Pavel Lychnikoff
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Pavel Lychnikoff also credited as Pasha D. Lychnikoff, is a Russia
n television, film and theatre actor, who lives and works in the United States
.
with five dollars in his trouser pocket and could only speak a few words of English before he landed in Los Angeles
. Since that time he appeared in many TV-movies and -series and feature film
s. Pavel Lychnikoff is noted for his roles as the telegraph operator Blazanov in HBO's Deadwood
series and as Russian mobster Vadim Youchenko in the movie Trade
.
Pavel Lychnikoff furthermore plays theatre in the USA and in Russia
. His self-written play The Shelter, which he also directed, was nominated for the Californian Ovation Award in five categories and Lychnikoff's performance in the play got him very good reviews by a number of critics.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n television, film and theatre actor, who lives and works in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Life and work
Pavel Lychnikoff attended the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (formerly known as GITIS) in Moscow. In the early 1990s he moved to the United States. According to Lychnikoff's short biography on his IMDb-profile, he arrived at the John F. Kennedy International AirportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in the borough of Queens in New York City, about southeast of Lower Manhattan. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States, handling more international traffic than any other airport in North...
with five dollars in his trouser pocket and could only speak a few words of English before he landed in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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. Since that time he appeared in many TV-movies and -series and feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
s. Pavel Lychnikoff is noted for his roles as the telegraph operator Blazanov in HBO's Deadwood
Deadwood (TV series)
Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
series and as Russian mobster Vadim Youchenko in the movie Trade
Trade (film)
Trade is a 2007 American film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. It was produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller. The film premiered January 23, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and opened in limited release on September 28, 2007...
.
Pavel Lychnikoff furthermore plays theatre in the USA and in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. His self-written play The Shelter, which he also directed, was nominated for the Californian Ovation Award in five categories and Lychnikoff's performance in the play got him very good reviews by a number of critics.
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 1997 in film -Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*... |
Playing God Playing God (film) Playing God is a 1997 film directed by Andy Wilson. It stars David Duchovny , Timothy Hutton, and Angelina Jolie.-Plot:... |
Andrei | |
| Air Force One Air Force One (film) Air Force One is a 1997 American action-thriller film written by Andrew W. Marlowe and directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It stars Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Glenn Close, and also features Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell and Paul Guilfoyle... |
Prison Guard | ||
| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
Bob, Verushka & the Pursuit of Happiness | Illya | |
| 2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
The Flannerys | (made for television) | |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead | (voice only) | ||
| Freedom Fighters Freedom Fighters (video game) Freedom Fighters, originally titled Freedom: The Battle For Liberty Island, is a 2003 third-person shooter video game available for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox and Microsoft Windows that is set in an alternate history... |
(voice only) | ||
| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
Medal of Honor: European Assault Medal of Honor: European Assault Medal of Honor: European Assault is the 6th installment in the long running Medal of Honor series. European Assault was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube in June 2005. The game's story was written by John Milius, the writer of Apocalypse Now... |
Cherryenko/Additional Voices | (voice only) |
| Fun with Dick and Jane Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film) Fun with Dick and Jane is a 2005 remake of the 1977 American comedy film of the same name, directed by Dean Parisot and written by Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller. It stars Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni as Dick and Jane Harper, an upper-middle-class couple who resort to robbery after the company for... |
Andrei/Load Boxer | ||
| 2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006... |
Miami Vice Miami Vice (film) Miami Vice is a 2006 American crime drama film about two Miami police detectives, Crockett and Tubbs, who go undercover to fight drug trafficking operations. The film is a loose adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name, written, produced, and directed by Michael Mann... |
Russian FBI Agent | |
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
Trade Trade (film) Trade is a 2007 American film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. It was produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller. The film premiered January 23, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and opened in limited release on September 28, 2007... |
Vadim Youchenko | |
| A Thousand Years of Good Prayers A Thousand Years of Good Prayers A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a 2007 drama feature film directed by Wayne Wang starring Yu Feihong, Henry O, Vida Ghahremani and Pasha Lychnikoff, adapted from the short story by Yiyun Li and shot on a high-end high-definition video camera... |
