Oleg Prudius
Biography
Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius (Russian: Олег Александрович Прудиус; Ukrainian: Олег Олександрович Прудіус, Oleh Oleksandrovych Prudius; is a Ukrainian American professional wrestler currently signed to Inoki Genome Federation, a Wrestling Promotion in Japan. He was also known by his ring name Vladimir Kozlov (Russian: Владимир Козлов). When competing for WWE, he won the Tag Team Championship once with Santino Marella. He is trained in freestyle wrestling, rugby, football, sambo, kickboxing,judo, and mixed martial arts. Prudius has also worked as a stage and screen actor, notably having a small role in Spike Lee's 25th Hour.,and a walk-on role in the second season of the HBO hit series The Wire. Prudius also had a role in Grindhouse, appearing in the "Werewolf Women of the SS" trailer; he was credited under his real name and his WWE persona for the appearance. He is a former Ohio Valley Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.
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Full filmography
- Raw (1993) as Vladimir Kozlov
- WWE Pay Per View (1985)
- WWE NXT (2010)
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as Vladimir Kozlov
- Burn Notice (2007) as Guard
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) as Russian Assassin (uncredited)
- WWE ECW (2006) as Vladimir Kozlov
- Wolf Warrior 2 (2017) as Bear
- The Fate of the Furious (2017) as Russian Assassin (uncredited)
- Caught Stealing (2025) as Oleg
- TNA iMPACT! (2004)
- Grindhouse (2007) as Nazi Boxer (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") (uncredited)
- The Hobbit: The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins (1985) as Nori
- 25th Hour (2002) as Russian Hood #1
- Miami Heat (2021) as Yuri
- Phoenix (2023) as Maxim Vasiliiev
- The Wrecker (2025) as Marco
- MR-9: Do or Die (2023) as Yakub
- Honor as Igor Kovalev
- WWE SummerSlam 2009 (2009) as Vladimir Kozlov (Ringside)
- WWE Armageddon 2008 (2008) as Vladimir Kozlov
- WWE Wrestlemania XXVI (2010) as Vladimir Kozlov
- The Weapon (2023) as Chewy
- WWE WrestleMania XXV (2009) as Vladimir Kozlov (Lumberjack)