Vitali Viktorovich Baganov (Russian:Виталий Викторович Баганов; born September 6, 1952) is a Russian and American actor of film and television who guest starred as Valery the Russian gangster inThe Sopranos episodes "Pine Barrens" and "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power". Baganov also voiced Ray Bulgarin inGrand Theft Auto IV andThe Ballad of Gay Tony.

Vitali Baganov was born inLeningrad,Russian RSFSR,Soviet Union (nowSaint Petersburg,Russia)

Baganov studiedastronomy inLeningrad State University then transferred to theLeningrad State Institute for Theatre, Music and Cinematography. After graduation, he worked atMemorial Lenin Komsomol Theatre andKomissarjevsky Theatre. He was filmed in a number of Soviet films. In 1991 he emigrated to the United States.^[1]

Along withThe Sopranos Baganov has appeared in the US television seriesLouie andThe Americans.

• 1979Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Bloody Inscription as himself credited as (V. Baganaov)
• 1979Inzhener Graffito as himself
• 1984Sneg v iyule as Sergey Zherdin
• 1984Doronga k sebe as Lyoahka
• 1984Nebyvalshchina as Soldier
• 1986Na ostriya Mecha as himself
• 1988Shchenok as himself
• 1989V znak protesta as himself
• 2001The Sopranos as Valery
• 2010Salt as new Russian president^[2]
• 2018The Americans (2018) as Stepan

• Vitali Baganov atIMDb

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• Male actors from Saint Petersburg
• Soviet male film actors
• Soviet male television actors
• Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni
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• Soviet emigrants to the United States

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