Alex Menglet

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Alex Menglet, born Alexei Menglet in Moscow USSR, is an actor who has found success working in Australia.

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Career

Menglet is best known for his roles as chef Ray "Gay Ray" Proctor in the 1984 season of Prisoner and more recently as Zoran Baranoff in the SBS series Kick . He has also appeared on Australian television series, Skyways , The Sullivans , Cop Shop and Carson's Law [1] and the UKTV mini-series False Witness . He has also appeared in the films Sky Pirates (1986), The Still Point (1986), Holidays on the River Yarra (1991) and He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001). More recently, Menglet appeared as Joan Ferguson's father and fencing instructor, Ivan Ferguson in Wentworth .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1972MalchikiGoshka VyezemskiyFeature film
1972Ura! U nas kanikuly!Feature film
1982 The Clinic Feature film
1984 Matthew and Son GebhardTV film
1985 Wills & Burke William BraheFeature film
1986Man and BoyRelievimg ManagerShort film
1986 Sky Pirates SullivanFeature film
1986 The More Things Change... Telecom ManFeature film
1986 The Still Point PaulFeature film
1988 Georgia LazloFeature film
1988 The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy VelcheTV film
1989 Celia Mr GoldmanFeature film
1991 Against the Innocent Karl HeinmannFeature film
1991 A Woman's Tale ConzFeature film
1991 Holidays on the River Yarra Big MacFeature film
1992 Garbo Czech AgentFeature film
1993 The Feds Dr Steven JellicieTV film
1996 Zone 39 TitoFeature film
1996 Children of the Revolution Yuri NikoloyevFeature film
2001 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand TaylorFeature film
2003The Long LunchIssur DemskyFeature film
2004 One Perfect Day Bernard MayFeature film
2004 Josh Jarman SebastianFeature film
2008 Salvation AntinFeature film
2010The Wedding PartyMikhailFeature film
2011The Crimson RoomShort film
2012 Any Questions for Ben? Katerina‘s DadFeature film
2014 The Mule VictorFeature film
2014RabbitLeonardShort film
2016Milk of KindnessDirector MerrettShort film
2021 Ascendant YaroslavFeature film [2]
2022 Petrol VladimirFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1972Byloe i dumyNikTV series
1979 Skyways Mikhail GosenkoTV series, 1 episode
1981 Holiday Island NikoTV series, 2 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Laszlo NovakTV series, 10 episodes
1984 Special Squad YuriTV series, 1 episode
1984-85 Prisoner Ray "Gay Ray" ProctorTV series, 14 episodes
1985 The Fast Lane HarwoodTV series, 1 episode
1985 A Thousand Skies Antony FokkerMiniseries, 1 episode
1985 Anzacs HansMiniseries, 1 episode
1985 The Dunera Boys RothMiniseries, 2 episodes
1987 The Petrov Affair Vladimir PetrovMiniseries, 2 episodes
1988 Always Afternoon Hans WeissmullerMiniseries, 3 episodes
1989 Mission: Impossible Lieutenant UdoTV series, 1 episode
1992 Phoenix Ivan KastelanicTV series, 1 episode
1994 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Mr HohenhausTV series, 8 episodes
1994 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh SashaMiniseries, 1 episode
1995 Janus Dr RogersTV series, 1 episode
1995 Bordertown Milhaly BassaMiniseries, 10 episodes
1997 State Coroner Jim VandenburgTV series, 1 episode
1998 The Genie from Down Under 2 GrigorTV series, 1 episode
1999 SeaChange KrzysztofTV series, 1 episode
1999 High Flyers AlexeiTV series, 26 episodes
2000 Eugénie Sandler P.I. DavorinTV series, 11 episodes
2001 Shock Jock Dieter KohlTV series, 1 episode
2003 Stingers Ben SchulmanTV series, 1 episode
2004 Kath and Kim PhotographerTV series, 1 episode
2007 Kick Zoran BaranoffTV series, 13 episodes
2008 City Homicide Walter PankorTV series, 1 episode
2009 False Witness DimitriMiniseries (2 part)
2010 Wilfred OrpheousTV series, 1 episode
2011 Killing Time UriMiniseries, 2 episodes
2012 Rake GerardTV series, 1 episode
2014-15 Wentworth Ivan Ferguson / Fencing MasterTV series
2016 Hunters HaviTV series, 1 episode
2021 Wakefield PetrovMiniseries, 2 episodes
2021 Jack Irish The BankerTV series, 2 episodes

Theatre

Menglet has appeared in numerous theatre productions. [3]

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2018BottomlessVariousFortyfive Downstairs [4]
2015Mother Courage and her ChildrenThe GeneralBelvoir Street [5]
2014EurydiceRed Sitch
2011Julius CaeserCaeserSTC [6]
2010HarbingerJohn [7]
1999Waiting for GodotMTC [8]
1998Tear From A Glass EyeMTC [9]

Personal life

Menglet has two daughters, Denisia and Katerina.

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