Michael Aronov (born May 4, 1976) is an Uzbekistan-born American actor
who has worked in film, television and theatre. In 2017, he won the
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Uri Savir
in the Broadway play Oslo. He is also known for playing the role of
Anton Baklanov, a refusenik scientist in The Americans.Aronov was born
in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and he is Jewish. He grew up in Miami, Florida
and graduated from the city's New World School of the Arts. In 1998 he
graduated with a B.F.A in theatre at Meadows School of the Arts at
Southern Methodist University.Aronov spent three seasons on the award
winning series The Americans playing a physicist who is torn from his
family and exiled as a political prisoner. In 2017 The Blacklist
brought him on as a new member to the show's cast, playing Smokey
Putnum, the lovable hustler and sidekick to James Spader. Aronov was
also recurring as right-hand-man to John Malkovich in Showtime's
Billions. Aronov is currently playing one of the leads in a new series
for Cinemax called Jett and was recently seen opposite Ben Kingsley
and Oscar Isaac on the big screen in Operation Finale.In film, Aronov
is known for his role as Chovka, the Chechen warlord and head gangster
opposite Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in The Drop (2014). Other
films include Lbs., Amexicano and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The actor
also played Danny Raden - a series lead opposite Larenz Tate in BET's
original pilot, Gun Hill. Aronov's other television work includes
Count Vincent of Naples in the series Reign, Danny Lambros on The Good
Wife, Michael Cahill on Person of Interest, Ricky Vintano on Blue
Bloods, billionaire Brice Hunter on Without a Trace and recurring
roles on Madam Secretary and The Closer.
who has worked in film, television and theatre. In 2017, he won the
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Uri Savir
in the Broadway play Oslo. He is also known for playing the role of
Anton Baklanov, a refusenik scientist in The Americans.Aronov was born
in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and he is Jewish. He grew up in Miami, Florida
and graduated from the city's New World School of the Arts. In 1998 he
graduated with a B.F.A in theatre at Meadows School of the Arts at
Southern Methodist University.Aronov spent three seasons on the award
winning series The Americans playing a physicist who is torn from his
family and exiled as a political prisoner. In 2017 The Blacklist
brought him on as a new member to the show's cast, playing Smokey
Putnum, the lovable hustler and sidekick to James Spader. Aronov was
also recurring as right-hand-man to John Malkovich in Showtime's
Billions. Aronov is currently playing one of the leads in a new series
for Cinemax called Jett and was recently seen opposite Ben Kingsley
and Oscar Isaac on the big screen in Operation Finale.In film, Aronov
is known for his role as Chovka, the Chechen warlord and head gangster
opposite Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in The Drop (2014). Other
films include Lbs., Amexicano and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The actor
also played Danny Raden - a series lead opposite Larenz Tate in BET's
original pilot, Gun Hill. Aronov's other television work includes
Count Vincent of Naples in the series Reign, Danny Lambros on The Good
Wife, Michael Cahill on Person of Interest, Ricky Vintano on Blue
Bloods, billionaire Brice Hunter on Without a Trace and recurring
roles on Madam Secretary and The Closer.
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