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Ravil Isyanov
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Isyanov was born in <a href="/facts/Voskresensk,_Moscow_Oblast/SEH7n94w">Voskresensk</a> on 20 August 1962, and served in the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Air_Forces/9UwGvVhU">Soviet Air Force</a> for two years. He worked for two seasons at a regional theatre in <a href="/facts/Khabarovsk/5CkxXBQC">Khabarovsk</a>, before enrolling in the <a href="/facts/Moscow_Art_Theatre/Bnx0j5RY">MKhAT Studio-School</a> in <a href="/facts/Moscow/XUU6VkdY">Moscow</a>, under <a href="/facts/Alexander_Kalyagin/5w0Uesqe">Alexander Kalyagin</a>, graduating in 1990.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> He also studied three summers overseas at the <a href="/facts/British_American_Drama_Academy/7hgReLUC">British American Drama Academy</a>'s "Midsummer at <a href="/facts/Oxford/kHvWDTXW">Oxford</a>" program in England. He began his professional career as an ensemble member of the <a href="/facts/Theatr_Clwyd/c1uK1Q1x">Theatr Clwyd</a> in <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a>. </p><p>After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he decided to stay in Britain on his work visa, and continued working there. He made notable film appearances in the <a href="/facts/Nicolas_Roeg/smLsvgjn">Nicolas Roeg</a>-directed <i><a href="/facts/Two_Deaths/PI8Hzeqe">Two Deaths</a></i> and the <a href="/facts/James_Bond/FQQ7pp1y">James Bond</a> film <i><a href="/facts/GoldenEye/dP66GPTd">GoldenEye</a>,</i> both in 1995. He had a supporting role as Cornelius in <a href="/facts/Kenneth_Branagh/U61CnYN4">Kenneth Branagh</a>'s epic adaptation of <i><a href="/facts/Hamlet_(1996_film)/kd6LCy0r">Hamlet</a></i>, released the following year. </p><p>In 1998, Isyanov moved to <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a>, where he lived and worked until his death.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Isyanov died on 29 September 2021, at the age of 59, following a 17-month battle with cancer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <h3>Film</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Back_in_the_USSR_(film)/7kAmSwqj">Back in the USSR</a></i></td><td>Georgi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">1995</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Two_Deaths/PI8Hzeqe">Two Deaths</a></i></td><td>Lieutenant</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hackers_(film)/mLvPvvjj">Hackers</a></i></td><td>Russian Hacker</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/GoldenEye/dP66GPTd">GoldenEye</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/MiG/KTGxSXL1">MiG</a> Pilot</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Hamlet_(1996_film)/kd6LCy0r">Hamlet</a></i></td><td>Cornelius</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Saint_(1997_film)/2eo99wWU">The Saint</a></i></td><td>Tretiak Guard</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Jackal_(1997_film)/1Qw9sJnD">The Jackal</a></i></td><td>Ghazzi Murad</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Omega_Code/ALsnD3r5">The Omega Code</a></i></td><td>Rykoff</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Octopus_(2000_film)/pmLznYJc">Octopus</a></i></td><td>Casper</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>Doomsdayer</i></td><td>Viktor Dorestoy</td><td>Uncredited</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">2001</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Shrink_Is_In/3TnXwsuX">The Shrink Is In</a></i></td><td>Dino</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Along_Came_a_Spider_(film)/Ep4VaNTo">Along Came a Spider</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Federal_Security_Service/2QqBHc6P">FSB</a> Agent Lermontov</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Arachnid_(film)/n9Gx9r1V">Arachnid</a></i></td><td>Henry Capri</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td><i><a href="/facts/K-19:_The_Widowmaker/VbrYFtSc">K-19: The Widowmaker</a></i></td><td>Igor Suslov</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Holes_(film)/fuwRhXxz">Holes</a></i></td><td>Morris Menke</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Mr._%26_Mrs._Smith_(2005_film)/laUXaHPu">Mr. & Mrs. Smith</a></i></td><td>Curtis</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Good_German/tN8BcvD3">The Good German</a></i></td><td>General Sikorsky</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Defiance_(2008_film)/qjWc5lus">Defiance</a></i></td><td>Viktor Panchenko</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon/1STQlNqb">Transformers: Dark of the Moon</a></i></td><td>Alexi Voskhod</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Sniper:_Ghost_Shooter/zW92c1Sa">Sniper: Ghost Shooter</a></i></td><td>Andrei Mashkov</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td><i><a href="/facts/No_Escape_(2020_film)/GAEp58N6">No Escape</a></i></td><td>The Waiter</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2022</td><td><i>25 Cents Per Minute</i></td><td>Peter</td><td rowspan="2"><i>Posthumous release</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blonde_(2022_film)/raz1EhPu"><i>Blonde</i></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Billy_Wilder/7aw1azcg">Billy Wilder</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Television</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Stalin_(1992_film)/db646uba">Stalin</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Yakov_Dzhugashvili/W2cba5U9">Yakov