Lev Gorn

Lev Gorn (Russian: Лев Горенс; born 1971) is a Russian-born American stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for his role as KGB officer Arkady Ivanovich Zotov in The Americans.^[1] Later, he had a recurring role as Mikhail Vassily Tal in The Enemy Within.^[1] Sometimes, he is credited as Lev Gorens.

Lev Gorn
Gorn at the May 2015 Peabody Award
Born	1971 (age 53–54) Stavropol, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Other names	Lev Gorens
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Early life

Lev Gorn was born in Stavropol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. His family emigrated from the USSR in 1981. Gorn became a naturalized United States citizen in his adulthood.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Crimson Nights	Burt	Video
2003	Sucker Punch	Ivan
2004	Keane	Drug Dealer
2005	New Liberty	Roy	Short
	Nicky's Game	Syrian Sal	Short
	Unbridled	Alexi
	Straight Forward	Ward Cardova
2006	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Det. Anderson	Tamil Film
2007	Padre Nuestro	Rough-Shave
2008	Joe Mover	Nicky	Short
	Manhattanites	Blake Whitney
	Saint Nick	Ivan	Short
	Ten: Thirty One	Dell	Short
2009	Knife Point	Gerry	Short
	Exile	Adam	Short
2010	Bronx Paradise	Manny
2013	Once Upon a Time in Queens	Dominic Salerno Jr.
	Blue Collar Boys	Ira
2014	Pawn Sacrifice	Russian Newscaster
	The Vigilante	John Hardin	Short
	Vkus Ameriki	Berman
2016	Ace the Case	the Surgeon
	Café Society	Eddie
	With Yuri	Boris	Short
2018	This Teacher	John
2019	Lingua Franca	Murray
2021	Payback	Alexander Pushka
	The Expat	Nick
2022	Love and Communication	Silverman
2024	Nobody Wants to Shoot a Woman	John

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Wire	Eton Ben-Eleazer	Recurring Cast: Season 2
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	N.J. Swat McKenzie	Episode: "Escape"
2004	All My Children	Miles	Episode: "Episode #1.8831"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mr. Gregorian	Episode: "Semi-Detached"
2005	Third Watch	Kirt Lang	Episode: "The Kitchen Sink"
	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Mr. Dushinsky	Episode: "The Abominable Showman"
2006	As the World Turns	Anatoly	Regular Cast
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Anton	Episode: "Wasichu"
	Brotherhood	Pravsha Pishenkov	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2007–08	Street Fighter: The Later Years	Ken Masters	Recurring Cast
2009	Guiding Light	Mr. Kovac	Episode: "Episode #1.15624"
	Bored to Death	Dimitri	Episode: "The Case of the Lonely White Dove"
2010	Trenches	Cpi. Traina	Main Cast
2013–18	The Americans	Arkady Zotov	Recurring Cast: Season 1-2 & 6, Main Cast: Season 3-4
2014–16	NCIS	Russian Counselor Anton Pavlenko	Recurring Cast: Season 12, Guest: Season 13
2015	Mike Tyson Mysteries	Bartender (voice)	Episode: "Kidnapped"[2]
	Madam Secretary	Ukrainian President Mikhail Bozek	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2017	Taken	Yuri Surnuyev	Episode: "Hail Mary"
	Blue Bloods	Det. Arkedy Levin	Episode: "Foreign Interference"
2018	Instinct	Uri Marshak	Episode: "Owned"
	Billions	Max	Episode: "Icebreaker"
	Maniac	Sokolov	Recurring Cast
	How to Do Everything	Nate	Episode: "How To Level Up"
2019	The Enemy Within	Mikhail Vassily Tal	Recurring Cast
	Jack Ryan	Mikhail Pelevin	Episode: "Cargo"
2021	New Amsterdam	Ben Osheyevsky	Episode: "Fight Time"
2022	Bull	Danilo Kovalev	Episode: "The Other Shoe"
2022–23	For All Mankind	Grigory Kuznetsov	Recurring Cast: Season 3-4
2023	Citadel	Gregor Yovanovich	Episode: "The Human Enigma"
2023–24	Power Book III: Raising Kanan	Detective Arthur Ogden	Recurring Cast: Season 3

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	Ivan Bytchkov (voice)
2023	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III	Ivan Alexxeve (voice)

Stage plays

Off-Broadway

• The Good Steno, as Sm / Mr. Burton / Father
• My Antonia, as Ambrosh
• The Penis Monologue, as Man #1
• Napoli, Brooklyn, as Nic Muscolino

Others

• Cloud 9, as Bagley / Martin (United Kingdom)
• The Crucible, as Francis Nurse (New York City)
• Fuente Ovejuna, as King Ferdinand (UK)
• Man Equals Man, as Polly (NYC)
• A Man For All Seasons, as Henry VIII (UK)
• Savages, as Carlos (UK)
• Taming of the Shrew, as Grumio (Michigan)
• What Sprang Off A Gypsie, as Jesco (NYC)