Alec Utgoff
Alec Utgoff | |
|---|---|
 Alec Utgoff speaking at Stranger Fan Meet 4 by People Convention. | |
| Born | Oleg Vladimirovich
Khrapunov[1] 1 March 1986 |
| Alma mater | Drama Centre London[2] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Alec Utgoff (Russian: Олег Владимирович Утгоф; born 1 March 1986)[3] is a Soviet-born English actor. He pursued acting and graduated from the prestigious Drama Centre London. He is known for playing the role of Aleksandr Borovsky in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and Dr. Alexei in the third season of Stranger Things. His other notable roles include Alexi in San Andreas (2015),[1][4] Dmitri in Mortdecai (2015)[5] and Yuri/Dimitri in The Wrong Mans (2015).[6]
Early life[]
Utgoff was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine) to Roza, a musical conductor, and Vladimir, a heart surgeon who is an honored doctor of modern-day Ukraine.[1] In 1996, at the age of 10, he moved to London, England. His brother Alan, an economist, lives in Moscow and his parents still live in Kyiv.[2] Ethnically he is half Russian, half Ossetian with some ethnic German ancestry on his father's side.[7][8] He is fluent in Russian, Ukrainian and English.
Filmography[]
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Tourist | Fedka | |
| 2010 | Over the Hills | Aaron | short |
| 2011 | The Why Men | Torpedo | short |
| 2012 | The Seasoning House | Josif | |
| 2013 | Common People | Veiko | |
| 2013 | Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz | Kostya | |
| 2013 | Legacy | Rhykov | TV movie |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Aleksandr Borovsky | |
| 2015 | Mortdecai | Dmitri | |
| 2015 | San Andreas | Alexi | |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation | A400 Crewman | |
| 2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Niki | |
| 2020 | Never Gonna Snow Again | Zhenia |
TV series[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Spooks | Chief Hacker | 1 episode |
| 2013–2014 | The Wrong Mans | Yuri & Dimitri | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | River | Sasha Mischenko | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Power Monkeys | Alec | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Stranger Things | Alexei (Smirnoff) | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Dracula | Abramoff | 1 episode |
References[]
- ^ a b c Osipova, Elena (3 January 2012). "Плохой парень Олег Утгоф". New Style (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Alex Utgoff - Biography". IMDb.
- ^ Utgoff, Alec [@AlecUtgoff] (1 March 2016). "So today I'm officially 30 as of 11am! Wishing everyone a happy mood and to live with no regrets:) Time passes quickly #notolderbetter" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Alec Utgoff at Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Premiere" (Interview).
- ^ Li, Kevin (13 August 2014). "Mortdecai Book Trilogy and Movie IMDB: Lionsgate Film Stars Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow in Action Comedy". . Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "San Andreas, la California rasa al suolo dal leggendario terremoto". (in Italian). 10 March 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ https://www.kinopoisk.ru/media/article/3390567/
- ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/StrangerThings/comments/cees1t/hi_my_name_is_alec_utgoff_and_i_play_dr_alexei_on/
External links[]
- Alec Utgoff at IMDb
- Alec Utgoff on Twitter
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