Ned Eisenberg Biography – Ned Eisenberg Wiki
Ned Eisenberg was an American actor known for his recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roger Kressler. The late actor had a leading role in the film Key Exchange (1985), followed by a major tour of the Broadway play Brighton Beach Memoirs, and guest-starred on various 1980s television series such as The Equalizer and Miami Vice. This led to a starring role in the television comedy The Fanelli Boys, which also starred Christopher Meloni and Joe Pantoliano. He also played supporting roles in films such as The Exterminator (1980), The Burning (1981), Slayground (1983), Moving Violations (1985), Air America (1990), Last Man Standing (1996), Primary Colors (1998), A Civil Action (1998), Woody Allen’s Celebrity (1998), and Experimenter (2015). In 1987, he cofounded the Naked Angels Theatre Company with longtime friend Fisher Stevens.
Starting in 1997, he featured on the NBC series Law & Order, typically playing a defense attorney. He had a recurring role on spinoff Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as defense attorney Roger Kressler. In 1999, he appeared in the first season episode of The Sopranos (“Denial, Anger, Acceptance”) as Ariel. He also continued his film career by appearing in Clint Eastwood’s Academy Award-winning drama Million Dollar Baby (2004) and played the role of photographer Joe Rosenthal in the 2006 film Flags of Our Fathers, also directed by Eastwood.
He graduated from Riverdale Junior High School in 1972 and then proceeded on to the Performing Arts High School, a subsidiary of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. He described himself as a “street-style” actor, coming up through the ranks rather than academic programs, and his training included jazz-dance classes with Betsy Haug.
Ned Eisenberg Age
He was born on January 13, 1957, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was brought up in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. He died on February 27, 2022, in New York, New York, United States. He was 65 years.
Ned Eisenberg Wife
He was married to American actress Patricia Dunnock and had one son, Lino. The two survive him.
Ned Eisenberg Son
He had one son with his wife named Lino Eisenberg.
Ned Eisenberg Death
The late actor died from complications of cholangiocarcinoma and ocular melanoma at his home in New York, on February 27, 2022, at the age of 65. His representatives confirmed the news of his demise to Fox News Digital.
His agents at Nicolosi & Co. and his wife Patricia commended him for his brave battle. As Ned would say, he was attacked by two very rare assassins — cholangiocarcinoma and ocular melanoma,” their statement read. “Over the course of two years, he bravely fought the cancers in private while continuing to work in show business to ensure that his medical coverage paid for himself and his family.”
Ned Eisenberg Cause of Death
Eisenberg died from complications of cholangiocarcinoma and ocular melanoma at his home in New York, on February 27, 2022, at the age of 65.
