In October 2009, USA Networks announced the renewal of the series for seasons 5 and 6. The fourth season introduced new regular character Jesse Porter ( Coby Bell), a counterintelligence agent whom Michael unintentionally burns but later makes part of his team. Seven seasons have completed airing in the United States, with 12 episodes in the first season, 16 episodes in the second and third seasons, and 18 episodes in the fourth season. He made his directorial debut with the season two episode "Do No Harm", which he had also written. Underpinning the episodic stories of Michael's investigative jobs is the running subplot exploring Michael's efforts to find out who burned him, and to get his job and reputation back.Īs creator of the show, Matt Nix serves as executive producer and often writes episodes for the show. His return to Miami also reunites him with his mother Madeline Westen ( Sharon Gless), who becomes an increasingly important part of Michael's life even as he tries to hide his activities from her. With his assets frozen, he is unable to leave Miami and forced to live off any small investigative jobs he can find, with the help of his girlfriend Fiona Glenanne ( Gabrielle Anwar) and his old military friend Sam Axe ( Bruce Campbell), who briefly informed on him to the FBI. The show follows the life of protagonist Michael Westen ( Jeffrey Donovan), a covert operative who has been " burned" (identified as an unreliable or dangerous agent) and tries to find out why. Oleg is now bringing his unique look and talents back to the screens as he once again is focused on acting.Burn Notice is an American television series that originally aired on the cable television channel USA Network from Jto September 12, 2013. Focusing on acting and producing, Oleg partnered up with longtime Hollywood director and producer- Bernard Salzmann to form Quasar Entertainment, one of the most progressive 3-D and 5K post production companies. In 2013, Oleg took a break from mixed martial arts to go back into the film industry. He dominated through the ranks of WWE, winning both solo and Tag Team Heavyweight Championships.īy 2011, growing disillusioned with scripted story lines, he left WWE for Japan's Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) seeking a purer experience in mixed martial arts. As Kozlov, he quickly impressed with his unique size, background and skill set and quickly became a fan favorite. He signed a Developmental Contract Deal with the WWE on Januwhere he became known as "Vladimir Kozlov". After this appearance, the offers to act more came rolling in but Oleg felt he still had a lot to prove in the Martial Arts World.Īfter winning the US Open Sambo World Cup in 2005, legendary wrestling promoter Jerry Jarrett took notice and immediately brought him to the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) headquarters to meet Vince McMahon. He came back to America where in a US Kickboxing Association (USKBA) match in New York City, was discovered by Spike Lee who immediately offered him a role in his production 25th Hour (2002) where Oleg made his film debut, appearing as a menacing Russian Mafia enforcer. Oleg chose to play at Santa Barbara CC, where he excelled as a towering two way presence and was awarded with a berth on the WSC All Conference Team in 2000.Īfter college, he chose to play professionally in the European Football League (EFL) in Germany where he was named MVP to the EuroBowl after helping his team win the Cup.Īs celebrated as he was playing football, Prudius still yearned to compete in his first love- Martial Arts. As fate would have it, while competing for the Ukrainian National American Football Team, he was discovered by American college scouts, who immediately offered him college scholarships to come and play stateside. At just 17 years old, Oleg hulked over his peers and was recruited to play Rugby as well as American Football. He started at an early age competing in Sambo and Judo, which he immediately dominated and the rest of the country took notice. He grew up in the old Soviet Union with a love for sports and everything martial arts. Oleg Prudius was born on April, 27, 1979 in Ukrainian SSR, of the USSR (now Ukraine).
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