Ron Silver Is An American Actor And Director

Ronald Silver (born July 2, 1946) is an American actor, director, and producer. He currently hosts a morning drive-time radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio, which focuses on politics and public affairs.Silver was born in New York City, New York, the son of May (née Zimelman), a teacher, and Irving Roy Silver, who worked in clothing sales. Silver was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and attended The East Side Hebrew Institute ("ESHI") and then Stuyvesant High School.He went on to graduate from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Chinese, and received a Master's Degree in Chinese History from St. John's University in New York and the College of Chinese Culture in Taiwan. He also attended Columbia University's Graduate School of International Affairs.

Silver made his film debut in Tunnel Vision in 1976. Additional screen roles include Lovesick (1983), the devoted son of Anne Bancroft in Garbo Talks (1984), an incompetent detective in Eat and Run (1986), and the lead in Paul Mazursky's Oscar-nominated Enemies: A Love Story (1989). He also portrayed defense attorney Alan Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune (1990), based on the trial of Claus von Bülow.Silver has been featured in such diverse films as Billy Crystal's Mr. Saturday Night (1992), Timecop (1994) with Jean-Claude Van Damme, and as Muhammad Ali's boxing cornerman Angelo Dundee in Michael Mann's Ali. From 2001 to 2002 and 2005 to 2006, Silver portrayed presidential campaign advisor Bruno Gianelli on The West Wing.From 1991 to 2000, Silver served as president of the Actors' Equity Association.In February 2008, Silver began hosting The Ron Silver Show on Sirius Satellite Radio. The show airs live at 9–11am ET on Indie Talk, Sirius 110.

Silver has traveled to more than 30 countries and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He has taught high school and has done social work for the Department of Social Services.Silver is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2000, he co-founded the organization One Jerusalem to oppose the Oslo Peace Agreement. Its purpose is to maintain "a united Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel."