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Ed Wasser

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Ed Wasser
Born (1964-03-26) March 26, 1964 (age 60)
Years active1992 – present

Ed Wasser (born March 26, 1964) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Mr. Morden in Babylon 5.

Biography

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Wasser was born in Roslyn Heights, New York on March 26, 1964. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York, SUNY Purchase Conservatory. After college he started his own business called Ad Skates, Inc., while continuing acting classes at the Michael Howard Studios.[1]

Career

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Acting

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He is best known for his portrayal of Mr. Morden in 14 episodes of the US science fiction television series Babylon 5. He also appeared in the pilot telefilm of the series, but as a different character ("Guerra", part of the operations staff in the Babylon 5 Observation Dome).

Wasser has appeared in numerous television series including Quantum Leap, Law & Order, Murder, She Wrote, NYPD Blue, and 24.

He appears in the 1995 film The Set-Up.[2]

Voicework

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In 2009, he voiced a robot (IR-2) in the NASA animated short "Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Gravity and the Great Attractor," part of the web-series IRrelevant Astronomy produced by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Construction

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Mainly retired from acting, Wasser founded a construction company called Waterstone Construction and works as a general contractor.[3]

Film

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1995 The Set Up Cop #1
1995 Stormswept Eugene
1995 The Royal Affair
1995 Star Witness
1996 Dark Secrets Dennis Gary
1997 The Emissary: A Biblical Epic Julius
2000 Home the Horror Story Kurt Tester
2007 Eight Thirty Two Mr. Black (Short)
2008 The Better Angels Charles Nichols (Short)
2015 Weekend Delivery (Short)
2015 Modulation Dad (Short)

TV appearances

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Television
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Another World Benjamin Episode #1.5620
1992 Quantum Leap Young Executive Episode: "It's a Wonderful Leap - May 10, 1958"
1992 Murder, She Wrote First Man Episode: "The Mole"
1993 Babylon 5: The Gathering Guerra TV movie
1993 Eden
1994 Hot Line Marc Episode: "Voyeur"
1995 NYPD Blue Det. Ernie Kowalski Episode: "Cold Heaters"
1996 Sliders Studio Guard Episode: "Dead Man Sliding"
1997 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Howard Orrey Episode: "False Truths"
1994-1998 Babylon 5 Morden 14 episodes
2004 24 Jason Carasone Episode: "Day 3: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m."
2008 IRrelevant Astronomy Robot IR-2
2010 Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both Worlds Robot Ir-2 (voice) (Short)
2009-2013 Robot Astronomy Talk Show Robot Ir-2 / News Anchor / Robot IR-2 4 episodes
2017 The Universe Unplugged Dave Episode: "NOTGLaDOS: Electromagnetic Spectrum The Musical"

References

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  1. ^ Ed Wasser Interview
  2. ^ Ed Wasser's Resume
  3. ^ "Our services". Waterstone Construction. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
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