Cast & creator
Victor Slezak
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Victor Slezak (born July 30, 1957) is an American stage, television and screen actor who has appeared in numerous films, including The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Beyond Rangoon (1995), The Devil's Own (1997), The Siege (1998),The Cat's Meow (2001), Timequest as John F. Kennedy (2002) and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). On Broadway, he starred as John F. Kennedy, opposite Margaret Colin, in Jackie: An American Life. He appeared Off-Broadway in 2007, playing the father of the character played by actress Olivia Wilde in Beauty on the Vine at the Harold Clurman Theatre. Slezak was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He is married to Leslie Rawlings; they have one child. Slezak is not related to Walter Slezak or Erika Slezak. His surname is of Czech origin (Slezák, meaning Silesian).
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1982–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (78)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Blake Peters
1999
Law & Order
William Cousins
1990Law & Order
Steven Green
1990Law & Order
Jeffery Arbaugh
1990Law & Order
Philip Andrews
1990
The Blacklist
Henry Krueger
2013
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Reverend Hale
2001
Blue Bloods
Bryce Helfond
2010Blue Bloods
Chief of Intel
2010Blue Bloods
Inter Chief
2010
The Good Wife
Palgrave Director
2009
Person of Interest
Michael Delancey
2011
Homeland
Warden Jack Pritchard
2011
Billions
Gary Bogard
2016
American Playhouse
John Fredericks
1982
Miami Vice
Jerome Horowitz
1984
Madam Secretary
Vlad Diacov
2014
Blindspot
General Mark Sheridan
2015
The Americans
Colonel Rennhull
2013The Americans
Lyle Rennhull
2013
Bull
Eric Godford
2016
Succession
Senator Roberts
2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Joe Mueller
2018
Unforgettable
Agent Robert Thorne
2011
New York Undercover
Dennis Fairchild
1994
Hell on Wheels
Ulysses S. Grant
2011
Hunters
Wernher von Braun
2020
The OA
Kevin Harris
2016
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
O'Bannion
1992
NOS4A2
Horace Haber
2019
Babygirl
Mr. Missel
2024
Bride Wars
Colson
2009
The Order
Richard Butler
2024
The Bridges of Madison County
Michael Johnson
1995
Salt
One-Star General
2010
Jonny Zero
Styles
2005
The Devil's Own
Evan Stanley
1997
666 Park Avenue
Daniel Stone
2012
Abduction
Tom Shealy
2011
The Siege
Colonel Hardwick
1998
Out of the Blue
Richard Chambers
2022
Leg Work
Sean Reese
1987
Billy & Billie
James Jones
2015
Just Cause
Sgt. Rogers
1995
That Awkward Moment
Older Gentleman
2014
The Report
Senator Jay Rockefeller
2019
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Doctor
2008
The Independent
President Archer
2022
Lost Souls
Father Thomas
2000
Too Big to Fail
Greg Curl
2011
The Notorious Bettie Page
Minister in Miami
2006
Taking Chance
Sgt Mulcahy
2009
Veronika Decides to Die
Gabriel Durant
2009
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Maxwell Underwood
2013
The Glorias
Editor NY Times Magazine
2020
Worth
John Ashcroft
2021
The Cat's Meow
George Thomas
2002
The Land of Steady Habits
Wes Thompson
2018
Beyond Rangoon
Mr. Scott
1995
Take Me Home
Bob
2026
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Marshal of the Court
2013
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
O'Bannion
1999
Five Corners
Policeman
1987
One Tough Cop
FBI Agent Burt Payne
1998
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Sanger
1992
The Good Policeman
Burt Bortlesman
1991
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
Self
2008
A Rising Tide
Alek Rama
2015
The Ponder Heart
Ovid Springer
2001
Bed & Breakfast
Alex Caxton
1991
Darrow
John Fredericks
1991
Reunion
1994
The Atrocity Exhibition
Travis Talbert
1998
Between Here and Home
Self
Timequest
John F. Kennedy
2000
Melissa
Rick
1995
The Mulberry Bush
Bill
2016Fool's Gold
Joe
1998