Alex Veadov Explained

Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1989–present

Alex Veadov is an American film and television actor of Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry.

Career

Alex Veadov is a character actor who has acted in many English-language productions. His early career included appearances in Jackie Chan's First Strike, Contact, and Air Force One.[1] He also works as a voice actor.[2]

Veadov is known for playing Russian mob drug lord and hitman Vadim Nezhinski in the film We Own the Night.[3] [4] [1]

Veadov also played the role of Christo, a drug smuggler and terrorist seeking to attack the United States, in the 2012 movie Act of Valor.[5] [1]

In 2014, Veadov played the role of Tevi in The Equalizer.[6] [7] In 2015, he portrayed Nikola in the television series Agent Carter.[8]

Filmography

Film

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
1989Terminal ForceHold-Up Man
1995Guide to Golf Style and EtiquettePizza Man
1996First StrikeRussian Group #6
1996Justine: Seduction of InnocenceKuleshov
1996Justine: in the Heat of Passion
1997ContactRussian Cosmonaut
1997Air Force OneMiG Pilot
1997Justine: A Midsummer Night's DreamKuleshov
1998Falling SkyTaxi Cab Driver
2000Thirteen DaysRadio Room Operator #3
2001The Hollywood SignCabbieUncredited
2005Neighborhood WatchBMW Driver
2007We Own the NightVadim Nezhinski
2008Marco Polo1300s Marco Polo
2009EugeneVictor
2009Drag Me to HellMan with Ponytail at Death Feast
2009The Harsh Life of Veronica LambertRussian Alex
2010Open Season 3Additional voices
2011KnockdownVadim
2012Act of ValorChristo
2012Lost AngelesJames
2012Not Fade AwayBlind Pim
2012Life's an ItchJean Michele
2013The Saratov ApproachSergei
2013DeliriumSasha Pavlovich
2013CavemenCabbie
2014The EqualizerTevi
2018AlterscapeDr. Kaine Egres
2019CrossingGregory
TBASuperstrataNomad

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995General HospitalWorkman No.2Episode dated 5 January 1995
1995Tom Clancy's Op CenterUkrainian SergeantMiniseries; television film
1998Seven DaysValenskyEpisode: "Pilot: Part 1"
2000The Wild ThornberrysYuriEpisode: "A Tiger by the Tail"
2000Cover MeNovatnyEpisode: "Domestic Terrorism"
2000God, the Devil and BobVoice2 episodes
2000JAGJail SergeantEpisode: "Legacy: Part 2"
2001The Weber ShowSergeiEpisode: "...And Then He Got a Rash"
2001, 2005AliasThe Chemist / K-Directorate Officer2 episodes
2002The AgencyRussian AgentEpisode: "The Gauntlet"
2002The ShieldIgalEpisode: "Circles"
2002Without a TraceGoran DavitsEpisode: "Between the Cracks"
2002AstronautsVladimir TyurzinTelevision film
2005NYPD BlueSergei Yesenin2 episodes
2006Science of the BibleSimon MagusEpisode: "Rivals of Jesus"
2007Everybody Hates ChrisRefereeEpisode: "Everybody Hates Bed-Stuy"
2008Russian ManEpisode: "The Demon Hand"
2008GreekProfessor HebertEpisode: "No Campus for Old Rules"
2008The CloserHovnan 'Hank' SerabianEpisode: "Dial M for Provenza"
2010–2011SvetlanaVlad20 episodes
2014Chop ShopRay3 episodes
2014, 2015NCISSergei Mishnev
2015Agent CarterNikolaEpisode: "The Iron Ceiling"
2015Lust 'n' LoveAnton2 episodes
2018The AmericansTASS BossEpisode: "Urban Transport Planning"
2020MacGyverFelixEpisode: "Right + Wrong + Both + Neither"

Video games

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
1996Soviet StrikeIvan Uralia
1998Counter MeasuresLt. Daninski
2000Soldier of FortuneVoice
2002StrandedYuri
2002Additional voices
2003Voice
2003Freedom Fighters[9]
2003SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALsAdditional Russia VO
2004Zhidkov / Thug A / Soldier B
2004Voice
2004Spetsnaz Soldier
2004Voice
2004Spetsnaz Soldier
2005Voice
2007Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
2007Sergei Kudrenko
2009Voice
2009Additional voice talent
2009Rogue WarriorRussian 2
2010Metro 2033Voice
2010SingularityAdditional voices
2010
2013Voice

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes. www.rottentomatoes.com.
  2. Web site: Alex Veadov (visual voices guide) . Behind The Voice Actors . 2 October 2021. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  3. Web site: We Own the Night movie review (2007) . Roger. Ebert. RogerEbert.com.
  4. News: 2 Brothers, and the Mob in the Middle. A. O.. Scott. The New York Times. 12 October 2007.
  5. Web site: Act of Valor 2: Everything We Know. Rishabh. Borde. 24 December 2019.
  6. Web site: The Equalizer. www.rottentomatoes.com.
  7. Web site: The Equalizer. 25 September 2014. Contactmusic.com.
  8. Web site: Agent Carter - A Sin to Err - Review. Lisa. Macklem.
  9. . Freedom Fighters . . Ending credits, 4:29:09 in, VOICE ACTORS . 2003.