Portrait of Michael Aronov

Michael Aronov

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Aronov is an American actor and playwright. He played the character Schlatko in the 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Aronov received The Elliot Norton Award — Best Actor, for originating the lead role in Mauritius at The Huntington Theatre. In 2009 he played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at the English Theater in Germany. His one-man show called Manigma was produced in New York City in 2006 and opens again in January 2010 at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row in NYC. Aronov has worked with Terrence McNally on the world premiere of Unusual Acts of Devotion in Philadelphia. Previously he was in Los Angeles under the direction of Estelle Parsons in Salome, starring Al Pacino. Aronov has worked with Oleg Tabakov of The Moscow Art Theatre, Joseph Chaikin, Lee Grant, and others. At the Studio he also portrayed Knut in Strindberg’s Playing with Fire, directed by Lee Grant and then Jean in another Strindberg classic, Miss Julie at the Cherry Lane Theatre. He played opposite Annabella Sciorra in MCC's production of Spain at the Lucille Lortel Theatre; Dionysus in The Bacchae 2.1; and Edgar in an award-winning production of King Lear. On television Aronov has been seen in Life on Mars, Lipstick Jungle, Without a Trace, Threat Matrix, and The Closer. He made several appearances in the Law & Order franchise, worked with the late Bruno Kirby in Barry Levinson's The Beat, among various episodes on Spin City, The Game and All My Children. His film work includes Amexicano, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and two Sundance Film Festival favorites: Hedwig & the Angry Inch and the upcoming Lbs. He has been honored nationally with a Level 1 Award for Acting by the NFAA in association with the ARTS; an IRNE Award nomination for best supporting actor, MA; The Greer Garson Award in Dallas, TX; and in culmination of his work he was the recipient of The Individual Grant Award by the Belle Foundation, "exhibiting exceptional talent and potential for achievement in the arts."

Filmography

2022
The First Lady

as Rahm Emanuel

2021
Hit & Run

as Isaac Katkov

2021
Crisis

as Minas

2020
Snowpiercer

as Dr. Nima Rousseau

2019
Jett

as Jack 'Jackie' Dillon

2018
Operation Finale

as Zvi Aharoni

2017
They Shall Not Perish

as Leslie A. Davis

2015
Quantico

as Hamza Kouri

2014
Madam Secretary

as Anton Durchenko

2014
The Drop

as Chovka

2014
Gun Hill

as Danny Raden

2013
The Blacklist

as Joe 'Smokey' Putnum

2013
Golden Boy

as Dominic Quinlan

2013
The Americans

as Anton Baklanov

2012
Happy Hour

as Christo

2012
Elementary

as Andrej Bacera

2012
Americana

as Alexander Orloff

2011
Person of Interest

as Michael Cahill

2010
Blue Bloods

as Ricky Vintano

2009
White Collar

as Clark Maskhadov

2009
The Good Wife

as Danny Lambros

2009
Cold Souls

as Mafioso

2008
Life on Mars

as Yuri Demidov

2008
2007
Burn Notice

as Vlade / Serb

2005
The Closer

as Armand Marku

2004
Lbs.

as Sacco Valenzia

2003
Threat Matrix

as Amir Abadiyah

2002
Without a Trace

as Brice Hunter

2000
The Beat

as Street Vendor

1996
Spin City

as First Protester

1990
Law & Order

as Alex Arshavin

1990
Law & Order

as Andre Korsakoff

1990
Law & Order

as Karl Rostov