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Ivan Shvedoff

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Ivan Shvedoff
Иван Шведов
Born (1969-09-21) 21 September 1969 (age 55)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Websitehttp://www.shvedoff.com/

Ivan Shvedoff (Russian: Иван Шведов; born 21 September 1969) is a Russian actor.

Biography

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Shvedoff was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Russian SFSR.

Shvedoff first started his acting career as a theater actor in the Theater of Youth Creativity (1979-1986).

He studied acting at the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy from 1987 to 1991, and made his film debut in The Chekist in 1992. Shvedoff has lived in Prague since the late 1990s.[1]

He has appeared in several Hollywood films usually as Russian or Eastern Bloc characters, including Enemy at the Gates, The Bourne Supremacy and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. He was also a Russian dialog coach for Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 The Chekist
1992 Rin
1993 Gadael Lenin Sasha
1994 Frantsuzskiy vals Boleslav
1995 Pribytie poezda (segment "Exercise No.5")
1996 The Successor Salesperson
2000 England! Valeri Sikorski
2001 Enemy at the Gates Volodya
2003 Distant Lights Kolya
2003 Čert ví proč Kvido
2003 Zuckerbrot Mitja
2004 Love in Thoughts Gast im Moka Efti
2004 Traffic Affairs [de] Sylvester
2004 Das Apfelbaumhaus Arkady
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Moscow Policeman
2005 Almost Heaven [de] Strike
2007 Almaz Black Box Ivan Romanenko
2007 Prostye veshchi Vasin
2007 The Calling Game [de] Irms Kollege Peter
2009 The Bone Man Igor
2010 Mamas & Papas
2010 The Albanian Slatko
2010 We Are the Night van Gogh
2011 4 Days in May Trubizin
2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Leonid Lisenker
2014 A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot [de] Jassen
2014 Winterkartoffelknödel Skender Gashi
2014 Alles ist Liebe Finnischer LKW-Fahrer
2015 Fremdkörper Pjotr
2015 Child 44 Artur's Father
2015 Abschussfahrt Detective Stanek
2015 Buddha's Little Finger Shurick
2015 Bridge of Spies 2nd Soviet Interrogator
2016 Fly Away Home Feldwebel
2016 Siblings Stephan
2016 Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Halpern Leivick
2017 Babylon Berlin Alexej Kardakow 9 episodes
2019 The Aftermath Colonel Kutov

References

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  1. ^ Willoughby, Ian (7 February 2015). "My Prague – Ivan Shvedoff". Radio Prague. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ^ Willoughby, Ian (24 February 2014). "Ivan Shvedoff: Prague-based actor is "Mr. Eastern Bloc" in Western movies". Radio Prague. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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