Ravil Isyanov

Ravil Akhmedullovich Isyanov (Russian: Равиль Ахмедуллович Исьянов; 20 August 1962 – 29 September 2021) was a Russian actor who appeared in over 70 film and television roles, primarily in the United States. He was most well known for his role as Anatoli Kirkin on NCIS: Los Angeles.

Ravil Isyanov
Равиль Исьянов[1]
Born	Ravil Akhmedullovich Isyanov (1962-08-20)20 August 1962[1] Voskresensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[2] (now Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, Russia)
Died	29 September 2021(2021-09-29) (aged 59) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	MKhAT Studio-School (1990)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–2021
Spouse	Erika Isyanov
Military career
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Soviet Air Force

Biography

Isyanov was born in Voskresensk on 20 August 1962, and served in the Soviet Air Force for two years. He worked for two seasons at a regional theatre in Khabarovsk, before enrolling in the MKhAT Studio-School in Moscow, under Alexander Kalyagin, graduating in 1990.^[2] He also studied three summers overseas at the British American Drama Academy's "Midsummer at Oxford" program in England. He began his professional career as an ensemble member of the Theatr Clwyd in Wales.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he decided to stay in Britain on his work visa, and continued working there. He made notable film appearances in the Nicolas Roeg-directed Two Deaths and the James Bond film GoldenEye, both in 1995. He had a supporting role as Cornelius in Kenneth Branagh's epic adaptation of Hamlet, released the following year.

In 1998, Isyanov moved to Los Angeles, where he lived and worked until his death.^[2] Isyanov died on 29 September 2021, at the age of 59, following a 17-month battle with cancer.^[3][4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Back in the USSR	Georgi
1995	Two Deaths	Lieutenant
	Hackers	Russian Hacker
	GoldenEye	MiG Pilot
1996	Hamlet	Cornelius
1997	The Saint	Tretiak Guard
	The Jackal	Ghazzi Murad
1999	The Omega Code	Rykoff
2000	Octopus	Casper
	Doomsdayer	Viktor Dorestoy	Uncredited
2001	The Shrink Is In	Dino
	Along Came a Spider	FSB Agent Lermontov
	Arachnid	Henry Capri
2002	K-19: The Widowmaker	Igor Suslov
2003	Holes	Morris Menke
2005	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Curtis
2006	The Good German	General Sikorsky
2008	Defiance	Viktor Panchenko
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Alexi Voskhod
2016	Sniper: Ghost Shooter	Andrei Mashkov
2020	No Escape	The Waiter
2022	25 Cents Per Minute	Peter	Posthumous release
	Blonde	Billy Wilder

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Stalin	Yakov Dzhugashvili	Television film
1994	EastEnders	Marku	2 episodes
1997	The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous	Boris Levitsky
1998-1999	Seven Days	Dr. Josef Vukovitch / Political Officer Anton Kuriyov
2000	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Monk	Episode: "No Place Like Home"
2001	JAG	Capt. Leopold Karnik	Episode "Iron Coffin"
2001-2003	Alias	Luri Karpachev
2005	Space Race	Valentin Glushko
2006	24	Bierko's Technician	season 5
2006	NCIS	Robert John Stevens / Nikolai Puchenko	Season 4, Episode 4
2007	Prison Break	Wyatt	season 3
2009	Fringe season 2	Tomas	Episode "Earthling"
2009-2011	The Mentalist	Ulis Oratni / Charlie Chaplin
2010	Bones	Dimitri Vladov
2013	Touch	Landlord
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Anatoli Kirkin	Recurring Role (2013–2021)
	Burn Notice	Vladimir Duboff
2014	The Last Ship	Admiral Konstantin Nikolayevich Ruskov
2016	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Anton Petrov	Season 3, 2 Episodes
2017	The Americans	Ruslan
	Glow	Gregory, manager of the Dusty Spur motel

References

1. Ravil Isyanov - kinoteatr.ru
2. "Ravil Isyanov - TV.com". TV.com. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
3. "Ravil Isyanov Dies: 'NCIS: Los Angeles' & 'The Americans' Actor Was 59". 13 October 2021.
4. Горел звездой. На 60-м году жизни не стало нашего земляка, талантливого актера Равиля Исянова (in Russian)

External links

• Ravil Isyanov at IMDb
• Ravil Isyanov on kinoteatr.ru
• Ravil Isyanov on KinoPoisk