Alexander Kuznetsov (actor)

Alexander Konstantinovich Kuznetsov (; December 2, 1959 – June 6, 2019) was a Russian American actor.

Biography

Kuznetsov was born in the USSR in Petrovka, a small village in Primorsky Krai on the Sea of Japan. He graduated from Schukin Theatrical College. Alexander Kuznetsov made his first appearance in a movie in 1983. He starred in many Russian movies and TV series. Kuznetsov also had a starring role as the titular character in Jack Vosmyorkin, American.

Aleksander Kuznetsov was a key member of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater (1985–1989). He worked in Russia as well as in the United States. He had roles in a number of American television shows, including Nikolai Kossoff in NYPD Blue, as Victor in Crossing Jordan, Capt. Alex Volkonov in JAG and Kazimir Shcherbakov in Alias. Another of his notable roles was the terrorist Ostroff on the thriller series 24.

In 2000 he starred opposite Dolph Lundgren in Agent Red.

In 2014, the actor was diagnosed with cancer. He died on 6 June 2019 in Moscow, Russia.

Selected filmography

Aelita, Do Not Pester Men! (1988) as Fedya Sidorov

Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective (1989) as Eared

Frenzied Bus (1990) as flight engineer

The Alaska Kid (1993) as Stine

The Ice Runner (1993) as Petrov

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993) as Russian Man

JAG (TV, 1997-2001) as Capt. Alex Volkonov / Pilot / Commander Yuri Kretchiak

The Peacemaker (1997) as Russian Controller

Seven Days (1999) as Yuri Grigorievich

The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (TV, 2000) as Igor the Terrible

Space Cowboys (2000) as Russian Engineer

Agent Red (2000) as Dr. Kretz

Crossing Jordan (TV, 2001) as Viktor

Alias (2001-2005) as Assault Team Leader / Kazimir Shcherbakov

NYPD Blue (TV, 2001) as Nikolai Kossoff

The D.A. (2004) as Sergius Kovinsky

Shadow Boxing (2005) as Zmey

Into the West (TV, 2005) as Kurchenko

Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005) as Agent Sea

24 (2006) as Ostroff

Lucky You (2007) as Russian Player

Spy (2012) as Yepanchin

References

External links

Alexander Kuznetsov at the kino-teatr.ru

Russian male television actors

Russian male stage actors

Russian male film actors

Soviet male film actors

Soviet male stage actors

American male film actors

American male television actors

Russian emigrants to the United States

1959 births

2019 deaths

Academic staff of Moscow Art Theatre School

People from Primorsky Krai

Place of death missing