Boris | ||
| Charlie Wilson's War Charlie Wilson's War Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy drama film recounting the true story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson who partnered with "bare knuckle attitude" CIA operative Gust Avrakotos to launch Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen in their... |
Russian Helicopter Pilot #1 | ||
| 2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008... |
Cloverfield Cloverfield Cloverfield is a 2008 American disaster-monster film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and written by Drew Goddard.The film follows six young New Yorkers attending a going-away party on the night that a gigantic monster attacks the city... |
Russian Man on Street | |
| The Perfect Sleep | Vassily | ||
| Dark Sector Dark Sector Dark Sector is a third-person shooter video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows developed by Digital Extremes. The game was released on March 25, 2008, in North America, March 27, 2008, in Japan and April 4, 2008, in Europe.... |
Soldier/Civilian | (voice only) | |
| Reservations | Tomas | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Russian Soldier #2 | ||
| 2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note... |
Star Trek | Romulan Romulan The Romulans are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe. First appearing in the original Star Trek series in the 1966 episode "Balance of Terror", they have since made appearances in all the main later Star Trek series: The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager... Commander |
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| 2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and... |
Born to Be a Star | TBA | |
| Valley of the Sun Valley of the Sun (film) Valley of the Sun is a 1942 film directed by George Marshall. It stars Lucille Ball and James Craig.-Cast:*Lucille Ball as Christine Larson*James Craig as Jonathan Ware*Cedric Hardwicke as Lord Warrick*Dean Jagger as Jim Sawyer... |
K.K. | ||
Television
- NYPD BlueNYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
(one episode, 1996) - Burnin' Love as Dimitri - Dark SkiesDark SkiesDark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this...
(one episode, 1997) - White Rabbit as Josef - Michael HayesMichael Hayes (TV series)Michael Hayes was a TV series that ran on CBS from 1997 to 1998. It starred David Caruso and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.This series spotlighting surveys Michael Hayes, a former policeman became Deputy Prosecutor of the City of New York....
(one episode, 1997) - Death and Taxes as Dubov - Brooklyn SouthBrooklyn SouthBrooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997-98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the creator of many well-known police dramas such as Hill...
(one episode, 1998) - Fools Russian as Dimitri Gort - Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionBeyond Belief: Fact or FictionBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were...
(one episode, 1998) - A Touch of Evil - Nash BridgesNash BridgesNash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
(one episode, 1998) - Power Play as Vladamir Yodka - NYPD BlueNYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
(one episode, 2000) - Everybody Plays the Mule as John Shenkov - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (one episode, 2000) - No Place Like HomeNo Place Like Home (Buffy episode)"No Place Like Home" is the fifth episode of season 5 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot synopsis:Two months ago, several monks rushed to perform a ritual while a powerful force of some sort threatened their lives...
as Monk - Big AppleBig Apple (TV series)Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties to organized crime...
(six Episodes, 2001) - as Mitya - The Agency (one episode, 2002) - The Understudy as Russian Mob Boss
- AliasAlias (TV series)Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
(one episode, 2002) - Passage (Part 1) as Zoran Sokolov - Without a TraceWithout a TraceWithout a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
(two episodes, 2002) - Midnight Sun and He Saw, She Saw as Prisoner - CSI: MiamiCSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
(one episode, 2003) - Evidence of Things Unseen as Victor Ratsch - She SpiesShe SpiesShe Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's...
(one episode, 2003) - Crossed Out as Bar Manager - Threat MatrixThreat MatrixThreat Matrix is a 2003 American drama television series. It lasted 16 episodes. The plot consisted of the events in a United States Homeland Security anti-terrorism unit, led by Special agent John Kilmer....
(one episode, 2003) - Cold Cash as Konstantin Noskeno - 10-8: Officers on Duty (one episode, 2003) - Lucy in the Sky as Raymond Castoff
- DeadwoodDeadwood (TV series)Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
(sixteen episodes, 2005–2006) - as Blazanov - The ShieldThe ShieldThe Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...
(one episode, 2006) - Trophy as Mikula Popovich - CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
(one episode, 2007) - Past Imperfect as Yuri Sokov - ChuckChuck (TV series)Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
(one episode, 2008) - Chuck vs. The Undercover Lover as Victor Federov - LeverageLeverage (TV series)Leverage is an American television drama series on TNT that premiered in December 2008. The series is produced by director/executive producer Dean Devlin's production company Electric Television...
(one episode, 2009) - The Ice Man Job as Head Goon - Lie to meLie to MeLie to Me is a 2009-2011 American television series.Lie to Me may also refer to:* Lie to Me , a South Korean drama series* "Lie to Me" , an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
(one episode, 2009) - Grievous Bodily Harm as Jones - Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
(one episode, 2010) - Ace as Mr. Brooks / Anton Petrov