
Michael Aronov
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Aronov is an American actor and playwright. He played the character Schlatko in the 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Aronov received The Elliot Norton Award — Best Actor, for originating the lead role in Mauritius at The Huntington Theatre. In 2009 he played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at the English Theater in Germany. His one-man show called Manigma was produced in New York City in 2006 and opens again in January 2010 at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row in NYC. Aronov has worked with Terrence McNally on the world premiere of Unusual Acts of Devotion in Philadelphia. Previously he was in Los Angeles under the direction of Estelle Parsons in Salome, starring Al Pacino. Aronov has worked with Oleg Tabakov of The Moscow Art Theatre, Joseph Chaikin, Lee Grant, and others. At the Studio he also portrayed Knut in Strindberg’s Playing with Fire, directed by Lee Grant and then Jean in another Strindberg classic, Miss Julie at the Cherry Lane Theatre. He played opposite Annabella Sciorra in MCC's production of Spain at the Lucille Lortel Theatre; Dionysus in The Bacchae 2.1; and Edgar in an award-winning production of King Lear. On television Aronov has been seen in Life on Mars, Lipstick Jungle, Without a Trace, Threat Matrix, and The Closer. He made several appearances in the Law & Order franchise, worked with the late Bruno Kirby in Barry Levinson's The Beat, among various episodes on Spin City, The Game and All My Children. His film work includes Amexicano, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and two Sundance Film Festival favorites: Hedwig & the Angry Inch and the upcoming Lbs. He has been honored nationally with a Level 1 Award for Acting by the NFAA in association with the ARTS; an IRNE Award nomination for best supporting actor, MA; The Greer Garson Award in Dallas, TX; and in culmination of his work he was the recipient of The Individual Grant Award by the Belle Foundation, "exhibiting exceptional talent and potential for achievement in the arts."
Filmography
41 credits
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Movie • 2001
Schlatko

Lbs.
Movie • 2004
Sacco Valenzia

Cold Souls
Movie • 2009
Mafioso

Gun Hill
Movie • 2014
Danny Raden

The Drop
Movie • 2014
Chovka

Amexicano
Movie • 2007
Alex

Happy Hour
Movie • 2012
Christo

Operation Finale
Movie • 2018
Zvi Aharoni

Crisis
Movie • 2021
Minas

They Shall Not Perish
Movie • 2017
Leslie A. Davis

Americana
Movie • 2012
Alexander Orloff

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Alex Arshavin

Elementary
TV • 2012
Andrej Bacera

Golden Boy
TV • 2013
Dominic Quinlan

Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Ricky Vintano

The Americans
TV • 2013
Anton Baklanov

White Collar
TV • 2009
Clark Maskhadov

Quantico
TV • 2015
Hamza Kouri

Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Michael Cahill

Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Vlade / Serb

The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements
TV • 2015
Dmitri Mendeleev

Spin City
TV • 1996
First Protester

The First Lady
TV • 2022
Rahm Emanuel

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Igor

The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Joe 'Smokey' Putnum

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Andre Korsakoff

Jett
TV • 2019
Jack 'Jackie' Dillon

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Andrei Gorsky

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Avi

The Beat
TV • 2000
Street Vendor

Life on Mars
TV • 2008
Yuri Demidov

Hit & Run
TV • 2021
Isaac Katkov

Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Brice Hunter

Snowpiercer
TV • 2020
Dr. Nima Rousseau

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Karl Rostov

The Closer
TV • 2005
Armand Marku

Lipstick Jungle
TV • 2008
Serge

The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Danny Lambros

Threat Matrix
TV • 2003
Amir Abadiyah

Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Anton Durchenko

The Last Frontier
TV • 2025
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