Aleksander Krupa

Olek Krupa
Born	Aleksander Krupa (1947-03-18) 18 March 1947 Rybnik, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Other names	Olek Krupa
Occupation(s)	Actor (film and television)
Years active	1979–present

Aleksander Krupa (born 18 March 1947), often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish actor, active in film and television roles and best known for playing villains and/or criminals, such as in Eraser, Blue Streak and Home Alone 3. He also notably portrayed a Bosnian Serb general engaged in genocide against Bosnian Muslims in 2001's Behind Enemy Lines and portrayed the President of Russia in 2010's action thriller film Salt.

Filmography

Film

• Far from Poland (1984) (voice)
• 9½ Weeks (1986)
• Call Me (1988)
• Day One (1989)
• Misplaced (1989)
• Black Rainbow (1989)
• The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990)
• Ivory Hunters (1990)
• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• Men of Respect (1991)
• Mac (1992)
• Rivalen des Glücks - The Contenders (1993)
• Naked in New York (1993)
• Geoffrey Beene 30 (1993)
• Undercover Blues (1993)
• My Antonia (1995) (TV)
• Fair Game (1995) - Zhukov
• Eraser (1996) - Sergei Ivanovich Petrofsky
• Kicked in the Head (1997)
• Under the Bridge (1997)
• Home Alone 3 (1997) - Peter Beaupre
• Stardust (1998)
• O.K. Garage (1998)
• Simply Irresistible (1999)
• No Vacancy (1999)
• Oxygen (1999)
• Blue Streak (1999) - Jean LaFleur
• The Opportunists (2000)
• Thirteen Days (2000) - Andrei Gromyko
• Behind Enemy Lines (2001) - Miroslav Lokar
• The Italian Job (2003) - Mashkov
• Neal Cassady (2007)
• End of the Line (2008)
• Burn After Reading (2008)
• Whatever Works (2009)
• Salt (2010)
• X-Men: First Class (2011) - Soviet Captain
• The Dictator (2012)
• Butterflies of Bill Baker (2013)
• Admission (2013)
• Hidden Figures (2016)
• The Fate of the Furious (2017)

TV

• Andersonville (1996)
• Oz (1999): 2 episodes as Yuri Kosygin
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999): Aleksandr Strizhov (in the episode entitled "Russian Love Poem")
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003): Ben Laurette (in the episode entitled "Undaunted Mettle")
• Monk (2004) as Elmer Gratnik
• New Amsterdam as Victor Brodsky
• Life on Mars (US) (2009) as Vasilli Lukin
• Blue Bloods (2011) as Maximilian Gruschenko
• White Collar (2011) as Alec
• Person of Interest (2011) as Ivan Yogorov
• The Americans (2013) as General Viktor Zhukov (2 episodes)
• Law & Order - 4 episodes - "The Serpent's Tooth", "Refuge Pt 1 & 2", "Family Business"
• Madam Secretary - 2014–2015
• Forever (U.S. TV series) (2014-2015): as the King of Urkesh (in the episode 15 entitled "The King of Columbus Circle")
• Iron Fist (2017)

External links

• Aleksander Krupa at IMDb
• Aleksander Krupa at the Internet Off-Broadway Database