Vitali Baganov

Vitali Aleksandrovich Baganov is a Russian actor of film and television, currently based in the United States. Born on September 6, 1952, in Leningrad, Russian RSFSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), Baganov studied astronomy at Leningrad State University before transferring to the Leningrad State Institute for Theatre, Music, and Cinematography. After graduation, he worked at Memorial Lenin Komsomol Theatre and Komissarjevsky Theatre in Russia. In 1991, he emigrated to the United States. Baganov has appeared in various Soviet and American films and TV shows, including guest starring as Valery the Russian gangster in The Sopranos episodes Pine Barrens and ...To Save Us All from Satan's Power. He also voiced Ray Bulgarin in Grand Theft Auto IV and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Additionally, he has made appearances in US television series such as Louie and The Americans.