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Costa Ronin
Коста Ронин
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Ronin at the Peabody Awards 2015
Born
Konstantin Ronin

(1979-02-03) 3 February 1979 (age 45)
Citizenship
  • Russia
  • Australia
Occupation Actor
Years active 2009–present
Spouse(s)
Leah Lowder
(m. 2021)

Konstantin "Costa" Ronin (Russian: Константин "Коста" Ронин; born 3 February 1979) is a Russian actor and cinematographer, best known for appearances in Red Dog, as Gregorovich on the SBS drama East West 101, as Oleg Igorevich Burov in the FX drama The Americans and as Yevgeny Gromov on Homeland.

Early life and education

Ronin was born in Kaliningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). He spent the first 17 years of his life in Russia. In his youth, he moved to Wellington, New Zealand with his mother and studied international relations and political science at Victoria University, before moving to Perth, Australia for further tertiary education and, later, to Sydney.

At age 15, Ronin commenced working and learned about American culture at a radio station that taught English through music.

Personal life

Growing up in Kaliningrad, Ronin was taught to sail by his father and grandfather at age five and remains passionate about it.

He married Leah Lowder in June 2021. They live in New York, having previously lived in Los Angeles, Surry Hills and Sydney. His grandmother lives in Australia.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes References
2011 Red Dog Dzambaski Feature film
2014–2018 The Americans Oleg Igorevich Burov TV series (Recurring Season 2; Main Seasons 3-6)
2014 Extant Anton TV series (Episode: "Shelter")
2015 Agent Carter Anton Vanko TV series (Episode: "Now is Not the End")
2015 Agent X Misha Voronsky TV series (Episode: "Fidelity")
2016 Gotham Luka Volk TV series (Episodes: "Mad City: The Executioner ," "Mad City: Time Bomb")
2016 The Strain Alexei Boiko TV series (Episode: "Collaborators")
2017 Shooter Russian ambassador TV series (Episode: "Primer Contact")
2018–2020 Homeland Yevgeny Gromov TV series (Season 7: Recurring; Season 8: Main)
2018 Splitting Up Together Vlad TV series (Episode: "We Need to Talk About Karen")
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Wojciech Frykowski
2022 The Endgame Sergey Vodianov Series regular
2023 Obliterated Ivan Koslov TV Series (5 episodes)
2023 ISS Nicholai Feature film

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Costa Ronin para niños

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