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Stephen Thomas Ochsner

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Stephen Thomas Ochsner
Born
Stephen Thomas Ochsner

(1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36)
EducationWoodland Park High School
Alma materOklahoma City University

Moscow Art Theatre School Studio

Russian Institute of Theatre Arts
Occupation(s)Actor, director, musician, producer, pedagogue
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Stephen Thomas Ochsner (born 25 July 1988) is an American actor, director, producer, musician, translator and designer, widely known for his role as Kostya in the more.tv original series, Chicks.[1][2]

Early life

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Ochsner's childhood was spent singing in the United Methodist Church Choir, acting in community theatre and studying music at the Colorado Springs Conservatory and Central City Opera House. His first job was working as a janitor and technical assistant at the Millibo Art Theatre. Ochsner was also an avid snowboarder, rock climber and mountaineer. He received his formal acting and vocal training at the Oklahoma City University School of Theatre, while he built and demounted sets in the university scene shop. At that time, Ochsner worked as an actor and dramaturg for Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre. Between the years of 15 and 20, Ochsner played 11 leading and supporting roles across the midwest, including Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, George in Our Town, Shen Teh in The Good Person of Szechwan, Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Toby in The Medium and Valère in The Miser.

Theatre

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In 2008, Ochsner studied for three months at the Moscow Art Theatre School Studio on a program organized by the National Institute of Theatre. Returning to Oklahoma City University, Ochsner led a weekly actor's training laboratory based on the techniques of Michael Chekhov, Vsevolod Meyerhold and Andrei Droznin.

In 2011, Ochsner studied with Viktor Ryzhakov, Igor Zolotovitsky, Sergei Zemtsov and Vladimir Sazhin at the Moscow Art Theatre School Studio.[3] He subsequently studied with Sergei Golomazov at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, and in 2012 received his first roles at the Meyerhold Theatre Centre in Everything's Fine (Między nami dobrze jest) by Dorota Masłowska and Sentensii Panteleya Karmanova (The Maxims of Peter Pockets) by Ivan Vyrypaev.[4][5][6][7][8]

Between 2012 and 2016, Ochsner toured Europe, Russia and the US with Vyrypaev's texts in Russian and English under the direction of Zara Antonyan. Later Ochsner worked with Antonyan co-directing, composing and designing projections for productions based on Hrant Dink and The Master and Margarita at Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach, Germany.[9][10][11][12]

From 2014 to 2017, Ochsner lived in Yerevan, Armenia, co-directing, designing, composing and acting at the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre. He also taught acting at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography.

Year Genre Title Written by Director Role Theatre
Tragedy Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Mercutio Theatre OCU (Oklahoma)
Comedy Lysistrata Aristophanes Theatre OCU (Oklahoma)
Drama Our Town Thornton Wilder George Gibbs Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre
Opera The Good Person of Szechwan Bertolt Brecht Shen Teh Colorado Symphony
Opera Amahl and the Night Visitors Gian Carlo Menotti Kaspar Colorado Symphony
Opera The Medium Gian Carlo Menotti Toby Colorado Symphony
Comedy The Miser Molière Valère
2012 Tragedy Antigone Sophocles Konstantin Mishin Polynices, Creon School of Dramatic Art (Moscow)
2013 Drama Everything's Fine (Między nami dobrze jest) Dorota Masłowska Elena Roman Actor Meyerhold Theatre Centre (Moscow)
2013 Drama Sentensii Panteleya Karmanova (The Maxims of Peter Pockets) Ivan Vyrypaev Zara Antonayan Panteley Karmanov Meyerhold Theatre Centre

Filmography

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Ochsner is widely known for his role in the more.tv original series Chicks,[13][14][15] about four young women struggling to liberate themselves from the volatile, sex industry in the provincial Caucuses. Ochsner plays the ex-lover to Zhanna (played by Irina Gorbacheva), working as a backhoe operator and fighting to be a good father for his son, Roma (played by Daniil Kuznetsov).

