Olegar Fedoro

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Olegar Fedoro
Filming in Spain.
Born	Olegar Fedoro (1958-03-06) 6 March 1958 (age 63)  Ukraine
Citizenship	Soviet Union→  Russia,  Spain,  United States
Occupation	Actor, painter
Years active	1977–present
Agent	Active Accents (2000–present)

Olegar Fedoro (born 6 March 1958) is a Ukrainian-born former Soviet performer who later became a Spanish and then English actor.

He enrolled in the acclaimed VGIK Film School (All-Russian State University of Cinematography) where before him studied his colleagues of the profession and friends Andrei Tarkovski, Kira Muratova and Sergei Parajanov.

After graduating from VGIK he started with a work for Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979). He is perhaps best known for his roles:

• Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the Canadian TV series Russia (1986) based on Peter Ustinov's book
• Jesuit Priest Tebaldo in Moroccan-Spanish film The Battle of the Three Kings (1990)
• Muhammed XIII ("El Zagal" the Valiant), penultimate King of Granada and uncle to Boabdil, in Spanish TV series Requiem for Granada (1991)
• Mad storyteller in Jonathan Glazer's Karmacoma by Massive Attack (1995), where he keeps mumbling in a dazed manner: "I am... a dangerous... person"
• Adolf Hitler in Simon Brasse's (2004)
• Jack the Ripper in (2005)
• Tasha's father in Jan Dunn Dogme film Gypo (2005)
• Christopher Columbus in History Channel's Columbus: The Lost Voyage (2007)
• The tattooist in David Cronenberg's film Eastern Promises (2007), where he was also the Ukrainian-Russian dialect coach to Viggo Mortensen in his 2008 Oscar-nominated role.
• The father in Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom (2008)
• Andrei Ivanov in 's road movie Polillas (2008)
• The Rock Boat's helmsman in Richard Curtis' comedy The Boat That Rocked (2009).
• He was the Russian dialect coach to John Malkovich in Siberian Education (2012).

Selected filmography[]

Awards and nominations[]

Ibero-American Festival of Short films ABC (FIBABC), Spain

Student Academy Awards, USA

Royal Television Society Award, UK

Torino International Film Festival

External links[]

• FIBABC 2013 Award Winners in Spanish ABC
• Nominations for the FIBABC Awards 2013 in Spanish ABC
• Olegar Fedoro at IMDb
• Photo Gallery
• Spanish Union of actors
• Variety Interview
• Olegar Fedoro on Facebook

Video clips[]

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• "Isn't you?"- Scud Hero (2010) (videoclip Scud Hero)
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