Aleksander Krupa
Aleksander Krupa (born 18 March 1947), often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish-American film and television actor known for playing villains and criminals, such as in Eraser, Blue Streak, Home Alone 3 and The Italian Job. He portrayed a Bosnian Serb general engaged in genocide against Bosnian Muslims in Behind Enemy Lines and portrayed the President of Russia in the action thriller film Salt. Krupa played minor roles in Hollywood movies including X-Men: First Class, Hidden Figures, and The Fate of the Furious.
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Aleksander Krupa

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- Name
- Olek Krupa
- Birth Name
- Aleksander Krupa
- Born
- 18 March 1947
- Birthplace
- Rybnik, Poland
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Noa Ain (div.)
- Nationality
- Poland
- Education
- Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages
- English · Polish
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Aleksander Krupa (born 18 March 1947), often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish-American film and television actor known for playing villains and criminals, such as in Eraser, Blue Streak, Home Alone 3 and The Italian Job. He portrayed a Bosnian Serb general engaged in genocide against Bosnian Muslims in Behind Enemy Lines and portrayed the President of Russia in the action thriller film Salt. Krupa played minor roles in Hollywood movies including X-Men: First Class, Hidden Figures, and The Fate of the Furious.
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Key facts
• Name — Olek Krupa • Birth Name — Aleksander Krupa • Born — 18 March 1947 • Birthplace — Rybnik, Poland • Other Names — Olek Krupa • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1974–present • Notable Works — Home Alone 3 • Spouse — Noa Ain (div.) • Children — 1
Early life
Early life
Krupa was born in Rybnik, Poland. In 1974 he graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and later began performing on stage, notable in Theater Scena STU in Kraków. In 1981, Krupa emigrated to United States.
Career
Career
Krupa first appeared in a documentary in 1984 entitled Far from Poland. He later began performing on off-Broadway stage. His film debut was in the 1986 film 9½ Weeks. In the following years he played Edward Teller in the made-for-television movie Day One (1989), and Erich von Stroheim in the miniseries The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990). He guest-starred on the television series Miami Vice, New York Undercover, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest and The Blacklist. Krupa had a recurring role in the FX period drama series, The Americans.
Personal life
Personal life
He married Noa Ain, a composer and painter. They have one child.
Television
Television
List of Aleksander Krupa television appearances • Year — Title — Role — Notes • Spenser: — Latta — Episode: "The Song of Orpheus" • Miami — Vater — Episode: "God's Work" • Tattingers — Elaine's fiancé — Episode: "Virgin Spring" • Day — Edward Teller — Television movie • The — Erich von Stroheim — Television Miniseries (3 episodes) • Ivory — Television movie • – — Law — Constantin Volsky / Victor Popov / Sasha Osinski — 4 episodes • Normandy: The Great Crusade — Jan Jesionek — Voice role; Television movie • My Antonia — Krajiek — Television movie • New York Undercover — Don Casaloma — Episode: "Young, Beautiful and Dead" • Andersonville — Olek Winsnovsky — Television movie • Dellavenura — Krinsky — Episode: "Clean Slate" • Soldier of Fortune, Inc. — Wilhelm Dieter Heinrich — Episode: "A Walk in the Park" • Oz — Yuri Kosygin — 2 episodes • Law & Order: — Alex Strizkopf — Episode: "Russian Love Poem" • Deadline — Alvi Udogova aka 'Godzilla' — Episode: "Red Herring" • As — Inspector Guido Boggia — Recurring role (4 episodes) • Law & Order: — Ben Laurette — Episode: "Undaunted Mettle" • Monk — Elmer Gratnik — Episode: "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan" • The — Stana Moore — Television Miniseries (6 episodes) • New — Viktor Brodsky — Episode: "Reclassified" • Life — Vasilli Lukin — Episode: "Take a Look at the Lawmen" • Blue — Maximilian Gruschenko — Episode: "Family Ties" • White — Alec — Episode: "Scott Free" • Person — Ivan Yogorov — Episode: "Witness" • – — The Americans — General Vijktor Zhukov — Recurring role (3 episodes) • Forever — The King — Episode: "The King of Columbus Circle" • The — Leonid Javin — Episode: "Ruslan Denisov (No. 67)" • Madam — President Pavel Ostrov — Recurring role (3 episodes) • MacGyver — Victor — Episode: "Wire Cutter" • Divorce — Gustav — Episode: "Gustav" • Iron — Radovan Bernivig — Recurring role (3 episodes) • Elementary — Fyodor Ukhov — Episode: "Fly Into a Rage, Make a Bad Landing" • WeCrashed — Evgeny Risakov — Episode: "This Is Where It Begins"
Film
List of Aleksander Krupa film appearances • Year — Title — Role — Notes • Far — Jan — Voice role; Documentary • 9½ — Bruce • Call — Hennyk • Misplaced — Jacek's • Black — Tom • Miller's — Tad • Men — Beda • Mac — Polowski • Geoffrey — Man — Short film • Undercover — Zubic • Naked — Professor • The — Romanian • Fair — Zhukov • Eraser — Sergei • Under • Kicked — Borko • Home — Peter • OK — Yannick • Stardust — Karol • Simply — Valderon • No — Leonard • Blue — Jean • Oxygen — Madelin's • The — Ted • Thirteen — Andrei • Brooklyn — Uncle • Behind — Miroslav • Bringing — Head • The — Mashkov • 508 — Yuri • The — Khodorov • Neal — Julian • Burn — Krapotkin • 1937 — Bernard — Short film • Whatever — Morgenstern • Salt — Russian • X-Men: — Soviet • Katya — Viktor — Short film • Someday — Henryk • The — Gazprom • Admission — Polokov • One — Tom — Short film • Blood — Tommy • Butterflies — Dr. • I'm — Stanislaw • Hidden — Karl — Ensemble cast • The — Russian • Bel — Fyodorov • The — Vassily • 2024 — Reagan — Mikhail • Sardinia — Grzegorz Przybyszewski — Short film • 4 Kings — Shant — Post-production
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- 1.Olek Krupa. IMDb.
- 2.FilmPolski.pl. FilmPolski.
- 3.nowiny.pl - portal, gazeta - Racibórz, Wodzisław, Rybnik, Żory, Jastrzębie-Zdrój. www.nowiny.pl.
- 4.Olek Krupa. www.iobdb.com.
- 5.Olek Krupa | Rotten Tomatoes. www.rottentomatoes.com.
- 6.The Wall Street Journal. I Despised Gorbachev Until I Played His Role. March 9, 2021.
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