Boris McGiver

Boris McGiver is the kind of actor whose face you know long before you learn his name. A Tisch-trained New Yorker rooted in the stage, he turns up in The Wire, House of Cards, and Lincoln and quietly raises the credibility of every scene. I have a soft spot for these character actors, the ones who never headline yet make a story feel lived-in the moment they appear. His longevity is its own kind of award. When he enters a frame, you instinctively trust that the world on screen is real, and that is a rarer gift than top billing.

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Name (English)

Boris McGiver

Name (Japanese)

ボリス・マクギヴァー

Reading

ぼりす・まくぎゔぁー

Born

January 23, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Cobleskill, New York, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Tiger

University

New York University Tisch School of the Arts

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20McGiver
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4945331

Tags

• New York
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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