Boris McGiver

Boris McGiver
McGiver at the 73rd Peabody Awards, May 2014
Born	(1962-01-23) January 23, 1962 Cobleskill, New York, U.S.
Education	State University of New York, Albany Ithaca College (BM) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Boris McGiver (born January 23, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in projects such as Lincoln, House of Cards, The Wire, Killing Kennedy, and Person of Interest.

Personal life

Of Irish and Ukrainian descent, McGiver is the second youngest of ten children born to actor John McGiver and his wife, Ruth Schmigelsky McGiver. He has a daughter as well. He was not initially eager to follow in his father's footsteps and has stated, "I kind of denied it [acting] throughout my childhood because my dad was an actor and he was never around. He had to feed 10 kids, he was always working, so to me acting was never connected to something good, and I had never realized what an art it was. I thought it was just playtime."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Ironweed	Clerk
1990	Antigone/Rites of Passion	Guard
2004	Connie and Carla	Tibor
	Taxi	Franklin
2006	The Pink Panther	Vainqueur	Uncredited
2008	The Clique	Issac	Direct to video
2012	Lincoln	Alexander Hamilton Coffroth
2013	Killing Kennedy	John W. Fain	Television film
2019	Point Blank	Masterson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Law & Order	Desk Clerk	Episode: "Discord"
1998	New York Undercover	Sodovsky	Episode: "Pipeline"
1998	Trinity	Carl Checkik	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	As the World Turns	Dr. Early	Episode: "#1.11437"
2005	Rescue Me	Captain Bob Kent	Episode: "Sensitivity"
2006	The Wire	Charles Marimow	6 episodes
2007	30 Rock	Patrick Donaghy	Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
2008	John Adams	Robert Goddard	Episode: "Join or Die"
2012	Damages	Killer	2 episodes
2012–14	Person of Interest	George Hersh	13 episodes
2013	The Carrie Diaries	Eddie Lander	2 episodes
2013	Blue Bloods	Trevor Holt	Episode: "No Regrets"
2013–18	House of Cards	Tom Hammerschmidt	31 episodes
2014	Turn: Washington's Spies	Rev. Nathaniel Tallmadge	2 episodes
2014	Boardwalk Empire	Sheriff Peter Lindsay	6 episodes
2015	Flesh and Bone	Maxwell Kensington	Episode: "Reconnaissance"
2019	Evil	Monsignor Matthew Korecki	5 episodes
2019	Servant	Uncle George	2 episodes
2020–present	For Life	Glen Maskins

External links

• Boris McGiver at IMDb
• Official website