1. Mark Ivanir is an Israeli actor known for his character roles on American film and television.
18 Facts About Mark Ivanir
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Mark Ivanir is fluent in six languages, a skill often shown off in his performances.
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Mark Ivanir's family emigrated to Israel in 1972, and settled in the Pardes Katz neighbourhood of Bnei Brak.
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Mark Ivanir's father, Alexander, was an English language teacher, and his mother Malka a German language teacher.
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Mark Ivanir's maternal grandfather, Meshulem Surkis, was a Yiddish writer, journalist, actor, and theatre critic, who was a well-known activist in the Yiddish cultural world.
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Mark Ivanir was raised in a multilingual household, speaking Hebrew, Ukrainian, and Russian, and later learning English.
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Mark Ivanir briefly studied medicine, before deciding on a life in the performing arts.
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Mark Ivanir completed two years in a circus school, traveled throughout Europe performing on the streets as a clown, and ended up working in the Parisian Cirque Pawelles.
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Mark Ivanir later moved to London to study under Philippe Gaulier at the Complicite.
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Mark Ivanir worked with Spielberg twice thereafter, first for a cameo appearance in The Terminal, then again for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.
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Mark Ivanir held a pivotal role in Robert De Niro's 2006 film, The Good Shepherd, for which he won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, later landing a role in Barry Levinson's What Just Happened, this time acting alongside De Niro.
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Mark Ivanir played Daniel Lerner, the first violin of the string quartet, whose other members are played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken.
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In 2016 Mark Ivanir had a recurring role on Homeland as Russian intelligence agent Ivan Krupin.
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Mark Ivanir appeared in The Red Sea Diving Resort, as the head of the Mossad, alongside Sir Ben Kingsley, Chris Evans and Greg Kinnear.
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Mark Ivanir's sister-in-law is actress Romi Aboulafia, and his father-in-law is journalist Menashe Raz.
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Mark Ivanir has two daughters, and resides with his family in Los Angeles.
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Mark Ivanir is fluent in Hebrew, Russian, English, Ukrainian, French and Yiddish, and adept in German and Arabic.
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Mark Ivanir's multi-lingualism is often a feature of his roles.