---
name: "Victor Slezak"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-slezak"
fi1m_id: "victor-slezak"
imdb_id: "nm0805789"
tmdb_id: 10379
wikidata_id: "Q524406"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 July 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T09:44:20.906730+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Victor Slezak

## Identity

Victor Slezak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/victor-slezak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** victor-slezak
- **IMDb ID:** nm0805789
- **TMDB ID:** 10379
- **Wikidata ID:** Q524406
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Slezak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524406, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805789/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10379

Actor. Born 30 July 1957 in Youngston, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 July 1957, Youngston, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 52 (1), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 69 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $245m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Slezak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524406, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805789/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10379

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Order*](https://film.one/film/the-order.md) (75)
- **HBO Max:** [*Babygirl*](https://film.one/film/babygirl.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Victor Slezak is an American stage, television and screen actor. He was born on 30 July 1957 in Youngstown, Ohio.

His film credits include *The Bridges of Madison County* (1995), *Beyond Rangoon* (1995), *The Devil's Own* (1997), *The Siege* (1998), *The Cat's Meow* (2001), *Timequest* (2002) and *The Notorious Bettie Page* (2005). He has appeared in numerous television series, including *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *The Blacklist*, *Homeland* and *Person of Interest*. On Broadway he starred as John F. Kennedy in *Jackie: An American Life*; he also appeared Off-Broadway in *Beauty on the Vine* (2007).

Slezak is married to Leslie Smith Rawlings; they have one child. He is not related to Walter Slezak or Erika Slezak.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Babygirl* (2024), Fi1m 73, as Mr. Missel — [page](https://film.one/film/babygirl.md)
- *The Order* (2024), Fi1m 75, as Richard Butler — [page](https://film.one/film/the-order.md)
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), Fi1m 52, as Ulysses S. Grant — [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *The Bridges of Madison County* (1995), Fi1m 84, as Michael Johnson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bridges-of-madison-county.md)

## Complete filmography (70)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Take Me Home* (2026), as Bob
- *Babygirl* (2024), as Mr. Missel — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/babygirl.md)
- *The Order* (2024), as Richard Butler — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-order.md)
- *The Independent* (2022), as President Archer
- *Out of the Blue* (2022), as Richard Chambers
- *Worth* (2021), as John Ashcroft
- *The Glorias* (2020), as Editor NY Times Magazine
- *Hunters* (2020), series, as Wernher von Braun
- *The Report* (2019), as Senator Jay Rockefeller
- *NOS4A2* (2019), series, as Horace Haber
- *The Land of Steady Habits* (2018), as Wes Thompson
- *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018), series, as Joe Mueller
- *Succession* (2018), series, as Senator Roberts — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *The OA* (2016), series, as Kevin Harris
- *Bull* (2016), series, as Eric Godford
- *The Mulberry Bush* (2016), as Bill
- *Billions* (2016), series, as Gary Bogard
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, as General Mark Sheridan
- *A Rising Tide* (2015), as Alek Rama
- *Billy & Billie* (2015), series, as James Jones
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, as Vlad Diacov
- *That Awkward Moment* (2014), as Older Gentleman
- *Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight* (2013), as Marshal of the Court
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Henry Krueger — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *The Reluctant Fundamentalist* (2013), as Maxwell Underwood
- *The Americans* (2013), series, as Colonel Rennhull, Lyle Rennhull — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *666 Park Avenue* (2012), series, as Daniel Stone
- *Too Big to Fail* (2011), as Greg Curl
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), series, as Ulysses S. Grant — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Warden Jack Pritchard — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Abduction* (2011), as Tom Shealy
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Michael Delancey — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Agent Robert Thorne
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Bryce Helfond, Chief of Intel, Inter Chief
- *Salt* (2010), as One-Star General
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Palgrave Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Taking Chance* (2009), as Sgt Mulcahy
- *Veronika Decides to Die* (2009), as Gabriel Durant
- *Bride Wars* (2009), as Colson
- *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2* (2008), as Doctor
- *The Notorious Bettie Page* (2006), as Minister in Miami
- *Jonny Zero* (2005), series, as Styles
- *Timequest* (2003), as John F. Kennedy
- *The Cat's Meow* (2002), as George Thomas
- *The Ponder Heart* (2001), as Ovid Springer
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Reverend Hale
- *Lost Souls* (2000), as Father Thomas
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues* (1999), as O'Bannion
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Blake Peters
- *The Siege* (1998), as Colonel Hardwick
- *One Tough Cop* (1998), as FBI Agent Burt Payne
- *The Atrocity Exhibition* (1998), as Travis Talbert
- *Fool's Gold* (1998), as Joe
- *The Devil's Own* (1997), as Evan Stanley
- *Beyond Rangoon* (1995), as Mr. Scott
- *The Bridges of Madison County* (1995), as Michael Johnson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bridges-of-madison-county.md)
- *Just Cause* (1995), as Sgt. Rogers
- *Melissa* (1995), as Rick
- *Reunion* (1994), Actor
- *New York Undercover* (1994), series, as Dennis Fairchild
- *Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story* (1992), as Sanger
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as O'Bannion
- *Bed & Breakfast* (1991), as Alex Caxton
- *Darrow* (1991), as John Fredericks
- *The Good Policeman* (1991), as Burt Bortlesman
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as William Cousins, Steven Green, Jeffery Arbaugh, Philip Andrews — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Leg Work* (1987), series, as Sean Reese
- *Five Corners* (1987), as Policeman
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Jerome Horowitz — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as John Fredericks

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