Dzhugashvili</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Television_film/gsGGUltR">Television film</a></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td><i><a href="/facts/EastEnders/z6g4tebu">EastEnders</a></i></td><td>Marku</td><td>2 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Man_Who_Made_Husbands_Jealous_(film)/AsW7aMhu">The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous</a></i></td><td>Boris Levitsky</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998-1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Seven_Days_(TV_series)/DMAxKrJo">Seven Days</a></i></td><td>Dr. Josef Vukovitch / Political Officer Anton Kuriyov</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer/x7Foh6CA">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a></i></td><td>Monk</td><td>Episode: "<a href="/facts/No_Place_Like_Home_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)/GPk7urQg">No Place Like Home</a>"</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td><i><a href="/facts/JAG_(TV_series)/l9RKaAMU">JAG</a></i></td><td>Capt. Leopold Karnik</td><td>Episode "Iron Coffin"</td></tr><tr><td>2001-2003</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Alias_(TV_series)/TnlFWXU3">Alias</a></i></td><td>Luri Karpachev</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Space_Race_(TV_series)/CjxBGzvf">Space Race</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Valentin_Glushko/Y5tpRcXj">Valentin Glushko</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><i><a href="/facts/24_(TV_series)/pWQeoDGJ">24</a></i></td><td>Bierko's Technician</td><td><a href="/facts/24_(season_5)/2k5c8Mxl">season 5</a></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><i><a href="/facts/NCIS_(TV_series)/CqUcYngd">NCIS</a></i></td><td>Robert John Stevens / Nikolai Puchenko</td><td><a href="/facts/NCIS_(season_4)/3Jdyaced">Season 4</a>, Episode 4</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Prison_Break/QYRnHfB7">Prison Break</a></i></td><td>Wyatt</td><td><a href="/facts/Prison_Break_(season_3)/Gb8IaMhz">season 3</a></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Fringe_(TV_series)/Vryl4htj">Fringe</a> <a href="/facts/Fringe_(season_2)/hItM6nhj">season 2</a></i></td><td>Tomas</td><td>Episode "<a href="/facts/Earthling_(Fringe)/jcNRUhvr">Earthling</a>"</td></tr><tr><td>2009-2011</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Mentalist/nbPgVeXR">The Mentalist</a></i></td><td>Ulis Oratni / <a href="/facts/Charlie_Chaplin/24P6I5lz">Charlie Chaplin</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Bones_(TV_series)/sLyDVL6c">Bones</a></i></td><td>Dimitri Vladov</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">2013</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Touch_(American_TV_series)/RPIHuh6o">Touch</a></i></td><td>Landlord</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/NCIS:_Los_Angeles/cKR6NEBY">NCIS: Los Angeles</a></i></td><td>Anatoli Kirkin</td><td>Recurring Role (2013–2021)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Burn_Notice/7Cy91pPK">Burn Notice</a></i></td><td>Vladimir Duboff</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Last_Ship_(TV_series)/eFzBdmJM">The Last Ship</a></i></td><td>Admiral Konstantin Nikolayevich Ruskov</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D./TwREMA4e">Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Anton_Petrov_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/BEvHty8G">Anton Petrov</a></td><td>Season 3, 2 Episodes</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2017</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Americans/aQc9Vmgz">The Americans</a></i></td><td>Ruslan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/GLOW_(TV_series)/ukMnLpxw">Glow</a></i></td><td>Gregory, manager of the Dusty Spur motel</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411570/">Ravil Isyanov</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/ros/6900/bio/">Ravil Isyanov</a> on kinoteatr.ru</li> <li><a href="http://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/1560/">Ravil Isyanov</a> on <a href="/facts/KinoPoisk/5hPkaEDH">KinoPoisk</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Ravil Isyanov - TV.com". TV.com. Retrieved 22 October 2013. <a href="http://www.tv.com/people/ravil-isyanov/" target="_blank">http://www.tv.com/people/ravil-isyanov/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Ravil Isyanov - TV.com". TV.com. Retrieved 22 October 2013. <a href="http://www.tv.com/people/ravil-isyanov/" target="_blank">http://www.tv.com/people/ravil-isyanov/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Ravil Isyanov Dies: 'NCIS: Los Angeles' & 'The Americans' Actor Was 59". 13 October 2021. <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/10/ravil-isyanov-dead-ncis-los-angeles-defiance-the-americans-actor-kirkin-1234853060/" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2021/10/ravil-isyanov-dead-ncis-los-angeles-defiance-the-americans-actor-kirkin-1234853060/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Горел звездой. На 60-м году жизни не стало нашего земляка, талантливого актера Равиля Исянова (in Russian) <a href="https://vostv.ru/video/videonovosti/item/18367-gorel-zvezdoj-na-60-m-godu-zhizni-ne-stalo-nashego-zemlyaka-talantlivogo-aktera-ravilya-isyanova" target="_blank">https://vostv.ru/video/videonovosti/item/18367-gorel-zvezdoj-na-60-m-godu-zhizni-ne-stalo-nashego-zemlyaka-talantlivogo-aktera-ravilya-isyanova</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>