Oleg Taktarov
Biography
Oleg Taktarov is a Russian actor and former mixed martial artist who began training in judo and sambo at age 12. Born in Sarov, he competed in the UFC and Pride, winning the UFC 6 tournament and becoming the first Russian UFC champion. He was also runner-up at Ultimate Ultimate 1995, and his mixed martial arts record was 17 wins, 5 losses, and 2 draws. After stepping back from fighting, he turned to acting, appearing in films such as National Treasure (2004), Righteous Kill (2008), 15 Minutes (2001), 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003), Rollerball (2002), We Own the Night (2007), Dead Trigger (2017), and Predators (2010). He also starred in the Russian television series Ex-Wife and played The Man from Moscow in The Man from Toronto (2022). He released instructional Sambo videos as well.
59years old
Turns 60 on August 26in 316 days
- Born Sarov
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Олег Николаевич Тактаров (birth name)Also credited as Oleg Nikolayevich Taktarov and Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 28 years1996 to 2024
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Languages
Taktarov moved to the United States planning to become a film actor, but his lack of fluency in English delayed that goal.
A change of course
After watching UFC 2, Taktarov got in touch with the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in 1994 and offered to train Royce Gracie in sambo leglocks. He was accepted as a training partner, but was rejected because he could not pay the fee.
About the name
Taktarov's manager came up with the stereotypical nickname "The Russian Bear" for him, and he was introduced as a Sambo representative because that was the most exotic martial art in his background.
Early training
Taktarov trained with Ken Shamrock at the Lion's Den, where they had private battles that nobody was allowed to watch.
A first
The UFC asked fans to choose the most popular fighters in its history at UFC 45 on 21 November 2003, and Oleg Taktarov finished among the top 10.
Oleg Taktarov movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Danny Trejo appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Danny Trejo's page
Robert De Niro's page
Michael Madsen's page
Harvey Keitel's page
Walton Goggins's page
Andrew Bryniarski's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Mikhail EfremovUpon the Magic Roads (2021) and Generation P (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Oleg Taktarov's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$705 million
10 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$348M49.3% of the total
- 2$127M18.0% of the total
- 3$79M11.3% of the total
- 4$56M8.0% of the total
- 5$55M7.8% of the total
- 6$26M3.7% of the total
- 7$6.1M0.9% of the total
- 8$4.4M0.6% of the total
$3.1 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total