- Born
- Birth nameSaul Matthew Rifkin
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Ron Rifkin was born on October 31, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Alias (2001), L.A. Confidential (1997) and Boiler Room (2000). He was previously married to Iva Rifkin.
- SpouseIva Rifkin(August 28, 1966 - December 4, 2023) (her death)
- ParentsMiriam CumskyHerman Rifkin
- RelativesArnold Rifkin(Sibling)Ronnie Lee Rifkin (Bell)(Sibling)
- People sometimes confuse him and actor Joel Grey for one another. Grey guest-starred on Alias (2001) as a man brainwashed into thinking he was the evil terrorist-spy Arvin Sloane, who was played by Rifkin.
- Is very close friends with Sarah Jessica Parker and Stephen Collins.
- Appeared with his late wife Iva Rifkin in The Sting II (1983).
- As of 2019, he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: JFK (1991), L.A. Confidential (1997) and A Star Is Born (2018). All three were Warner Bros. productions.
- Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival "Cabaret."
- (on the simplicity of his acting) I think that came over the years, watching actors I love, wondering what it is about their performance that's disturbing to me. There's a series of etchings of a bull that Picasso did. There are like 40 of them, and the first one is a very detailed drawing. The bull has its face, its body, its muscles. In the next one, there's a little piece taken off, and the next one has something else off, and finally, the last one is a line drawing, and it's as full and complete as the first one. I am attracted to spare.
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