Mark Ivanir

On television, he has appeared on The Shield, Homeland, 24, Alias, The Blacklist, and Mayor of Kingstown. On stage, Ivanir co-founded Israel's acclaimed Gesher Theater.

• Name — Mark Ivanir • Native Name — מארק איווניר • Birth Name — Mark Alexandrovich Ivanir • Birthplace — Chernovtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union • Citizenship — * Soviet Union (until 1972) • Israel • Education — École Philippe Gaulier • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1988–present

Ivanir was born in Chernovtsi, Ukrainian SSR (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) to a Jewish family. His family emigrated to Israel in 1972, and settled in the Pardes Katz neighbourhood of Bnei Brak. His father, Alexander, was an English language teacher, and his mother Malka a German language teacher. His maternal grandfather, Meshulem Surkis, was a Yiddish writer, journalist, actor, and theatre critic, who was an activist in the Yiddish cultural world. He was raised in a multilingual household, speaking Hebrew, Ukrainian, and Russian, and later learning English. His national service in the Israel Defense Forces saw him involved in Operation Joshua, one of two operations by the IDF to bring Ethiopian Jews from Sudanese refugee camps to Israel. After completing his service, he turned down a job offer from the Mossad.[1] He briefly studied medicine, before deciding on a life in the performing arts. He completed two years in a circus school, traveled throughout Europe performing on the streets as a clown, and ended up working in the Parisian Cirque Pawelles. After leaving the circus, Ivanir entered into formal theatrical training under Israeli director Nissan Nativ, performing at the Cameri Theater and Israeli Opera.

