5 best roles Oleg Taktarov - Russian hero in Hollywood Bashny.Net

Many Russian actors have tried to gain a foothold in Hollywood, but it turned out only in units. The actor-athlete Oleg Taktarov - one of those lucky ones. The champion in mixed martial arts in most of his film roles showed wrestling techniques - and good fighters who are able to stay in front of the camera, even in Hollywood rare birds. Taktarov did not aspire to the main roles - it completely staged minor but colorful characters. Serial killer, eager for fame, Russian mafia, bouncer in the wings at glavzlodeya - let Taktarov in Hollywood and brought down mainly as "bad Russian", he practiced them in five-plus. August 26 to the 46th birthday of one of the most popular guys in the Russian Star Factory we remember best roles Oleg Taktarov in Hollywood projects





15 Minutes of Fame (2001), directed by John Herzfeld, in the title role - Robert De Niro. In this criminal action film Taktarov plays of the thugs - the former prisoner, who, along with his accomplice kills a bunch of innocent people in the hope of fame





National Treasure (2004), director - John Tarteltaub. Oleg Taktarov is the classic role of the "bad Russian" named Victor who is a permanent accompanying glavzlodeya film by Sean Bean. At the end of the picture the hero Oleg, as expected, in a duel with shlestyvayutsya good guy by Nicolas Cage and, of course, loses his skill and ingenuity





Noted Taktarov and sci-fi blockbuster "Predator" (2010) (directed by Nimrod Antal, producer - Robert Rodriguez). His hero - hardened commando Nikolai Serov, who more than once covers the back rest of the characters in the movie (including the hero Adrien Brody), and in the end sacrifices himself to save his comrades. By the way, the films where Russian is a good, not a bad guy, can be counted on the fingers





But in the crime thriller "Righteous Kill" (2008) Taktarov plays just once poor Russian, whose character, however, is long lived ... Colleagues Oleg on the set this time were Al Pacino, Fifty St., and Robert De Niro, Taktarov which has already met on the set of "15 minutes of fame»





The drama "We Own the Night," in which Taktarov starred as a drug dealer partner in crime in 2007 was nominated for the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. The film did not receive an award, but Taktarov met with Hollywood stars such as Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg and Eva Mendes