Robert Kazinsky

Robert Kazinsky
Robert Kazinsky
	Kazinsky in 2015
Born	Robert John Appleby; 18 November 1983 (age 40); Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Alma mater	Guildford School of Acting
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

Robert John Appleby (born 18 November 1983),^[1] known professionally as Robert Kazinsky, is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Casper Rose in the Sky One drama Dream Team (2005–2006) and Sean Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2006–2009, 2019, 2021–2022). In 2013, he portrayed Chuck Hansen in Pacific Rim and Macklyn Warlow in the sixth season of HBO's True Blood. In 2016, he played Orgrim Doomhammer in Warcraft and Jimmy Pritchard in the Fox television series Second Chance. In 2019, he appeared as the Don in Captain Marvel.

Early life

Kazinsky was born Robert John Appleby in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England on 18 November 1983.^[2] Kazinsky is Jewish.^[3] He is also a fluent speaker of Hebrew.^[4] Kazinsky was educated at Hove Park School in Hove as well as K-Bis Theatre School in Brighton, from 1995 to 2000. He appeared in their productions of Bugsy Malone and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Kazinsky trained as an actor at the Guildford School of Acting from September 2002 to July 2005. He took his grandfather's middle name as his stage name.^[5]^[6]

Career

Kazinsky appeared in Israeli television commercials before he started acting.^[7] He made his acting debut in 2005, when he had a guest role in an episode of the CBBC children's programme The Basil Brush Show, playing a character named Sven Garley. Kazinsky then got a role in Sky One's football drama series Dream Team, in which he played Casper Rose from late 2005 to 2006, when he was killed off towards the end of the ninth series, after he announced his intention to leave.^[5]

Kazinsky next played Sean Slater in EastEnders; he made his first appearance on 22 August 2006.^[8] On 27 March 2007, Kazinsky was suspended from work on EastEnders for two months. A story in The People newspaper alleged that Kazinsky had bombarded a model with "obscene text messages and photographs." Kazinsky issued a statement apologising "for any offence caused and for bringing the show into disrepute".^[9] Kazinsky announced he would be leaving the show in October 2008^[10] and made his last appearance in the show on 1 January 2009. On YouTube, Kazinsky was featured as the presenter in the EastEnders launch video when they launched their own video channel on the website.

He made his film debut in 2012 when director George Lucas offered him a part in his World War II film Red Tails, in which Kazinsky plays a "pilot who has to adapt to being among African-American comrades."^[11] In October 2010, Kazinsky was cast in the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. He would have played Fili, a member of the Company of Dwarves,^[12] but in April 2011, Kazinsky resigned from the role for personal reasons.^[13] On 9 January 2011, he guest starred on the drama series Brothers & Sisters as Dr Rick Appleton.^[14]

On 13 November 2012, Kazinsky joined the cast of the sixth season of the fantasy drama series True Blood, which premiered in 2013.^[15] That same year, Kazinsky appeared in Guillermo del Toro's science-fiction monster film Pacific Rim, as Chuck Hansen, an Australian Jaeger pilot.^[16]

In March 2015, he was cast in the leading role in the Fox drama series Second Chance.^[17] His character, Jimmy Pritchard, was a murdered elderly ex-cop who is genetically brought back to life as a man in his mid-30s with unusual powers. The series debuted in 2016.^[18] Due to low ratings, it was cancelled after one series.^[19]

Kazinsky co-starred as Orgrim Doomhammer in the fantasy adventure film Warcraft, based on the video game of the same name which was released in May 2016.^[20]^[21] An avid World of Warcraft player, Kazinsky credits the game with giving him self-confidence during a period in which he would be harassed and attacked by people who confused him for the Sean Slater character.^[22]

In 2018, he appeared in the science-fiction film Mute which premiered on Netflix. In 2019, he had a cameo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain Marvel.

