Pavel Lychnikoff

• Name — Pasha D. Lychnikoff • Birth Name — Pavel Dmitriyevich Lychnikov • Born — 16 February 1967 • Birthplace — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Other Names — * Pavel Lychnikoff • Pasha Lychnikoff • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1996–present

Lychnikoff was born in Moscow. His father was a professor at the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economics and his mother worked as a flight attendant. He later received formal training at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (also known as GITIS from 1934 to 1991).

In the early 1990s, Lychnikoff moved to the United States. Since his subsequent move to Los Angeles, he has appeared in many TV movies and series and feature films. He is noted for his roles as the telegraph operator Blazanov in HBO's TV series Deadwood, as Russian mobster Vadim Youchenko in the movie Trade, as an Mi24 Hind Helicopter pilot in Charlie Wilson's War, and as Dima in Battlefield 4. He also appears as Howard Wolowitz's Russian cosmonaut crewmate Dimitri in the TV series The Big Bang Theory. Lychnikoff has also made several stage appearances in Russia and the U.S. His self-written play The Shelter, which he also directed, was nominated for the Californian Ovation Award in five categories, and Lychnikoff's performance in it received positive reviews from a number of critics.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — NYPD Blue — Dimitri — Episode: "Burnin' Love" • 1997 — Dark Skies — Josef — Episode: "White Rabbit" • Michael Hayes — Dubov — Episode: "Death and Taxes" • C-16: FBI — Cyril — Episode: "Russian Winter" • 1998 — Brooklyn South — Dimitri Gort — Episode: "Fools Russian" • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Episode: "A Touch of Evil" • Bad Cop, Bad Cop — TV movie • 1999 — Nash Bridges — Vladimir Yodka — Episode: "Power Play" • 2000 — NYPD Blue — John Shenkov — Episode: "Everybody Plays the Mule" • Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Monk — Episode: "No Place Like Home" • 2001 — Big Apple — Mitya — 6 episodes • 2002 — The Agency — Russian Mob Boss — Episode: "The Understudy" • Alias — Zoran Sokolov — Episode: "Passage: Part 1" • Without a Trace — Prisoner — 2 episodes • 2003 — CSI: Miami — Victor Ratsch — Episode: "Evidence of Things Unseen" • She Spies — Bar Manager — Episode: "Crossed Out" • Threat Matrix — Konstantin Noskeno — Episode: "Cold Cash" • 10-8: Officers on Duty — Raymond Castoff — Episode: "Lucy in the Sky" • The Flannerys — TV movie • 2005–2006 — Deadwood — Blazanov — 16 episodes • 2006 — The Shield — Mikula Popovich — Episode: "Trophy" • 2007 — CSI: NY — Yuri Sokov — Episode: "Past Imperfect" • 2008 — Chuck — Viktor Federov — Episode: "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover" • My Own Worst Enemy — Nikolai Yelnikov — Episode: "The Night Train to Moscow" • 2009 — Leverage — Head Goon — Episode: "The Ice Man Job" • Lie to Me — Jones — Episode: "Grievous Bodily Harm" • 2010 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Mr. Brooks / Anton Petrov — Episode: "Ace" • The Defenders — Mr. Nicolec (Jewelry Store Owner) — Episode: "Las Vegas v. Reid" • Undercovers — Warner Kaminsky — 2 episodes • The Odds — TV movie • 2011 — The Cape — Russian Commander — Episode: "Kozmo" • CHAOS — Alexei Dratchev — Episode: "Love and Rockets" • 2012 — Bent — Vlad — 6 episodes • The Big Bang Theory — Dimitri Rezinov — 5 episodes • Eagleheart — Holst — Episode: "Exit Wound the Gift Shop" • 2013 — New Girl — Buyer 1 — Episode: "A Father's Love" • NCIS: Los Angeles — Michael Zirov — Episode: "Descent" • Childrens Hospital — Bad Guy #1 — Episode: "Blaken" • 2014 — Gang Related — Slotko Yegenev — 2 episodes • The Blacklist — Berlin's Assistant — Episode: "Monarch Douglas Bank (No. 112)" • 2015 — Allegiance — Vaso Matiashvilli — 2 episodes • 2016 — Ray Donovan — Ivan Belikov — 3 episodes • Elementary — Ruslan Krasnov — Episode: "The Invisible Hand" • Shameless — Yvon — 5 episodes • Fizruk — Misha Buddhist — Main cast • 2017 — The Brave — Ivan Sokolov — Episode: "The Seville Defection" • 2018 — MacGyver — Boris — Episode: "Hammock + Balcony" • Insomnia — Koval — 8 episodes • Six — Anzor — Episode: "FUBAR" • 2019 — Good Girls — Nico — 2 episodes • 2022 — FBI: International — Paul Kovács — Episode: "Left of Boom" • S.W.A.T. — Maxim — Episode: "Zodiac" • Stranger Things — Oleg — 3 episodes • Law & Order: Organized Crime — Daniel Rublev — Episode: "Gimme Shelter – Part One" • Law & Order — Daniel Rublev — Episode: "Gimme Shelter – Part Three" • Bosch: Legacy — Baba — Episode: "Chain of Authenticity" • 2023 — True Lies — Grozdan — Episode: "Public Secrets" • Average Joe — Nicolai Dzhugashvili — Main Cast • 2025 — Countdown — Iosif Astapov — 4 episodes