
Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Biography
Pasha D. Lychnikoff (born February 16, 1967) is a Russian television, film and theatre actor who lives and works in the United States.
Born in Moscow, where he later received formal training at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (also known as GITIS from 1934 to 1991), he moved to the United States in the early 1990s. Since his move to Los Angeles, he has appeared in many television productions and feature films. He is noted for his roles on Deadwood and The Big Bang Theory as well as in Trade. Lychnikoff has also made several stage appearances in Russia and the United States.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Countdown as Iosif Astapov
2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Captain Koltsov
2023Average Joe as Nicolai Dzugashvilli
2023Obscene Money as «Доктор» (главарь бандитов)
2023True Lies as Grozdan
2022Rattled! as Fyodor
2022Bullet Train as Alexei Ilyin
2022Bosch: Legacy as Baba
2021FBI: International as Paul Kovács
2021Law & Order: Organized Crime as Daniel Rublev
2020Follow Me as Andrei
2020Last Moment of Clarity as Karl Ristani
2018Magnum P.I. as Victor Chenko
2018Siberia as Boris Volkov
2018Good Girls as Nico
2017S.W.A.T. as Maxim
2016Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich as Aleksandr Kulkov
2016MacGyver as Boris
2016Stranger Things as Oleg (Russian Prisoner)
2015Motherland as Космос
2015Allegiance as Vaso Matiashvilli
2014Rage as Chernov
2014The Coach as Михаил (Миша-Буддист)
2013Ray Donovan as Ivan Belikov
2013A Good Day to Die Hard as Cabbie
2013The Advocates
2012Elementary as Ruslan Krasnov
2012Chernobyl Diaries as Doctor
2012Bent as Vlad
2011New Girl as Buyer #1
2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star as Dimitri / Distributor
2011Shameless as Yvon(as Pasha Lychnikoff)
2011The Cape as Russian Commander
2011Valley of the Sun as K.K.
2010The Defenders as Mr. Nicolec (Jewelry Store Owner)
2009NCIS: Los Angeles as Michael Zirov
2009Star Trek as Romulan Officer
2009The Perfect Sleep as Vassily
2009Lie to Me
2008Childrens Hospital as Bad Guy #1
2008Leverage as Head Goon
2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Russian Soldier
2008Cloverfield as Russian Man on Street
2007Charlie Wilson's War as Russian Helicopter Pilot
2007A Thousand Years of Good Prayers as Boris
2007The Big Bang Theory as Dimitri
2007Chuck as Victor Federov
2007Trade as Vadim Youchenko
2006Miami Vice as Russian FBI Agent
2005Deep Current
2004CSI: NY as Yuri Sokov
2004Deadwood as Blazanov
200310-8: Officers on Duty as Raymond Castoff
2003Threat Matrix as Konstantin Noskeno
2002Without a Trace as Prisoner
2002She Spies as Bar Manager
2002The Shield as Mikula Popovich
2001Alias as Zoran Sokolov
2001The Agency as Russian Mob Boss
2000Bob, Verushka & the Pursuit of Happiness
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Anton Petrov
1998Skip Chasers
1997Playing God as Andrei
1997C-16: FBI
1997Brooklyn South as Dimitri Gort
1997Michael Hayes
1997Air Force One as Prison Guard
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Alec Wizowski (segment "Surveillance Camera")
1997Crash Dive as Newton
1996Dark Skies
1996Nash Bridges as Vladimir Yodka
1993NYPD Blue as Dimitri
1991Scorpion Poison
1991The Lost Soldier









