Slezak, Victor 1957-

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Slezak, Victor 1957-

PERSONAL

Full name, Victor M. Slezak; born July 7, 1957, in Youngstown, OH; married Leslie Rawlings; children: one child.

Addresses:

Agent—Innovative Artists, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067-6022; Stone Manners Talent and Literary, 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career:

Actor. Worked in an art studio.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Andy Ferris, Guiding Light (also known as The Guiding Light), CBS, 1984-85.

Chief inspector Bass, One Life to Live (also known as Between Heaven and Hell and One Life to Live: The Summer of Seduction), ABC, 1995-96.

Bordon Hicks, Hyperion Bay, The WB, 1998-99.

Dr. Webster, Guiding Light (also known as The Guiding Light), CBS, 2000.

Roy Baker, Guiding Light (also known as The Guiding Light), CBS, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ray, Poison, Showtime, 1988.

The Good Policeman (also known as Downtown Cop, El buen policia, and Um policial como poucos), 1991.

Sanger, Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (also known as Power Play: The Jackie Presser Story), HBO, 1992.

Reunion, CBS, 1994.

Ovid Springer, The Ponder Heart, broadcast as part of Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre, Masterpiece Theatre, and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, 2001.

Norman Morrison, Path to War, HBO, 2002.

Gunnery sergeant Mulcahey, Taking Chance, HBO, 2008.

Television Appearances; Specials:

John Fredericks, "Darrow," American Playhouse, PBS, 1991.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Sean Reese, "The Art of Murder," Leg Work, CBS, 1987.

Senator Deming, "The Hearings," Crime Story, NBC, 1988.

Jerome Horowitz, "Hard Knocks," Miami Vice (also known as Gold Coast and Miami Unworthiness), NBC, 1989.

McSwain, "Never My Love," A Man Called Hawk, ABC, 1989.

William Cousins, "The Working Stiff," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1992.

O'Bannion, "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" (consists of "The Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, April 1920 (1)" and "The Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, May 1920 (2)"), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (also known as The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues), ABC, 1993.

Steven Green, "Old Friends," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1994.

Dennis, "The Shooter," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1995.

Leonard Cooper, "Family Matters," The Wright Verdicts, CBS, 1995.

Jeffrey Arbaugh, "Family Business," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1996.

Manfried Stolz, "Crash and Burn," Feds, CBS, 1997.

Philip Andrews, "Turnstile Justice," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 2000.

Spirit and John F. Kennedy (JFK), "Veritas," Witchblade, TNT, 2002.

Reverend Hale, "Sound Bodies," Law & Order Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), 2003.

Blake Peters, "Underbelly," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Martin Styles, Jonny Zero, Fox, 2005.

Appeared in The Sunnybeach Teaser.

Film Appearances:

Police officer, Five Corners (also known as 5 Corners), Cineplex Odeon Films, 1987.

Maitre d', Strictly Business, Warner Bros., 1991.

Alex Caxton, Bed & Breakfast, Hemdale Film Corporation, 1992.

Driver, The Saint of Fort Washington, Warner Bros., 1993.

Michael Johnson, The Bridges of Madison County, Warner Bros., 1995.

Mr. Scott, Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995.

Rick, Melissa (also known as Secret Sins), 1995.

Sergeant Rogers, Just Cause, Warner Bros., 1995.

FBI agent Evan Stanley, The Devil's Own, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997.

Travis Talbert, The Atrocity Exhibition, 1997.

Colonel Hardwick, The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

FBI agent Burt Payne, One Tough Cop, Stratosphere Entertainment, 1998.

Joe, Fool's Gold, 1998.

Father Thomas, Lost Souls, New Line Cinema, 2000.

John F. Kennedy, Timequest (also known as Nobody Knows), 2000.

George Thomas, The Cat's Meow, Lions Gate Films, 2001.

The Trade, Lantern Lane Entertainment, 2003.

Preacher in Miami, The Notorious Bettie Page (also known as The Ballad of Bettie Page and The Last Days of Bettie Page), Picturehouse Entertainment, 2005.

