Oleg Stefan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

55

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-09-07 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

Oleg Stefan

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

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • JAG

    JAG

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • Pacific Blue

    Pacific Blue

  • Tetris

    Tetris

  • The Good Shepherd

    The Good Shepherd

  • Russians in the City of Angels

    Russians in the City of Angels

  • The Precipice

    The Precipice

  • Ono

    Ono

  • The Rivals

    The Rivals

  • Duplicity

    Duplicity

  • Экзамен на бессмертие

    Экзамен на бессмертие

  • Major Vetrov

    Major Vetrov

  • MosGaz. Delo N7: Katran

    MosGaz. Delo N7: Katran

  • I Believe in Love

    I Believe in Love

  • Poor Masha

    Poor Masha

  • The Apocalypse Code

    The Apocalypse Code

  • Point of Return

    Point of Return

  • Forester

    Forester

  • Forester

    Forester

  • A Profitable Position

    A Profitable Position

  • Aborigine

    Aborigine

  • Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

    Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

  • In the Service of My Country

    In the Service of My Country

  • Film Festival

    Film Festival

  • Scarecrow

    Scarecrow

  • Battle for Moscow

    Battle for Moscow

  • Nude with a Hat

    Nude with a Hat

  • In Search of Captain Grant

    In Search of Captain Grant

  • Alias Albanian

    Alias Albanian

  • Zeta Group

    Zeta Group

  • Silent Partner

    Silent Partner

  • Space Race

    Space Race

  • Via Gobi and Khingan

    Via Gobi and Khingan

  • Gentlemen Officers

    Gentlemen Officers

  • Zeta Group 2

    Zeta Group 2

  • The Invite

    The Invite

  • Streak of Luck

    Streak of Luck

  • Когда прошлое впереди

    Когда прошлое впереди

  • Family Name

    Family Name

  • Operational activities

    Operational activities

  • In Search for Captain Grant

    In Search for Captain Grant

  • Village Story

    Village Story

  • The Last Bunker

    The Last Bunker

  • The Master of East

    The Master of East

  • Hotel "Eden"

    Hotel "Eden"

  • Control Strip

    Control Strip

  • Countdown

    Countdown

  • Countdown

    Countdown

  • The Bay of Death

    The Bay of Death

  • Breakthrough

    Breakthrough

  • In the Service of My Country

    In the Service of My Country

  • Black Devil

    Black Devil

  • Strategic operational 2: Combine

    Strategic operational 2: Combine

  • Два плюс два

    Два плюс два