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Pasha D. Lychnikoff

Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Born
Pavel Dmitriyevich Lychnikov

(1967-02-16) February 16, 1967 (age 57)
Other names
  • Pavel Lychnikoff
  • Pasha Lychnikoff
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present

Pavel Dmitriyevich Lychnikov (Russian: Павел Дмитриевич Лычников; born February 16, 1967) is a Russian-American television, voice, film and theatre actor, who lives and works in the United States.

Early life and education

Lychnikoff was born in Moscow. His father was a professor at the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economics and his mother worked as a flight attendant.[1] He later received formal training at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (also known as GITIS from 1934 to 1991).[2]

Career

In the early 1990s, Lychnikoff moved to the United States.[3] Since his subsequent move to Los Angeles, he has appeared in many TV movies and series and feature films. He is noted for his roles as the telegraph operator Blazanov in HBO's Deadwood series, as Russian mobster Vadim Youchenko in the movie Trade, as an Mi24 Hind Helicopter pilot in Charlie Wilson's War, and as Dima in Battlefield 4. He also appears as Howard Wolowitz's Russian cosmonaut crewmate Dimitri in the TV series The Big Bang Theory.

Lychnikoff has also made several stage appearances in Russia and the U.S. His self-written play The Shelter, which he also directed, was nominated for the Californian Ovation Award in five categories, and Lychnikoff's performance in it received positive reviews from a number of critics.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Yad skorpiona
1997 Crash Dive Newton (video)
1997 Air Force One Russian Prison Guard #1
1997 Playing God Andrei
1998 Bad Cop, Bad Cop (made for television)
1998 Skip Chasers
2000 Bob, Verushka & the Pursuit of Happiness Illya
2003 The Flannerys (made for television)
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane Andrei / Load Boxer Uncredited
2006 Miami Vice Russian FBI Agent
2007 Trade Vadim Youchenko
2007 A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Boris
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Russian Helicopter Pilot #1
2008 Reservations Tomas
2008 Cloverfield Russian Man on Street
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Russian Soldier Roosevelt
2008 Mia and the Migoo Staravitch English version, voice
2009 The Perfect Sleep Vassily
2009 Star Trek Romulan Commander
2010 The Odds (made for television)
2010 Grace Bedell David Mann Short
2010 Valley of the Sun K.K.
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Dimitri / Distributor
2012 Chernobyl Diaries Doctor
2013 A Good Day to Die Hard Cabbie
2014 Rage Chernov
2015 Rodina Kosmos
2016 Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich Major Aleksandr Kulkov
2018 Siberia Boris Volkov
2020 No Escape Andrei
2020 Last Moment of Clarity Karl
2022 Bullet Train Alexei Ilyin

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 NYPD Blue Dimitri Episode: "Burnin' Love"
1997 Dark Skies Josef Episode: "White Rabbit"
Michael Hayes Dubov Episode: "Death and Taxes"
C-16: FBI Cyril Episode: "Russian Winter"
1998 Brooklyn South Dimitri Gort Episode: "Fools Russian"
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Episode: "A Touch of Evil"
1999 Nash Bridges Vladimir Yodka Episode: "Power Play"
2000 NYPD Blue John Shenkov Episode: "Everybody Plays the Mule"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Monk Episode: "No Place Like Home"
2001 Big Apple Mitya 6 episodes
2002 The Agency Russian Mob Boss Episode: "The Understudy"
Alias Zoran Sokolov Episode: "Passage: Part 1"
Without a Trace Prisoner 2 episodes
2003 CSI: Miami Victor Ratsch Episode: "Evidence of Things Unseen"
She Spies Bar Manager Episode: "Crossed Out"
Threat Matrix Konstantin Noskeno Episode: "Cold Cash"
10-8: Officers on Duty Raymond Castoff Episode: "Lucy in the Sky"
2005–2006 Deadwood Blazanov 16 episodes
2006 The Shield Mikula Popovich Episode: "Trophy"
2007 CSI: NY Yuri Sokov Episode: "Past Imperfect"
2008 Chuck Viktor Federov Episode: "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover"
My Own Worst Enemy Nikolai Yelnikov Episode: "The Night Train to Moscow"
2009 Leverage Head Goon Episode: "The Ice Man Job"
Lie to Me Jones Episode: "Grievous Bodily Harm"
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mr. Brooks / Anton Petrov Episode: "Ace"
The Defenders Mr. Nicolec (Jewelry Store Owner) Episode: "Las Vegas v. Reid"
Undercovers Warner Kaminsky 2 episodes
2011 The Cape Russian Commander Episode: "Kozmo"
CHAOS Alexei Dratchev Episode: "Love and Rockets"
2012 Bent Vlad 6 episodes
The Big Bang Theory Dimitri Rezinov 5 episodes
Eagleheart Holst Episode: "Exit Wound the Gift Shop"
2013 New Girl Buyer 1 Episode: "A Father's Love"
NCIS: Los Angeles Michael Zirov Episode: "Descent"
Childrens Hospital Bad Guy #1 Episode: "Blaken"
2014 Gang Related Slotko Yegenev 2 episodes
The Blacklist Berlin's Assistant Episode: "Monarch Douglas Bank (No. 112)"
2015 Allegiance Vaso Matiashvilli 2 episodes
2016 Ray Donovan Ivan Belikov 3 episodes
Shameless Yvon 5 episodes
2017 The Brave Ivan Sokolov Episode: "The Seville Defection"
2018 MacGyver Boris Episode: "Hammock + Balcony"
Insomnia Koval 8 episodes
Six Anzor Episode: "FUBAR"
2019 Good Girls Nico 2 episodes
2022 FBI: International Paul Kovács Episode: "Left of Boom"
S.W.A.T. Maxim Episode: "Zodiac"
Stranger Things Oleg 3 episodes
Law & Order: Organized Crime Daniel Rublev Episode: "Gimme Shelter – Part One"
Law & Order Daniel Rublev Episode: "Gimme Shelter – Part Three"
Bosch: Legacy Baba Episode: "Chain of Authenticity"
2023 True Lies Grozdan Episode: "Public Secrets"
2023 Average Joe Nicolai Dzhugashvili Main Cast

Video and computer games

Year Title Role
2003 Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead Additional voices
2003 Freedom Fighters[5]
2005 Medal of Honor: European Assault Cherryenko/additional voices
2006 SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault Additional voice over talent
2008 Dark Sector Soldier/Civilian
2008 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Additional voices
2007 Tom Clancy's Endwar
2010 Singularity
2012 Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes Drulg
2012 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Russian Infantry
2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Additional voices
2013 Metro: Last Light
2013 Battlefield 4 Dimitri "Dima" Mayakovsky
2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Additional voices
2019 Metro Exodus Bridge Dweller, Child of the Forest, Tribal, Bandit
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Maxim Antonov (Model Actor)

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