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).
Usually plays complex characters in high command be it in the military or politics.
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Victor is being inducted into his high school Hall of Fame on May 25th, 2014.
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Appears at Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge MA, in Cry Me a River [1997]
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Currently in rehearsal playing Hugh in Polly Stenham's "That Face" at The Manhattan Theatre Club. [April 2010]
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Currently Off Broadway playing Olivia Wilde's Father in "Beauty on the Vine" at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row for the Epic Theatre Center. [May 2007]
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Received the Charles Bowden award at the 64th annual New Dramatists Luncheon in NYC, May 21, 2013.
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He studied drama at HB Studio as a teenager with the Legendary Actress and teacher Uta Hagen who was his first acting teacher. He then trained with Kim Stanley, Geraldine Page and Wynn Handman.
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