On 17 January 2019, it was announced that Kazinsky would reprise his role of Sean Slater for a guest appearance.^[23] He returned to EastEnders for a brief stint which commenced on 26 April 2019. Kazinsky returned for two further one-off appearances, in the episode broadcast on 1 November 2021, and appeared via video call on 7 April 2022.^[24]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Love	Mikey	Short
2009	Cowboy	Mark	Short
2012	Red Tails	Chester Barnes
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Fili	Uncredited
2013	Pacific Rim	Chuck Hansen	as Rob Kazinsky
2013	Siren	Guy
2015	Hot Pursuit	Randy
2016	Warcraft	Orgrim Doomhammer
2018	Spivak	Chuck
2018	Mute	Rob	as Rob Kazinsky
2019	For Love or Money	Mark
2019	Captain Marvel	Biker (The Don)
2019	The Assent	Joel
2020	Big America	Henry
2022	The Gray Man	Perini
TBA	Star Trek: Section 31	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Basil Brush Show	Sven Garley	Episode: "Basil's Brush with Fame"
2005–2006	Dream Team	Casper Rose	30 episodes
2006–2009, 2019, 2021–2022	EastEnders	Sean Slater	Series regular
2010	Law and Order: Los Angeles	Ronnie Powell	Episode: "Sylmar"
2010	Brothers and Sisters	Dr Rick Appleton	2 episodes
2013	Robot Chicken	George Jetson	Voice Episode: "Robot Fight Accident"
2013	True Blood	Macklyn Warlow	9 episodes
2016	Second Chance	Jimmy Pritchard (revived younger version)	11 episodes
2016	Face Off	Himself	Guest judge

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Mass Effect: Andromeda	Archon	Voice

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Nominated work	Result
2006	British Soap Awards	Sexiest Male	EastEnders	Nominated
2006		Villain of the Year		Nominated
2007		Sexiest Male		Nominated
2007		Villain of the Year		Nominated
2007	Inside Soap Awards	Sexiest Male		Nominated
2007	Inside Soap Awards	Best Bad Boy		Nominated
2008	All About Soap Awards	Fittest Fella		Nominated
2008	British Soap Awards	Sexiest Male		Nominated
2008	British Soap Awards	Villain of the Year		Nominated
2008	Inside Soap Awards	Sexiest Male		Won
2008		Best Actor		Won
2008		Best Bad Boy		Nominated
2008	Digital Spy Soap Awards	Most Popular Actor		Nominated
2008		Sexiest Male		Nominated
2008		Villain of the Year		Nominated
2008	Soaper Star Awards	Best Actor		Won
2008		Best Bad Boy		Nominated
2008		Sexiest Male		Won
2009	EastEnders Awards	Male Hottie		Won
2009	All About Soap Awards	Killer Secret		Nominated
2009	All About Soap Awards	Fatal Attraction		Won
2009	British Soap Awards	Best Actor		Won
2009	British Soap Awards	Sexiest Male		Nominated

References

^ "Robert Kazinsky, Louis Smith and Bill Dare". BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ "New soap star suspended after phone pest claims". The Argus. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ Dan, Verbin (25 October 2010). "Robert Kazinsky Cast as Dwarf in The Hobbit". Shalom Life. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ Taylor, Charlotte (11 September 2006). "From Mid Sussex to Bad Boy of EastEnders". Mid Sussex Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Web Chat: Robert Kazinsky". Harchester United. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ "Robert Kazinsky". Jewish United Fund. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.
^ "Jewish actor joins EastEnders". TotallyJewish.com. Retrieved 8 January 2006.
^ "Look at EastEnders' Sean Slater now!". Daily Mirror. May 2015.
^ "BBC soap suspends 'obscene' actor". BBC News. 8 January 2007.
^ "EastEnders' Sean Slater to make dramatic Christmas exit". 14 October 2008.
^ "Ex-Eastender Rob Kazinsky lands..." March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
^ Tobin, Christian (22 October 2010). "Warner Bros confirms 'Hobbit' cast". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
^ "Rob Kazinsky quits 'The Hobbit'". Digital Spy. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ Marsi, Steve (11 November 2010). "Rob Kazinsky to Guest Star on Brothers & Sisters". TV Fanatic. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ Christian Tobion (13 November 2012). "True Blood casts ex-EastEnders star Rob Kazinsky". Digital Spy.
^ "Rob Kazinsky Pacific Rim". IGN. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ Miska, Brad (3 March 2015). "Rob Kazinsky, is set to play the monster in Fox's "Frankenstein"". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
^ La Vigna, Christopher (3 March 2015). ""PACIFIC RIM" Actor Rob Kazinsky Tapped as Fox's "FRANKENSTEIN"". Fangoria. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
^ "'Second Chance' canceled at Fox". EW.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
^ Collura, Scott (4 December 2013). "Ben Foster and Dominic Cooper Head for Warcraft". IGN. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ Schwartz, Terri (27 August 2014). "'Warcraft': Rob Kazinsky says Azeroth 'exceeds every expectation'". Zap2it. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
^ Team Coco (29 January 2016), Robert Kazinsky: "World Of Warcraft" Saved My Life - CONAN on TBS, archived from the original on 14 December 2021, retrieved 7 July 2020
^ "EastEnders star Rob Kazinsky defends surprise comeback as Sean Slater". www.whatsontv.co.uk. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
^ Lee, Jess (17 January 2019). "EastEnders shock comeback for Sean Slater as Rob Kazinsky returns". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

