Michael Klesic
{{short description|American actor (born 1975)}}
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Michael Vladimir Klesic (born July 31, 1975) is an American actor.
Early life
Klesic was born in Tarzana, California. He was raised mostly in Los Angeles and attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. He graduated from the Guildford School of Acting in England.
Career
His first roles came to him when he was just 18 playing bit parts in Clueless, Dangerous Minds, and a football player in Forrest Gump.{{Cite web |title=Clueless |url=https://www.docsdriveintheatre.com/event/detail/343 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.docsdriveintheatre.com}} In 1988, Klesic was cast as Henry Evans in The Good Son. The film was shelved due to lack of funding and Macaulay Culkin was cast in the part in the 1993 film.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-27 |title=The Good Son Preview |url=https://badmovietwins.com/2023/03/27/the-good-son-preview/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Bad Movie Twins |language=en}}
He then retired from acting to work behind the scenes on a number of films and TV shows. After graduating from the Guildford School of Acting in 2003, he acted in A Wonderful Night in Split, which was directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić. He went on to work on Children of Men with Alfonso Cuaron and was cast as a people smuggler in Murphy's Law.
Filmography
= Film =
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|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1995
|Baggy Skater | rowspan="2" |Uncredited |
| 1996
|Carpenter |
| 2004
|Steve | |
| 2005
|Russian Athlete |Uncredited |
| 2006
|Screaming Blue Murder |Rocky Rock | |
| 2006
|Rado | |
| 2006
|Voice |Uncredited |
| 2007
|Outlanders |Mikhail | |
| 2009
|The Accountant | |
| 2020
|Burning Dog |Igor | |
= Television =
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1994
|Buddy |Episode: "Killer Party" |
| 1994
|Jack |Episode: "Bad Moon Rising" |
| 1995
|Greek Dancer |Episode: "A.D.A. Sipowicz" |
| 2003
|Volney Wilson |Episode: "First Nuclear Reaction/Chernobyl" |
| 2005
|Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II |Stanislaw Starowleyski |Television film |
| 2006
|Cpt. Larry Wheaton |Episode: "Washington Air Crash" |
| 2007
|Reception Guard |Episode: "Old Gold" |
| 2007
|Milos |2 episodes |
| 2008
|Andre Borodin |Episode #7.8 |
| 2009
|Jarek |Episode: "Buried" |
| 2013
|Serbian Terrorist |Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2013
|Kropsky |Episode: "Eye Spy" |
| 2014
|Bearded Ukrainian |Episode: "The Grey Hat" |
| 2014
|Russian Priest |Episode: "Emily" |
| 2014
|Rough Guy #2 |Episode: "Sunny" |
| 2014
|Igor |Episode: "Talismans" |
| 2015
|Leather Daddy #4 |Episode: "Blind Spot" |
| 2016
|Zerb Gudanya |Episode: "Terry Kitties" |
| 2020
|Timur |Episode: "Stakeout" |
| 2021
|Igor Lebedev |Episode: "A Tale of Two Igors" |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1645646|name=Michael Klesic}}
- {{Official website|http://www.michaelklesic.com}}
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