Person Details

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Aliases: Олег Штефанко , Oleg Stefanko , Oleh Stefan , Oleg Stefan

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

Homepage: http://www.olegstefan.com

Movie Involvements: 20

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

Biography

After graduating from high school in 1976, he entered the Shchepkin Theatre School in Moscow. As a second-year student, he played two roles on the stage of the Maly Theatre. In 1979, his television and film career began. After graduating from theatre school in 1980, he was accepted into the troupe of the Academic Maly Theatre of the USSR, where he played with such actors as Smoktunovsky, Tsarev, Ilyinsky, Zharov, the Solomin brothers, and Martsevich. He worked on radio, television, and in cinema. He toured many cities in the Soviet Union with his solo concert program. In 1985-1986, he served in the ranks of the USSR Armed Forces in the Moscow region in the engineering troops. On the stage of the Maly Theatre, he played in more than 20 plays. Some of them are: Long Day's Journey into Night, Agony, Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Shore. In early 1992, Stefanko emigrated to the United States. Living in New York, he mastered new professions: waiter, taxi driver, bartender, car dealer; security guard, kickboxer; was engaged in the sale of insurance policies. At the same time, he worked in the modeling business, theater, played on the stage of the "Theater of New York City". In New York, Oleg starred in his first American film. In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles, worked in television and film. He was accepted into two American acting guilds: SAG - Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In Los Angeles, he continued his education at the "L.A. Actors Circle Theater School". Having received American citizenship, he changed his last name to Oleg Stefan. Under this name, he starred in 14 Hollywood films, working with such actors as Robert De Niro, Michael York, Gene Hackman, Sigourney Weaver, Jude Law, James Belushi, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Vincent Perez, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Tom Wilkinson, Denis O'Hea and others. He later returned to Russia, where he continued acting. Oleg Stefanko gained wide fame for his role as Leonid Zubov in the TV series "The Forester". In total, Stefanko has 76 film and television works, in 54 of which he played the leading roles. Personal life: First wife - Larisa Stefanko, Daughter - Kristina, Son - John (Ivan), born in the late 1990s. It was decided to call him Ivan. But after some time his name was changed to John, as it sounds better to Americans. Second wife - Anna Stefanko.

Most Famous Work

JAG
Average
7

JAG

(1995) Uri Lentoff
The Americans
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8

The Americans

(2013) Anatoli Victorovich
Pacific Blue
Average
5

Pacific Blue

(1996) Szigmond
The Good Shepherd
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6

The Good Shepherd

(2006) Ulysses / Stas Siyanko
Tetris
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8

Tetris

(2023) Belikov
The Apocalypse Code
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5

The Apocalypse Code

(2007) Mayk Khatchins
Forester
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7

Forester

(2011) Zubov
Major Vetrov
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1

Major Vetrov

(2007) Major Vetrov

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Belikov
2020 N/A
2016 Виктор Васильевич Астахов
2015 Евгений Алексеевич Артамонов
2013 Anatoli Victorovich
2011 Zubov
N/A
2009 Boris Fetyov
Aleksey Dmitrievich Timofeev
N/A
2007 Mayk Khatchins
Major Vetrov
Aleksey Dmitrievich Timofeev
N/A
2006 Ulysses / Stas Siyanko
Martin
N/A
N/A
N/A
Vozdvizhensky
2005 генерал-полковник Селиванов
N/A
The Client
2004 Sergey Aleksandrovich Fedotov
2003 Commissioner Jan Fanter
Ian Hunter Commissioner
Belov
2001 Russian President Kachitsky
1996 Szigmond
1995 Uri Lentoff
1993 Vladimir
N/A
1992 N/A
1991 спасатель
Kalinichenko
Юра Медунов
Zuev
1990 Dmitriy Prokofyev
1988 Олег, командир стройотряда
1987 N/A
N/A
1985 старший лейтенант Манчич
N/A
captan John Mangles
капитан Джон Манглс
1984 Vikentyev
1983 N/A
N/A
N/A
1981 Vanya Sokolov
1-ый чиновник
N/A
Kolya
1980 рядовой/ефрейтор Рудзик
Vadim
Year Character Movie/Tv

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