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3Mark Alexandrovich Ivanir (Russian: Марк Александрович Иванир, Hebrew: מארק איווניר; born September 6 1968 in Chernivtsi, UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}}) is a Ukrainian-Israeli actor and [[VoiceActors voice actor]].
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5He started acting in the late 1980s, and his CV is a venerable who's-who of [[RetroactiveRecognition "that guy"]] roles in film, TV, and video games. These include ''Film/SchindlersList'', ''Film/TheGoodShepherd'', ''Film/TheTerminal'', ''Film/HolyRollers'', ''Film/JohnnyEnglishReborn'', ''Series/RoyalPains'', ''WesternAnimation/JeffAndSomeAliens'', ''Series/{{Transparent}}'', ''Series/{{Homeland}}'', ''Series/TheNewPope'', ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', ''VideoGame/Metro2033'', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', and ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder''. He's appeared in English, Hebrew, French, and German-language media.
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10!!Film Roles
11* 1988 ''[[Film/IronEagle Iron Eagle II]]'' as Mikhail Balyonev
12* 1993 ''Film/SchindlersList'' as Marcel Goldberg
13* 2004 ''Film/TheTerminal'' as Goran the Cab Driver
14* 2006 ''Film/UndisputedIILastManStanding'' as Gaga
15* 2006 ''Film/TheGoodShepherd'' as Valentin Mironov
16* 2007 ''Film/TheHuntingParty'' as Commander Boris
17* 2008 ''Film/WhatJustHappened'' as Johnny
18* 2010 ''Film/HolyRollers'' as Mendel Gold
19* 2010 ''Film/{{Bunraku}}'' as Eddie
20* 2011 ''Film/JohnnyEnglishReborn'' as Artem Karlenko
21* 2011 ''WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Tintin|2011}}'' as an Afghar Outpost Soldier
22* 2011 ''Film/BigMiracle'' as Dmitri
23* 2016 ''Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday'' as Jack
24* 2023 ''Film/HeartOfStone'' as King of Spades
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26!!Television Roles
27* 2003 ''Series/TwentyFour'' as Trask
28* 2008 ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' as Dmitri Shipkov
29* 2008 ''Series/TheRiches'' as Felix Minkov
30* 2009 ''Series/CSIMiami'' as Gregor Kasparov
31* 2009 ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' as Cyril
32* 2010 ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' as Roland David Barrett
33* 2012-2013 ''Series/RoyalPains'' as Dmitry Vasilyev
34* 2015-2018 ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' as Ivan Krupin
35* 2017 ''WesternAnimation/JeffAndSomeAliens'' as Yevgeny
36* 2017 ''Series/{{Transparent}}'' as Nitzan
37* 2018 ''Series/{{Barry}}'' as Vacha / Ruslan
38* 2018 ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' as Nikolai Alexandrovich
39* 2019 ''Series/ForAllMankind'' as Mikhail Mikhailovic Vasiliev
40* 2019-2020 ''Series/TheNewPope'' as Bauer
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42!!Video Game Roles
43* 2004 ''[[VideoGame/SyphonFilter Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain]]'' as Jandran & Sok-ju Yang
44* 2005 ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' as Mikhail Bulgakov
45* 2009 ''VideoGame/WorldInConflict'' as Malashenko
46* 2009 ''VideoGame/AssaultOnDarkAthena'' as Mad Margo & Exbob
47* 2010 ''VideoGame/Metro2033'' as Eugene & Miller
48* 2011 ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' as Solomon
49* 2011 ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'' as Sgt. Kamarov
50* 2011 ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' as Prince Selim
51* 2012 ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier'' as a Russian Boldark
52* 2013 ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' as Pavel Morozov
53* 2014, 2017 ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' & ''[[VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus The New Colossus]]'' as Set Roth
54* 2019 ''VideoGame/MetroExodus'' as Pavel Morozov, Krest, and Doctor
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56!!Tropes
57* ActorSharedBackground: Often gets cast in military and espionage roles. In RealLife, Ivanir was in the IDF and involved in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Joshua Operation Joshua]] and approached to join Mossad, though he turned it down.
58* BadGuy: Frequently plays these, a fact [[https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/232500/mark-ivanir-lives-shady-characters/ he's quite proud of]].
59* ClownSchool: Actually went to one in real life, and worked as a circus clown in France for several years.
60* FakeNationality: He frequently plays character that aren't Israeli. In particular, he's cast as Russians due to his fluency in the language and impeccable accent.
61* NoStuntDouble: His military and performing arts background see him more than willing to get his hands dirty on-set.
62* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks eight languages (Hebrew, Ukrainian, Russian, Yiddish, English, French, German, Arabic).

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