Ivan Shvedoff (russian: Иван Шведов; born 21 September 1969) is a Russian actor.

Biography

Shvedoff was born in Leningrad (now

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) in the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. Shvedoff first started his acting career as a theater actor in the Theater of Youth Creativity (1979-1986). He studied acting at the

Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (russian: Российский государственный институт сценических искусств), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State ...

from 1987 to 1991, and made his film debut in ''

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'' in 1992. Shvedoff has lived in

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since the late 1990s. He has appeared in several Hollywood films usually as Russian or Eastern Bloc characters, including ''

Enemy at the Gates ''Enemy at the Gates'' (''Stalingrad'' in France and ''L'Ennemi aux portes'' in Canada) is a 2001 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book '' Enemy at the Gates: The Batt ...

'', ''

The Bourne Supremacy ''The Bourne Supremacy'' is the second Jason Bourne novel written by Robert Ludlum, first published in 1986. It is the sequel to Ludlum's bestseller '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980) and precedes Ludlum's final Bourne novel, '' The Bourne Ultima ...

'' and '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''. He was also a Russian dialog coach for

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in '' The Bourne Identity''.

Filmography

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* * 1969 births Living people Russian male film actors Male actors from Saint Petersburg Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni {{Authority control