Oleg Stefan né Oleg Stepanovich Shtefanko (; born September 7, 1959) is a Soviet and Russian actor who gained popularity in Russia after moving there to study acting. He later established himself as an American film actor following his emigration to the United States.
Biography Oleg Stefan was born in Chistyakovo, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR to a Slovak father and Russian mother from Lipetsk Oblast.
He studied acting in Moscow and graduated in 1980, subsequently becoming a member of the Moscow Maly Theater. He starred in several Soviet films until the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991.
In 1992, Oleg Stefan emigrated to the United States. Since then, he has appeared in several popular television series, including Frasier and JAG. He also had a role in Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd opposite Matt Damon.
After 2003, Oleg Stefan returned to the Russian entertainment industry, taking on leading and supporting roles in several Moscow-produced films.
In 2005, he received a nomination for the Gold Nymph Award as Best Actor at the 45th International Festival of Television Films in Monte Carlo.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1980 Control Strip Rudzik 1981 Poor Masha Kostya1981 Youth Semyon Kruglov Episode "Visit"1981 Through the Gobi and Khingan Vanya Sokolov1981 Village Story Yevgeny1983 Red Bells II Officer 1983 Immortality Exam Cadet 1983 Rupture Vikentiev 1984 Scarecrow episode 1985 In Search for Captain Grant Capt. John ManglesTV film1985 The Rivals Sergei Drozdov 1986 Believe in Love Volodya1987 Aboriginal Oleg 1989 It Dmitry Prokofiev 1991 Last Bunker Kalinichenko 1991 Nude in a Hat Zuyev, a journalist 1991 Death Bay Yura Medunov 1992 Master of the East Andrei1993 Hostages of the Devil Sergey Ivanovich 1996 Pacific Blue Zigmond TV Series2001 Heartbreakers Kremlin Band Leader 2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 Russian President Kachitsky 2003 Frasier VladimirTV Series2003 According to Jim SashaTV Series2005 Space Race Alexei LeonovTV Series2005 Silent Partner The Client 2006 Break-through Col. Gen. Selivanov 2006 Ultimate Force Pyotr Episode "Changing of the Guard"2006 Film Festival, or Port Eisenstein Actor Blok 2006 Family Name Vozdvizhensky 2006 Moscow Mission Martin 2006 The Good Shepherd Ulysses / Stas Siyanko 2007 The Apocalypse Code Mike Hutchins 2009 Duplicity Boris Fetyov 2011-2018 Forester Leonid Matveevich ZubovTV Series2016 The Americans Anatoly ViktorovichTV Series2017 Chervoniy Voron 2019 The Bus Number 13 Janitor 2023 Tetris Nikolai Belikov
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