Rory Cochrane (born February 28, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for playing Ron Slater in '' Dazed and Confused'', Lucas in ''

Empire Records ''Empire Records'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, and Liv Tyler. The fil ...

'', Lee Schatz in ''

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'', Freck in ''

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'', and

Tim Speedle Timothy "Tim" Speedle, known by his nickname Speed, is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama '' CSI: Miami''. He was portrayed by Rory Cochrane until the character's death in the third season opening episode "Lost Son". Characterization ...

in ''

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''.

Career

Cochrane's first roles included a part in a docudrama about drugs on ''Saturday Night with

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'' (1989) and an appearance in an episode of ''

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'' (1990). He then made his film debut (with about fifteen seconds' screen time) in '' A Kiss Before Dying'', followed by his first substantial role as

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's son in ''

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''. Cochrane's breakout role came when he was cast as stoner Ron Slater in 1993's ''Dazed and Confused'', a film that ''

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'' ranked #3 in their "50 Best High School Movies" of all-time. Cochrane followed up with a powerful performance as the psychotic Billy Mack in the

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action/comedy ''

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'' in 1994. Cochrane again found success with a major

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in the poorly-received ''

'' and appeared in ''

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'' starring

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and

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. He also appeared in the

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film ''

'' (2006). Cochrane played the role of CSI Tim Speedle in ''

'' seasons 1–3. Cochrane reprised his role as Tim Speedle on ''CSI: Miami'' in the episode "

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", as a hallucination to Detective

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in season 6. In 2015, Cochrane had a supporting role as Boston mobster

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in the true-crime film '' Black Mass'', which starred

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video Games

References

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