Daniel Oreskes

{{Short description|American actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Daniel Oreskes

| birth_name = Daniel Robert Oreskes

| education = University of Pennsylvania (BA)
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Small|1998}}

| relatives = Naomi Oreskes (sister)
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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}

Oreskes graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.{{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}} He is the brother of academic Naomi Oreskes and journalist Michael Oreskes.{{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}}{{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}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

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!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"

2024–2025

|Elsbeth''

|Detective Buzz Fleming

|6 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

References

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