Kristof Konrad

Kristof Konrad (born Krzysztof Wojslaw, April 26, 1962) is a Polish-American film, television, theatre, actor, acting and character movement coach, voice and breath coach, and the Alexander Technique teacher. He is a Co-Dir of Alexander Techworks. For over twenty five years, he has successfully worked in film and television in both the United States and Europe, working with directors such as Kenneth Branagh, Francis Lawrence, Ron Howard, and Roland Emmerich and working opposite actors such as Jennifer Lawrence, Robin Wright, Kerry Washington, Jennifer Garner, and many more. He currently resides in Los Angeles and works internationally.

Early life Kristof Konrad (birth name Krzysztof Wojsław) was born on April 26, 1962, in Gizycko, Poland. His father, Mieczyslaw, was a working-class man, and his mother, Jadwiga, was a school teacher. He studied to become an electrical engineer, but at 23, he decided to pursue a career in acting. For the next two years (1985-1987), Konrad attended the Alexander Zelwerowicz National Dramatic Academy in Warsaw, Poland. While there, he studied and worked with theatre and film masters Jerzy Grotowski and Andrzej Wajda. Upon graduating, he moved to Rome, Italy, where he studied with Alessandro Fersen at The Fersen Studio until 1992.

Career Acting After studying and working in Europe for seven years, Konrad moved to Hollywood in 1992. For over thirty years, he has successfully worked in film and television in the United States and Europe. He began his film career with a role in Independence Day directed by Roland Emmerich, followed by roles in Hotel California, Angels & Demons, Chernobyl Diaries, and many more. Some of his television credits include: Scorpion, Zoo, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., House of Cards, Scandal, Nikita, Alias, and many more.

Konrad played Igor Zavarov in The Invisible Boy: Second Generation.

Movement specialist and acting coach Early in his career, Konrad discovered the Alexander Technique while working in the U.S. and was fascinated by its "effectiveness in improving the level of acting and helping one cope with the stresses of performing and everyday life." He spent three years training as an Alexander Technique teacher with Jean-Louis Rodrigue and many others at Alexander Training Institute of Los Angeles, where he also received his certification.

Konrad worked with the cast of King Lear and The Seagull of The Royal Shakespeare Company; helped Sharon Lawrence to create Vivien Leigh in Orson's Shadow at the Pasadena Playhouse; worked with the cast of Electricidad at the Mark Taper Forum, and worked with the artists of Cirque du Soleil’s Ka on improving performance and preventing injuries.

Konrad coached Lymari Nadal in embodying Eva, the love interest of Denzel Washington in American Gangster.

Filmography (selection) Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle Polish Speaker TV movie 1996 Independence Day Russian Pilot #2 1999 Operation Samum Jeff Magnus 2000 The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood Misha TV movie 2006 Veiled Theadore Trippe 2008 Hotel California Yuri 2009 Angels & Demons Polish Reporter 2011 Paracusia Yuri Short film 2012 Chernobyl Diaries Medic Grotzky 2015 All These Voices Janusz Short film 2015 Breathe Dr. Filip Kardel Short film 2016 The Persian Connection Kiril 2017 The Zookeeper's Wife Polish Radio Announcer Uncredited 2018 The Invisible Boy: Second Generation Igor Zavarov 2018 Red Sparrow Dimitri Ustinov

Television Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (one episode, 1995) - Chip Off The Old Clark as Rebel Leader High Incident (one episode, 1996) - Christmas Blues as Kronsky JAG (one episode, 1997) - Cowboys & Cossacks as Russian Communications Officer Beverly Hills, 90210 (one episode, 1998) - The Fundamental Things Apply as Alex Veselic Ryan Caulfield: Year One (one episode, 1999) - Sex and St. Michael as Lako V.I.P. (one episode, 2001) - A.I. Highrise as Vanderwall Son of the Beach (one episode, 2001) - From Russia, with Johnson as Sergei The Agency (one episode, 2001) - Deadline as Major Alias (two episodes, 2002) - The Box: Part 1 and The Box: Part 2 as Endo The District (one episode, 2004) - On Guard as Gregor Bukantz E-Ring (one episode, 2006) - War Crimes as Ivan Gilmore Girls (one episode, 2007) - I'm a Kayak, Hear Me Roar as Stefan The Unit (one episode, 2007) - Bedfellows as Customer One Raising the Bar (one episode, 2008) - Bagels and Locks as Andrei Markova Burn Notice (one episode, 2009) - Friends Like These as Milovan Dragas Gigantic (one episode, 2010) - Pilot: Part 2 as Gustav Nikita (one episode, 2010) - 2: 2.0 as Mirko Dadich Undercovers (one episode, 2010) - Crashed as Borz Scandal (one episode, 2012) - Sweet Baby as Polish Ambassador Intelligence (one episode, 2014) - The Grey Hat as Torbin Salvi House of Cards (one episode, 2015) - Chapter 32 as Boris Litsky Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (one episode, 2016) - "Parting Shot" as General Androvich Zoo (two episodes, 2016) - The Contingency & The Yellow Brick Road as Leonid Ivankov Scorpion (one episode, 2017) – Episode #4.2 as Manager Anton Eksteritsky Homecoming (two episodes, 2018) -Episode #1.2 and Episode 1.10 as Mr. Heidl I Am the Night (one episode, 2019) - "Episode #1.6" as Rachmaninoff FBI: Most Wanted (one episode, 2022) - A Man Without a Country as Aleksander Pavlishchev Chicago Med (recurring, 2023) as Pawel Wapniarski