Oleg Taktarov

Acting

Born

August 26, 1967 · Arzamas-16, USSR (Sarov, Russia)

Biography

Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Такта́ров; born August 26, 1967) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and actor. He is a practitioner of Sambo and Judo and has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. Taktarov was the UFC 6 tournament champion and holds notable wins over Marco Ruas and David "Tank" Abbott. Taktarov is known for being exceptionally calm during fights and for using a variety of rarely seen, acrobatic Sambo take-downs. All of Taktarov's losses were by knockout or decision, Taktarov was never submitted in an MMA fight. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oleg Taktarov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

• National Treasure (2004)
• Predators (2010)
• Air Force One (1997)
• NCIS (2003)
• Alias (2001)
• The Man from Toronto (2022)
• Rollerball (2002)
• JAG (1995)