca-Cola in 1974. Producers Richard Flanzer and Roy Silver (no relation) opened it at the famed Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. The production ran for more than a year. Silver and his co-star, actor Jeff Goldblum, were discovered by Hollywood film agents during this show's run.

1975

In 1975, he married a social worker, later Self magazine Editor, Lynne Miller; the marriage lasted until 1997, when they divorced.

1976

In 1976, he made his film debut in Tunnel Vision, and also played a placekicker in the football comedy film Semi-Tough. From 1976 to 1978, he had a recurring role as Gary Levy in the sitcom Rhoda, a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Additional screen roles include a Psychiatrist in the horror story The Entity (1983), the devoted son of Anne Bancroft in Garbo Talks (1984), an incompetent detective in Eat and Run (1986), the pistol-wielding psychopath stalking Jamie Lee Curtis in 1989's Blue Steel, and the lead in Paul Mazursky's Oscar-nominated Enemies: A Love Story (1989).

1988

He starred as Jerry Lewis's character's son in the multi-episode "Garment District Arc" of the television crime series Wiseguy (1988).

1989

In 1989, he co-founded the Creative Coalition, an entertainment industry political advocacy organization that champions for First Amendment rights, public education, and support for the arts.

1990

He portrayed two well-known attorneys in films based on actual events, playing defense attorney Alan Dershowitz in the drama Reversal of Fortune (1990), based on the trial of Claus von Bülow. and defense attorney Robert Shapiro in the television film American Tragedy (2000), the story of the O. J. Simpson trial.

1991

From 1991 to 2000, Silver served as President of the Actors' Equity Association. He played a film Producer in Best Friends opposite Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn (1982), an actor in Lovesick (1983) and a film Director in Mr. Saturday Night (1992). Silver portrayed a corrupt, rogue senator in the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme sci-fi thriller Timecop.

1998

On television in 1998, he starred opposite Kirstie Alley for season two of her TV comedy series Veronica's Closet.

2000

Silver was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2000, he co-founded the organization One Jerusalem to oppose the Oslo Peace Agreement and to maintain "a united Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel".

2001

From 2001–02 and again from 2005–06, he had a recurring role as presidential campaign adviser Bruno Gianelli on the NBC series The West Wing.

2004

Silver, who had been a lifelong Democrat, left the party and became an independent and a supporter of President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks, citing those attacks and Democratic policies regarding terrorism as reasons. He spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention, continued to support President Bush, and was appointed Chairman for the Millennium Committee by New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

2005

On October 7, 2005, Silver was nominated by President Bush to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace. On September 8, 2006, it was announced that Silver had joined an advisory committee to the Lewis Libby Legal Defense Trust.

2006

One of his final film performances was as a judge in another true story, 2006's Find Me Guilty, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Vin Diesel.

2008

In one of his last televised interviews, he told Sky News that Senator John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 Presidential election was a "brilliant political choice" but that a part of him wished to "see an African American become President in my lifetime". According to the obituary printed by The New York Times, his brother, Mitchell Silver, noted that "He told me that he did vote for Barack Obama in the end".

2009

Silver, a long-time smoker, died on March 15, 2009, of esophageal cancer, which had been diagnosed two years earlier. He was 62 years old. Silver is survived by both parents, brothers Mitchell and Keith, son Adam, and daughter Alexandra. His remains were interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.