Vladimir Mashkov

Vladimir Mashkov
Born	Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov

Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov (Russian: Влади́мир Льво́вич Машко́в; b. November 27, 1963 in Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union now Russia) is a Russian actor best known to American audiences for his work in the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines. Mashkov has also worked as a movie director, producer and writer for the 2004 Russian film "Papa".

Theatre work

Vladimir works for the Tabakerka theatre, owned by Oleg Tabakov as an actor and the main stage director, replacing Tabakov. He has appeared in a number of plays, including My Big Land, Biloxi Blues, and The Inspector General.

Personal life

Vladimir Mashkov is divorced from Yelena Shevchenko and has a daughter (with Yelena) named Mariya Mashkova.

Trivia

• Vladimir Mashkov is 6 ft 2 in (188cm) tall.
• Vladimir Mashkov's character from the 2001 movie Behind Enemy Lines, the Serbian sniper, may or may not be the basis for Niko Bellic, the main character for the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, due to the fact that both sport a similar blue with white stripes track suit and are of Eastern European decent and have an extremely similar facial structure.
• In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Victor Zakhaev resembles his sniper character.

Awards

• 1994 San Raphael Russian Cinema Festival Blue Sail Award for Limita (1994)
• 1994 Sochi Open Russian Film Festival Best Actor Award for Limita (1994)
• 1995 Geneva Film Festival International Jury Prize for Limita (1994)
• 1995 Geneva Film Festival Youth Jury Award for Limita (1994)
• 1997 Open CIS and Baltic Film Festival Best Actor Award for Vor (1997)
• 1997 Sozvezdie Best Actor Award for Vor (1997)
• 1998 Nika Awards Best Actor Award for Vor (1997)
• 2001 Moscow International Film Festival Silver St. George Best Actor Award for The Quickie (2001)
• 2004 Moscow International Film Festival Audience Award for Papa (2004) (shared with Ilya Rubinstein)

Credits

Actor

Film

• Zelyonyy ogon' kozy (The Goat's Green Fire) (1989)
• Ha-bi-assy (1990)
• Delay - raz! ("Do It Once!") (1990)
• Lyubov na ostrove smerti (Love at the Death Island) (1991)
• Alyaska, ser! (Alaska, Sir!) (1992)
• Moi Ivan, tvoi Abraham (Me Ivan, You Abraham) (1993) .... Aaron
• Limita (1994) .... Ivan
• Katya Ismailova (1994) .... Sergey
• Amerikanskaya doch (American Daughter) (1995) .... Alexei
• Koroli i kapusta (Cabbages and Kings) (1996) (voice)
• Noch pered Rozhdestvom (1997) (voice) .... Devil
• Vor (The Thief) (1997) ... Tolyan
• Sirota kazanskaya (Sympathy Seeker) (1997) .... Stall holder
• Sochineniye ko dnyu pobedy (Composition for Victory Day) (1998)
• Dve luny, tri solntsa (Two Moons, Three Sons) (1998) .... Alexei
• Mama (Mommy) (1999) .... Nikolai Yuryev
• Russkiy bunt (The Captain's Daughter) (2000) .... Yemelyan Pugachyov
• Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000) .... Sacha
• 15 Minutes (2001) .... Milos Karlova
• An American Rhapsody (2001) .... Frank
• The Quickie (2001) .... Oleg
• Behind Enemy Lines (2001) .... Sasha
• Oligarkh (Tycoon and Tycoon: A New Russian) (2002) .... Platon
• Papa (Daddy and Father) (2004) .... Abraham Schwartz
• Statskiy sovetnik (The State Counsellor) (2005) .... Kozyr
• Okhota na Piranyu (Piranha) (2006) .... Mazur
• Piter FM (2006)

Television

• Casus Improvisus (1991)
• Dvadtsat minut s angelom (1996)
• The Idiot (2003) .... Parfyon Rogozhin
• Alias (2005) .... Milo Kradic
• Likvidatsya (2007) .... David Gotsman

Theatre

• My Big Land
• Biloxy Blues
• The Inspector General
• Don Juan

Director

Film

• Sirota kazanskaya (Sympathy Seeker) (1997)
• Papa (Daddy and Father) (2004)

Theatre

• A Star Hour By Local Time
• Passions for Bumbarash
• The Death-Defying Act
• The Threepenny Opera

Writer

• Papa (Daddy and Father) (2004)

Producer

• Papa (Daddy and Father) (2004)

External links

• Vladimir Mashkov at IMDb