{{Short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Daniel Oreskes | birth_name = Daniel Robert Oreskes | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|3|6}} | education = University of Pennsylvania (BA)<br />London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art | occupation = Actor | spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Small|1998}} | relatives = Naomi Oreskes (sister)<br />Michael Oreskes (brother) | years_active = 1993–present }}

'''Daniel Oreskes''' is an American actor, known for his roles in ''Law & Order'' and ''Law & Order: Organized Crime''. Oreskes has also appeared in numerous Broadway productions and narrates audiobooks.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Als|first=Hilton|title=In Taylor Mac's "Hir," a wife uses estrogen treatments to make her violent husband docile.|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/in-transit-the-theatre-hilton-als|access-date=2021-05-30|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Books|first=Times Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=geRRHx3m9ZIC&dq=Daniel+Oreskes+ny+times&pg=PA350|title=The New York Times Theater Reviews 1997-1998|date=2001-01-02|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-8153-3341-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-20|title=The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com|url=https://apnews.com/article/aidan-gillen-matthew-mcconaughey-books-best-sellers-michelle-obama-smokey-robinson-a58877cfb4d8516019fdc3af4fa1d245|access-date=2021-05-30|website=AP NEWS}}</ref>

Oreskes graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1998-05-03|title=Weddings; Elizabeth Small and Daniel Oreskes|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/03/style/weddings-elizabeth-small-and-daniel-oreskes.html|access-date=2021-05-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He is the brother of academic Naomi Oreskes and journalist Michael Oreskes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Irwin Oreskes, professor emeritus at NYC's Hunter College who taught lab science, dies at 86|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/irwin-oreskes-professor-emeritus-at-nycs-hunter-college-who-taught-lab-science-dies-at-86|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Associated Press|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Haberman|first=Clyde|date=2017-05-10|title=Seeing 'Oslo,' Remembering Hope|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/theater/seeing-oslo-remembering-hope.html|access-date=2021-05-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |1993 |''Manhattan by Numbers'' |Dan | |- |1997 |''The Devil's Advocate'' |Arnold Merto | |- |1999 |''The Thomas Crown Affair'' |Petru | |- |2003 |''Happy End'' |2nd Casting Director | |- |rowspan="2"|2007 |''The Warrior Class'' |Vito |Direct-to-video |- |''Day Zero'' |Gus | |- |rowspan="2"|2008 |''Off Jackson Avenue'' |Ivan | |- |''Uncertainty'' |Dmitri 2 | |- |2011 |''Coming Up Roses'' |Gerry | |- |2019 |''Abe'' |Ari | |- |2024 |''A Real Pain'' |Mark | |- |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |1995 |''New York News'' |Unknown role |Episode: "Cost of Living" |- |1995–2007 |''Law & Order'' |Various |6 episodes |- |2000–2001 |''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' |Various voices |13 episodes |- |2001 |''The Sopranos'' |Principal Cincotta |Episodes: "Army of One", "The Telltale Moozadell" |- |2004 |''Third Watch'' |Mr. Bukhari |Episode: "Sins of the Fathers" |- |2005 |''Slavery and the Making of America'' |Thomas Jefferson |Episode: "Liberty in the Air" |- |2005–2008 |''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' |Various |3 episodes |- |2010 |''The Good Wife'' |Ray Ernesto |Episode: "Running" |- |2011 |''Rescue Me'' |Garry Balsbaugh |Episode: "Head" |- |2012 |''Pan Am'' |Yuri |Episode: "Diplomatic Relations" |- |rowspan="4"|2014 |''Believe'' |Mr. Balfour |Episode: "Together" |- |''Dead of Night'' |Narrator |Episode: "Favorite Son" |- |''The Blacklist'' |Teddy Russo |Episode: "Dr. James Covington (No. 89)" |- |''Madam Secretary'' |General Kolba |Episode: "Need to Know" |- |rowspan="2"|2015 |''Show Me a Hero'' |Charles Cola |2 episodes |- |''Blue Bloods'' |Alan Murtaugh |Episode: "Rush to Judgement" |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |''Elementary'' |Lloyd Springer |Episode: "Ready or Not" |- |''Falling Water'' |Taka's Police Captain |Episode: "Don't Tell Bill" |- |2019 |''The Code'' |Brigadier General Coburn |Episode: "Blowed Up" |- |2019–2020 |''Ray Donovan'' |Shaman |3 episodes |- |2020 |''Bull'' |Judge Greene |Episode: "My Corona" |- |2021 |''And Just Like That...'' |Mr. Kouimelis |Episode: "Some of My Best Friends" |- |rowspan="2"|2021–2022 |''Law & Order: Organized Crime'' |NYPD Lieutenant Moennig |10 episodes |- |''Only Murders in the Building'' |Marv |6 episodes |- |2022 |''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' |Terrence |Episode: "Maisel vs. Lennon: The Cut Contest" |- |2024–present |''Elsbeth'' |Detective Buzz Fleming |10 episodes |- |2025 |''Mountainhead'' |Dr. Phipps |Television film |}

===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2006 |''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories'' |Bryan Forbes |Voice |}

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