Michael Aronov
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Michael Aronov

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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."

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Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2022The First LadyRahm Emanuel
2021CrisisMinas
2021Hit & RunIsaac Katkov
2020SnowpiercerDr. Nima Rousseau
2019JettJack 'Jackie' Dillon
2018Operation FinaleZvi Aharoni
2017They Shall Not PerishLeslie A. Davis
2015QuanticoHamza Kouri
2015The Mystery of Matter: Search for the ElementsDmitri Mendeleev
2014The DropChovka
2014Madam SecretaryAnton Durchenko
2014Gun HillDanny Raden
2013The BlacklistJoe 'Smokey' Putnum
2013The AmericansAnton Baklanov
2013Golden BoyDominic Quinlan
2012ElementaryAndrej Bacera
2012Happy HourChristo
2011Person of InterestMichael Cahill
2010Blue BloodsRicky Vintano
2009White CollarClark Maskhadov
2009The Good WifeDanny Lambros
2009Cold SoulsMafioso
2008Life on MarsYuri Demidov
2008Lipstick JungleSerge
2007Burn NoticeVlade / Serb
2007AmexicanoAlex
2005The CloserArmand Marku
2004Lbs.Sacco Valenzia
2003Threat MatrixAmir Abadiyah
2002Without a TraceBrice Hunter
2001Hedwig and the Angry InchSchlatko
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentAvi
2000The BeatStreet Vendor
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitIgor
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAndrei Gorsky
1996Spin CityFirst Protester
1990Law & OrderAlex Arshavin
1990Law & OrderAndre Korsakoff
1990Law & OrderKarl Rostov