Jack Koenig (born May 14, 1959, in Rockville Centre, New York) is an American actor best known for his work in theatre and television. He is most familiar to audiences for playing Michael Conway on Sex and The City, Dr. Levin in The Blacklist, Ronald Danzer in Gotham, Defense Attorney Swift in Law & Order, and Grant Ward in Madoff. For his work in the Off-Broadway production Tabletop, he was awarded the 2001 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance.

Early life Born in Rockville Centre and raised in Baldwin, New York, Koenig attended Columbia University where he majored in English because the university did not offer an undergraduate degree in theatre at the time. Nevertheless, he studied with Estelle Parsons and Robert Neff Williams, whom Koenig credits as the best teacher he ever had. While enrolled at Columbia, he starred in the school's production of Macbeth as the eponymous character and as The Boy in The Fantasticks through a special arrangement with the Off-Broadway production which was then in its 17th year.

Career After graduating, Koenig began his acting career performing in regional theatre, appearing in Philocetetes at Delaware Theatre Company, A Quiet End with Jack Kenny at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Rough Crossing – Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Ferenc Molnár's The Play's The Thing – at Westport Country Playhouse, and as a member of the first season of Michael Kahn's The Shakespeare Theatre in Mandragola. The following year he appeared in Julie Taymor's production of Taming of the Shrew for Theatre for a New Audience at North Shore Music Theatre, an episode of Monsters, and won three episodes of Jeopardy!.

Continuing to work Off-Broadway through the 1990s, he performed in a variety of productions including Grand Finale at Ubu Repertory Theatre, Herb Gardner's I'm With Ya Duke with David Margulies at Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Voysey Inheritance at The Mint, Misalliance and Cymbeline at Pearl Theatre, and John Guare's Marco Polo Sings a Solo with Bruce Norris and Polly Holliday at Signature Theatre Company, co-starred in My Girlfriend's Boyfriend with Deborah Gibson, Chris Bruno, and Valerie Perrine, appeared in I.Q. and The Proprietor, and guest-starred across television on Law & Order, The Cosby Mysteries, Now and Again, Sex and The City, and As The World Turns. Koenig's career began to kick off after winning the 2001 Drama Desk Award for Rob Ackerman's hit play, Tabletop, which was met with unanimous critical praise. Soon afterwards he appeared at Manhattan Theatre Club in Cary Churchill's Mad Forest and Richard Greenberg's The American Plan and Three Days of Rain – with Patricia Clarkson, John Slattery, and Bradley Whitford – in Richard Greenberg's Everett Beekin and A.R. Gurney's Big Bill at Lincoln Center, and as the young Charles Carrol in National Treasure.

The following year he made his Broadway premiere in The Lion King as Scar. His theatre work continued with acclaimed original runs in Dan Dietz's Clementine in the Lower 9, The Flag Maker of Market Street and Blood Divided at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, in revivals of David Mamet's Race, A Moon for the Misbegotten at Virginia Stage Company, Absurd Person Singular, The Christmas Story, Laughing Stock, A Doll's House, Heartbreak House, The Seagull, An Inspector Calls, Present Laughter, and a return to the Shakespeare Theatre to work with Michael Kahn again, 32 years after his debut, in Harold Pinter's The Collection. Off-Broadway his work has continued with The Actors Company Theatre in The Cocktail Party and Incident at Vichy, in staged readings at The Players Club with David Staller's Gingold Theatrical Group in The Apple Cart, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, and In Good King Charles' Golden Days, in Perfect Crime with Catherine Russell, and in A.R. Gurney's The Grand Manner with Kate Burton at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre. On Broadway he has performed in the Tony Award-winning play Oslo directed by Bartlett Sher, Accent on Youth with David Hyde Pierce, and The Pitmen Painters. Recently he joined the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Parts One and Two on Broadway at The Lyric Theatre.

Koenig's television guest appearances have increased to include Law & Order as the recurring character Defense Attorney Swift, Law & Order SVU, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, Zero Hour, Forever, Unforgettable, Boardwalk Empire, Madoff, Power, Pose, Gotham, and The Blacklist.

Personal life Koenig has two children, a daughter and son. He lives in Manhattan.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1994I.Q.First Reporter1996The ProprietorApartment Doorman1999My Girlfriend's BoyfriendWes2003Marci XReporter2010CeremonyParty Guest No. 52021CleanPriest

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1988MonstersJack AveryEpisode: "The Vampire Hunter"1994The Cosby MysteriesRichard BlumeEpisode: "Only You"1998Sex and the CityMichael ConwayEpisode: "The Monogamists"1998–2006Law & OrderVarious roles4 episodes1999Now and AgainGovernment Agent No. 2Episode: "Over Easy"1999–2010As the World TurnsDr. Ripley / Sheriff Dooley3 episodes2001The Education of Max BickfordSteve BettisEpisode: "Herding Cats"2002, 2006Law & Order: Criminal IntentAttorney Javits / Ron Sherwood2 episodes2005Law & Order: SVUEdgar HamillEpisode: "Alien"2012The Good WifeArnold WyattEpisode: "A Defense of Marriage"2013Zero HourSS OfficerEpisode: "Chain"2014GothamRonald DanzerEpisode: "The Balloonman"2014Boardwalk EmpireAgent No. 6Episode: "Eldorado"2014, 2015ForeverCaptain2 episodes2015The BlacklistDr. Levin3 episodes2016UnforgettableBrian FentonEpisode: "Paranoid Android"2016MadoffGrant Ward4 episodes2017PowerMarvin MillerEpisode: "Things Are Going to Get Worse"2018PoseJoe BockolEpisode: "Pink Slip"

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