Aleksander Krupa

Aleksander Krupa (born 18 March 1947),^[2] often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish-American actor, active in film and television roles and best known for playing villains and/or criminals, such as in Eraser, Blue Streak, Home Alone 3 as Peter Beaupre and The Italian Job as Mashkov. He also notably portrayed a Bosnian Serb general engaged in genocide against Bosnian Muslims in 2001's Behind Enemy Lines and portrayed the President of Russia in 2010's action thriller film Salt. Krupa continued to have minor roles in many Hollywood movies, such as X-Men: First Class, Hidden Figures, and The Fate of the Furious.

Olek Krupa
Born	Aleksander Krupa (1947-03-18) 18 March 1947 (age 77)[1] Rybnik, Poland
Other names	Olek Krupa
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Noa Ain (divorced)
Children	1

Early life

Krupa was born in Rybnik, Poland.^[3] In 1974 he graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and later began performing on stage, notable in Theater Scena STU in Kraków. In 1981, Krupa emigrated to United States.^[2]

Career

Krupa first appeared in a documentary in 1984 entitled Far from Poland. He later began performing on off-Broadway stage.^[4] His film debut was in the 1986 film 9½ Weeks.^[5] The following years he played Edward Teller in the made-for-television movie Day One (1989), and Erich von Stroheim in the miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990).^[5] Krupa also guest-starred on television series Miami Vice, New York Undercover, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest and The Blacklist. Krupa also had a recurring role in the FX period drama series, The Americans.

Personal life

He married Noa Ain, a composer and painter.^{[citation needed]} They have one child together named Julia Ain Krupa.^{[citation needed]} After their divorce, they remained friends until her death in 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

List of Aleksander Krupa film appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Far from Poland	Jan	Voice role; Documentary
1986	9½ Weeks	Bruce
1988	Call Me	Hennyk
1989	Misplaced	Jacek's father
1989	Black Rainbow	Tom Kuron
1990	Miller's Crossing	Tad
1990	Men of Respect	Beda
1992	Mac	Polowski
1993	Geoffrey Beene 30	Man	Short film
1993	Undercover Blues	Zubic
1993	Naked in New York	Professor Korta
1993	The Contenders	Romanian bureaucrat
1995	Fair Game	Zhukov
1996	Eraser	Sergei Ivanovich Petrofsky
1996	Under the Bridge	—
1997	Kicked in the Head	Borko
1997	Home Alone 3	Peter Beaupre
1998	OK Garage	Yannick
1998	Stardust	Karol Wasacz
1999	Simply Irresistible	Valderon
1999	No Vacancy	Leonard
1999	Blue Streak	Jean LaFleur
1999	Oxygen	Madelin's Lover
2000	The Opportunists	Ted Walikaki
2000	Thirteen Days	Andrei Gromyko
2001	Brooklyn Babylon	Uncle Vlad
2001	Behind Enemy Lines	Miroslav Lokar
2003	Bringing Rain	Head Master Gula
2003	The Italian Job	Mashkov
2006	508 Nelson	Yuri Nemov
2007	The Fifth Patient	Khodorov
2007	Neal Cassady	Julian Nabokov
2008	Burn After Reading	Krapotkin
2008	1937	Bernard	Short film
2009	Whatever Works	Morgenstern
2010	Salt	Russian President Matveyev
2011	X-Men: First Class	Soviet Captain
2011	Katya	Viktor	Short film
2011	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You	Henryk Maria
2012	The Dictator	Gazprom Executive
2013	Admission	Polokov
2013	One Trick Dieter	Tom	Short film
2013	Blood Ties	Tommy
2013	Butterflies of Bill Baker	Dr. Burzeckaia
2014	I'm Obsessed with You	Stanislaw
2016	Hidden Figures	Karl Zielinski	Ensemble cast
2017	The Fate of the Furious	Russian Minister of Defence
2018	Bel Canto	Fyodorov
2019	The Sunlit Night	Vassily
2024	Reagan	Mikhail Gorbachev[6]
2024	Sardinia	Grzegorz Przybyszewski	Short film
TBA	4 Kings †	Shant	Post-production

Television

List of Aleksander Krupa television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Spenser: For Hire	Latta	Episode: "The Song of Orpheus"
1987	Miami Vice	Vater Wajda	Episode: "God's Work"
1988	Tattingers	Elaine's fiancé	Episode: "Virgin Spring"
1989	Day One	Edward Teller	Television movie
1990	The Kennedys of Massachusetts	Erich von Stroheim	Television Miniseries (3 episodes)
1990	Ivory Hunters	—	Television movie
1991–1999	Law & Order	Constantin Volsky / Victor Popov / Sasha Osinski	4 episodes
1994	Normandy: The Great Crusade	Jan Jesionek	Voice role; Television movie
1995	My Antonia	Krajiek	Television movie
1995	New York Undercover	Don Casaloma	Episode: "Young, Beautiful and Dead"
1996	Andersonville	Olek Winsnovsky	Television movie
1997	Dellavenura	Krinsky	Episode: "Clean Slate"
1998	Soldier of Fortune, Inc.	Wilhelm Dieter Heinrich	Episode: "A Walk in the Park"
1999	Oz	Yuri Kosygin	2 episodes
2000	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Alex Strizkopf	Episode: "Russian Love Poem"
2001	Deadline	Alvi Udogova aka 'Godzilla'	Episode: "Red Herring"
2001	As the World Turns	Inspector Guido Boggia	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Ben Laurette	Episode: "Undaunted Mettle"
2004	Monk	Elmer Gratnik	Episode: "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan"
2004	The Grid	Stana Moore	Television Miniseries (6 episodes)
2008	New Amsterdam	Viktor Brodsky	Episode: "Reclassified"
2009	Life on Mars	Vasilli Lukin	Episode: "Take a Look at the Lawmen"
2011	Blue Bloods	Maximilian Gruschenko	Episode: "Family Ties"
2011	White Collar	Alec	Episode: "Scott Free"
2011	Person of Interest	Ivan Yogorov	Episode: "Witness"
2013–2017	The Americans	General Vijktor Zhukov	Recurring role (3 episodes)
2015	Forever	The King	Episode: "The King of Columbus Circle"
2015	The Blacklist	Leonid Javin	Episode: "Ruslan Denisov (No. 67)"
2015	Madam Secretary	President Pavel Ostrov	Recurring role (3 episodes)
2016	MacGyver	Victor	Episode: "Wire Cutter"
2016	Divorce	Gustav	Episode: "Gustav"
2017	Iron Fist	Radovan Bernivig	Recurring role (3 episodes)
2017	Elementary	Fyodor Ukhov	Episode: "Fly Into a Rage, Make a Bad Landing"
2022	WeCrashed	Evgeny Risakov	Episode: "This Is Where It Begins"

References

1. "Olek Krupa". IMDb.
2. "FilmPolski.pl". FilmPolski.
3. "nowiny.pl - portal, gazeta - Racibórz, Wodzisław, Rybnik, Żory, Jastrzębie-Zdrój". www.nowiny.pl.
4. "Olek Krupa". www.iobdb.com.
5. "Olek Krupa | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
6. "I Despised Gorbachev Until I Played His Role". The Wall Street Journal. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

External links

• Aleksander Krupa at IMDb 
• Aleksander Krupa at the Internet Off-Broadway Database