Aleks Paunovic

Aleks Paunovic (born June 29, 1969[3]) is a Canadian actor. Some of his many roles include prospector Jim McAllister on drama TV series Arctic Air,[4] Julius on fantasy horror drama series Van Helsing,[5] imposing warrior Wygar Oak on the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency[6] and Bojan "Boki" Boscovic on dystopian thriller series Snowpiercer.[7]

Aleks Paunovic
Paunovic interviewed about Freaks in 2018
Born (1969-06-29) June 29, 1969
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
OccupationActor
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[1][2]

Biography

Paunovic is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and "three generations of fighters" are in his family.[8][2] His father is of Serbian descent, and his mother is of Croatian ancestry.[9][10] His grandfather, father and uncle were all champion boxers in Yugoslavia, and he was a champion boxer[11] until a shoulder injury ended his career.[12][2] Paunovic was in a rock band before he got an acting job at his first audition.[12][13] He supports the Red Cross/Impact Anti-Bullying Campaign, as he had been bullied as a child.[12][8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Refs
2002 Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled Brick Video
2002 I Spy Bob [2]
2004 Seven Times Lucky Sacco
2007 Taming Tammy Sy
2008 Heart of a Dragon Tim
2009 Personal Effects Tom
2009 Driven to Kill Tony Links Video
2010 Transparency Linder
2010 Blood: A Butcher's Tale Tony Links Video
2010 Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido Hubs Cappa
2011 In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds Allard Direct-to-video
2012 Charlie Earnest
2013 The Marine 3: Homefront Gabriel Video
2014 Feed the Gods Pete [2]
2014 What an Idiot Caleb
2015 Badge of Honor Samuel [2]
2015 Dead Rising: Watchtower Logan [14]
2015 Vendetta Griffin Abbott [15]
2015 Blackway Skell
2015 Numb Lee [16][17]
2016 Kindergarten Cop 2 Zogu
2017 A Very Sordid Wedding Hardy
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes Winter [18][19]
2018 Siberia Yefrem [20]
2018 Freaks Robert Kraigen
2019 Cold Pursuit Det. Osgard
2019 Puppet Killer Jamie Post-production
2019 Volition Terry [21]
2020 Chained Jim [22]
2021 Zero Contact Trevor Williams [23]
2023 The Silent Service Logan Steiger Japanese film [24]

Television
Year Title Role Notes Refs
1994 Heads Roderick TV film [2]
2002 Jeremiah Stomp "Red Kiss"
2002 Stargate SG-1 Shaq'rel "Redemption: Parts 1 & 2"
2002 Christmas Rush Petrovich TV film
2002 John Doe Pavel Kovarik "Manifest Destiny"
2003 The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron Lazarri TV film
2003 Andromeda Agio "Vault of the Heavens"
2003 Picking Up & Dropping Off Joey TV film
2004 Mutant X Nick "Divided Loyalties"
2004 Cold Squad Cal Blannon "Cock of the Walk"
2005 The Dead Zone Matthew Meter "The Last Goodbye"
2005 Chasing Christmas Vincent TV film
2005 Painkiller Jane Sgt. Frizelle TV film
2005–2007 Battlestar Galactica Marine Sgt. Omar Fischer Recurring role [2]
2006 Whistler Vic Mostov "The Looks of Love"
2006 Supernatural Sean's Friend "Crossroad Blues" [25]
2006 Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep Ike TV film
2006 Psych Security Guard "Spellingg Bee"
2007 Maneater Sgt. Winshiser TV film
2007 Bionic Woman Curtis "Sisterhood"
2007 Stargate Atlantis Rakai "Reunion"
2008 Smallville Orderly "Labyrinth"
2009 Fireball Draven TV film
2009 Sanctuary The Duke "Penance" [2]
2010 Supernatural Skinwalker (Pack Leader's Second in Command) "All Dogs Go To Heaven"
2010 Human Target Alexei Volkov "Embassy Row"
2010 Riverworld Bernardo TV film
2010 Caprica William Adama Sr. "The Dirteaters"
2010 Gotta Grudge? Big Al TV series
2011 InSecurity Victor "Keeping Up with the Laslovs"
2011 Smallville OrderlyThug #1 2 episodes
2012 The Christmas Consultant Boris Tartakov TV film
2012–2014 Arctic Air Jim McAllister Recurring role [2]
2013 Republic of Doyle Angus Farris "The Common Wealth"
2013 Eve of Destruction Ruslan TV miniseries
2013 Chupacabra vs. the Alamo Agent Perez TV film
2013 Once Upon a Time Berkley "The Evil Queen"
2013 Hell on Wheels Anton Hersch "Cholera"
2013 Psych Serbian #1 "Lassie Jerky"
2013 Christmas Bounty Manucci TV film
2014 Parked Hector "Pilot (DADS)"
2014 Far from Home Dale Cottonwood TV film
2014 Zapped Ted TV film [2]
2014 Psych Bartender "Cog Blocked"
2014–15 The 100 Gustus Recurring role
2015 iZombie Julien DuPont Recurring role (8 episodes) [26]
2015 Ghost Unit Jadranko "1.1"
2015 Continuum Rollins Recurring role
2015 Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow Blade TV film
2016 Supernatural Gunner Lawless "Beyond the Mat"
2016 Motive Sgt. Fred Blunt "The Dead Hand", "Foreign Relations"
2016–21 Van Helsing Julius Main role
2017 Zoo Dallas "No Place Like Home", "Diaspora" [27]
2017 Hard Days, Wet Nights Woodrow TV series
2017 Hell's Kitchen Himself Guest diner; Reality series, Episode: "Catch of the Day"
2017 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Wygar Oak Recurring Role (6 Episodes)
2018 Arrow C.O. Felton 2 episodes
2020–2022 Snowpiercer Bojan "Boki" Boscovic Recurring role
2021 Hawkeye Ivan Banionis Recurring role (4 episodes)

