Oleg Taktarov
Biography
Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Такта́ров; born August 26, 1967) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and actor. He is a practitioner of Sambo and Judo and has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. Taktarov was the UFC 6 tournament champion and holds notable wins over Marco Ruas and David "Tank" Abbott. Taktarov is known for being exceptionally calm during fights and for using a variety of rarely seen, acrobatic Sambo take-downs. All of Taktarov's losses were by knockout or decision, Taktarov was never submitted in an MMA fight.
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Full filmography
- NCIS (2003) as Viggo Drantyev
- JAG (1995) as Russian Officer
- National Treasure (2004) as Shippen
- Predators (2010) as Nikolai
- Bad Boys II (2003) as Josef
- Den of Thieves (2018) as Alexi
- Alias (2001) as Gordei Volkov
- Upon the Magic Roads (2021) as general
- Air Force One (1997) as Prison Guard
- Miami Vice (2006) as Russian Security
- 1992 (2024) as Titus
- The Man from Toronto (2022) as The Man from Moscow
- 15 Minutes (2001) as Oleg Razgul
- We Own the Night (2007) as Pavel Lubyarsky
- See You Soon (2019) as Ruslan
- Righteous Kill (2008) as Yevgeny Mugalat
- Dr. Driver (2018)
- Forbidden Empire (2014) as Gritsko
- The Machine (2023) as Train Igor
- The Quickie (2001) as Boris
- Rollerball (2002) as Denekin
- Madhouse (2023) as папик "Кот"
- Red Deer Hunting (2005) as Viktor "Kamaz" Svinyagin
- Officer Down (2013) as Oleg Emelyanenko