External links

Robert Kazinsky at IMDb

[1] "Robert Kazinsky, Louis Smith and Bill Dare". BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[2] "New soap star suspended after phone pest claims". The Argus. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[3] Dan, Verbin (25 October 2010). "Robert Kazinsky Cast as Dwarf in The Hobbit". Shalom Life. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

[MidSussexTimes-EastEnd-2006-4] Taylor, Charlotte (11 September 2006). "From Mid Sussex to Bad Boy of EastEnders". Mid Sussex Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

[Harchester-WebChat-2006-5] "Web Chat: Robert Kazinsky". Harchester United. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

[6] "Robert Kazinsky". Jewish United Fund. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.

[7] "Jewish actor joins EastEnders". TotallyJewish.com. Retrieved 8 January 2006.

[8] "Look at EastEnders' Sean Slater now!". Daily Mirror. May 2015.

[9] "BBC soap suspends 'obscene' actor". BBC News. 8 January 2007.

[10] "EastEnders' Sean Slater to make dramatic Christmas exit". 14 October 2008.

[11] "Ex-Eastender Rob Kazinsky lands..." March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

[12] Tobin, Christian (22 October 2010). "Warner Bros confirms 'Hobbit' cast". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 October 2010.

[13] "Rob Kazinsky quits 'The Hobbit'". Digital Spy. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[TVFan-14] Marsi, Steve (11 November 2010). "Rob Kazinsky to Guest Star on Brothers & Sisters". TV Fanatic. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[15] Christian Tobion (13 November 2012). "True Blood casts ex-EastEnders star Rob Kazinsky". Digital Spy.

[16] "Rob Kazinsky Pacific Rim". IGN. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[17] Miska, Brad (3 March 2015). "Rob Kazinsky, is set to play the monster in Fox's "Frankenstein"". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

[18] La Vigna, Christopher (3 March 2015). ""PACIFIC RIM" Actor Rob Kazinsky Tapped as Fox's "FRANKENSTEIN"". Fangoria. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

[19] "'Second Chance' canceled at Fox". EW.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

[20] Collura, Scott (4 December 2013). "Ben Foster and Dominic Cooper Head for Warcraft". IGN. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[21] Schwartz, Terri (27 August 2014). "'Warcraft': Rob Kazinsky says Azeroth 'exceeds every expectation'". Zap2it. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[22] Team Coco (29 January 2016), Robert Kazinsky: "World Of Warcraft" Saved My Life - CONAN on TBS, archived from the original on 14 December 2021, retrieved 7 July 2020

[23] "EastEnders star Rob Kazinsky defends surprise comeback as Sean Slater". www.whatsontv.co.uk. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

[24] Lee, Jess (17 January 2019). "EastEnders shock comeback for Sean Slater as Rob Kazinsky returns". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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Robert Kazinsky

Early life

Career

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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