Oleg Taktarov
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oleg Taktarov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1967-08-26 · Arzamas-16, USSR (Sarov, Russia)
Known for
- National Treasure (2004) — Shippen
- Bad Boys II (2003) — Josef
- Predators (2010) — Nikolai
- Den of Thieves (2018) — Alexi
- Air Force One (1997) — Prison Guard
- NCIS (2003) — Viggo Drantyev
- Miami Vice (2006) — Russian Security
- We Own the Night (2007) — Pavel Lubyarsky
- Righteous Kill (2008) — Yevgeny Mugalat
- 15 Minutes (2001) — Oleg Razgul
- Alias (2001) — Gordei Volkov
- The Man from Toronto (2022) — The Man from Moscow
- Rollerball (2002) — Denekin
- JAG (1995) — Russian Officer
- Forbidden Empire (2014) — Gritsko
- Upon the Magic Roads (2021) — general