During this time, Ivanir had his first film role in the 1988 action film Iron Eagle II, directed by Sidney J. Furie. The film was a Canadian-Israeli-American co-production filmed in Israel with an international cast. Ivanir played a Soviet army serviceman, Mikhail Balyonev. Following his studies with Nativ, Ivanir joined the Gesher Theater, a Tel Aviv-based company composed of emigrants from the former USSR. Using his knowledge of multiple languages, Ivanir translated and adapted eight foreign-language plays into Hebrew for the company. He moved to London to study under Philippe Gaulier at École Philippe Gaulier and Complicité. Ivanir's first major film role was in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, where he played Marcel Goldberg. He worked with Spielberg twice thereafter, first for a cameo appearance in The Terminal, then again for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Ivanir held a pivotal role in Robert De Niro's 2006 film, The Good Shepherd, for which he won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, later landing a role in Barry Levinson's What Just Happened, this time acting alongside De Niro. In 2011, he appeared in Universal's Johnny English Reborn, Universal's Big Miracle and 360. His biggest part to date was in A Late Quartet, released from RKO pictures in the United States, in 2012. The film was voted as one of the New York Daily News 10 top films of the year. Ivanir played Daniel Lerner, the first violin of the string quartet, whose other members are played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken. Ivanir has had over 60 guest star and appeared in guest lead roles on 24, Monk, CSI: NY, Law & Order, Fringe, CSI: Miami, Nikita and Royal Pains. In 2016 Ivanir had a recurring role on Homeland as Russian intelligence agent Ivan Krupin. In 2017, he played a Holocaust survivor in the German-language film Bye Bye Germany and recurred on Amazon's Transparent. In August 2019, Amazon Prime released the Israeli show The Beauty and the Baker, with Ivanir playing the part of Zvika Granot. In 2018, he co-starred in the film Entebbe, directed by José Padilha, the creator of Narcos, and Bill Hader's HBO comedy Barry, in which he recurs as two Chechen brothers. He appeared in The Red Sea Diving Resort. In 2024, Ivanir had a supporting role in Jacques Audiard's film Emilia Pérez, for which he won the Outstanding Ensemble Performance award along with his co-stars at the 2024 Mill Valley Film Festival.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 1995–1996 — Inyan Shel Zman — Doron — 7 episodes • 2001 — Walker, Texas Ranger — French Mercenary — Episode:"Blood Diamonds" • 2001 — JAG — Capt. Yoel — Episode: "The Promised Land" • 2007 — Close to Home — Nikolai Shevchenko — Episode: "Internet Bride" • 2008 — The Cleaner — Gaza — 2 episodes • 2009 — Dollhouse — Cyril — Episode: "The Gray Hour" • 2009 — CSI: Miami — Gregor Kasparov — Episode: "Seeing Red" • 2010 — Im Angesicht des Verbrechens — Andrej, Russian mobster — 9 episodes • 2010 — Fringe — Roland David Barrett — Episode: "Marionette" • 2012–2015 — The Gordin Cell — Yaakov "Yasha" Lundin — Season 1: Main antagonist Season 2: Supporting character • 2012 — Transporter: The Series — Sergei Zarov — Episode: "Payback" • 2013 — Grimm — Boris Myshkin — Episode: "Red Menace" • 2013–2017 — Beauty and the Baker — Tzvika Granot — 18 episodes • 2014 — Braquo (season 3) — Levani Jordania — 7 episodes • 2014 — The Blacklist (season 1) — Ivan — Episode: "Ivan" (No. 88) • 2014 — The Mentalist (season 7) — Jan Nemic — Episode: "Orange Blossom Ice Cream" • 2014 — Crisis — Boris Makarov — Episode: "How Far Would You Come" • 2015–2018 — Homeland — Ivan Krupin, Russian intelligence agent of SVR — Recurring role • 2017 — Madam Secretary — Timur Soroka — Episode: "Extraordinary Hazard" • 2017 — Transparent — Nitzan — 4 episodes • 2017 — Salvation — Defense Minister Toporov — End of Season 1 • 2018 — Barry — Vacha / Ruslan — Recurring role • 2018 — S.W.A.T. — Cohen — Episode: Never Again • 2018 — American Horror Story: Apocalypse — Nicholas II of Russia — Episode: "Fire and Reign" • 2019 — The New Pope — Bauer • 2019 — For All Mankind — Mikhail Mikhailovich Vasiliev — 2 episodes • 2020 — Away — Misha Popov • 2020 — Nasdrovia — Aleksei[2] • 2022 — Babylon Berlin — Abe Gold — Season 4: 12 episodes • 2022 — Litvinenko — Alexender Goldfarb • 2023 — Pantheon — Yair Gispan — Season 2: 2 episodes • 2024 — Mayor of Kingstown — Roman — Season 3: 10 episodes • 2025 — Zero Day — Natan — 3 episodes • 2026 — Big Mistakes — Ivan — Recurring; 4 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 2003 — SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs — Voice — Additional voices • 2004 — Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain — Jandran, Sok-ju Yang, CDP Soldier A • 2005 — Psychonauts — Mikhail Bulgakov, Lungfish Zealot • 2005 — Call of Duty 2 — Voice — Additional voices • 2006 — Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror • 2006 — Gothic 3 • 2006 — Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent • 2006 — SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault • 2006 — Call of Duty 3 — Actor • 2007 — Blazing Angels 2 — Voice • 2007 — World in Conflict • 2007 — Cars Mater-National Championship — Yuri • 2007 — Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Voice — Additional voices • 2008 — The Bourne Conspiracy • 2009 — 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand • 2009 — The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena — Mad Margo, Exbob • 2009 — World in Conflict: Soviet Assault — Malashenko • 2009 — Wanted: Weapons of Fate — The Russian • 2010 — Metro 2033 — Eugene, Miller • 2011 — Ace Combat: Assault Horizon — Russian Pilot • 2011 — Battlefield 3 — Solomon • 2011 — Assassin's Creed: Revelations — Prince Selim — Additional voices • 2012 — Diablo III — Voice • 2012 — Ghost Recon: Future Soldier — Russian Bodark • 2013 — Metro: Last Light — Pavel Morozov • 2014 — Wolfenstein: The New Order — Set Roth • 2015 — Call of Duty: Black Ops III — Voice — Additional voices • 2016 — World of Warcraft: Legion • 2016 — Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare • 2017 — Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus — Set Roth • 2019 — Metro Exodus — Krest — Additional voices • 2019 — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — Russian soldiers — Additional voices • 2020 — Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War — Dimitri Belikov — also motion capture • 2021 — Call of Duty: Vanguard — Misha Petrov — also motion capture

The authorities additionally record the heading Mark Alexandrovich Ivanir. His recorded languages were Hebrew, English, Russian and Ukrainian. His recorded confession was Judaism.

Mark Ivanir is recorded as actor.