Boris McGiver

Boris McGiver
McGiver at the 73rd Peabody Awards, May 2014
Born	(1962-01-23) January 23, 1962 (age 55) Cobleskill, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Tisch School of Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Boris McGiver (born January 23, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in projects such as Lincoln, House of Cards, The Wire, Killing Kennedy, and Person of Interest.

Of Irish and Ukrainian descent, he is the second youngest of ten children born to actor John McGiver and his wife, Ruth Schmigelsky McGiver. He was not initially eager to follow in his father’s footsteps, and has stated, “I kind of denied it [acting] throughout my childhood because my dad was an actor and he was never around. He had to feed 10 kids, he was always working, so to me acting was never connected to something good, and I had never realized what an art it was. I thought it was just playtime.”