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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 7, 1959
Place of Birth
Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Also Known As
- Олег Штефанко
- Oleg Stefanko
- Oleh Stefan
- Oleg Stefan
Oleg Stefan
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.7
Belikov
Tetris
2023
8.2
MosGaz. Delo N7: Katran
2020
0.0
Виктор Васильевич Астахов
Когда прошлое впереди
2016
10.0
Евгений Алексеевич Артамонов
Два плюс два
2015
7.9
Anatoli Victorovich
The Americans
2013
6.5
Zubov
Forester
2011
6.5
Forester
2011
5.9
Boris Fetyov
Duplicity
2009
7.0
Aleksey Dmitrievich Timofeev
Zeta Group 2
2009
🎬
0.0
Strategic operational 2: Combine
2009
Credits
Tetris
as Belikov
2023
7.7
MosGaz. Delo N7: Katran
2020
8.2
Когда прошлое впереди
as Виктор Васильевич Астахов
2016
0.0
Два плюс два
as Евгений Алексеевич Артамонов
2015
10.0
The Americans
as Anatoli Victorovich
2013
7.9
Forester
as Zubov
2011
6.5
Forester
2011
6.5
Duplicity
as Boris Fetyov
2009
5.9
Zeta Group 2
as Aleksey Dmitrievich Timofeev
2009
7.0
🎬
Strategic operational 2: Combine
2009
0.0
The Apocalypse Code
as Mayk Khatchins
2007
4.8
🎬
Major Vetrov
as Major Vetrov
2007
1.0
Zeta Group
as Aleksey Dmitrievich Timofeev
2007
7.0
Operational activities
2007
0.0
The Good Shepherd
as Ulysses / Stas Siyanko
2006
6.4
Countdown
as Martin
2006
3.9
Countdown
2006
3.9
Film Festival
2006
0.0
Family Name
as Vozdvizhensky
2006
2.6
Alias Albanian
2006
1.0
Breakthrough
as генерал-полковник Селиванов
2005
4.7
Space Race
2005
7.3
Silent Partner
as The Client
2005
5.1
Gentlemen Officers
as Sergey Aleksandrovich Fedotov
2004
7.0
In the Service of My Country
as Commissioner Jan Fanter
2003
0.0
In the Service of My Country
as Ian Hunter Commissioner
2003
5.0
Russians in the City of Angels
as Belov
2003
7.8
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Russian President Kachitsky
2001
4.5
Pacific Blue
as Szigmond
1996
5.3
JAG
as Uri Lentoff
1995
7.3
Frasier
as Vladimir
1993
7.7
Black Devil
1993
0.0
The Master of East
1992
0.0
Hotel "Eden"
as спасатель
1991
4.0
The Last Bunker
as Kalinichenko
1991
0.0
The Bay of Death
as Юра Медунов
1991
9.3
Nude with a Hat
as Zuev
1991
3.1
Ono
as Dmitriy Prokofyev
1989
4.9
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Эдмунд
1989
0.0
Aborigine
as Олег, командир стройотряда
1988
6.0
Point of Return
1987
0.0
I Believe in Love
1987
0.0
Battle for Moscow
as старший лейтенант Манчич
1985
5.9
The Rivals
1985
3.0
In Search of Captain Grant
as captan John Mangles
1985
7.7
In Search for Captain Grant
as капитан Джон Манглс
1985
7.0
The Precipice
as Vikentyev
1984
0.0
Scarecrow
1983
6.8
Streak of Luck
1983
5.5
Экзамен на бессмертие
1983
0.0
Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World
1982
4.2
King Lear
as гонец герцога Альбанского
1982
0.0
Red Bells
1982
0.0
Via Gobi and Khingan
as Vanya Sokolov
1981
5.0
A Profitable Position
as 1-ый чиновник
1981
0.0
Village Story
1981
0.0
Poor Masha
as Kolya
1981
1.0
Control Strip
as рядовой/ефрейтор Рудзик
1980
8.0
The Invite
as Vadim
N/A
0.0