Dan Ziskie, who made a career out of playing prominent government officials in several hit movies and TV shows, died last month at 80.

His family announced his death in an obituary published online, which said that the stage and screen actor died from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on July 21.

Ziskie was best known for his television roles in Treme and House of Cards, both of which saw him play powerful men in series that went on for several years.

In Treme, a drama set in post-Katrina New Orleans, Ziskie portrayed C.J. Liguori, a prominent financier who funds many of the city’s reconstruction projects after the hurricane.

Ziskie appeared in 26 episodes of the show, with the final season coinciding with his debut as Vice President Jim Matthew in the political thriller Hous

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