Ravil Akhmedullovich Isyanov was a Russian actor who appeared in over 70 film and television roles, primarily in the United States. He was most well known for his role as Anatoli Kirkin on NCIS: Los Angeles.
Biography
Isyanov was born in Voskresensk on 20 August 1962, and served in the Soviet Air Force for two years. He worked for two seasons at a regional theatre in Khabarovsk, before enrolling in the MKhAT Studio-School in Moscow, under Alexander Kalyagin, graduating in 1990.1 He also studied three summers overseas at the British American Drama Academy's "Midsummer at Oxford" program in England. He began his professional career as an ensemble member of the Theatr Clwyd in Wales.
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 Nicolas Roeg-directed Two Deaths and the James Bond film GoldenEye, both in 1995. He had a supporting role as Cornelius in Kenneth Branagh's epic adaptation of Hamlet, released the following year.
In 1998, Isyanov moved to Los Angeles, where he lived and worked until his death.2 Isyanov died on 29 September 2021, at the age of 59, following a 17-month battle with cancer.34
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Back in the USSR | Georgi | |
| 1995 | Two Deaths | Lieutenant | |
| Hackers | Russian Hacker | ||
| GoldenEye | MiG Pilot | ||
| 1996 | Hamlet | Cornelius | |
| 1997 | The Saint | Tretiak Guard | |
| The Jackal | Ghazzi Murad | ||
| 1999 | The Omega Code | Rykoff | |
| 2000 | Octopus | Casper | |
| Doomsdayer | Viktor Dorestoy | Uncredited | |
| 2001 | The Shrink Is In | Dino | |
| Along Came a Spider | FSB Agent Lermontov | ||
| Arachnid | Henry Capri | ||
| 2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker | Igor Suslov | |
| 2003 | Holes | Morris Menke | |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Curtis | |
| 2006 | The Good German | General Sikorsky | |
| 2008 | Defiance | Viktor Panchenko | |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Alexi Voskhod | |
| 2016 | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Andrei Mashkov | |
| 2020 | No Escape | The Waiter | |
| 2022 | 25 Cents Per Minute | Peter | Posthumous release |
| Blonde | Billy Wilder |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Stalin | Yakov Dzhugashvili | Television film |
| 1994 | EastEnders | Marku | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous | Boris Levitsky | |
| 1998-1999 | Seven Days | Dr. Josef Vukovitch / Political Officer Anton Kuriyov | |
| 2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Monk | Episode: "No Place Like Home" |
| 2001 | JAG | Capt. Leopold Karnik | Episode "Iron Coffin" |
| 2001-2003 | Alias | Luri Karpachev | |
| 2005 | Space Race | Valentin Glushko | |
| 2006 | 24 | Bierko's Technician | season 5 |
| 2006 | NCIS | Robert John Stevens / Nikolai Puchenko | Season 4, Episode 4 |
| 2007 | Prison Break | Wyatt | season 3 |
| 2009 | Fringe season 2 | Tomas | Episode "Earthling" |
| 2009-2011 | The Mentalist | Ulis Oratni / Charlie Chaplin | |
| 2010 | Bones | Dimitri Vladov | |
| 2013 | Touch | Landlord | |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Anatoli Kirkin | Recurring Role (2013–2021) | |
| Burn Notice | Vladimir Duboff | ||
| 2014 | The Last Ship | Admiral Konstantin Nikolayevich Ruskov | |
| 2016 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Anton Petrov | Season 3, 2 Episodes |
| 2017 | The Americans | Ruslan | |
| Glow | Gregory, manager of the Dusty Spur motel |
External links
- Ravil Isyanov at IMDb
- Ravil Isyanov on kinoteatr.ru
- Ravil Isyanov on KinoPoisk
References
"Ravil Isyanov - TV.com". TV.com. Retrieved 22 October 2013. http://www.tv.com/people/ravil-isyanov/ ↩
"Ravil Isyanov - TV.com". TV.com. Retrieved 22 October 2013. http://www.tv.com/people/ravil-isyanov/ ↩
"Ravil Isyanov Dies: 'NCIS: Los Angeles' & 'The Americans' Actor Was 59". 13 October 2021. https://deadline.com/2021/10/ravil-isyanov-dead-ncis-los-angeles-defiance-the-americans-actor-kirkin-1234853060/ ↩
Горел звездой. На 60-м году жизни не стало нашего земляка, талантливого актера Равиля Исянова (in Russian) https://vostv.ru/video/videonovosti/item/18367-gorel-zvezdoj-na-60-m-godu-zhizni-ne-stalo-nashego-zemlyaka-talantlivogo-aktera-ravilya-isyanova ↩