Web
Year Title Role Notes Refs
2011 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Shao Khan "Kitana & Mileena: Parts 1 & 2" [2]

Awards and nominations

For his role of Julius in Van Helsing Paunovic has been nominated 3 times for Leo awards: in 2018 - Best Lead Performance by a Male: Dramatic Series,[28] in 2019 - Best Supporting Performance by a Male: Dramatic Series,[29] and in 2022 - Best Lead Performance by a Male: Dramatic Series.[30][31]

References
  1. "Aleks Paunovic". IMDb.
  2. "Actor Aleks Paunovic punches past typecasting in eclectic roles" by Sabrina Furminger at www.vancouverisawesome.com
  3. Aleks Paunovic's bio at www.northernstars.ca
  4. "Arctic Air’s Aleks Paunovic" by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com
  5. "Van Helsing to end with season five" by Kelly Townsend at playbackonline.ca
  6. "‘Dirk Gently’ Adds Alan Tudyk, ‘Agents of SHIELD’ Alum for Season 2" by Kate Stanhope at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  7. "‘Snowpiercer’ Casts Aleks Paunovic; ‘All American’ Adds Hunter Clowdus" by Denise Petski at deadline.com
  8. "EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Aleks Paunovic". CelebMix. 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  9. "Aleks Paunovic's Twitter". Twitter. 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  10. "Actor loves to bike in Vienna" by Jae-Ha Kim at chicagotribune.com
  11. "‘Snowpiercer’ actor finds joy in running" by Ben Snider-McGrath at runningmagazine.ca
  12. Stephanie Stephens (4 October 2016). "Van Helsing's Aleks Paunovic: Julius Thirsts for Power and Blood". Parade.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  13. "Schõn! Magazine: Aleks Paunovic". 9 December 2021.
  14. "Rob Riggle Joins Legendary’s ‘Dead Rising’ Adaptation" by Natalie Jarvey at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  15. "‘Vendetta’: Film Review" at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  16. "Q&A: Aleks Paunovic, star of Numb, discusses tough labour of love" by Mohamed Marwen Meddah at nationalpost.com
  17. "Jason Goode makes feature debut with Numb" by Etan Vlessing at playbackonline.ca
  18. "‘War for the Planet of the Apes’: Film Review" by Todd McCarthy at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  19. "Aleks Paunovic To Make ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’; Newcomer Zachary Haven Joins ‘Bastards" by Ross A. Lincoln at deadline.com
  20. "Aleks Paunovic Books Two Roles; Catherine Siggins Lands ‘The Samuel Project’" by Amanda N'Duka at deadline.com
  21. "‘Volition’: Film Review" by Frank Scheck at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  22. "Chained buckles down in B.C." by Lauren Malyk at playbackonline.ca
  23. "Enderby Entertainment expands into NFT space" by Amber Dowling at playbackonline.ca
  24. "映画「沈黙の艦隊」に玉木宏・上戸彩・中村倫也・江口洋介ら出演、ティザー映像も". Natalie. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  25. "Crossroad Blues". imdb. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  26. "Simon Kassianides Joins TNT Pilot ‘Lumen’; Aleks Paunovic In The CW’s ‘iZombie’" at deadline.com
  27. "Aleks Paunovic Joins ‘Zoo’; ‘Libby & Malcolm’ Pilot Adds Regular" by Denise Petski at deadline.com
  28. Past Nominees & Winners 2018 at www.leoawards.com
  29. Past Nominees & Winners 2019 at www.leoawards.com
  30. Past Nominees & Winners 2022 at www.leoawards.com
  31. "Donkeyhead leads Leo Awards with 11 nominations" by Kelly Townsend at playbackonline.ca
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