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Michael Aronov
BornMay 4, 1976
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright
Notable workTony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play

Michael Aronov (born 1976) is a Uzbekistan-born American actor who has worked in film, television and theatre.[1][2] In 2017, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Uri Savir in the Broadway play Oslo. He is also known for playing the role of Anton Baklanov, a refusenik scientist in The Americans.

Early life

Aronov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and he is Jewish.[3][4] He grew up in Miami, Florida and graduated from the city's New World School of the Arts.[5][6][7] In 1998 he graduated with a B.F.A in theatre at Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.[8][9]

Career

Aronov spent three seasons on the award winning series The Americans playing a physicist who is torn from his family and exiled as a political prisoner.[10] In 2017 The Blacklist brought him on as a new member to the show's cast, playing Smokey Putnum, the lovable hustler and sidekick to James Spader.[11] Aronov was also recurring as right-hand-man to John Malkovich in Showtime's Billions.[12] Aronov is currently playing one of the leads in a new series for Cinemax called Jett[13] and was recently seen opposite Ben Kingsley and Oscar Isaac on the big screen in Operation Finale.[14]

In film, Aronov is known for his role as Chovka, the Chechen warlord and head gangster opposite Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in The Drop (2014).[15] Other films include Lbs.,[16] Amexicano and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The actor also played Danny Raden - a series lead opposite Larenz Tate in BET's original pilot, Gun Hill.[17] Aronov's other television work includes Count Vincent of Naples in the series Reign, Danny Lambros on The Good Wife, Michael Cahill on Person of Interest, Ricky Vintano on Blue Bloods, billionaire Brice Hunter on Without a Trace and recurring roles on Madam Secretary and The Closer.

For his stage work Aronov received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2017 for his role as Uri Savir in the Broadway play Oslo.[18] He was also honored with the Lucille Lortel Award,[19] the Obie Award, and received Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Oslo.[2] Prior to that the actor originated the role of Paul in Lyle Kessler's First Born at The Actors Studio in New York. He won "The Elliot Norton Award - Best Actor", for originating the lead role in Theresa Rebeck's Mauritius.[20] On Broadway he appeared as Siggie, in the Tony-nominated revival of Golden Boy (2012-2013), directed by Bartlett Sher. He worked with Sher and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts yet again, playing Gromov, in the American premiere of Blood and Gifts (2011). Aronov was also seen in his solo-show Manigma (2010, 2006), in New York City.[21] In Europe he portrayed Stanley Kowalski in the classic A Streetcar Named Desire (2009). The actor also took on Jean in Miss Julie (2004) at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Dionysus in The Bacchae 2.1 (2001); and Edgar in an award winning production of King Lear (1999).

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Michael Aronov wins the Tony Award from Michael Aronov". Retrieved Feb 18, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  2. ^ a b "Oslo Standout Michael Aronov Wins His First Tony Award". Broadway.com. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Tonys Recap: Bette Midler, Ben Platt, and Rachel Bloom Steal the Show Tablet. 12 June 2017
  4. ^ Michael Aronov's Manigma Runs Off-Bway Dec. 22-Jan. 28 Broadway World. 13 December 2005
  5. ^ Michael Aronov, Actor + Writer :: 120 Seconds YouTube. 13 July 2018
  6. ^ Michael Aronov cast as Mossad agent The Jerusalem Post. 23 September 2017
  7. ^ These two men won Tony Awards after Florida Legislature wanted to defund their arts high school Miami Herald. 12 June 2017
  8. ^ Schools of the Stars: Where Oslo Cast and Creators Went to College Playbill. 13 April 2017
  9. ^ News and Events Meadows School of the Arts. 12 June 2017
  10. ^ "The Americans alum Michael Aronov wins at Tony Awards". Jun 13, 2017. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  11. ^ Fierberg, Ruthie (Aug 3, 2017). "Tony Winner Michael Aronov to Appear on Season Premiere of NBC's The Blacklist". Playbill. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  12. ^ ""Billions" Elmsley Count (TV Episode 2018)". Retrieved Feb 18, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  13. ^ "Jett (TV Series 2019– )". Retrieved Feb 18, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  14. ^ Gerard, Jeremy; Gerard, Jeremy (Sep 14, 2017). "'Oslo' Tony Winner Michael Aronov Joins Cast Of Eichmann Film 'Operation Finale'". Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  15. ^ "'The Drop' Star James Gandolfini Remembered at NYC Premiere of Last Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  16. ^ "Lbs. (2004)". Retrieved Feb 18, 2019 – via www.imdb.com.
  17. ^ "Meet the Cast of Gun Hill". BET.com. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  18. ^ What to Stream Now. "Backstage Portraits From the 2017 Tony Awards". Vulture. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  19. ^ "Michael Aronov - Lortel Archives". www.lortel.org. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  20. ^ Hernandez, Ernio (May 22, 2007). "Boston's Mauritius, Miss Witherspoon Win Elliot Norton Awards". Playbill. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  21. ^ "Manigma | Theater | reviews, guides, things to do, film". Time Out New York. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
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