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With his tall, lean, muscular frame and buzz cut, Rick Rossovich seemed perfect for the military and law enforcement roles he often played on TV and in film. Yet, truth be told, he stumbled into acting having first migrated to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an art director. But on his second day of working on set construction, Rossovich took the plunge and won a non-union bit part in a martial arts film. Acting was to be his Hollywood game. Rossovich had his first film role of note in "Losin' It," a 1991 low-budget film in which he played the Marine on leave in Mexico....

Filmography

Falling Like This - ( / 2000 / Released / )
Telling You - ( McQueeney / 1998 / Released / )
Truth or Consequences, N.M. - ( Frank Thompson / 1997 / Released / )
Selected Models - ( / 1995 / Released / )
New Crime City - ( Tony Ricks / 1994 / Released / )
Tropical Heat - ( / 1993 / Released / )
Navy Seals - ( Leary / 1990 / Released / Matlon )
Secret Ingredient - ( / 1990 / Released / )
Paint It Black - ( Jonathan Dunbar / 1989 / Released / )
Spellbinder - ( Derek Clayton / 1988 / Released / )
The Roommate - ( / 1988 / Released / Asa Nisi Masa Productions )
Roxanne - ( Chris / 1987 / Released / )
Let's Get Harry - ( Kurt Klein / 1986 / Released / )
The Morning After - ( Detective / 1986 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Top Gun - ( Slider / 1986 / Released / )
Warning Sign - ( Bob / 1985 / Released / )
Streets of Fire - ( Officer Cooley / 1984 / Released / )
The Terminator - ( Screenplay / 1984 / Released / International Film Exchange )
The Terminator - ( Matt / 1984 / Released / International Film Exchange )
Losin' It - ( Marine / 1983 / Released / )
The Lords of Discipline - ( Pig / 1983 / Released / )
TV Credits
Artworks ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
Miracle in Lane 2 ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Chicken Soup For the Soul ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Killer Deal ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Pacific Blue ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Black Scorpion ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Dr John Taglieri

TV Episode Dr John Taglieri

TV Episode Dr John Taglieri

TV Episode Dr John Taglieri

TV Episode Dr John Taglieri

Sons and Daughters ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
The Luck of the Draw: The Gambler Returns ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
The Switch ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
14 Going on 30 ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
MacGruder and Loud ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Single Bars, Single Women ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Deadly Lessons ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Due South ( Released ): Actor
Legend of the Lost Tomb ( Released ): Actor
Mad About You ( Released ): Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor
Touched By an Angel ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

With his tall, lean, muscular frame and buzz cut, Rick Rossovich seemed perfect for the military and law enforcement roles he often played on TV and in film. Yet, truth be told, he stumbled into acting having first migrated to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an art director. But on his second day of working on set construction, Rossovich took the plunge and won a non-union bit part in a martial arts film. Acting was to be his Hollywood game. Rossovich had his first film role of note in "Losin' It," a 1991 low-budget film in which he played the Marine on leave in Mexico. The film is better known as the first romantic lead for Tom Cruise, with whom Rossovich co-starred in "Top Gun" (1986), playing the role of Slider, the fast-talking Annapolis graduate. Rossovich was the tongue-tied Chris McDonell in "Roxanne" (1987) and Leary, the corpsman, in "Navy SEALS" (1990). He was an executed prisoner who is revived with chilling results in "New Crime City" (1994), and starred almost all in the buff in the PLAYBOY film "Cover Me" (1996).

Rossovich is possibly more recognizable for his TV roles, principally as Dr. John 'Tag' Taglieri, the surgeon who left Nurse Hathaway at the altar in the final episode of the first season (1994-95) of "ER". On Rossovich's first series, he was Geller, a cop, in the short-lived "MacGruder and Loud" (ABC, 1985), and Spud in the equally short-lived primetime serial "Sons and Daughters" (CBS, 1991). In 1995, he started his first of three seasons starring as Lt. Palermo, the head of a team bike patrol officers in the USA Network series "Pacific Blue". He also made occasional appearances in TV longforms, including "Luck of the Draw: The Gambler Returns" a 1991 NBC miniseries.


Profession(s):
Actor, set builder
Sometimes Credited As:
Richard Rossovich
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Family
brother:Tim Rossovich (older; played mostly for Philadelphia Eagles)
daughter:Isabel Rossovich (born c. 1991)
son:Roy Rossovich (born c. 1986)
wife:Eva Rossovich (Swedish; married c. 1985)

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Education
Sacramento State University Sacramento, California art and sculpture
Milestones (Back to top)
1996 Starred in PLAYBOY film, "Cover Me"
1994 - 1995 Played "Tag" on first season of "ER"
1991 Had regular role on "Sons and Daughters"
1990 Had key role in "Navy SEALs"
1986 Co-starred with Tom Cruise in "Top Gun"
1985 Won regular series role, "MacGruder and Loud"
1981 Had first SAG role in film, "Losin' It"
Moved to Hollywood; earned $90 for first acting role in a martial arts picture
Starred in USA Network series "Pacific Blue"


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