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Ron Rifkin (born October 31, 1939) is an American actor and director who is featured in numerous television shows. Rifkin was born Saul M. Rifkin in New York City, New York to immigrants Miriam and Herman Rifkin. He is the oldest of three children. He was raised in Orthodox Judaism and remained Orthodox until the age of 32. Rifkin is married to Iva, who operates a fashion design business. In 2001, his association with Touchstone Television began when he played ex-director, Arvin Sloane, in Alias, opposite Jennifer Garner. Currently, he plays second-in-command businessman, Saul Holden, on Brothers & Sisters, opposite Sally Field. He also played Bonnie Franklin`s second boyfriend on One Day at a Time.

On television, Rifkin has appeared in numerous made-for-television movies and miniseries, had regular roles on The Rockford Files, One Day at a Time, The Trials of Rosie O`Neill, and Alias, and has made guest appearances on a number of series, including Sex and the City, ER, Law & Order, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Falcon Crest, Soap, Hill Street Blues, and The Outer Limits, for which he received a CableACE nomination. Rifkin is the reader for a number of audio books including The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993), Sang Spell by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1998), and Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (1993).

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