Olegar Fedoro

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rdf:langString Olegar Fedoro (born 6 March 1958) is a Ukrainian-born former Soviet performer who later became a Spanish and then English actor. He enrolled in the acclaimed VGIK Film School (All-Russian State University of Cinematography) where before him studied his colleagues of the profession and friends Andrei Tarkovski, Kira Muratova and Sergei Parajanov. After graduating from VGIK he started with a work for Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979). He is perhaps best known for his roles: * Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the Canadian TV series Russia (1986) based on Peter Ustinov's book * Jesuit Priest Tebaldo in Moroccan-Spanish film The Battle of the Three Kings (1990) * Muhammed XIII ("El Zagal" the Valiant), penultimate King of Granada and uncle to Boabdil, in Spanish TV series Requiem for Granada (1991) * Mad storyteller in Jonathan Glazer's Karmacoma by Massive Attack (1995), where he keeps mumbling in a dazed manner: "I am... a dangerous... person" * Adolf Hitler in Simon Brasse's (2004) * Jack the Ripper in (2005) * Tasha's father in Jan Dunn Dogme film Gypo (2005) * Christopher Columbus in History Channel's Columbus: The Lost Voyage (2007) * The tattooist in David Cronenberg's film Eastern Promises (2007), where he was also the Ukrainian-Russian dialect coach to Viggo Mortensen in his 2008 Oscar-nominated role. * The father in Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom (2008) * Andrei Ivanov in 's road movie Polillas (2008) * The Rock Boat's helmsman in Richard Curtis' comedy The Boat That Rocked (2009). * He was the Russian dialect coach to John Malkovich in Siberian Education (2012).

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