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Mark Ivanir, actor, was born in the Former USSR in 1964 and immigrated to Israel in 1972. After his army service he began his artistic studies with juggling and appeared in the circus in France. Mark is a graduate of the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio. He participated in plays of the Cameri Theater and in productions of the Israel Opera before he joined the Gesher Theater, where he was a member for 10 years. He participated in a number of Israeli TV series, including the successful “Franco & Spector. Mark has also been a translator of fiction and plays from Russian to Hebrew. His Hollywood debut was in Steven Spielberg's “Schindler's List”. Since then he appeared in American TV series such as “24”, “Hill Street Blues”, “CSI” and “Alias”. Among the films in which he participated is another film by Spielberg “The Terminal”(2003), “The Good Shepherd”(2005) with Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon, “The Cutter”, “Cries from Ramah”, “Mr. &Mrs. Smith”, “When do we Eat” (2006) with Michael Lerner and in 2007 “Spring Break in Bosnia” with Richard Gere. Mark won AICF scholarships in 1988-1990.