{{short description|American actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Herman Sinitzyn | image = Herman Sinitzyn.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Herman Yegorovich Sinitsyn (Герман Егорович Синицын) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|2|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Chișinău, Kingdom of Romania | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|06|25|1940|2|1|df=yes}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1990–2016 }}

'''Herman Sinitzyn''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Герман Синицын}}; 1 February 1940, Chișinău – 25 June 2016, Los Angeles<ref>[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/102552/ Herman Sinitzyn] at KinoPoisk</ref><ref>[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/hollywood/132707/works/ Herman Sinitzyn at Kino-Teatr]</ref>) was a Russian-American actor<ref>[http://www.vse-aktery.ru/?id_refer=7&view=506 Все актёры.ру]</ref><ref>[https://locals.md/2016/rodom-iz-moldovyi-german-sinitsyin-chlen-gildii-kinoakterov-ssha/ Родом из Молдовы: Герман Синицын — член Гильдии киноактёров США]</ref>

== Biography== Herman Sinitsyn was born in Chișinău in 1940. After moving with his family to Leningrad, he served in the army and entered the Leningrad State University on the faculty of foreign languages.<ref name="КП">[http://www.kp.ru/daily/25684.4/888700/ Выходцы из Молдовы в Голливуде решают, кто из актёров получит «Оскара»!]</ref> For a long time he worked as a translator. The first steps in the acting profession Herman did back in the years of service in the army.

Arriving in the United States, he continued to work as a translator. His first film role was in ''The Hunt for Red October'', where he played a midshipman.<ref name="КП"/>

He was divorced and had a daughter.

==Filmography== *'''1990''': ''The Hunt for Red October'' as Seaman #5 on Red October<ref name="КП"/> *'''1994''': ''Love Affair'' as Russian Waiter *'''1995''': ''ER'' (Episode: ''Everything Old Is New Again'') as Uncle Michel *'''1996''': ''2090'' as Victor *'''1998''': ''Team Knight Rider'' (Episode: ''Home Away from Home'') as KGB Officer Markov *'''2003''': ''Russians in the City of Angels'' (Episode: ''Semya'') *'''2004''': ''Alias'' (Episode: ''The Frame'') as Petr Berezovsky *'''2008''': ''General Hospital'' as Russian Priest *'''2008''': ''Tsunami Beach Club'' as Dr. Peankov *'''2012''': ''Joseph'' as Jacob *'''2013''': ''Zoochosis'' (Episode: Case 04: Magic) as Sailor *'''2013''': ''Cleaver Family Reunion'' as Elderly Man *'''2013''': ''The Eric Andre Show'' (TV Series) *'''2014''': ''Esther'' (TV Movie) as Hadar *'''2015''': ''A Night at Christmas'' (TV Movie) as Balthazar *'''2017''': ''Merrily'' as Kliment<ref>[http://kino-max.top/actor/102552 Кино MAX]{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}. kino-max.top</ref> ;Music video * ''Avril Lavigne: Let Me Go''<ref>[http://avril-l.org/videography.html Avril Lavigne. Videography]</ref> * ''Katy Perry: The One That Got Away''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahha3Cqe_fk Katy Perry – The One That Got Away]</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0802433}} * [http://www.aif.ru/archive/1639612 Как я пробивался в звезды Голливуда], ''Argumenty i Fakty'' * [http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/a/sulkin-kramarov-could-be-80-years/2482659.html «Помещик Крамаров слушает»], Voice of America {{Authority control}}

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