Lev Gorn

Lev Gorn
Gorn at the May 2015 Peabody Award
Born	1971 (age 52–53) Stavropol, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Other names	Lev Gorens
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Lev Gorn (Russian: Лев Горенс; born 1971) is a Russian-born American stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for his role as KGB officer Arkady Ivanovich Zotov in The Americans. Later, he had a recurring role as Mikhail Vassily Tal in The Enemy Within. Sometimes, he is credited as Lev Gorens.

Early life

Lev Gorn was born in Stavropol, southern Russia, in the former Soviet Union. His family emigrated from the USSR in 1981. Gorn became a naturalized United States citizen in his adulthood.

Stage plays

Off-Broadway

• The Good Steno, as Sm / Mr. Burton / Father
• My Antonia, as Ambrosh
• The Penis Monologue, as Man #1
• Napoli, Brooklyn, as Nic Muscolino

Others

• Cloud 9, as Bagley / Martin (United Kingdom)
• The Crucible, as Francis Nurse (New York City)
• Fuente Ovejuna, as King Ferdinand (UK)
• Man Equals Man, as Polly (NYC)
• A Man For All Seasons, as Henry VIII (UK)
• Savages, as Carlos (UK)
• Taming of the Shrew, as Grumio (Michigan)
• What Sprang Off A Gypsie, as Jesco (NYC)

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Crimson Nights	1999	Burt	Video
Sucker Punch	2003	Ivan
Keane	2004	Drug Dealer
New Liberty	2005	Roy	Short film
Straight Forward	2005	Ward Cardova
Nicky's Game	2005	Syrian Sal	Short film
Unbridled	2005	Alexi
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	2006	Det. Anderson	Tamil film
Padre Nuestro	2007	Rough-Shave
Joe Mover	2008	Nicky	Short film
Manhattanites	2008	Blake Whitney
Saint Nick	2008	Ivan	Short film
Ten: Thirty One	2008	Dell	Short film
Knife Point	2009	Gerry	Short film
Exile	2009	Adam	Short film
Bronx Paradise	2010	Manny
Once Upon a Time in Queens	2013	Dominic Salerno Jr.
Blue Collar Boys	2013	Ira
Vkus Ameriki	2014	Berman
Pawn Sacrifice	2014	Russian Newscaster	Uncredited
The Vigilante	2014	John Hardin	Short film
With Yuri	2016	Boris	Short film
Ace the Case	2016	the Surgeon
Café Society	2016	Eddie
Lingua Franca	2019	Murray
Payback	2021	Alexander Pushka
The Expat	TBA	Nick	Pre-production

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	2003	N.J. Swat McKenzie	Episode: "Escape"
The Wire	2003	Eton Ben-Eleazer	6 episodes
All My Children	2004	Miles	ep. #1.8831
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	2004–06	Mr. Gregorian / Anton	"Semi-Detached" / "Wasichu"
Third Watch	2005	Kirt Lang	Episode: "The Kitchen Sink"
Law & Order: Trial by Jury	2005	Mr. Dushinsky	Pilot episode
As the World Turns	2006	Anatoly	6 episodes
Brotherhood	2006	Pravsha Pishenkov	Episode: "Matthew 5:6"
Street Fighter: The Later Years	2007–2008	Ken Masters	5 episodes
Guiding Light	2009	Mr. Kovac	ep. #1.15624
Bored to Death	2009	Dimitri	Episode: "The Case of the Lonely White Dove"
Trenches	2009–2010	Cpi. Traina	10 episodes
The Americans	2013–2018	Arkady Zotov	48 episodes
NCIS	2014–16	Russian Counselor Anton Pavlenko	4 episodes
Mike Tyson Mysteries	2015	Bartender (voice)	Episode: "Kidnapped"
Madam Secretary	2015	Ukrainian President Mikhail Bozek	3 episodes
Taken	2017	Yuri Surnuyev	Episode: "Hail Mary"
Blue Bloods	2017	Det. Arkedy Levin	Episode: "Foreign Interference"
Billions	2018	Max	Episode: "Icebreaker"
Instinct	2018	Uri Marshak	Episode: "Owned"
Maniac	2018	Sokolov	3 episodes
The Enemy Within	2019	Mikhail Vassily Tal	Recurring role.
Jack Ryan	2019	Mikhail Pelevin	Episode: "Cargo"
For All Mankind	2022–2023	Grigory Kuznetsov	10 episodes

Video games

Title	Year	Role
Grand Theft Auto IV	2008	Ivan Bytchkov (voice)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III	2023	Ivan Alexxeve (voice)

Web series

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Trenches	2009–10	Cpl. Traina	10 episodes

External links

• Lev Gorn at IMDb 
• Lev Gorn NYC Headshot Photographer