Ilia Volok

Ilia Andriyovych Volok (; born November 22, 1964) is a Ukrainian actor, based in the United States. He has appeared in over 170 films, television series, and video games since his debut in 1994.

Early life Volok was born in Kyiv on November 22, 1964. Prior to his acting career, he was a member of the Soviet national rowing team, finishing third place in the Men's Pair at the 1982 World Rowing Junior Championships, and later becoming Ukrainian national champion. He worked as a professional stage actor in Russia, before emigrating to the United States at the age of 26, in 1990. He plays a leading part in Cat's Paw, an Actors Studio project. In Diary of a Madman by short story writer Nikolai Gogol. The character Vladimir Kamarivsky in the Electronic Arts video game Battlefield 3 is modeled after and voiced by Volok. Volok also plays and voices the character Vladislav "Vlad" Kozak in the Overkill Software video game Payday 2.

He won the 2013 LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Solo Performance for his role in Diary of a Madman.

Personal life Volok splits his time between Los Angeles and Paris. 2010 Treasure of the Black Jaguar as Gregor 2010 Cielito Lindo as Borowski 2011 The Bad Penny as Terry Rubelev 2011 Water for Elephants as Mr. Jankowski 2011 Abduction as "Sweater" 2011 Battlefield 3 (Video Game) as Vladimir Kamarivsky (voice) 2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol as "The Fog" 2012 Femme Fatales (TV Series, 1 episode) as Dimitri "Uzi" Olesky 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation as Russian Leader 2013 The Immigrant as Wojtek Bistricky 2013 Payday 2 (Video Game) as Vlad 2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) as Vladimir 2014 The Last Ship (TV Series) as Dmitri Belenko 2014 Pawn Sacrifice as KGB Guy 2015 How to Be a Gangster in America as Dimitri 2016 Taking Liberty as Boss 2017 Finding Mother as Uncle Borya 2017 Prey (Video Game) as Luka Golubkin (voice) 2018 Hunter Killer as Captain Vlade Sutrev 2019 Magnum P.I. (TV Series, 1 Episode) as Sergei 2019 The Punisher (TV Series, 1 Episode) as Kazan 2019 Gemini Man as Yuri Kovács 2023 Payday 3 (Video Game) as Vlad 2023 The Palace as Ambasador Rosji 2023 Self Reliance as Mario 2024 Diarra from Detroit as The Russian 2025 Idiotka as Vlad 2026 Big Mistakes as Andrei 2026 The Accompanist as Alyosha