Lev Gorn (russian: Лев Горенс; born 1971 in

Stavropol Stavropol (; rus, Ставрополь, p=ˈstavrəpəlʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, Russia. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 547,820, making it one of Russia's fastest growing cities. It was known a ...

) is a Russian-born American

stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * St ...

, film, and television actor. He is best known for his role as

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

officer Arkady Ivanovich Zotov in ''

The Americans ''The Americans'' is an American period spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg that aired on the FX television network for six seasons from January 30, 2013, to May 30, 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also serve as showrunners a ...

''. Later, he had a recurring role as Mikhail Vassily Tal in '' The Enemy Within''. Sometimes, he is credited as Lev Gorens.

Early life

Lev Gorn was born in

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

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

, now in southern

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Stage plays

Off-Broadway

* ''The Good Steno'', as Sm / Mr. Burton / Father * ''My Antonia'', as Ambrosh * ''The Penis Monologue'', as Man #1 * ''Napoli, Brooklyn'', as Nic Muscolino

Others

* ''Cloud 9'', as Bagley / Martin (United Kingdom) * ''The Crucible'', as Francis Nurse (New York City) * ', as King Ferdinand (UK) * ''Man Equals Man'', as Polly (NYC) * ''A Man For All Seasons'', as Henry VIII (UK) * ''Savages'', as Carlos (UK) * ''Taming of the Shrew'', as Grumio (Michigan) * ''What Sprang Off A Gypsie'', as Jesco (NYC)

Selected filmography

TV appearances

Video game appearances

Web series appearances

References

External links

* * Lev Gor
NYC Headshot Photographer
1971 births Living people People from Stavropol American male film actors American male television actors American male stage actors Russian emigrants to the United States Soviet emigrants to the United States People with acquired American citizenship American people of Soviet descent 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American people of Russian-Jewish descent Soviet Jews 21st-century American Jews {{US-tv-actor-1970s-stub