Yevgeni Lazarev
Yevgeni Nikolayevich Lazarev, also known as Eugene Lazarev, was a Russian actor and director.
Biography
He graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio, and played in the Riga Russian Drama Theatre and Mayakovsky Theatre.In the 1990s, he emigrated to the United States, and later appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including The Saint, The Sum of All Fears, Lord of War, and Iron Man 2, as well as in TV series such as The West Wing, Alias, and 24.
He was a professor at the Moscow Art Theatre Studio School and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, and was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. From 2003 to 2016, he had been teaching at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting of Los Angeles and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He also voiced Imran Zakhaev in Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He died on 18 November 2016, at the age of 79.
Filmography
- Vasily Surikov as Surikov
- Silence as Arkady Uvarov
- Crime and Punishment as dr. Zosimov
- Seventeen Moments of Spring as Emelyanov
- The Road to Calvary as Prince Lobanov-Rostovsky
- Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven
- Investigation Held by ZnaToKi as Vladimir Tarasovich Vasykin
- Private Life as Viktor Sergeyevich
- Fathers and Grandfathers as Nikolay
- Stalin as Andrey Vyshinsky
- The Ice Runner as Nikolay Antonov
- The Saint as President Karpov
- Hamilton as Yuri Chivartsev
- The West Wing as Vassily Kononov
- The Quickie as Uncle Anatoly
- Alias as dr. Kreshnik
- 24 as Nikola Luminovic
- The Sum of All Fears as General Dubinin
- ER as Ivo Guter
- Duplex as Mr. Dzerzhinsky
- Pearl Diver as Issac Epp
- Malachance as Mr. Karmin
- The Turkish Gambit as Alexander II of Russia
- Lord of War as General Dmitri Volkov
- The Unit as Russian Ambassador
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as Imran Zakhaev
- The Nine as Mr. Lushtak
- The Onion Movie as Slovesevic
- The Pink Panther 2 as Pope
- Driven to Kill as bartender
- Iron Man 2 as Anton Vanko