---
name: "Oleksandr Usyk"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oleksandr-usyk"
fi1m_id: "oleksandr-usyk"
imdb_id: "nm8157549"
tmdb_id: 3147756
wikidata_id: "Q938027"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 January 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:24:46.981740+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Oleksandr Usyk

## Identity

Oleksandr Usyk

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/oleksandr-usyk
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** oleksandr-usyk
- **IMDb ID:** nm8157549
- **TMDB ID:** 3147756
- **Wikidata ID:** Q938027
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr_Usyk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8157549/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3147756

Actor. Born 17 January 1987 in Simferopol, Crimean ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Crimea, Ukraine].

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 January 1987, Simferopol, Crimean ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Crimea, Ukraine]
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr_Usyk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8157549/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3147756

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Smashing Machine*](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md) (70)

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## Biography

Oleksandr Usyk is a Ukrainian actor and professional boxer. Born on 17 January 1987 in Simferopol, he began his screen career with a voice role as Sholom in the animated film *The Stolen Princess* (2018).

Usyk made his live-action debut portraying fellow Ukrainian fighter Igor Vovchanchyn in the biographical sports drama *The Smashing Machine* (2025), directed by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr.

*Sources: imdb.com, essentiallysports.com, hitc.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Smashing Machine* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Igor Vovchanchyn — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Smashing Machine* (2025), as Igor Vovchanchyn — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md)
- *Oleksandr Usyk vs Chazz Witherspoon* (2019), Actor
- *The Stolen Princess* (2018), as Sholom (voice)
- *The Fight Rules* (2017), as Professional Boxer

## Gallery

- ![Oleksandr Usyk](https://film.one/media/person/7929/gallery-46a824eea8d1.jpg) Oleksandr Usyk — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Oleksandr_Usyk_at_TIFF_2025.jpg/1280px-Oleksandr_Usyk_at_TIFF_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. ](https://film.one/media/person/7929/gallery-449088b331c5.jpg) 2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.  — Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4500_%2852471602047%29.jpg/1280px-2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4500_%2852471602047%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. ](https://film.one/media/person/7929/gallery-11ef43da658b.jpg) 2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.  — Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4500_%2852471602047%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4500_%2852471602047%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. ](https://film.one/media/person/7929/gallery-52bcc7178537.jpg) 2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.  — Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4512_%2852472646328%29.jpg/1280px-2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4512_%2852472646328%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Oleksandr Usyk](https://film.one/media/person/7929/gallery-25a7abb0783a.jpg) Oleksandr Usyk — Image via TMDB
- ![Oleksandr Usyk](https://film.one/media/person/7929/gallery-d95fb1d9ac89.jpg) Oleksandr Usyk — Image via TMDB
- ![2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. P](https://film.one/media/person/7929/gallery-d7a2615d541e.jpg) 2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. P — Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4536_%2852472299654%29.jpg/1280px-2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4536_%2852472299654%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. P](https://film.one/media/person/7929/gallery-867b105fceef.jpg) 2 November 2022; Oleksandr Usyk, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion on Centre Stage, during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. P — Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4537_%2852472299354%29.jpg/1280px-2022_-_Centre_Stage_EN1_4537_%2852472299354%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won

- Ali–Frazier Award 2024: Ali–Frazier Award (won)
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 2024: Sugar Ray Robinson Award (won)
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 2024: The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year (won)
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 2018: Sugar Ray Robinson Award (won)
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 2018: The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year (won)
- honorary citizen of Simferopol 2012: honorary citizen of Simferopol (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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