
Michael Aronov
Biography
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Michael Aronov is an American actor and playwright. He played the character Schlatko in the 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Aronov received The Elliot Norton Award — Best Actor, for originating the lead role in Mauritius at The Huntington Theatre. In 2009 he played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at the English Theater in Germany. His one-man show called Manigma was produced in New York City in 2006 and opens again in January 2010 at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row in NYC.
Aronov has worked with Terrence McNally on the world premiere of Unusual Acts of Devotion in Philadelphia. Previously he was in Los Angeles under the direction of Estelle Parsons in Salome, starring Al Pacino.
Aronov has worked with Oleg Tabakov of The Moscow Art Theatre, Joseph Chaikin, Lee Grant, and others. At the Studio he also portrayed Knut in Strindberg’s Playing with Fire, directed by Lee Grant and then Jean in another Strindberg classic, Miss Julie at the Cherry Lane Theatre. He played opposite Annabella Sciorra in MCC's production of Spain at the Lucille Lortel Theatre; Dionysus in The Bacchae 2.1; and Edgar in an award-winning production of King Lear.
On television Aronov has been seen in Life on Mars, Lipstick Jungle, Without a Trace, Threat Matrix, and The Closer. He made several appearances in the Law & Order franchise, worked with the late Bruno Kirby in Barry Levinson's The Beat, among various episodes on Spin City, The Game and All My Children.
His film work includes Amexicano, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and two Sundance Film Festival favorites: Hedwig & the Angry Inch and the upcoming Lbs. He has been honored nationally with a Level 1 Award for Acting by the NFAA in association with the ARTS; an IRNE Award nomination for best supporting actor, MA; The Greer Garson Award in Dallas, TX; and in culmination of his work he was the recipient of The Individual Grant Award by the Belle Foundation, "exhibiting exceptional talent and potential for achievement in the arts."
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Acting History
2025
The Last Frontier as Mike
2022The First Lady as Rahm Emanuel
2021Hit & Run as Isaac Katkov
2021Crisis as Minas
2020Snowpiercer as Dr. Nima Rousseau
2019Jett as Jack 'Jackie' Dillon
2018Operation Finale as Zvi Aharoni
2017They Shall Not Perish as Leslie A. Davis
2015Quantico as Hamza Kouri
2015The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements as Dmitri Mendeleev
2014Madam Secretary as Anton Durchenko
2014The Drop as Chovka
2014Gun Hill as Danny Raden
2013The Blacklist as Joe 'Smokey' Putnum
2013Golden Boy as Dominic Quinlan
2013The Americans as Anton Baklanov
2012Happy Hour as Christo
2012Elementary as Andrej Bacera
2012Americana as Alexander Orloff
2011Person of Interest as Michael Cahill
2010Blue Bloods as Ricky Vintano
2009White Collar as Clark Maskhadov
2009The Good Wife as Danny Lambros
2009Cold Souls as Mafioso
2008Life on Mars as Yuri Demidov
2008Lipstick Jungle as Serge
2007Burn Notice as Vlade / Serb
2007Amexicano as Alex
2005The Closer as Armand Marku
2004Lbs. as Sacco Valenzia
2003Threat Matrix as Amir Abadiyah
2002Without a Trace as Brice Hunter
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Avi
2001Hedwig and the Angry Inch as Schlatko
2000The Beat as Street Vendor
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Igor
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Andrei Gorsky
1996Spin City as First Protester
1990Law & Order as Alex Arshavin
1990Law & Order as Andre Korsakoff
1990Law & Order as Karl Rostov






