Misha Collins
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Born | Dmitri Tippens Krushnic August 20, 1974 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Alma mater | Northfield Mount Hermon School University of Chicago |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse(s) | Victoria Vantoch (m. 2001) |
Children | 2 |
Dmitri "Misha" Collins[1] (born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic;[2] August 20, 1974) is an American actor, best known for his role as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural (2008–present).[3]
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Personal life
Misha Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard Edward Krushnic and Rebecca Tippens.[4][5] He was raised in an irreligious family.[6] He has said that his surname, Krushnic, "goes back six generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from."[2] His stage name, Collins, is his great grandmother's maiden name.[citation needed]
Before acting, he interned for four months at the White House during the Clinton Administration in the Office of Presidential Personnel.[3][7] Collins attended Greenfield Center School, Northfield Mount Hermon School and the University of Chicago, where he studied social theory.[8][9]
On October 6, 2001, Collins married Victoria Vantoch, in Maine.[10] They have a son, West Anaximander Collins (born September 23, 2010), and a daughter, Maison Marie Collins (born September 25, 2012).[11][12][13]
Collins is a published poet. His poems, including "Baby Pants", and "Old Bones" can be found in the 2008 edition of the Columbia Poetry Review #21.
Charity work
Collins is the co-founder and board president of Random Acts of Kindness,[14] a non-profit organization dedicated to funding and inspiring acts of kindness around the world.[15] Collins founded the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES) in 2011.[16] Entrance fees for the international competition go towards Random Acts, and in 2012, GISHWHES broke the world record for most pledges to perform an act of kindness.[17]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Liberty Heights | Guy | Uncredited |
1999 | Girl, Interrupted | Tony | |
2006 | Karla | Paul Bernardo | |
2008 | Loot | Associate Producer[18] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Legacy | Andrew | Episode: "The Big Fix" |
1999 | Charmed | Eric Bragg | Episode: "They're Everywhere" |
2000 | NYPD Blue | Blake DeWitt | Episode: "Welcome to New York" |
2001 | Seven Days | Sergei Chubais | Episode: "Born in the USSR" |
2002 | 24 | Alexis Drazen | 7 Episodes (13–17,22–23) |
2002 | Par 6 | Al Hegelman | |
2003 | Moving Alan | Tony Derrick | |
2003 | Finding Home | Dave | |
2004 | The Crux | Man Hanging from the Rope | |
2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Vlad | Episode: "Nesting Dolls" |
2005–2006 | ER | Bret | 3 episodes |
2006 | NCIS | Justin Ferris | Episode: "Singled Out" |
2006 | Monk | Michael Karapov | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage" |
2006 | Close to Home | Todd Monroe | Episode: "There's Something About Martha" |
2007 | Without a Trace | Chester Lake | Episode: "Run" |
2007 | CSI: NY | Morton Brite | Episode: "Can You Hear Me Now?" |
2007 | Reinventing the Wheelers | Joey Wheeler | TV Pilot |
2008 | Over Her Dead Body | Brian | |
2008 | The Grift | Buster | |
2008–present | Supernatural | Castiel; Jimmy Novak; Himself; Emmanuel; Steve; Leviathan; Lucifer | Recurring: Seasons 4 & 8 Series Regular: Seasons 5–6, 9-present Special Guest Star: Season 7 & 8 Director: Season 9, episode 17 People's Choice Award for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor (2014) |
2009 | Nip/Tuck | Manny Skerritt | Episode: "Manny Skerritt" |
2010 | Stonehenge Apocalypse | Jacob | TV movie |
2011 | Divine: The Series | Father Christopher; Producer | Web Series[19] |
2012 | Ringer | Dylan | Episode: "Whores Don't Make That Much" |
2014 | Whose Line is it Anyway? | Himself |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. "My mom went to Russia when she was in college, and […] she had a boyfriend whose name was Mitya, which she thought was the same as Misha, which it's not. And his real name was Dmitri, so my real name, actually—my birth certificate says Dmitri. But she always calls me Misha, so I have the wrong nickname. But, you know, too late to change it now."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. "My mother went to Russia when she was in college. She had a boyfriend named Misha, and much to my father's chagrin she named me after him. And the last name, Krushnic, goes back six generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from—could be Russian or Ukrainian or Polish."
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- ↑ "Misha Collins Biography". IMDb.
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- ↑ Loot: Home. HBO. Retrieved on March 1, 2011.
- ↑ Divine the Series Cast Retrieved on May 16, 2011.
External links
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- Living people
- Male actors from Boston, Massachusetts
- American male film actors
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- People from Greenfield, Massachusetts
- Northfield Mount Hermon School alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- American people of Canadian descent
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors