Pasha D. Lychnikoff

Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Born	Pavel Dmitrievich Lychnikov (1967-02-16) February 16, 1967 Moscow, Soviet Union
Other names	Pavel Lychnikoff, Pasha Lychnikoff
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Pavel Dmitrievich Lychnikov (Russian: Па́вел Дми́триевич Лычни́ков; born 16 February 1967) is a Russian-American television, voice, film and theatre actor, who lives and works in the United States.

Early life and education

Lychnikoff was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia), where he later received formal training at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (also known as GITIS from 1934 to 1991).

Career

In the early 1990s, Lychnikoff moved to the United States. Since his subsequent move to Los Angeles, he has appeared in many TV movies and series and feature films. He is noted for his roles as the telegraph operator Blazanov in HBO's Deadwood series and as Russian mobster Vadim Youchenko in the movie Trade. He also appears as Howard Wolowitz's Russian cosmonaut crewmate Dimitri in the TV series The Big Bang Theory.

Lychnikoff has also made several stage appearances in Russia and the U.S. His self-written play The Shelter, which he also directed, was nominated for the Californian Ovation Award in five categories, and Lychnikoff's performance in it received positive reviews from a number of critics.

Filmography (selection)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Yad skorpiona
1997	Crash Dive	Newton	(video)
1997	Air Force One	Prison Guard #1
1997	Playing God	Andrei
1998	Bad Cop, Bad Cop		(made for television)
1998	Skip Chasers
2000	Bob, Verushka & the Pursuit of Happiness	Illya
2003	The Flannerys		(made for television)
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Andrei / Load Boxer	Uncredited
2006	Miami Vice	Russian FBI Agent
2007	Trade	Vadim Youchenko
2007	A Thousand Years of Good Prayers	Boris
2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Russian Helicopter Pilot #1
2008	Reservations	Tomas
2008	Cloverfield	Russian Man on Street
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Roosevelt
2008	Mia and the Migoo	Staravitch	English version, Voice
2009	The Perfect Sleep	Vassily
2009	Star Trek	Romulan Commander
2010	The Odds		(made for television)
2010	Grace Bedell	David Mann	(short)
2010	Valley of the Sun	K.K.
2011	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star	Dimitri / Distributor
2012	Chernobyl Diaries	Doctor
2013	A Good Day to Die Hard	Cabbie
2014	Rage	Chernov
2015	Rodina	Kosmos
2016	Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich	Major Aleksandr Kulkov
2018	Siberia	Boris Volkov
2020	No Escape	Andrei
2020	Last Moment of Clarity	Karl

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	NYPD Blue	Dimitri	Episode: "Burnin' Love"
1997	Dark Skies	Josef	Episode: "White Rabbit"
	Michael Hayes	Dubov	Episode: "Death and Taxes"
	C-16: FBI	Cyril	Episode: "Russian Winter"
1998	Brooklyn South	Dimitri Gort	Episode: "Fools Russian"
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction		Episode: "A Touch of Evil"
1999	Nash Bridges	Vladimir Yodka	Episode: "Power Play"
2000	NYPD Blue	John Shenkov	Episode: "Everybody Plays the Mule"
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Monk	Episode: "No Place Like Home"
2001	Big Apple	Mitya	6 episodes
2002	The Agency	Russian Mob Boss	Episode: "The Understudy"
	Alias	Zoran Sokolov	Episode: "Passage: Part 1"
	Without a Trace	Prisoner	2 episodes
2003	CSI: Miami	Victor Ratsch	Episode: "Evidence of Things Unseen"
	She Spies	Bar Manager	Episode: "Crossed Out"
	Threat Matrix	Konstantin Noskeno	Episode: "Cold Cash"
	10-8: Officers on Duty	Raymond Castoff	Episode: "Lucy in the Sky"
2005–2006	Deadwood	Blazanov	16 episodes
2006	The Shield	Mikula Popovich	Episode: "Trophy"
2007	CSI: NY	Yuri Sokov	Episode: "Past Imperfect"
2008	Chuck	Viktor Federov	Episode: "Chuck vs. The Undercover Lover"
	My Own Worst Enemy	Nikolai Yelnikov	Episode: "The Night Train to Moscow"
2009	Leverage	Head Goon	Episode: "The Ice Man Job"
	Lie to Me	Jones	Episode: "Grievous Bodily Harm"
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mr. Brooks / Anton Petrov	Episode: "Ace"
	The Defenders	Mr. Nicolec (Jewelry Store Owner)	Episode: "Las Vegas v. Reid"
	Undercovers	Warner Kaminsky	2 episodes
2011	The Cape	Russian Commander	Episode: "Kozmo"
	CHAOS	Alexei Dratchev	Episode: "Love and Rockets"
2012	Bent	Vlad	6 episodes
	The Big Bang Theory	Dimitri Rezinov	5 episodes
	Eagleheart	Holst	Episode: "Exit Wound the Gift Shop"
2013	New Girl	Buyer 1	Episode: "A Father's Love"
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Michael Zirov	Episode: "Descent"
	Childrens Hospital	Bad Guy #1	Episode: "Blaken"
2014	Gang Related	Slotko Yegenev	2 episodes
	The Blacklist	Berlin's Assistant	Episode: "Monarch Douglas Bank (No. 112)"
2015	Allegiance	Vaso Matiashvilli	2 episodes
2016	Ray Donovan	Ivan Belikov	3 episodes
	Shameless	Yvon	5 episodes
2017	The Brave	Ivan Sokolov	Episode: "The Seville Defection"
2018	MacGyver	Boris	Episode: "Hammock + Balcony"
	Insomnia	Koval	8 episodes
	Six	Anzor	Episode: "FUBAR"

Video and computer games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Spearhead
	Freedom Fighters
2005	Medal of Honor: European Assault	Cherryenko/Additional Voices
2006	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault	Additional Voice Over Talent
2008	Dark Sector	Soldier/Civilian
	Tom Clancy's Endwar
2010	Singularity	Additional Voices
2012	Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes	Drulg
2011	Battlefield 3	Dimitri "Dima" Mayakovsky
2013	Battlefield 4	Dimitri "Dima" Mayakovsky

External links

• Pasha D. Lychnikoff at IMDb