Ed Wasser

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Ed Wasser
Born (1964-03-26) March 26, 1964 (age 58)
Years active1992 – present

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

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Biography

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

Acting

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

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

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

Film

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 The Set Up Cop #1
1995 Stormswept Eugene
1995The Royal Affair
1995Star Witness
1996Dark SecretsDennis 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)
2015Weekend Delivery(Short)
2015ModulationDad(Short)

TV appearances

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Another World BenjaminEpisode #1.5620
1992 Quantum Leap Young ExecutiveEpisode: "It's a Wonderful Leap - May 10, 1958"
1992 Murder, She Wrote First ManEpisode: "The Mole"
1993 Babylon 5: The Gathering GuerraTV movie
1993Eden
1994 Hot Line MarcEpisode: "Voyeur"
1995 NYPD Blue Det. Ernie KowalskiEpisode: "Cold Heaters"
1996 Sliders Studio GuardEpisode: "Dead Man Sliding"
1997 Mike Hammer, Private Eye Howard OrreyEpisode: "False Truths"
1994-1998 Babylon 5 Morden14 episodes
2004 24 Jason CarasoneEpisode: "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-24 episodes
2017 The Universe Unplugged DaveEpisode: "NOTGLaDOS: Electromagnetic Spectrum The Musical"

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References

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