Alex Menglet Explained

Alex Menglet, born Alexei Menglet in Moscow USSR, is an actor who has found success working in Australia.

Career

Menglet is best known for his roles as chef Ray "Gay Ray" Proctor in the 1984 season of Prisoner and more recently as Zoran Baranoff in the SBS series Kick. He has also appeared on Australian television series, Skyways, The Sullivans, Cop Shop and Carson's Law[1] and the UKTV mini-series False Witness. He has also appeared in the films Sky Pirates (1986), The Still Point (1986), Holidays on the River Yarra (1991) and He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001). More recently, Menglet appeared as Joan Ferguson's father and fencing instructor, Ivan Ferguson in Wentworth.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1972MalchikiGoshka VyezemskiyFeature film
1972Ura! U nas kanikulyFeature film
1982 The Clinic Feature film
1984Matthew and SonGebhardTV film
1985Wills & BurkeWilliam BraheFeature film
1986Man and BoyRelievimg ManagerShort film
1986Sky PiratesSullivanFeature film
1986The More Things Change...Telecom ManFeature film
1986The Still PointPaulFeature film
1988GeorgiaLazlo Feature film
1988The Rainbow Warrior ConspiracyVelcheTV film
1989CeliaMr GoldmanFeature film
1991Against the InnocentKarl HeinmannFeature film
1991A Woman's TaleConzFeature film
1991Holidays on the River YarraBig MacFeature film
1992GarboCzech AgentFeature film
1993The FedsDr Steven JellicieTV film
1996Zone 39TitoFeature film
1996Children of the RevolutionYuri NikoloyevFeature film
2001He Died with a Felafel in His HandTaylorFeature film
2003The Long LunchIssur DemskyFeature film
2004One Perfect DayBernard MayFeature film
2004Josh JarmanSebastianFeature film
2008Salvation AntinFeature film
2010The Wedding PartyMikhailFeature film
2011The Crimson RoomShort film
2012Any Questions for Ben?Katerina‘s DadFeature film
2014The MuleVictorFeature film
2014RabbitLeonardShort film
2016Milk of KindnessDirector MerrettShort film
2021Ascendant YaroslavFeature film
2022PetrolVladimirFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1972Byloe i dumy NikTV series
1979SkywaysMikhail GosenkoTV series, 1 episode
1981Holiday IslandNiko TV series, 2 episodes
1983Carson's LawLaszlo NovakTV series, 10 episodes
1984Special SquadYuriTV series, 1 episode
1984-85Prisoner Ray "Gay Ray" ProctorTV series, 14 episodes
1985The Fast LaneHarwoodTV series, 1 episode
1985A Thousand SkiesAntony Fokker Miniseries, 1 episode
1985AnzacsHansMiniseries, 1 episode
1985The Dunera BoysRothMiniseries, 2 episodes
1987The Petrov AffairVladimir PetrovMiniseries, 2 episodes
1988Always AfternoonHans Weissmuller Miniseries, 3 episodes
1989Mission: Impossible Lieutenant UdoTV series, 1 episode
1992PhoenixIvan KastelanicTV series, 1 episode
1994Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn LeftMr HohenhausTV series, 8 episodes
1994The Damnation of Harvey McHughSashaMiniseries, 1 episode
1995JanusDr RogersTV series, 1 episode
1995BordertownMilhaly BassaMiniseries, 10 episodes
1997State CoronerJim VandenburgTV series, 1 episode
1998The Genie from Down Under 2GrigorTV series, 1 episode
1999SeaChangeKrzysztofTV series, 1 episode
1999High FlyersAlexeiTV series, 26 episodes
2000Eugénie Sandler P.I.Davorin TV series, 11 episodes
2001Shock JockDieter KohlTV series, 1 episode
2003StingersBen SchulmanTV series, 1 episode
2004Kath and KimPhotographerTV series, 1 episode
2007KickZoran BaranoffTV series, 13 episodes
2008City HomicideWalter Pankor TV series, 1 episode
2009False WitnessDimitriMiniseries (2 part)
2010WilfredOrpheousTV series, 1 episode
2011Killing TimeUriMiniseries, 2 episodes
2012RakeGerard TV series, 1 episode
2014-15WentworthIvan Ferguson / Fencing MasterTV series
2016HuntersHaviTV series, 1 episode
2021Wakefield PetrovMiniseries, 2 episodes
2021Jack IrishThe BankerTV series, 2 episodes

Personal

Menglet has two daughters, Denisia and Katerina.

Notes and References

  1. TV Week, 18 August 1984, p.86