Oleg Stefan

Known for ActingBorn 1959-09-07 (age 66)Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Donetsk, Ukraine]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Два плюс два

Black Devil

I Believe in Love

Village Story

The Bay of Death

MosGaz. Delo N7: Katran

Экзамен на бессмертие

Russians in the City of Angels

The Americans

Tetris

The Precipice

Control Strip

Frasier

In Search of Captain Grant

Space Race

Aborigine

The Agency

JAG

Zeta Group 2

Zeta Group

Gentlemen Officers

In Search for Captain Grant

Scarecrow

Forester

According to Jim

In the Service of My Country

The Good Shepherd

Duplicity

Hotel "Eden"

Via Gobi and Khingan

Streak of Luck

Silent Partner

Pacific Blue

Poor Masha

Ono

The Rivals

The Apocalypse Code

Breakthrough

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World

Countdown

Nude with a Hat

Family Name

Major Vetrov

Alias Albanian

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Strategic operational 2: Combine

Operational activities