Ochsner's first cinematic role was in Alexei Popogrebski's The Optimists, a foreign diplomacy series set in the Krushchev era at the peak of the Cold War. He played a foreign director in Roskino’s Shoot Moscow in Moscow, produced by Stereotactic for the Russian Pavilion at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[16] He played the drug-crazed roommate of Rose (played by Jordan Frye) in Grigory Dobrygin’s Sheena667, and the mysterious man transporting contraband across the Finish border in RIO, written and directed by Zhenia Kazankina. Ochsner has also played roles in Going Vertical, False Flag, and Roommate.

Year Title Original Title Director Role
2017 The Optimists Оптимисты Alexei Popogrebski John
2017 Going Vertical Движение вверх Anton Megerdichev Journalist
2017 Shoot Moscow in Moscow Shoot Moscow in Moscow Alexey Krupnik Director
2019 Sheena667 Sheena667 Grigory Dobrygin Roommate
2019 False flag Фальшивый флаг Sergey Chekalov
2019 RIO РИО Zhenia Kazankina Stranger
2019 Big Trip (English version) Большое путешествие Vasiliy Rovenskiy, Natalya Nilova Pelican Duke (voice)
2020 Chicks Чики Eduard Oganesyan Kostya
2020 Roommate Руммейт Anna Yanovskaya Hugh
2020 Magic Arch (English version) Полное погружение Vasiliy Rovenskiy Delphi (voice)
2020 The Other Way Wolf Волк наоборот Ira Elshansky Flow (voice)
2022 Pinocchio: A True Story (English version) Пиноккио. Правдивая история Vasiliy Rovenskiy Fox, Parrot Caro (voice)

Radio and voice over

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Ochsner hosted two seasons of Home Away from Home, a program investigating national identity at Radio VAN, Armenia at Radio VAN.[17][18][19]

Ochsner has worked in animated films, with credits such as Delphi in Magic Arch 3D,[20] Pelican Duke in Big Trip,[21][22] Flow in The Other Way Wolf[23] and Stroosh, Luca and Myrrah in Stroosh.

Music

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Ochnser has directed, produced and performed in projects “GoatfishSauce”[24][25] and “Karl and Klara” with singer-songwriter Mitya Zolotov (2014–present).[26][27] He has also been a member of the project “Kristmas” since it was formed by Cazimir Liske (2011–present).

References

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  1. ^ Stephen Ochsner at kino-teatr.ru
  2. ^ Stephen Ochsner at vokrug.tv
  3. ^ דֵצֶמבֶּר / THE SUN LINE
  4. ^ Фестиваль "SOLO" — СЕНТЕНЦИИ ПАНТЕЛЕЯ КАРМАНОВА
  5. ^ Zara Antonyan & Stephen Ochsner from The Meyerhold Theatre Centre, Moscow
  6. ^ Stage East American — Stephen Ochsner on acting in Moscow / The Moscow Times
  7. ^ THESPIS — International Monodrama Festival
  8. ^ The Maxims of Peter Pockets nach Iwan Wyrypajew
  9. ^ Der Meister und Margarita
  10. ^ Pilatus in der Badewanne
  11. ^ „Der Meister und Margarita“ spannt Bogen zu weit
  12. ^ Der Meister und Margarita / Nach dem Roman von Michail Bulgakow
  13. ^ «Чики»: Жаркая кубанская готика
  14. ^ Премьера сериала «Чики» состоится 4 июня на more.tv / «Известия»
  15. ^ "Национальная Медиа Группа" запускает уникальный сервис more.tv / «РЕН ТВ»
  16. ^ New Features of the Moscow Film Commission presented in Cannes
  17. ^ Homesick at Home
  18. ^ American Christmas
  19. ^ Easter (25.03.2016)
  20. ^ Magic Arch at imdb.com
  21. ^ Big Trip at imdb.com
  22. ^ Denmark's new film universe
  23. ^ Чем важен уникальный российский мультик о козленке в инвалидной коляске?
  24. ^ СОУСKEFАЛЬ at Meyerhold
  25. ^ Переписка Хармса с Введенским, оркестр чердачного хлама и декламации интервью из Playboy
  26. ^ СОУСKEFАЛЬ at Meyerhold
  27. ^ Подушка театральной безопасности «Карл и Клара» в новом Safe Theatre
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