Dan Ziskie

Dan Ziskie is an American actor and photographer. Ziskie portrayed the character Frank Niggar on a popular sketch on Chappelle's Show. He was on Treme, where he played a politically connected banker in Post-Katrina New Orleans. He had a recurring role as the Vice President of the United States on the first season of House of Cards. He had a guest spot on Person of Interest and The Blacklist, portraying senators on both shows. On the season finale of 24's fifth season Ziskie played the United States Attorney General who, after hearing an audio recording of the president admitting that he took part in the assassination of a former president, orders his removal from office.

In October 2017 Ziskie released a collection of photographs of the New York City area in his first book, entitled Cloud Chamber.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	The Man with One Red Shoe	Young American
1985	Key Exchange	Mr. Anderson
1985	O.C. and Stiggs	Rusty Calloway
1986	Twisted	Phillip Collins
1986	Very Close Quarters	Thin Man
1987	Adventures in Babysitting	Mr. Anderson
1989	Troop Beverly Hills	Arthur Barnfell
1990	Vital Signs	Dr. Kelly
1992	Zebrahead	Mr. Cimino
1997	The Jackal	CIA Rep. #2
2000	Isn't She Great	Guy's doctor
2000	Prince of Central Park	City Planner
2000	Thirteen Days	Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney
2002	Bad Company	Officer Dempsey
2003	Undermind	Sean Waye
2003	Dead Canaries	Ron
2004	Satan's Little Helper	Vernon
2004	Kinsey	NYC Reporter #2
2004	The Reawakening	Paul
2005	War of the Worlds	Informative Guy
2006	Last Holiday	Dr. Thompson
2006	Eight Below	Navy Commander
2006	Dong Jing shen pan
2008	Synecdoche, New York	Leg Tremor Doctor
2008	New York, I Love You	Party's Guest	Uncredited
2009	The Rebound	Ken Gordon
2010	Step Up 3D	NYU Dean
2015	Concussion	Paul Tagliabue
2015	Prism	Leroy
2016	Mercy	George
2019	Bull	Walter Franklin	Episode: "Security Fraud"

External links

• Dan Ziskie on Chapelle's Show
• Dan Ziskie at IMDb