{{Short description|American actor (1944–2025)}} {{Sources|date=August 2025}}

'''Dan Ziskie''' (August 13, 1944 – July 21, 2025) was an American actor. He portrayed the character Frank Niggar on a popular sketch on ''Chappelle's Show''. He was on ''Treme'', where he played a politically connected banker in Post-Katrina New Orleans. He had a recurring role as the Vice President of the United States on the first season of ''House of Cards''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who Is Bull's Idol, Lawyer Walter Franklin on 'Bull'? |url=https://2paragraphs.com/2019/02/who-is-bulls-idol-lawyer-walter-franklin-on-bull/ |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=2paragraphs.com |date=18 February 2019}}</ref> He had a guest spot on ''Person of Interest'' and ''The Blacklist'', portraying senators on both shows. On the season finale of ''24'''s fifth season Ziskie played the United States Attorney General who, after hearing an audio recording of the president admitting that he took part in the assassination of a former president, orders his removal from office.

In October 2017, Ziskie released a collection of photographs of the New York City area taken from 2013 to 2016 in his first book, entitled ''Cloud Chamber''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Melnyczuk |first1=Fred |title=Snapshot: 'Cloud Chamber' by Dan Ziskie |url=https://www.ft.com/content/630cbd28-8e65-11e7-a352-e46f43c5825d |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=Financial Times |date=1 September 2017}}</ref>

Ziskie died on July 21, 2025, at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mendoza |first1=Leia |title=Dan Ziskie, 'House of Cards' and 'Treme' Actor, Dies at 80 |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/obituaries-people-news/dan-ziskie-dead-house-of-cards-1236490544/ |access-date=15 August 2025 |publisher=Variety |date=15 August 2025}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film=== <!-- Rowspans are only allowed for the "Year" column per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{Screen reader-only| Dan Ziskie film credits}}<!-- WP:ACCESSIBILITY & MOS:TABLECAPTION --> |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1985 || ''The Man with One Red Shoe'' || Young American || |- | 1985 || ''Twisted'' || Phillip Collins || |- | 1985 || ''O.C. and Stiggs'' || Rusty Calloway || |- | 1987 || ''Adventures in Babysitting'' || Mr. Anderson || |- | 1989 || ''Troop Beverly Hills'' || Arthur Barnfell || |- | 1990 || ''Vital Signs'' || Dr. Kelly || |- | 1992 || ''Zebrahead'' || Mr. Cimino || |- | 1997 || ''The Jackal'' || CIA Representative #2 || |- | 2000 || ''Isn't She Great'' || Guy's Doctor || |- | 2000 || ''Prince of Central Park'' || City Planner || |- | 2000 || ''Thirteen Days'' || General Walter "Cam" Sweeney || |- | 2002 || ''Bad Company'' || Officer Dempsey || |- | 2003 || ''Undermind'' || Sean Waye || |- | 2004 || ''Satan's Little Helper'' || Vernon || |- | 2004 || ''Kinsey'' || NYC Reporter #2 || |- | 2005 || ''War of the Worlds'' || Informative Guy || |- | 2006 || ''Last Holiday'' || Dr. Thompson || |- | 2006 || ''Eight Below'' || Navy Commander || |- | 2006 || ''The Tokyo Trial'' || || Chinese film<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=11859&display_set=eng |title=The Tokyo Trial |website=hkmdb.com |date=February 1, 2007 |accessdate=August 8, 2021}}</ref> |- | 2008 || ''Synecdoche, New York'' || Leg Tremor Doctor || |- | 2008 || ''New York, I Love You'' || Party's Guest || Uncredited |- | 2009 || ''The Rebound'' || Ken Gordon || |- | 2010 || ''Step Up 3D'' || NYU Dean || |- | 2015 || ''Concussion'' || Paul Tagliabue || |- | 2016 || ''Mercy'' || George || |}

===Television=== {{incomplete list|date=April 2025}}

<!-- Rowspans allowed only for "Year" column per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{Screen reader-only| Dan Ziskie television credits}}<!-- WP:ACCESSIBILITY & MOS:TABLECAPTION --> |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1987 | ''The Equalizer'' | Detective <!--Ignore IMDb! it's WRONG if it still says "John Ferman" who is a DEAD character --> | Episode: "Beyond Control" |- | 1987 | ''Highway to Heaven'' | Mel Turner | 1 episode |- | 1989 || ''Kojak: Fatal Flaw'' || Allardice || TV movie |- | 1990 | ''Quantum Leap'' | Sergeant Riley | 1 episode |- | 1995–2006 | ''Law & Order'' | (various) | 6 episodes |- | 1999 | ''The Practice'' | Mr. Hedberg | 1 episode |- | 2001 | ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' | Frank Foster | Episode: "Runaway" |- | 2002 | ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' | Walter Troy | Episode: "Tuxedo Hill" |- | 2003 | ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' | Dr. Curtis | Episode: "Serendipity" |- | 2003 | ''The West Wing'' | O'Donnell | 1 episode |- | 2005 | ''Louie'' | Sheriff | Episode: "Travel Day/South" |- | 2006 | ''24'' | Attorney General | 1 episode |- | 2007 | ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' | John Lucas | Episode: "Seeds" |- | 2012 | ''Person of Interest'' | Senator Gene Atkins | 1 episode |- | 2013 | ''The Good Wife'' | Steve Koesterich | 1 episode |- | 2013–17 || ''House of Cards'' || Jim Matthews || 6 episodes |- | 2016 | ''Blindspot'' | Peter Warren | 1 episode |- | 2017 | ''Blue Bloods'' | Joseph Polito | 1 episode |- | 2018 | ''Madam Secretary'' | Dr. Daniel Reese | 1 episode |- | 2019 || ''Bull'' || Walter Franklin || Episode: "Security Fraud" |}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0957201}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121120001211/http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f67ca41f6b/chappelle-show-the-niggar-family Dan Ziskie on Chappelle's Show]

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