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Oleg Stefan
Oleg Stefan
Born	Oleg Stepanovich Shtefanko; September 7, 1959 (age 65); Chystyakove, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet Union → United States; Russia;
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Awards	Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2020)

Oleg Stefan né Oleg Stepanovich Shtefanko (Russian: Оле́г Степа́нович Штефанко́; born September 7, 1959) is a Soviet and Russian actor who became popular in Russia after moving there to study acting. He later became an American film actor after emigrating to the United States.

Biography

He studied acting in Moscow, graduated in 1980, then became a member of Moscow Maly Theater.^[1] He starred in several Soviet movies until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

In 1992, Oleg Stefan emigrated to the United States. There he has appeared in a number of 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 came back to the Russian entertainment industry appearing in leading and supporting roles in several movies made in Moscow.

In 2005 he received a nomination for Gold Nymph Award as Best Actor at the 45th International Festival of Television Films in Monte Carlo.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Control Strip	Rudzik
1981	Poor Masha	Kostya
1981	Youth	Semyon Kruglov	Episode "Visit"
1981	Through the Gobi and Khingan	Vanya Sokolov
1981	Village Story	Yevgeny
1983	Red Bells II	Officer
1983	Immortality Exam	Cadet
1983	Rupture	Vikentiev
1984	Scarecrow	episode
1985	In Search for Captain Grant	Capt. John Mangles	TV film
1985	The Rivals	Sergei Drozdov
1986	Believe in Love	Volodya
1987	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	Andrei
1993	Hostages of the Devil	Sergey Ivanovich
1996	Pacific Blue	Zigmond	TV Series
2001	Heartbreakers	Kremlin Band Leader
2001	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2	Russian President Kachitsky
2003	Frasier	Vladimir	TV Series
2003	According to Jim	Sasha	TV Series
2005	Space Race	Alexei Leonov	TV Series
2005	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 Zubov	TV Series
2016	The Americans	Anatoly Viktorovich	TV Series
2017	Chervoniy	Voron
2019	The Bus Number 13	Janitor
2023	Tetris	Nikolai Belikov