Background
Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to a Ukrainian father and Polish mother who were forced into factory labour by the Nazis.
Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to a Ukrainian father and Polish mother who were forced into factory labour by the Nazis.
His family then moved to the United States, settling in New York City, where George attended Xavier High School. Dzundza attended Saint John"s University, studying speech and theatre arts
Before immigrating to the United States in 1956, the family lived in Amsterdam for some years. He is a naturalized United States. citizen. In 1987, Dzundza played Sam Hesselman, a disabled man in a wheelchair, in Number Way Out and Commander Daskal in The Beast.
His other major film roles include The Deer Hunter, White Hunter Black Heart, Basic Instinct, Crimson Tide, and Dangerous Minds.
He played New York City Police Department Sergeant Max Greevey on Law & Order for one season before leaving the show. Dzundza had his own 1981 sitcom series Open All Night, about the owner of a "Store 364" convenience store in Inglewood, California. His other, lesser-known acting work includes an appearance on The Waltons (1975), playing the Archie Bunker-like father in the short-lived Christina Applegate sitcom Jesse, and voicing supervillain the Ventriloquist in Batman: The Animated Series and Perry White in Superman: The Animated Series, as well as numerous minor roles within both shows.
His Broadway theatre credits include Terrence McNally"s The Ritz. He portrayed American Nazi leader Frank Collin in the 1981 made-for-television movie Skokie.
In 2005, he played Anubis (aka "Jim") in the Stargate SG-1 Season 8 episode "Threads".
More recently, Dzundza portrayed George O"Malley"s father on Grey"s Anatomy.