
Oleg Stefan
Acting
🎂 1959-09-07
After graduating from high school in 1976, he entered the Shchepkin Theatre School in Moscow. As a second-year student, he played two roles on the stage of the Maly Theatre. In 1979, his television and film career began. After graduating from theatre school in 1980, he was accepted into the troupe of the Academic Maly Theatre of the USSR, where he played with such actors as Smoktunovsky, Tsarev, Ilyinsky, Zharov, the Solomin brothers, and Martsevich. He worked on radio, television, and in cinema. He toured many cities in the Soviet Union with his solo concert program. In 1985-1986, he served in the ranks of the USSR Armed Forces in the Moscow region in the engineering troops. On the stage of the Maly Theatre, he played in more than 20 plays. Some of them are: Long Day's Journey into Night, Agony, Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Shore. In early 1992, Stefanko emigrated to the United States. Living in New York, he mastered new professions: waiter, taxi driver, bartender, car dealer; security guard, kickboxer; was engaged in the sale of insurance policies. At the same time, he worked in the modeling business, theater, played on the stage of the "Theater of New York City". In New York, Oleg starred in his first American film. In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles, worked in television and film. He was accepted into two American acting guilds: SAG - Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In Los Angeles, he continued his education at the "L.A. Actors Circle Theater School". Having received American citizenship, he changed his last name to Oleg Stefan. Under this name, he starred in 14 Hollywood films, working with such actors as Robert De Niro, Michael York, Gene Hackman, Sigourney Weaver, Jude Law, James Belushi, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Vincent Perez, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Tom Wilkinson, Denis O'Hea and others. He later returned to Russia, where he continued acting. Oleg Stefanko gained wide fame for his role as Leonid Zubov in the TV series "The Forester". In total, Stefanko has 76 film and television works, in 54 of which he played the leading roles. Personal life: First wife - Larisa Stefanko, Daughter - Kristina, Son - John (Ivan), born in the late 1990s. It was decided to call him Ivan. But after some time his name was changed to John, as it sounds better to Americans. Second wife - Anna Stefanko.
Cast credits(53)

Vladimir
1993

Anatoli Victorovich
2013

Uri Lentoff
1995

Szigmond
1996

старший лейтенант Манчич
1985

captan John Mangles
1985

2020

Commissioner Jan Fanter
2003

Belikov
2023

2005

Zubov
2011

2011

Aleksey Dmitrievich Timofeev
2009

Sergey Aleksandrovich Fedotov
2004

Виктор Васильевич Астахов
2016

2006

Ulysses / Stas Siyanko
2006

Boris Fetyov
2009

Aleksey Dmitrievich Timofeev
2007

Mayk Khatchins
2007

Russian Leader
2001

Martin
2006

2006

Ian Hunter Commissioner
2003

2006

Dmitriy Prokofyev
1990

Kolya
1981

Vanya Sokolov
1981
Major Vetrov
2007

генерал-полковник Селиванов
2005

Олег, командир стройотряда
1988

1987

Vozdvizhensky
2006

1981

1985

Юра Медунов
1991

The Client
2005

капитан Джон Манглс
1985

Zuev
1991

спасатель
1991

Vikentyev
1984

1993

Евгений Алексеевич Артамонов
2015

1-ый чиновник
1981

1987

Kalinichenko
1991
2009

1983

1992

1983

рядовой/ефрейтор Рудзик
1980

2007

Vadim