{{Short description|Russian actor (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Mikhail Gorevoy | native_name = {{nobold|Михаил Горевой}} | image = Горевой Михаил.jpg | caption = Mikhail Gorevoy, 2010 | birth_name = Mikhail Vitalievich Gorevoy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Moscow, [[Russian SFSR|RSFSR]], USSR | citizenship = Russia | occupation = Actor, director, teacher | alma_mater = [[Moscow Art Theater]] | years_active = 1988-present }}
'''Mikhail Vitalievich Gorevoy''' ({{langx|ru|Михаи́л Вита́льевич Горево́й}}; born 19 May 1965) is a [[Russians|Russian]] actor, occasionally credited as '''Michael Gor''' in English language productions, best known internationally for playing Vladimir Popov in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Die Another Day]]''. He also played the role of Ivan Alexandrovich Schischkin in [[Bridge of Spies (film)|''Bridge of Spies'']].
==Early life== Mikhail Gorevoy graduated with honors from the [[Moscow Art Theater]] School in 1987, and began his acting career in theater at the [[Sovremennik Theatre]].<ref name="gorevoy-bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.gorevoy.ru/bio1.php|script-title=ru:Горевой М.В.: Биография|accessdate=1 December 2011|language=Russian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426012324/http://www.gorevoy.ru/bio1.php|archivedate=26 April 2012}}</ref>
==Career== His film debut was in the 1988 Russian film ''Step'' (directed by [[Alexander Mitta]]).<ref name="gorevoy-filmo">{{cite web|url=http://www.gorevoy.ru/film.php|script-title=ru:Горевой М.В.: Фильморафия|accessdate=1 December 2011|language=Russian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426012600/http://www.gorevoy.ru/film.php|archivedate=26 April 2012}}</ref> He traveled to the United States in 1992, living in New York City and Boston, where he worked various jobs including teaching the [[Stanislavski method]]. Gorevoy returned to Russia in 1996 and established his own theater. He continues to act in film.<ref name="gorevoy-bio"/>
==Personal life== Gorevoy has one son, Dmitriy, who is also an actor.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1988|| ''[[A Step]]'' || Venka|| |- |1989|| ''Gran'' || || |- |1992|| ''Alyaska, ser!'' || || |- |1993|| ''Auktsion'' || Sidorov || |- |1996|| ''President i ego zhenshchina'' || Aleks || |- |2002|| ''[[Die Another Day]]'' || Vladimir Popov || |- |2003|| ''Antikiller 2: Antiterror'' || || |- |2005|| ''[[Mirror Wars]]'' || Manfred || |- |2005|| ''[[:ru:Мужской сезон: Бархатная революция|Male Season: Velvet Revolution]]'' || Clerk || |- |2006|| ''[[Space Race (TV series)|Space Race]]'' || [[Ivan Serov]] || 2 episodes, TV Series documentary |- |2006|| ''[[:ru:Сдвиг (фильм)|Shift]]'' || Markov || |- |2006|| ''Tochka'' || || |- |2007|| ''Begushchaya po volnam'' || Captain Ghez || |- |2008|| ''[[:ru:Ярик (фильм)|Yarik]]'' || Buyer || TV film |- |2008|| ''[[Shadowboxing 2: Revenge]]'' || Michael Lewinsky || |- |2009|| ''[[The Best Movie 2]]'' || Gorbunov || |- |2009|| ''[[:ru:Путь (фильм, 2009)|Way]]'' || Man in black || |- |2009|| ''LOpuKHI'' || Pomoshchnik Bossa || |- |2009|| ''[[Hooked on the Game]]'' || Viktor Pokrovskiy || |- |2009|| ''Kromov'' || Goncharov || |- |2010|| ''[[The House of the Sun (film)|The House of the Sun]]'' || [[KGB]] officer || |- |2010|| ''Na igre 2. Novyy uroven'' || Pokrovskiy || |- |2011|| ''[[Five Brides]]'' || Kuzichev || |- |2011|| ''Varene iz sakury'' || Lender || |- |2011|| ''[[Shadowboxing 3: Last Round]]'' || Michael Lewinsky || |- |2012|| ''[[Moms (film)|Moms]]'' || || (segment "Ya – ne Kolya" ) |- |2012|| ''[[:ru:Соловей-разбойник (фильм)|Nightingale – Robber]]'' || Grigory Polyakov || |- |2014|| ''Chempiony'' || Trener || |- |2014|| ''[[:ru:В спорте только девушки|Some Like It Cold]]'' || Igor Leonidovich || |- |2014|| ''Is Light on Sight'' || Boris || |- |2014|| ''Fort Ross'' || Kapitan Piratov || |- |2015|| ''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]'' || Ivan Schischkin || |- |2016|| ''[[Skiptrace (film)|Skiptrace]]'' || Dima || |- |2017|| ''[[The Hitman's Bodyguard]]'' || Livitin || |- |2018|| ''Svideteli'' || "Skripka" – Richard || |- |2018|| ''[[Why Don't You Just Die!|Papa, sdokhni]]'' || Yevgenich || |- |2018|| ''Unforgiven'' || Vladimir Savchuk || |- |2018|| ''[[Hunter Killer (film)|Hunter Killer]]'' || Admiral Dmitriy Durov || |- |2019|| ''Kaddish'' || Richard || |- |2019 |''A Historical Mistake'' |[[Leon Trotsky]] | |- |2020||''Translation from German'' || Porfiry Ignatievich Veresen || |- |2022|| ''[[Kompromat (film)|Kompromat]]'' || Rostov || |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.gorevoy.ru}} (in Russian) * {{IMDb name|0330853}}
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