Michael Aronov

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Michael Aronov
Born (1976-05-04) May 4, 1976 (age 48)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Education Southern Methodist University (BFA)
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright
Notable work Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

Michael Aronov (born May 4, 1976) is an American actor who has worked in film, television and theatre. [1] In 2017, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Uri Savir in the Broadway play Oslo . He is also known for playing the role of Anton Baklanov, a refusenik scientist in The Americans .

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Early life

Aronov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and he is Bukharian Jewish. [2] He grew up in Miami, Florida and graduated from the city's New World School of the Arts. [3] [4] In 1998 he graduated with a B.F.A in theatre at Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. [5] [6]

Career

Aronov spent three seasons on the award-winning series The Americans playing a physicist who is torn from his family and exiled as a political prisoner. [7] In 2017 The Blacklist brought him on as a new member to the show's cast, playing Smokey Putnum, the lovable hustler and sidekick to James Spader. [8] Aronov was also recurring as right-hand-man to John Malkovich in Showtime's Billions . Aronov played one of the leads in a series for Cinemax called Jett and was recently seen opposite Ben Kingsley and Oscar Isaac on the big screen in Operation Finale . [9]

In film, Aronov is known for his role as Chovka, the Chechen warlord and head gangster opposite Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in The Drop (2014). [10] Other films include Lbs., Amexicano and Hedwig and the Angry Inch . The actor also played Danny Raden - a series lead opposite Larenz Tate in BET's original pilot, Gun Hill . [11] Aronov's other television work includes Count Vincent of Naples in the series Reign , Danny Lambros on The Good Wife , Michael Cahill on Person of Interest , Ricky Vintano on Blue Bloods , billionaire Brice Hunter on Without a Trace and recurring roles on Madam Secretary and The Closer .

For his stage work Aronov received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2017 for his role as Uri Savir in the Broadway play Oslo . [12] He was also honored with the Lucille Lortel Award, [13] the Obie Award, and received Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Oslo. [1] Prior to that the actor originated the role of Paul in Lyle Kessler's First Born at The Actors Studio in New York. He won "The Elliot Norton Award - Best Actor", for originating the lead role in Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius. [14] On Broadway he appeared as Siggie, in the Tony-nominated revival of Golden Boy (2012-2013), directed by Bartlett Sher. He worked with Sher and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts yet again, playing Gromov, in the American premiere of Blood and Gifts (2011). Aronov was also seen in his solo-show Manigma (2010, 2006), in New York City. [15] In Europe he portrayed Stanley Kowalski in the classic A Streetcar Named Desire (2009). The actor also took on Jean in Miss Julie (2004) at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Dionysus in The Bacchae 2.1 (2001); and Edgar in an award-winning production of King Lear (1999).

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 The Beat VendorIn 1 episode, "Cueca Solo"
2000 Spin City First ProtesterIn 1 episode, "Airplane!"
2000 All My Children LazloIn 1 episode
2000 Law & Order: Criminal Intent AviIn 1 episode, "One"
2000, 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Gorsky; IgorIn 2 episodes, a different character in each
2003 Threat Matrix Amir AbadiyahIn 1 episode, "Patriot Acts"
2006 The Game BabakIn 1 episode, "Gifted"
2008 Without a Trace Brice HunterIn 1 episode, "22 x 42"
2008 Lipstick Jungle SergeIn 1 episode, "Chapter 14: Let the Games Begin"
2009 Life on Mars Yuri DemidovIn 1 episode, "Take a Look at the Lawmen"
2000, 2007, 2009 Law & Order Alex Arshavin; Karl Rostov; Andre KorsakoffIn 3 episodes, a different character in each
2010 White Collar Clark MaskhadovIn 1 episode, "In the Red"
2010 Blue Bloods Ricky VintanoIn 1 episode, "Officer Down"
2010 The Closer Armand MarkuIn 2 episodes
2011 Burn Notice Vlade / SerbIn 1 episode, "Enemy of My Enemy"
2011 The Good Wife Danny LambrosIn 1 episode, "The Death Zone"
2011 Gun Hill Danny RadenTV movie
2012 Person of Interest Michael CahillIn 1 episode, "Blue Code"
2012AmericanaAlexander OrloffTV movie
2013 Golden Boy Dominic QuinlanIn 1 episode, "Vicious Cycle"
2013 Elementary Andrej BaceraIn 1 episode, "Heroine"
2013 Reign Count VincentIn 1 episode, "Left Behind"
2015 Forever DashaIn 1 episode, "The King of Columbus Circle"
2015The Mystery of Matter: Search for the ElementsDmitri MendeleevTV mini series documentary
2015 Quantico Hamza KouriIn 1 episode, "Go"
2014-2016 The Americans Anton BaklanovIn 12 episodes
2014, 2016 Madam Secretary Anton DurchenkoIn 2 episodes
2016 They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief Leslie A. DavisTV documentary
2018 Billions MichaelIn 3 episodes
2017-2019 The Blacklist Joe 'Smokey' PutnumIn 6 episodes
2019 Jett Jack 'Jackie' DillonIn 9 episodes
2021 Hit & Run IsaacIn 5 episodes
2022 The First Lady Rahm Emanuel
2024 Snowpiercer Dr. Nima RousseauMain, season 4

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Schlatko (band member)
2004 LBs. Sacco Valenzia
2007 Amexicano Alex
2008Soldier's HeartThe documentary director
2009 Cold Souls Mafioso
2010Anomaly: OblivionSimon (voice)Short film
2012Happy HourChristoShort film
2013Fortune HousePeterShort film
2014 The Drop Chovka
2018 Half Magic John
2018 Operation Finale Zvi Aharoni
2021 Crisis Minas

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2017 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Play Oslo Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a PlayNominated
Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a PlayWon
Obie Award EnsembleWon

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  2. ↑ Tonys Recap: Bette Midler, Ben Platt, and Rachel Bloom Steal the Show Tablet. 12 June 2017
  3. ↑ Spiro, Amy (2017-09-23). "Michael Aronov cast as Mossad agent". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  4. ↑ These two men won Tony Awards after Florida Legislature wanted to defund their arts high school Miami Herald. 12 June 2017
  5. ↑ Schools of the Stars: Where Oslo Cast and Creators Went to College Playbill. 13 April 2017
  6. ↑ "Meadows Alums Earn 2017 Tony Awards". www.smu.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  7. ↑ "The Americans alum Michael Aronov wins at Tony Awards". Jun 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Fierberg, Ruthie (Aug 3, 2017). "Tony Winner Michael Aronov to Appear on Season Premiere of NBC's The Blacklist". Playbill. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Gerard, Jeremy (Sep 14, 2017). "'Oslo' Tony Winner Michael Aronov Joins Cast Of Eichmann Film 'Operation Finale'" . Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  10. ↑ Entis, Laura (2014-09-09). "'The Drop' Star James Gandolfini Remembered at NYC Premiere of Last Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
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  14. ↑ Hernandez, Ernio (May 22, 2007). "Boston's Mauritius, Miss Witherspoon Win Elliot Norton Awards". Playbill. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Manigma | Theater | reviews, guides, things to do, film". Time Out New York. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
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