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Career

Cochrane's first roles included a part in a docudrama about drugs on ''Saturday Night with Connie Chung'' (1989) and an appearance in an episode of '' H.E.L.P.'' (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 Jeff Goldblum'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 Renée Zellweger action/comedy ''

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'' in 1994. Cochrane again found success with a major role in the poorly-received ''

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film '' A Scanner Darkly'' (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 Eric Delko in season 6. In 2015, Cochrane had a supporting role as Boston mobster Stephen Flemmi in the true-crime film '' Black Mass'', which starred

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video Games

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cochrane, Rory 1972 births Living people American male film actors Male actors from New York (state) Male actors from Syracuse, New York 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors People from Syracuse, New York Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners American male television actors