Michael Klesic

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Michael Klesic
Born (1975-07-31) July 31, 1975 (age 47)
Education Guildford School of Acting

Michael Vladimir Klesic (born July 31, 1975) is an American actor.

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Early life

Klesic was born in Tarzana, California. He was raised mostly in Los Angeles and attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. He graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in England.

Career

His first roles came to him when he was just 18 playing bit parts in Clueless , Dangerous Minds , and a football player in Forrest Gump . [1] In 1988, Klesic was cast as Henry Evans in The Good Son. The film was shelved due to lack of funding and Macaulay Culkin was cast in the part in the 1993 film. [2]

He then retired from acting to work behind the scenes on a number of films and TV shows. After graduating from the Guildford School of Acting in 2003, he acted in A Wonderful Night in Split , which was directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić. He went on to work on Children of Men with Alfonso Cuaron and was cast as a people smuggler in Murphy's Law .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Clueless Baggy SkaterUncredited
1996 Multiplicity Carpenter
2004 A Wonderful Night in Split Steve
2005 Munich Russian AthleteUncredited
2006Screaming Blue MurderRocky Rock
2006 Children of Men Rado
2006 Summer Love VoiceUncredited
2007OutlandersMikhail
2009 From Mexico with Love The Accountant
2020Burning DogIgor

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Weird Science BuddyEpisode: "Killer Party"
1994 Models Inc. JackEpisode: "Bad Moon Rising"
1995 NYPD Blue Greek DancerEpisode: "A.D.A. Sipowicz"
2003 Days That Shook the World Volney WilsonEpisode: "First Nuclear Reaction/Chernobyl"
2005 Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II Stanislaw StarowleyskiTelevision film
2006 Seconds from Disaster Cpt. Larry WheatonEpisode: "Washington Air Crash"
2007 Rough Diamond Reception GuardEpisode: "Old Gold"
2007 Murphy's Law Milos2 episodes
2008 Spooks Andre BorodinEpisode #7.8
2009 Law & Order: UK JarekEpisode: "Buried"
2013 The Blacklist Serbian TerroristEpisode: "Pilot"
2013 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. KropskyEpisode: "Eye Spy"
2014 Intelligence Bearded UkrainianEpisode: "The Grey Hat"
2014 Shameless Russian PriestEpisode: "Emily"
2014 Ray Donovan Rough Guy #2Episode: "Sunny"
2014 Scorpion IgorEpisode: "Talismans"
2015 Fresh Off the Boat Leather Daddy #4Episode: "Blind Spot"
2016 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Zerb GudanyaEpisode: "Terry Kitties"
2020 S.W.A.T. TimurEpisode: "Stakeout"
2021 NCIS: Los Angeles Igor LebedevEpisode: "A Tale of Two Igors"

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