| Birth Date: | 23 January 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Cobleskill, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1987–present |
Boris McGiver (born January 23, 1962)[1] 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.
McGiver was born in Cobleskill, New York.[2] Of Irish and Ukrainian descent, he is the second youngest of ten children born to actor John McGiver and his wife, Ruth Schmigelsky McGiver. 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."[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Ironweed | Clerk | ||
| 1990 | Antigone/Rites of Passion | Guard | ||
| 1994 | Little Odessa | Ivan | ||
| 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 |
| 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" |
| 2005 | Larry Chapel | Episode: "Grow" | |
| 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" |
| 2010 | The Good Wife | Eric Dorfman | Episode: "Fleas" |
| 2012 | Damages | Killer | 2 episodes |
| 2012–14 | Person of Interest | George Hersh | 13 episodes |
| 2013 | The Carrie Diaries | Eddie Lander | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | White Collar | Section Chief Bruce Hawes | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Blue Bloods | Trevor Holt | Episode: "No Regrets" |
| 2013–18 | House of Cards | Tom Hammerschmidt | 30 episodes |
| 2014 | Reverend Nathaniel Tallmadge | 2 episodes | |
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Sheriff Peter Lindsay | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Forever | Sheriff Vance | Episode: "The Night in Question" |
| 2015 | Flesh and Bone | Maxwell Kensington | Episode: "Reconnaissance" |
| 2017 | The Blacklist | Tobias Reuther | Episode: "Ilyas Surkov" |
| 2019–24 | Evil | Monsignor Matthew Korecki | 7 episodes |
| 2019–23 | Servant | Uncle George | 7 episodes |
| 2020 | For Life | Glen Maskins | 14 episodes |
| 2022 | Our Flag Means Death | Father Bonnet | 4 episodes |
| The First Lady | Morley Safer | Episode: "That White House" |