# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-ziskie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:59:57.018Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-ziskie"
name: "Dan Ziskie"
slug: "dan-ziskie"
description: "Dan Ziskie 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. 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."
tagline: "American actor (1944–2025)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "2000"
deathDate: "2025-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.66
  momentum:             0.7194244604316546
  historical:           5.498850666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957201/"
    handle:    "nm0957201"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Ziskie"
    title: "Dan Ziskie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Ziskie"
    title: "Dan Ziskie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Ziskie"
    title: "Dan Ziskie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "ڈین زیسکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Ziskie"
    title: "Dan Ziskie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Ziskie"
    title: "Dan Ziskie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4161979"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump