Only a truly gifted actor could create antipathy while soliciting empathy for the diabolic Arvin Sloane on TV’s hit spy drama, “Alias” (ABC, 2001-06), but consummate utility actor Ron Rifkin did just that. A stalwart character actor for over 30 years, with his every performance, Rifkin became the man we love to hate.

Born Oct. 31, 1939 in New York, NY, Rifkin climbed his way up the New York theatre world through out the late 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in the original 1960 production of Neil Simon’s “Come Blow Your Horn.” He made his film debut in the chain-gang adventure film, “The