Frank, Underground (short film), Bennett Park Films, 2007.

Doctor, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Warner Bros., 2008.

Captain Martell, The International, Columbia, 2009.

Colson, Bride Wars, Fox 2000 Pictures, 2009.

Eli Bell, Happy Tears, Pierpoline Films, 2009.

Gabriel Durant, Veronika Decides to Die, Das Films/ Muse Productions/PalmStar Entertainment/Velvet Steamroller Entertainment, 2009.

Stage Appearances:

Of Mice and Men, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, c. 1983.

Lachlen, The Hasty Heart, Mirror Repertory Theatre, Theatre in St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1984.

Eben, Desire under the Elms, Hartford Stage Company, 1985.

Alice and Fred, Rolfe Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1985.

Felix, The Widow Claire, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1986-1987.

James, The Miracle Worker, Roundabout Theatre Company, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1987.

Talk Radio, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York City, 1987.

Mango Tea (one-act play), produced as part of Marathon 88, Festival of One-Act Plays Series B, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, part of First New York International Festival of the Arts, 1988.

Algernon Moncrieff, The Importance of Being Earnest, Hartford Stage Company, 1989.

Klaus, Mutterschaft, and psychocompany, Phantasies, both produced as part of Young Playwrights Festival (1990), Foundation of the Dramatists Guild, New York City, 1990.

Mahler, The White Rose, Workshop of the Players Art (WPA) Theatre, New York City, 1991.

Mikhailo Aleksandrovich Rakitin, A Month in the Country, Long Wharf Theatre, Newton Schenck Stage, New Haven, CT, 1992.

Douglas, The Waiting Room, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Other Stage, Williamstown, MA, 1993.

Jacques, As You Like It, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Free Theatre, Williamstown, MA, 1993.

John Cleary, Any Given Day, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Rudolph and Horst, Born Guilty, American Jewish Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Alex DeFlavio, The Naked Truth, Workshop of the Players Art (WPA) Theatre, 1994.

Dr. Cukrowicz, Suddenly Last Summer, produced with Something Unspoken as part of Garden District, Circle in the Square Theatre, 1995.

George Scudder, Sweet Bird of Youth, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, Williamstown, MA, 1995.

Morris Dixon, Present Laughter, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, 1995.

Title role, Ivanov, Ohio Theatre, New York City, c. 1996.

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy and Ron Galelia, Jackie (also known as Jackie: An American Life), Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA, 1996, and Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1997-98.

Jonathan Boyd, Cry Me a River (one-act), Hasty Pudding Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1997.

Dragan Milincevic, Tesla's Letters, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1999.

Felix, Bacchanalia (one-act play), produced as part of Caught in the Act (also known as Caught in the Act 99), Here Arts Center, New York City, 1999.

Investment banker, Other People, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 2000.

Twenty Four Years, produced as part of Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon 2000, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2000.

Kaspar Kelly, World of Mirth, Theatre Four, New York City, 2001.

Mr. Robinson, The Graduate, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 2002-2003.

Daniel, Portraits (also known as 9/11 Portraits), Union Square Theatre, 2003.

Carl Jung, Sabina, Raising Light Productions, 59E59 Theater A, New York City, 2005.

Chuck Bennett and Phil, All That I Will Ever Be, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 2007.

Daniel, Beauty on the Vine, Epic Theatre Ensemble, The Clurman Theatre @ Theatre Row, New York City, 2007.

Husband, Things We Said Today (short play), produced as part of Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon Series A, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2007.

Gene, Something You Did, Primary Stages, 59E59 Theater A, 2008.

Appeared in other productions, including Ghosts, off-Broadway production.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, An Old-Fashioned Love Story: Making "The Bridges of Madison County" (documentary), Warner Home Video, 2008.

Audiobooks:

P. J. O'Rourke, All The Trouble in the World, Random House, 1994.

O'Rourke, Holidays in Hell, Random House, 1994.

Sandra Brown, Envy, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2001.

Brown, White Hot, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2004.

Brown, Play Dirty, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2007.

Brown, Smoke Screen, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2008.