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Adam Tsekhman
Adam Tsekhman
Born	January 15, 1980 (age 44); Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Education	Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Adam Tsekhman is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Gary Green on the television series Legends of Tomorrow.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Adam Tsekhman was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but raised in Toronto, Ontario.^[3]^[4] His parents were Ukrainian immigrants of Jewish descent^[4] who came to Canada in the early 1970s. While studying finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he developed a passion for acting, and joined a theatre troupe one of his friends was working at. After graduating from Wharton, Tsekhman wanted to pursue a career in investment banking and attended an interview with Lehman Brothers, but changed his mind and went to Columbia University where he graduated with a Masters in Fine Arts in Theatre Acting.^[5]

Career

After graduating from Columbia University, Tsekhman landed a role in the Russian TV series Zona.^[5] He received a best lead actor in a series nomination at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, but lost to Kiefer Sutherland for 24. Tsekhman then moved to Los Angeles to work on other films and TV series.^[3] In 2014, he featured in the Yiddish-language film Tsili as a Jewish refugee named Marek.^[6] In 2017, Tsekhman was cast in the third season of The CW's Legends of Tomorrow as Gary Green. Initially intended to appear only for three episodes, he later became a recurring character,^[7] and was promoted to the main cast during its sixth season.^[8] In 2019, Tsekhman joined the thriller film Dreamland (later retitled Crisis) as an Armenian gangster named Armen.^[9]^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2014	Tsili	Marek	^[6]
2018	Dragged Across Concrete	Behzad	^[11]
2021	Crisis	Armen	^[9]

Television


Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Zona	Dennis Warren
2009	FlashForward	Vladimir Petrov
2010	24	Suvarov's Aide
2011	NCIS: Los Angeles	Grigore Comescu		^[12]
2012	Rizzoli & Isles	Steve Bogart		^[12]
2013	The Mentalist	Horatio Jones		^[13]
2014	You're the Worst	Venti		^[14]
2015	Bones	Mustache / Johnny		^[15]
2015	NCIS	Omar Hassan		^[15]
2016	Hawaii Five-0	Rasheed		^[12]
2017	2 Broke Girls	Pete		^[12]
2017	Transparent	Eyal		^[12]
2017–2022	Legends of Tomorrow	Gary Green	Recurring role (seasons 3–5) Main cast (season 6–7)	^[8]
2018	Supergirl	Gary Green	Episode: "Elseworlds, Part 3"	^[16]
2018	iZombie	Squirelly Guy	Episode: "Chivalry Is Dead"
2018	Six	Yuri Petrov		^[11]
2019	The Twilight Zone	Officer Foster

Video games

Year	Show	Role
2010	SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3	Additional voices
2015	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	Soldiers
2019	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Russian soldiers
2020	Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	Anton Charkov
2022	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	Additional voices

References

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^ ^a ^b Nakamoto, Jessica (November 23, 2018). "Interview: Adam Tsekhman Talks "Legends of Tomorrow", Writing Comedy, and Chasing Chickens". Aesthetic Magazine. Toronto. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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^ ^a ^b Agard, Chancellor (October 1, 2020). "Legends of Tomorrow promotes Adam Tsekhman to series regular for season 6". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
^ ^a ^b N'Duka, Amanda (March 18, 2019). "'Legends of Tomorrow's Adam Tsekhman Joins Gary Oldman & Armie Hammer In 'Dreamland'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
^ Hopson, Travis (December 19, 2020). "'Crisis': First Look At Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, And Armie Hammer In Opioid Crisis Drama". Punch Drunk Critics. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
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^ Bryant, Jacob (December 12, 2018). "'Elseworlds, Part 3' Recap: 2019 'Arrowverse' Crossover Theme Revealed". Variety. Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2020.