Ron Leibman, who starred in Friends, Norma Rae and Angels in America has died aged 82

Tony Award winner, Ron Leibman, was played Jennifer Aniston’s dad on Friends, charmed Sally Field in Norma Rae, and starred in the Aussie movie Phar Lap, has died at 82.

Ron Leibman has passed away from complications from pneumonia.

The actor won a Tony Award for Best Actor for his performance as Roy Cohn in Angels in America in 1993.

Ron Leibman from Friends, Norma Rae, has died aged 82

He also played the handsome union organiser, Reuben Warshowsky, who helps convince Sally Field’s Norma Rae to unionise her cotton mill.

Field won a Best Actress Oscar for Norma Rae.

Ron Leibman with Sally Field in Norma Rae. Picture: Supplied

For younger audiences he was known as Dr Leonard Green, the father of Jennifer Aniston’s character Rachel Green in Friends.

He also had a recurring role in The Sopranos as Dr Lior Plepler and appeared in the movie Garden State.

He also voiced the role of Ron Cadillac in Archer, alongside his wife, Arrested Development star, Jessica Walter.

Ron Leibman, left, with his wife Jessica Walter, at the Emmy Awards in 2005. Picture: AP

The pair had been married since 1983.

He was previously married to actress Linda Lavin, who starred in the TV show Alice, from 1969 until 1981.

Ron Leibman, from left, his wife Linda Lavin, playwright Neil Simon and Dinah Manoff in New York following the opening of the play I Ought to be in Pictures. Picture: AP

Australians will remember him as well from the movie Phar Lap, where he played David Davis, the owner of the champion horse.

He also won an Emmy Award for his convict-turned-lawyer character in Kaz.

Ron Leibman from Friends, Norma Rae, has died aged 82. Picture: Supplied

Originally published as Ron Leibman, who starred in Friends, Norma Rae and Angels in America has died aged 82