Alexander Kuznetsov (actor)
Alexander Konstantinovich Kuznetsov was a Russian American actor.
Biography
Kuznetsov was born in the USSR in Petrovka, a small village in Primorsky Krai on the Sea of Japan. He graduated from Schukin Theatrical College. Alexander Kuznetsov made his first appearance in a movie in 1983. He starred in many Russian movies and TV series. Kuznetsov also had a starring role as the titular character in Jack Vosmyorkin, American.Aleksander Kuznetsov was a key member of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater. He worked in Russia as well as in the United States. He had roles in a number of American television shows, including Nikolai Kossoff in NYPD Blue, as Victor in Crossing Jordan, Capt. Alex Volkonov in JAG and Kazimir Shcherbakov in Alias. Another of his notable roles was the terrorist Ostroff on the thriller series 24.
In 2000 he starred opposite Dolph Lundgren in Agent Red.
In 2014, the actor was diagnosed with cancer. He died on 6 June 2019 in Moscow, Russia. The farewell ceremony for the actor was held on 11 June at the Moscow House of Cinema. His ashes were interred at the Khovanskoye Cemetery.