Michael Aronov

Career

Michael Aronov is a Tony Award Winning actor that has worked in film, television and theatre. He spent three seasons on the award winning series "The Americans" playing a physicist that is torn from his family and exiled as a political prisoner. In film, Michael is most known for his role as Chovka, the Chechen warlord and head gangster opposite Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in "The Drop". Other films include Lbs., "Amexicano" and "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". In 2017 "The Blacklist" brought him on as a new member to the show's cast, "Smokey Putnum" in the season five premier. The actor also played Danny Raden - a series-lead opposite Larenz Tate in BET's original pilot, "Gun Hill (film)'. Aronov's other television work includes Count Vincent of Naples in the series "Reign'", Danny Lambros on "The Good Wife", Michael Cahill on "Person of Interest, Ricky Vintano on "Blue Bloods", billionaire Brice Hunter on "Without a Trace" and recurring roles on "Madam Secretary", and "The Closer".

For his stage work Michael received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2017. He was also honored with the Lucille Lortel Award, the Obie Award, and received Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for his role as Uri Savir in the Broadway play Oslo. Prior to that the actor originated the role of Paul in Lyle Kessler's "First Born" at The Actors Studio in New York. He won "The Elliot Norton Award - Best Actor", for originating the lead role in Theresa Rebeck's "Mauritius". On Broadway he appeared as Siggie, in the Tony-nominated revival of "Golden Boy" (2012-2013), directed by Bartlett Sher. Previously he worked with Sher and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts yet again, playing Gromov, in the American premiere of "Blood and Gifts" (2011). Prior to that, Aronov was seen in his solo-show "Manigma" (2010, 2006), in New York City. In Europe he portrayed Stanley Kowalski in the classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" (2009). The actor also took on Jean in "Miss Julie" (2004) at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Dionysus in "The Bacchae 2.1" (2001); and Edgar in an award winning production of "King Lear" (1999).