Alex Veadov is an American film and television actor of
Ukrainian-Jewish
The history of the Jews in Ukraine dates back over a thousand years; Jewish communities have existed in the territory of Ukraine from the time of the Kievan Rus' (late 9th to mid-13th century). Some of the most important Jewish religious and ...
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''.
He also works as a voice actor.
Veadov is known for playing
Russian mob
Russian organized crime or Russian mafia (, ), otherwise known as Bratva (), is a collective of various organized crime elements originating in the former Soviet Union. The initialism OPG is Organized Criminal (''prestupnaya'' in Russian) Gr ...
drug lord and hitman
Vadim Nezhinski in the film ''
We Own the Night''.
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
''Act of Valor'' is a 2012 American action film produced and directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad. Starring Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano and Emilio Rivera, as well as active duty U.S. Navy SEALs ...
''.
In 2014, Veadov played the role of Tevi in ''
The Equalizer''. In 2015, he portrayed Nikola in the television series ''
Agent Carter.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Living people
American male film actors
20th-century American Jews
Soviet Jews
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
American male television actors
Male actors from New York City
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
21st-century American Jews
Year of birth missing (living people)