Boris has been a recognizable Film and TV actor for decades. Besides most recently filming Taika Waititi’s Our Flag Means Death, and M. Knight Shyamalan’s series SERVANT for Apple TV, and recurring character Monsignor Korecki on Evil, (CBS/Paramount), he was seen as series regular DA Glen Maskins on ABC’s FOR LIFE. He will also be recognized in the series regular role of Tom Hammerschmidt, Editor in Chief of The Washington Herald, on NETFLIX’S House of Cards (Beau Willimon, David Fincher).
In addition to long-recurring roles on Boardwalk Empire playing conflicted but ultimately decent Sheriff Lindsay/ Person of Interest as Hersh, the highly efficient and deadly assassin/ and David Simon’s The Wire playing the smarmy Lt. Marimow, brought in to dismantle the unit, he has also guest-starred on The Blacklist, Allegiance, Flesh and Bone, TURN, John Adams, White Collar, and numerous guest spots on Law and Order, among many, many others.
Viewers will remember Boris in Steven Spielberg’s LINCOLN where he played “Coffroth,” the bumbling Democratic member of the House of Representatives who goes head-to-“Toe” with Tommy Lee Jones.
Other film credits include Killing Kennedy, Pink Panther (w/Steve Martin), Taking Woodstock (Ang Lee, dir.), Dark Matter (w/Meryl Streep), Fur (w/Nicole Kidman), Taxi (w/Jimmy Fallon), Connie and Carla, Ironweed, and more…..
Boris’ theater Credits include the original Broadway run of WARHORSE (Lincoln Center), Desire Under the Elms, and years of Off Broadway and Regional credits—9 Shakespeares at The Public Theater-, and a slew of others.