Misha Collins

Misha Collins

Collins at the 2015 Comic Con in San Diego
Born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic
(1974-08-20) August 20, 1974
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alma mater Northfield Mount Hermon School
University of Chicago
Occupation Actor
Years active 1998–present
Spouse(s) Victoria Vantoch (m. 2001)
Children 2

Dmitri "Misha" Collins[1] (born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic;[2] August 20, 1974) is an American actor, best known for his role as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural (2008–present).[3]

Personal life

Misha Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard Krushnic and Rebecca Tippens.[4] He was raised in an irreligious family.[5] He has said that his surname, Krushnic, "goes back six generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from."[2] His stage name, Collins, is his great grandmother's maiden name.

Before acting, he interned for four months at the White House during the Clinton Administration in the Office of Presidential Personnel.[3][6] Collins attended Greenfield Center School, Northfield Mount Hermon School and the University of Chicago, where he studied social theory.[7][8]

On October 6, 2001, Collins married Victoria Vantoch, in Maine. They have a son, West Anaximander Collins (born September 23, 2010), and a daughter, Maison Marie Collins (born September 25, 2012).[9][10][11]

Collins is a published poet. His poems, including "Baby Pants", and "Old Bones" can be found in the 2008 edition of the Columbia Poetry Review #21.

Charity work

Collins is the co-founder and board president of Random Acts of Kindness,[12] a non-profit organization dedicated to funding and inspiring acts of kindness around the world.[13] Collins founded the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES) in 2011.[14] Entrance fees for the international competition go towards Random Acts, and in 2012, GISHWHES broke the world record for most pledges to perform an act of kindness.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Liberty Heights Guy Uncredited
1999 Girl, Interrupted Tony
2006 Karla Paul Bernardo
2008 Loot Associate Producer[16]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Legacy Andrew Episode: "The Big Fix"
1999 Charmed Eric Bragg Episode: "They're Everywhere"
2000 NYPD Blue Blake DeWitt Episode: "Welcome to New York"
2001 Seven Days Sergei Chubais Episode: "Born in the USSR"
2002 24 Alexis Drazen 7 Episodes (13–17,22–23)
2002 Par 6 Al Hegelman
2003 Moving Alan Tony Derrick
2003 Finding Home Dave
2004 The Crux Man Hanging from the Rope
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Vlad Episode: "Nesting Dolls"
2005–2006 ER Bret 3 episodes
2006 NCIS Justin Ferris Episode: "Singled Out"
2006 Monk Michael Karapov Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage"
2006 Close to Home Todd Monroe Episode: "There's Something About Martha"
2007 Without a Trace Chester Lake Episode: "Run"
2007 CSI: NY Morton Brite Episode: "Can You Hear Me Now?"
2007 Reinventing the Wheelers Joey Wheeler TV Pilot
2008 Over Her Dead Body Brian
2008 The Grift Buster
2008–present Supernatural Castiel; Jimmy Novak; Himself; Emmanuel; Steve; Leviathan; Lucifer Recurring: Seasons 4 & 8
Series Regular: Seasons 5–6, 9-present
Special Guest Star: Season 7 & 8
Director: Season 9, episode 17
People's Choice Award for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor (2015)
2009 Nip/Tuck Manny Skerritt Episode: "Manny Skerritt"
2010 Stonehenge Apocalypse Jacob TV movie
2011 Divine: The Series Father Christopher; Producer Web Series[17]
2012 Ringer Dylan Episode: "Whores Don't Make That Much"
2014 Whose Line is it Anyway? Himself

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2014 People's Choice Awards Favorite TV Bromance (shared with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) Supernatural Won[18]
2015 Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor Won[19]
2016 Nominated[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Misha Collins in LA 09: On his name". YouTube. "My mom went to Russia when she was in college, and […] she had a boyfriend whose name was Mitya, which she thought was the same as Misha, which it's not. And his real name was Dmitri, so my real name, actually—my birth certificate says Dmitri. But she always calls me Misha, so I have the wrong nickname. But, you know, too late to change it now."
  2. 1 2 "Misha Collins Answers Our Top 3 Q's – EveryJoe". EveryJoe. "My mother went to Russia when she was in college. She had a boyfriend named Misha, and much to my father's chagrin she named me after him. And the last name, Krushnic, goes back six generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from—could be Russian or Ukrainian or Polish."
  3. 1 2 "Supernatural Cast Bios Misha Collins". The CW. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Misha Collins". TV Guide. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Misha Collins is Supernatural's Dark Angel". Zap2it. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ Krushnic, Dmitri (January 29, 1998). "Lewinsky wasn't the only infatuated intern". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Just try to find a stranger scavenger hunt than this". The Recorder. August 16, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2014. GISHWHES was created by American actor Misha Collins, who attended Greenfield Center School and graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1992.
  8. ↑ Hale, Mike (April 18, 2014). "Eternal Life, Thanks to Angels and Abs". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ Raftery, Liz (September 28, 2012). "Supernatural's Misha Collins, Wife Have a Baby". TV GUIDE. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  10. ↑ "We got this on tuesday. No...". September 28, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Misha Collins Reveals His Daughter's Name". Celebritybabyscoop.com. October 21, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Random Acts – Our Staff". Random Acts.
  13. ↑ "Random Acts – Non-profit dedicated to acts of kindness worldwide". Random Acts.
  14. ↑ Mandy, Chaos (October 11, 2012). "GISHWHES – International Scavenger Hunt". Wired. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  15. ↑ Hayes, Molly (August 14, 2013). "Wanted: Rooster costume and Russian colonel". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  16. ↑ Loot: Home. HBO. Retrieved on March 1, 2011.
  17. ↑ Divine the Series Cast Retrieved on May 16, 2011.
  18. ↑ "People's Choice Awards: Fan Favorites in Movies, Music & TV - PeoplesChoice.com". www.peopleschoice.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "People's Choice Awards: Fan Favorites in Movies, Music & TV - PeoplesChoice.com". www.peopleschoice.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "People's Choice Awards: Fan Favorites in Movies, Music & TV - PeoplesChoice.com". www.peopleschoice.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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