Olegar Fedoro

Olegar Fedoro (born 6 March 1958) is a Ukrainian-born former Soviet performer who later became a Spanish and then English actor.

Olegar Fedoro
Filming in Spain.
Born	Olegar Fedoro (1958-03-06) 6 March 1958  Ukraine
Citizenship	Soviet Union→  Russia,  Spain,  United States
Occupation	Actor, painter
Years active	1977–present
Website	Spotlight UK

He enrolled in the acclaimed VGIK Film School (All-Russian State University of Cinematography) where before him studied his colleagues of the profession and friends Andrei Tarkovski, Kira Muratova and Sergei Parajanov.

After graduating from VGIK he started with a work for Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979). He is perhaps best known for his roles:

• Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the Canadian TV series Russia (1986) based on Peter Ustinov's book
• Jesuit Priest Tebaldo in Moroccan-Spanish film The Battle of the Three Kings (1990)
• Muhammed XIII ("El Zagal" the Valiant), penultimate King of Granada and uncle to Boabdil, in Spanish TV series Requiem for Granada (1991)
• Mad storyteller in Jonathan Glazer's Karmacoma by Massive Attack (1995), where he keeps mumbling in a dazed manner: "I am... a dangerous... person"
• Adolf Hitler in Simon Brasse's Sanhedrin (2004)
• Jack the Ripper in The Notebooks of Cornelius Crow (2005)
• Tasha's father in Jan Dunn Dogme film Gypo (2005)
• Christopher Columbus in History Channel's Columbus: The Lost Voyage (2007)
• The tattooist in David Cronenberg's film Eastern Promises (2007), where he was also the Ukrainian-Russian dialect coach to Viggo Mortensen in his 2008 Oscar-nominated role.
• The father in Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom (2008)
• Andrei Ivanov in Pedro Touceda's road movie Polillas (2008)
• The Rock Boat's helmsman in Richard Curtis' comedy The Boat That Rocked (2009).
• He was the Russian dialect coach to John Malkovich in Siberian Education (2012).

Selected filmography

• Night Over Chile (1977)
• A Hunting Accident (1978)
• Stalker (1979)
• The House That Swift Built (1982)
• The Invisible Man (1984)
• Peter the Great (1986)
• Rusia (1986) – Fyodor Dostoyevsky – series created Peter Ustinov
• All Costs Paid (1988) – Mafioso Maradona
• The Battle of the Three Kings (1990)
• Réquiem por Granada (1991) – "El Zagal" Muhammad XIII (valiente) – dir. Vicente Escrivá
• Don Juan en los infiernos (1991)
• Beg! (1994)
• Mission: Impossible (1996) .... Kiev Room Agent #4
• Remember Me? (1997)
• Rancid Aluminium (2000)
• Dama de Porto Pim (2001)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
• Ali G Indahouse (2002)
• Rasputin: The Devil in the Flesh (2002)
• American Cousins (2003)
• Sanhedrin (2004)
• The Notebooks of Cornelius Crow (2005)
• Gypo (2005)
• Are You Ready for Love? (2006)
• Outlanders (2007)
• Columbus: The Lost Voyage (2007)
• Eastern Promises (2007)
• Polillas (2008)
• Plato (2008)
• Filth and Wisdom (2008) Like Father like Son
• The Boat That Rocked (2009)
• For Elsie (2011)
• The Wedding Video (2012)
• The Hummingbird (2013)

Awards and nominations

Ibero-American Festival of Short films ABC (FIBABC), Spain

Year	Category	Film	Result
2013	Best Actor	The Hummingbird (2013)	Winner

Student Academy Awards, USA

Year	Category	Film	Result
2012	Honorary Foreign Film Award	For Elsie (2011)	Winner

Royal Television Society Award, UK

Year	Category	Film	Result
2012	Student Television Award	For Elsie (2011)	Winner

Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
2009	Best Actor	Polillas (2008)	Winner

Barcelona International Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
2008	Best Actor	Polillas (2008)	Winner

Torino International Film Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
2006	Best Cast in Video	Gypo (2005)	Winner

External links

• FIBABC 2013 Award Winners in Spanish ABC
• Nominations for the FIBABC Awards 2013 in Spanish ABC
• Olegar Fedoro on IMDb
• Photo Gallery
• Spanish Union of actors
• Variety Interview
• Olegar Fedoro on Facebook

Video clips

• Who Stole The Cup FIFA 2018?
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• "Isn't you?"- Scud Hero (2010) (videoclip Scud Hero)
• "Who Stole the Cup?.. Revealed!"