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.

Filmography

• 2027Maslenitsa
• Enemies — Ума
• Trail of Chikatilo — дальнобойщик
• 2026Аэропорт
• Позывной "Альфа"
• Удар — Сергей Буров
• 2025Island Ararat
• 2025Karuza
• 2025Mari Fairy Tales
• 2025Spy Kids
• Миллиард проблем
• 20241992 — Titus
• 2024Папу маме заверни — producer
• Madhouse — папик "Кот"
• 2023Quest — Lesnik
• 2023The Machine — Train Igor
• 2023Uzbek Girl — Novgorodov
• 2022The Man from Toronto — The Man from Moscow
• The Tech Guy — Влас Петрович Калашников держатель общака
• 2021Not Ivan, or How to summon a hero — Onar
• 2021Predators — Venya
• Railway Guards
• Sanya, Accelerate!
• 2021Selfiemania — Taxi driver ("Temper Tantrum")
• 2021Upon the Magic Roads — general
• Уцелевшие
• Я жив...
• Island of the Doomed
• 2019Making a Deal with the Devil — Chertoff's brother
• 2019See You Soon — Ruslan
• 2018Battle Drone — Grigori Romanov
• 2018Den of Thieves — Alexi
• Dr. Driver
• 2018Frat Pack — Motel Owner
• 2018The Last Trial — negotiator
• 2018Студия Нижний
• 2017Dead Trigger — Lt. Martinov
• Мёртв на 99% — Хромов
• 2015Oil Painting — Director
• 2014Forbidden Empire — Gritsko
• 2013Betrayal
• 2013Courier from 'Paradise' — Demidov
• 2013Officer Down — Oleg Emelyanenko
• 2013Ticket to Vegas — Borya
• 2011Generation P — Vovchik
• Лето волков — Клымарь
• 2010Duels: The Test of Death
• 2010Predators — Nikolai
• 2010Predators: The Chosen
• 2010Supreme Champion — Blade
• 2009By the Will of Chingis Khan — Kuchulun Khan
• 2009The Way — Polkovnik Dilov
• 2008Montana — Nikolai
• 2008Righteous Kill — Yevgeny Mugalat
• 2008The Maltese Cross — Viktor Pavlovich
• Человек без пистолета — «Коренастый»
• 2007Rockaway — Ivan
• 2007We Own the Night — Pavel Lubyarsky
• Секунда до... — друг Леры
• 2006Miami Vice — Russian Security
• 2006Shift — Fetisov
• 2005Call Me Genie
• 2005Law of Corruption — Skala
• Red Deer Hunting — Viktor "Kamaz" Svinyagin
• 2004National Treasure — Shippen
• 200344 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out — Emil Matasareanu
• 2003Bad Boys II — Josef
• NCIS — Viggo Drantyev
• 2002Red Serpent — Sergei
• 2002Rollerball — Denekin
• 200115 Minutes — Oleg Razgul
• Alias — Gordei Volkov
• 2001The Quickie — Boris
• 1998Counter Measures — Dimitri
• 1997Absolute Force — Agent Borris Checkniov
• 1997Air Force One — Prison Guard
• 1996Total Force — Boris
• 1996World Wrestling Peace Festival
• JAG — Russian Officer
• 1995UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
• 1995UFC 7.5: The Ultimate Ultimate
• 1995UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo
• The Big Fight — Marat

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2008Renzo Gracie: Legacy — Himself
• 1997PRIDE 1 — Self
• 1995UFC 5: Return Of The Beast — Self
• 1995UFC 5: The Return of the Beast — self
• 1995UFC 6: Clash Of The Titans — Self
• 1995UFC 7.5: The Ultimate Ultimate — Self
• 1995UFC 7: The Brawl In Buffalo — Self