Costa Ronin

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Ronin at the Peabody Awards (2015)

Costa Ronin (born February 3, 1979 in Kaliningrad , formerly Russian SFSR , Soviet Union as Costa Chagoubatov ) is an Australian - Russian actor who became famous for the role of Oleg Burov from the series The Americans .

life and career

Costa Ronin was born in Kaliningrad, which at that time still belonged to the Soviet Union. In 1996 he moved with his mother to the New Zealand capital Wellington . He later studied international relations and political science at Victoria University of Wellington before moving to Perth in 2001 and then to Sydney , Australia.

Ronin took his first acting role in the 1996 television movie Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America . After a few appearances in short and television films, he took on supporting roles in the films Anyone You Want and Red Dog in 2010 and 2011, respectively. After he ventured to the USA, he was able to appear in several series, including Extant , Marvel's Agent Carter , Scorpion , The Strain , Gotham or Shooter . Ronin was able to increase his fame mainly through the role of Oleg Burov from the series The Americans , whom he has played in over 60 episodes since 2014. In 2018 he took on a supporting role as Yevgeny Gromov in the seventh season of the spy series Homeland , in which he also appeared in the final eighth season in 2020.

In the 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by director Quentin Tarantino , Ronin took on the role of the Manson Family victim Wojciech Frykowski .

Personal

Ronin is an avid sailor , which he was taught by his father and grandfather when he was 5 years old. He is also a motorcycle fan. After living in Surry Hills , a suburb of Sydney for a while, Ronin now lives in Los Angeles .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2006: Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (TV movie)
  • 2006: The Last Resort
  • 2007: Just Married (short film)
  • 2007: The Circuit (mini series, episode 1x06)
  • 2009: False Witness (TV movie)
  • 2009: Old War (short film)
  • 2009: Immobile (short film)
  • 2009: East West 101 (TV series, episode 2x02)
  • 2010: Anyone You Want
  • 2011: Red Dog
  • 2014: Extant (TV series, episode 1x04)
  • 2014–2018: The Americans (TV series, 61 episodes)
  • 2015: Marvel's Agent Carter (TV series, episode 1x01)
  • 2015: Scorpion (TV series, episode 2x05)
  • 2015: Agent X (TV series, episode 1x10)
  • 2016: The Strain (TV series, episode 3x07)
  • 2016: Gotham (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2016: The Midnighters
  • 2017: Shooter (TV series, episode 1x10)
  • 2017: The Body Tree
  • 2018: Head Full of Honey
  • 2018: Splitting Up Together (TV series, 5 episodes)
  • 2018–2020: Homeland (TV series, 17 episodes)
  • 2019: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amy Amatangelo: Catching Up with The Americans ' Costa Ronin . In: paste . May 14, 2014. Accessed March 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Adrian Gomez: Americans actor talks character, riding in NM . In: Albuquerque Journal . May 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Costa Ronin - Resume . Costa Ronin.
  4. ^ Christine Devine: Questioning a "KGB Agent": The Americans Actor Costa Ronin . myFOXla.com. April 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Ronin, Costa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chagoubatov, Costa (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian-Russian actor
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaliningrad , Russia