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Costa Ronin (born February 3, 1979) is a Russian-born Australian actor and cinematographer, widely recognized for his authoritative portrayals of complex intelligence officers and political figures in major Western television dramas. Born in Kaliningrad and later educated in New Zealand and Australia, he achieved his international breakthrough as Oleg Burov in the critically acclaimed Cold War saga The Americans (2014–2018). He further solidified his reputation as a master of the espionage genre with his role as Yevgeny Gromov in the final seasons of Homeland and as a regular in the heist thriller The Endgame. His film credits include a notable appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the sci-fi thriller I.S.S. By late 2025, Ronin has joined the main cast of Apple TV+’s alternate-history epic For All Mankind for its fifth season, portraying Lenya, a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut, while also appearing in the second season of the action thriller The Terminal List.

Lara embarks on her first archaeological expedition aboard the Endurance, intending to find the lost kingdom of Yamatai. By her theory and against Whitman's advice, the crew sails into the treacherous Dragon's Triangle, where the ship is struck by a violent storm and sinks, stranding the survivors on a remote island inhabited by a cult called The Solarii brotherhood. They are pshycopatic fanatics that worship the Queen Himiko
