Mikhail Vitalievich Gorevoy (; born 19 May 1965) is a Russian actor, occasionally credited as Michael Gor in English language productions, best known internationally for playing Vladimir Popov in the James Bond film Die Another Day. He also played the role of Ivan Alexandrovich Schischkin in Bridge of Spies.
Early life Mikhail Gorevoy graduated with honors from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1987, and began his acting career in theater at the Sovremennik Theatre.
Career His film debut was in the 1988 Russian film Step (directed by Alexander Mitta). He traveled to the United States in 1992, living in New York City and Boston, where he worked various jobs including teaching the Stanislavski method. Gorevoy returned to Russia in 1996 and established his own theater. He continues to act in film.
Personal life Gorevoy has one son, Dmitriy, who is also an actor.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1988 A Step Venka1989 Gran 1992 Alyaska, ser! 1993 Auktsion Sidorov 1996 President i ego zhenshchina Aleks 2002 Die Another Day Vladimir Popov 2003 Antikiller 2: Antiterror 2005 Mirror Wars Manfred 2005 Male Season: Velvet Revolution Clerk 2006 Space Race Ivan Serov 2 episodes, TV Series documentary2006 Shift Markov 2006 Tochka 2007 Begushchaya po volnam Captain Ghez 2008 Yarik Buyer TV film2008 Shadowboxing 2: Revenge Michael Lewinsky 2009 The Best Movie 2 Gorbunov 2009 Way Man in black 2009 LOpuKHI Pomoshchnik Bossa 2009 Hooked on the Game Viktor Pokrovskiy 2009 Kromov Goncharov 2010 The House of the Sun KGB officer 2010 Na igre 2. Novyy uroven Pokrovskiy 2011 Five Brides Kuzichev 2011 Varene iz sakury Lender 2011 Shadowboxing 3: Last Round Michael Lewinsky 2012 Moms (segment "Ya – ne Kolya" )2012 Nightingale – Robber Grigory Polyakov 2014 Chempiony Trener 2014 Some Like It Cold Igor Leonidovich 2014 Is Light on Sight Boris 2014 Fort Ross Kapitan Piratov 2015 Bridge of Spies Ivan Schischkin 2016 Skiptrace Dima 2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard Livitin 2018 Svideteli "Skripka" – Richard 2018 Papa, sdokhni Yevgenich 2018 Unforgiven Vladimir Savchuk 2018 Hunter Killer Admiral Dmitriy Durov 2019 Kaddish Richard 2019A Historical MistakeLeon Trotsky2020Translation from German Porfiry Ignatievich Veresen 2022 Kompromat Rostov
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