Pavel Lychnikoff is a Russian actor who is best known for his role as the telegraph operator named Blazanov in HBO's
Deadwood, and as Russian mobster Vadim Youchenko in the movie, "Trade".
Lychnikoff attended the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow and later moved to the United States in the early 90s. Since then, he has appeared in several TV shows and films such as "Cloverfield" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" both in 2008 and "Star Trek" in 2010.