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Ronin at the Peabody Awards, May 2015
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Born |
Costa Ronin 3 February 1979 Kaliningrad, Soviet Union |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2009–present |
Costa Ronin (born 3 February 1979) is a Russian-born Australian actor and cinematographer, best known for appearance in Red Dog, as Gregorovich on the SBS drama East West 101, and as Oleg Igorevich Burov in the FX drama The Americans.
Ronin was born in Kaliningrad in the former Soviet Union in 1979. In his youth, he moved to Wellington, New Zealand with his mother and studied international relations and political science at Victoria University, before moving to Perth, Australia for further tertiary education and, later, to Sydney.
At the age of 15, Ronin commenced working and learned about American culture at a radio station that taught English through music.
Growing up in Kalinigrad, Ronin was taught to sail by his father and grandfather at the age of 5 and remains passionate about it. Ronin is also an avid motorcyclist.
Ronin resides in Los Angeles, having previously lived in Surry Hills, a suburb in Sydney, Australia.
Ronin's grandmother lives in Australia.