
Olek Krupa
Known for Acting · 70 credits
- Born
- 1947-03-18 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Rybnik, Slaskie, Poland
- Also known as
- Όλεκ Κρούπα · Aleksander Krupa
Biography
Olek Krupa (born Aleksander Krupa; 18 March 1947), is a Polish-American actor, active in film and television roles and best known for playing villains and/or criminals such as Russian President Matveyev in Salt, Mashkov in The Italian Job, Bosnian Serb General Miroslav Lokar in Behind Enemy Lines.
He has also guest-starred on television series such as Miami Vice, New York Undercover, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, and The Blacklist, and had a recurring role in the FX period drama series, The Americans.
From Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (23)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Alexander Strizhov

Law & Order
1990
as Sasha Osinski / Victor Popov / Constantin Volsky

Blue Bloods
2010
as Maximilian Gruschenko

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Ben Laurette

Person of Interest
2011
as Ivan Yogorov

Monk
2002
as Elmer Gratnik

Elementary
2012
as Fyodor Ukhov

Miami Vice
1984
as Vater Wajda

White Collar
2009
as Alec

MacGyver
2016
as Victor

The Americans
2013
as General Vijktor Zhukov

New Amsterdam
2018
as Niku Osheyevsky

Oz
1997
as Yuri Kosygin

Madam Secretary
2014
as Pavel Ostrov

Divorce
2016
as Gustav

WeCrashed
2022
as Yevgeni Risakov

Life on Mars
2008
as Vasilli Lukin

The Staircase
2022
as Werner Spitz

New Amsterdam
2008
as Viktor Brodsky

Deadline
2000
as Alvi Udogov aka 'Godzilla'

Marvel's Iron Fist
2017
as Radovan Bernivig
Tattingers
1988

Andersonville
1996
as Olek Wisnovsky
Movies (47)

Hidden Figures
2016
as Karl Zielinski

The Dictator
2012
as Gazprom Executive

The Fate of the Furious
2017
as Russian Minister of Defense

The Italian Job
2003
as Mashkov

Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as Bruce

Home Alone 3
1997
as Peter Beaupre

Salt
2010
as Russian President Matveyev

Blue Streak
1999
as Jean LaFleur

Eraser
1996
as Sergei Ivanovich Petrofsky

Behind Enemy Lines
2001
as General Miroslav Lokar

Burn After Reading
2008
as Krapotkin

Miller's Crossing
1990
as Tad

Reagan
2024
as Mikhail Gorbachev

Thirteen Days
2000
as Andrei Gromyko

Undercover Blues
1993
as Zubic

Bel Canto
2018
as Fyodorov

Fair Game
1995
as Zhukov

Blood Ties
2013
as Tommy

Whatever Works
2009
as Morgenstern

Admission
2013
as Polokov

Naked in New York
1993
as Professor Korta

Call Me
1988
as Henryk

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
as Henryk Maria

Simply Irresistible
1999
as Valderon

Men Of Respect
1990
as Beda
Misplaced
1989
as Jacek's Father

Mac
1992
as Polowski

Kicked in the Head
1997
as Borko

Oxygen
1999
as Madeline's Lover

No Vacancy
1999
as Leonard

The Sunlit Night
2020
as Vassily

Day One
1989
as Edward Teller

Freestyle
2023
as Brat Józef

Black Rainbow
1989
as Tom Kuron

The Opportunists
2000
as Ted Walikaki

Normandy: The Great Crusade
1994
as Jan Jesionek (voice)

All Revved Up
1998
as Yannick

X-Men: First Class
2011
as Soviet Captain
Geoffrey Beene 30
1993
Butterflies of Bill Baker
2015
as Dr. Burzeckaia

Ivory Hunters
1990

Stardust
1998
as Karol Wasacz

Brooklyn Babylon
2001
as Uncle Vlad

I'm Obsessed With You (But You've Got to Leave Me Alone)
2014
as Stanislaw

Sardinia
2024
as Grzegorz Przybyszewski
Far from Poland
1984
as Jan (voice)

One Trick Dieter
2013
as Tom
About Olek Krupa
Olek Krupa (born Aleksander Krupa; 18 March 1947), is a Polish-American actor, active in film and television roles and best known for playing villains and/or criminals such as Russian President Matveyev in Salt, Mashkov in The Italian Job, Bosnian Serb General Miroslav Lokar in Behind Enemy Lines. He has also guest-starred on television series such as Miami Vice, New York Undercover, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, and The Blacklist, and had a recurring role in the… With 70 credits spanning from 1984 to 2024, Olek Krupa has appeared in 47 films and 23 TV shows.
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- Hidden Figures (2016) — as Karl Zielinski
- The Dictator (2012) — as Gazprom Executive
- The Fate of the Furious (2017) — as Russian Minister of Defense
- The Italian Job (2003) — as Mashkov
- Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) — as Bruce
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