Rebhorn played an FBI agent in the 1994 film Guarding Tess. He appeared in Carlito's Way as an obsessed district attorney the following year. He acted in Scent of a Woman (1992), and played an expert witness in My Cousin Vinny (1992). One of his best known performances was in the popular 1996 film Independence Day, where he played Secretary of Defense Albert Nimzicki. Tyler in White Squall (1996), and a shipping magnate in The Talented Mr.

He delivered equally notable performances in a variety of other roles, including that of a brutal serial killer on NBC's Law & Order (he would later return to the show in the recurring role of defense attorney Charles Garnett), Ellard Muscatine in Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Fred Waters in Blank Check (1994), Clyde Frost, the father of famed bullrider Lane Frost, in 8 Seconds (1994), Lt.

He was known both for portraying WASP stereotypes, lawyers, politicians, doctors, and military men, as well as portraying individuals engaged in or responsible for criminal behavior. Rebhorn played Peter Latham in Forty Carats at the GasLight Dinner Theatre in Salt Lake City in the 1970s. After graduating in 1970, Rebhorn moved to New York City, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting from Columbia University's School of the Arts, and joined the metropolitan theater scene.Īn early performance was in Butterflies are Free at the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire in 1974. Huffman was one of his instructors and directed him in a lead role in Aristophanes' Lysistrata as well as Molière's Tricks of Scapin. While there, he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. A devout Lutheran, he attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, where he studied political science. Rebhorn moved to Anderson, Indiana, as a child and graduated from Madison Heights High School in 1966.

Rebhorn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Ardell Frances ( née Hoch) and James Harry Rebhorn, an industrial engineer and salesman.

He also appeared in films such as Scent of a Woman, The Game, Carlito's Way, Independence Day, My Cousin Vinny, and Meet the Parents. At the time of his death, he had recurring roles in the series White Collar and Homeland. James Robert Rebhorn (Septem– March 21, 2014) was an American character actor who appeared in over 100 films, television series, and plays.

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