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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Actor

Occupation
  
Actor

Known for
  
Interns

Years active
  
2009–present

Parents
  
Kim Biron, Michael Biron

Name
  
Odin Biron


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Born
  
October 5, 1984 (age 40) (
1984-10-05
)

Movies and TV shows
  
Interns, Spiral, Dumpling Brothers

Similar People
  
Dmitriy Sharakois, Aleksandr Ilyin, Svetlana Kaminina, Ilya Glinnikov, Svetlana Permyakova

Odin Lund Biron (born October 5, 1984) is an American actor living in Moscow and Minneapolis. While not well-known in the United States, he is best-known in Russia for playing the character Dr Phil Richards in the popular medical sitcom, Interns.

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Biography

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Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Biron grew up nearby in rural Minnesota, moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his mother after his parents' divorce. While studying at the University of Michigan, he studied at the Moscow Art Theatre on student exchange and was, unusually, invited to stay and join the incoming Russian class. He has spoken about having had a romantic image of Russia, having known very little Russian on arrival; being less able to communicate with other Muscovites, he focused on studying. In one of his final student roles, he won an award for his portrayal of Hamlet in a production that toured to New York's Baryshnikov Arts Center; he drew the attention of the Gogol Center and plaudits from Viktor Ryzhakov, artistic director of the Meyerhold Center and one of his former instructors.

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Landing a role in Interns, a top-rated Russian medical sitcom, in 2006 raised Biron's profile substantially and he has spoken about being recognised in nightclubs and avoiding "celebrity events" as a result. In a country where a large majority of the population view the United States "badly" or "very badly", Biron is one of a few Americans in the public eye, yet the success of Interns has led to Biron being considered a heartthrob and very popular.

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Biron came out to his parents as a teenager and made no big secret of his homosexuality, but Russia is very socially conservative on LGBT rights, with hostility towards legal recognition of same-sex marriage and support for laws discriminating against LGBT people. The United States Department of State repeatedly raised concerns around LGBT civil rights in their 2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. His character on Interns was raised by two gay fathers, though the treatment of the issue of sexuality on the show has been described as reinforcing the Soviet idea that homosexuality is a product of Western moral decay, rather than being used to promote more liberal values.

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It is very common for LGBT performers in Russia to avoid coming out, with an unspoken don't ask, don't tell arrangement between the entertainment industry and the mainstream press. After the passage of 2013's Russian LGBT propaganda law, Biron's Interns co-star and former Orthodox priest Ivan Okhlobystin made international news with genocidally homophobic remarks made in a December 2013 talk in Novosibirsk, leading Biron to consider leaving the show and Russian TV altogether. As a result, he came out in an interview with New York magazine in early 2015, to mixed reactions, reported in the Russian press accompanied by mentions of Okhlobystin's remarks. After an initial reaction leaving Biron with "a sense of physical danger, political danger", he initially left Russia. He returned later without any apparent negative effect on his career, though his friendship with Okhlobystin had become untenable after the former priest's reaction describing him as a "pervert" and a "sodomite".

Biron lived in Moscow with his boyfriend, a Kazakh film director, and has a brother who lives in Nepal, while his mother lives in New Zealand. In an interview with Minnesota's Star Tribune in May 2015, however, he mentioned that he was back in the United States permanently and, as well as acting, was pursuing a Le Cordon Bleu culinary degree.

Awards and nominations

  • Named as a Best Actor in the 2009 Golden List while at Moscow Art Theatre, for his role as the title character in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.
  • Filmography

    Actor
    -
    Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie (post-production) as
    Ethan
    2022
    Petropolis as
    Filip Grem
    2022
    Tantsy Na Vysote as
    Englishman
    2022
    Tchaikovsky's Wife as
    Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    2022
    Karamora (TV Series)
    - Episode #1.1 (2022)
    2022
    Posledniy ministr (TV Series) as
    Edward Snowden
    - Citizen X (2022) - Edward Snowden
    2021
    Optimisty: Karibskiy sezon (TV Series) as
    Filipp Bredli
    - Episode 8 (2021) - Filipp Bredli
    - Episode 7 (2021) - Filipp Bredli
    - Episode 6 (2021) - Filipp Bredli
    - Episode 5 (2021) - Filipp Bredli
    - Episode 4 (2021) - Filipp Bredli
    - Episode 3 (2021) - Filipp Bredli
    - Episode 2 (2021) - Filipp Bredli
    - Episode 1 (2021) - Filipp Bredli
    2020
    16/8 (Short)
    2020
    Gold Diggers (TV Series) as
    Vasiliy
    - Episode #2.7 (2020) - Vasiliy
    - Episode #2.2 (2020) - Vasiliy
    - Episode #2.1 (2020) - Vasiliy
    2019
    Trinity Sunday as
    Psychotherapist
    2017
    I'm Alive... (TV Series)
    2017
    Maximum Impact as
    P. B. Floyd
    2015
    12 mesyatsev. Novaya skazka as
    Iyul (as Odin Land Bayron)
    2014
    Spiral as
    Sasha
    2011
    Interny (TV Series) as
    Fill Richards
    2013
    Pelmeni (as Odin Land Bayron)
    2010
    Stolitsa grekha (TV Series)(as Odin Land Bayron)
    2009
    Ivan Groznyy (TV Series) as
    Angliyskiy posol (2009) (uncredited)
    Music Department
    2021
    Petrov's Flu (vocals)
    Soundtrack
    2021
    Petrov's Flu (performer: "Ekhali po ulitse tramvai", "Ty ne geroy", "TUPELO")
    Self
    2022
    The Black Monk (TV Special) as
    Andrej Kowrin (as Odin Biron)
    2022
    Arte Journal (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Abendausgabe vom 25.01.2022 (2022)
    - Mittagsausgabe vom 25.01.2022 (2022) - Self

    References

    Odin Biron Wikipedia


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