Costa Ronin

Konstantin "Costa" Ronin (Russian: Константин Ронин; born 3 February 1979) is a Russian-born New Zealand actor and cinematographer, best known for appearances in Red Dog, as Gregorovich on the SBS drama East West 101, as Oleg Igorevich Burov in the FX drama The Americans and as Yevgeny Gromov on Homeland.

Costa Ronin
Константин Ронин[1]
Ronin at the Peabody Awards, May 2015
Born
Konstantin Ronin

(1979-02-03) 3 February 1979
Kaliningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
CitizenshipNew Zealand
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Early life and education

Costa Ronin was born in Kaliningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia).[2] He spent the first 18 years of his life in Russia.[3] In his youth, he moved to Wellington, New Zealand with his mother and studied international relations and political science at Victoria University, before moving to Perth, Australia for further tertiary education[2] and, later, to Sydney.[4][5]

At the age of 15, Ronin commenced working and learned about American culture at a radio station that taught English through music.[4]

Personal life

Growing up in Kaliningrad, Ronin was taught to sail by his father and grandfather at the age of 5 and remains passionate about it.[4] Ronin is also an avid motorcyclist.[6]

Ronin resides in Los Angeles,[2][6] having previously lived in Surry Hills, Sydney.[7]

Ronin's grandmother lives in Australia.[2]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes References
2011 Red Dog Dzambaski Feature film
2014–2018 The Americans Oleg Igorevich Burov TV series (Recurring Season 2; Main Seasons 3-6) [8][2][4]
2014 Extant Anton TV series (Episode: "Shelter")
2015 Agent Carter Anton Vanko TV series (Episode: "Now is Not the End") [9]
2015 Agent X Misha Voronsky TV series (Episode: "Fidelity")
2016 Gotham Luka Volk TV series (Episodes: "Mad City: The Executioner ," "Mad City: Time Bomb")
2017 Shooter Russian ambassador TV series (Episode: "Primer Contact") [10][11]
2018–2020 Homeland Yevgeny Gromov TV series (Season 7: Recurring; Season 8: Main) [12]
2018 Splitting Up Together Vlad TV series (Episode: "We Need to Talk About Karen")
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Wojciech Frykowski [13]

References
  1. "Калининградец играет одну из главных ролей в американском сериале". Клопс - новости Калининград (in Russian). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. Amatangelo, Amy (14 May 2014). "Catching Up with The Americans' Costa Ronin". Paste. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. "Get to know Homeland's COSTA RONIN", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvs6z-Uvc_k
  4. Gomez, Adrian (4 May 2014). "Americans actor talks character, riding in NM". Albuquerque Journal.
  5. "Costa Ronin - Resume" (PDF). Costa Ronin.
  6. Devine, Christine (18 April 2014). "Questioning a "KGB Agent": The Americans Actor Costa Ronin". myFOXla.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014.
  7. "Stardom Awaits Talented Screen Students". if.com.au. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  8. Potts, Kimberly (8 May 2014). "The Americans Star Costa Ronin on Oleg and the Spy Game: "We Have to Remember, Nothing Is What It Seems"". Yahoo! TV.
  9. Khatchatourian, Maane (8 November 2014). "Americans Star Costa Ronin Joins Agent Carter". Variety. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  10. "Primer Contact" at IMDb
  11. "Shooter review: Finale". The Tracking Board. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  12. Wagmeister, Elizabeth (11 December 2017). "'Homeland' Enlists 'The Americans' Actor for Season 7". Variety. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  13. ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Adds Rumer Willis, Margaret Qualley and Damon Herriman (Exclusive)
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