Mark Ivanir
Biography
Mark Ivanir is an Israeli actor known for character roles in film and television, and he is fluent in six languages. Born in Chernivtsi, he emigrated to Israel with his family in 1972 and trained as a circus clown before studying theater under Nissan Nativ. His first film role came in Iron Eagle II (1988), and his first major part was Marcel Goldberg in Schindler's List (1993). Later credits include The Good Shepherd (2006), which won him the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, What Just Happened (2008), The Adventures of Tintin (2011), 360 (2011), A Late Quartet (2012), his biggest part, and The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019). On television he has appeared in 24, The Blacklist and Mayor of Kingstown, and he co-founded Israel's Gesher Theater, adapting plays into Hebrew.
58years old
Turns 59 on September 6in 300 days
- Born Chernivtsi
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Mark Alexandrovich Ivanir
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 34 years1988 to 2022
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First role
Mark Ivanir's first film role came in the 1988 action film Iron Eagle II, directed by Sidney J. Furie. He played Mikhail Balyonev, a Soviet army serviceman, in the Canadian-Israeli-American co-production.
A change of course
After finishing his service, Ivanir declined a Mossad job offer. He studied medicine for a short time, then chose performing arts, spent two years at circus school and performed as a clown on streets across Europe.
Early training
After he left the circus, Ivanir trained formally in theater with Nissan Nativ, an Israeli director, and performed at the Cameri Theater and the Israeli Opera.
Behind the award
Ivanir won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival for his pivotal role in Robert De Niro's 2006 film The Good Shepherd. He later acted alongside De Niro again in Barry Levinson's What Just Happened.
Mark Ivanir movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Steven Spielberg directed two of these films, Isaac Florentine two. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Steven Spielberg
All films by Isaac Florentine
Also two films together4 more actors
- Jordi MollàThe Man Who Was Thursday (2016) and Bunraku (2010)
- Valentin GanevUndisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
- Eli DankerUndisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) and The Cutter (2005)
- Trayan Milenov-TroyUndisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mark Ivanir's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.2 billion
13 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 13 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$374M31.2% of the total
- 2$321M26.8% of the total
- 3$231M19.3% of the total
- 4$100M8.4% of the total
- 5$77M6.4% of the total
- 6$71M5.9% of the total
- 7$7.6M0.6% of the total
- 8$6.7M0.6% of the total
$9.7 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total