Ilia Volok

Ilia Andriyovych Volok is a Ukrainian actor, based in the United States. He has appeared in over 170 films, television series, and video games since his debut in 1994.

Early life

Volok was born in Kyiv on November 22, 1964. Prior to his acting career, he was a member of the Soviet national rowing team, finishing third place in the Men's Pair at the 1982 World Rowing Junior Championships, and later becoming Ukrainian national champion.
He studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School under Alexander Kalyagin. He worked as a professional stage actor in Russia, before emigrating to the United States at the age of 26, in 1990. He initially supplemented his income by working in a cemetery.

Career

Volok has appeared in more than 90 films and television programs. He starred as Vladimir Krasin in Air Force One and portrayed Master Org in Power Rangers Wild Force. Additionally, he has had recurring roles in General Hospital and The Young and the Restless. He guest starred in an episode of Friends in which reference was made to Air Force One without mentioning him as one of its actors.
Volok frequently performs on stage. He co-wrote, co-created, and starred as the title character in the comedy play Fakov in America. He plays a leading part in Cat's Paw, an Actors Studio project. In Diary of a Madman by short story writer Nikolai Gogol. The character Vladimir Kamarivsky in the Electronic Arts video game Battlefield 3 is modeled after and voiced by Volok. Volok also plays and voices the character Vladislav "Vlad" Kozak in the Overkill Software video game Payday 2.
He won the 2013 LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Solo Performance for his role in Diary of a Madman.

Personal life

Volok splits his time between Los Angeles and Paris. He is married to an American woman.
Volok is fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, English, and proficient in several other languages.

Filmography

1994 Hail Caesar as Wlad
1995 Midnight Man as Slav
1996 Police Story 4: First Strike as Russian Group No. 9
1996 Executive Decision as Chechen Thug
1997 Air Force One as Vladimir Krasin
1997 U Turn as Sergi
1997 Plan B as "Flash"
1998 Best of the Best 4: Without Warning as Ilia
1999 One Man's Hero as Daniel Grzbalski
1999 Kolobos "Faceless"
2000 Night All Day as Karloff
2000 Camera Obscura as Taxi Driver
2000 Friends as The Dry Cleaner
2000 Shadow Hours as Russian
2000 Between Christmas and New Year's as Ilia
2001 Monkeybone as Rasputin
2001 Swordfish as Gabriel's Crew
2001 The Quickie as Slava
2002 Power Rangers Wild Force as Reincarnated Master Org / Dr. Viktor Adler
2002 Firefly as Marco
2002 Boris as Yuri
2002 Judging Amy as Trajan Popovici
2002 Six Feet Under as Yuri
2003 The King of Queens as Andrei
2003 Monk as Nikolai Petroff
2003 Spinning Boris as Elvis Impersonator
2004 The D.A. as Davonovich
2003–2005 Alias as Ushek San'ko
2005 Commander in Chief as Dmitri Kharkov
2006 The Unit as Deputy Grubo
2006 CSI: NY as Gabe
2006 Domestic Import as Sasha
2006 Company Town as Yuri
2007 The Young and the Restless as Milan
2007 The Wedding Bells as "Wolfie"
2007 Burn Notice as Jan Haseck
2007 The Red Chalk as Young Stalin
2007 Charlie Wilson's War as Russian Helicopter Pilot
2008 1% as Russian Ranger No. 1
2008 Las Vegas as Rudy Vinovich
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Russian Suit No. 2
2008 Primo as Egor Denko
2008 Identity Crisis as Drunken Russian
2008 La-La Loco Baby as Kazimir
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Russian Interpreter
2008 Worst Week as Vanya
2008 General Hospital as Andrei Karpov
2009 Hired Gun as Yegor
2009 Without a Trace as Yuri
2009 The Soloist as Harry Barnoff
2009 Rogue Warrior as Russian 1
2010 Treasure of the Black Jaguar as Gregor
2010 Cielito Lindo as Borowski
2011 The Bad Penny as Terry Rubelev
2011 Water for Elephants as Mr. Jankowski
2011 Abduction as "Sweater"
2011 Battlefield 3 as Vladimir Kamarivsky
2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol as "The Fog"
2012 Femme Fatales as Dimitri "Uzi" Olesky
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation as Russian Leader
2013 The Immigrant as Wojtek Bistricky
2013 Payday 2 as Vlad
2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Vladimir
2014 The Last Ship as Dmitri Belenko
2014 Pawn Sacrifice as KGB Guy
2015 How to Be a Gangster in America as Dimitri
2016 Taking Liberty as Boss
2017 Finding Mother as Uncle Borya
2017 Prey as Luka Golubkin
2018 Hunter Killer as Captain Vlade Sutrev
2019 Magnum P.I. as Sergei
2019 The Punisher as Kazan
2019 Gemini Man as Yuri Kovács
2023 Payday 3 as Vlad
2023 The Palace as ambasador Rosji
2025 Idiotka as Vlad