Marat Oyvetsky was born on 30th, June 1972 in Mink, Belarus and immigrated to the United States when he was 5 years old with his parents. His mother was a mathematician and his father danced ballet professionally all over the world. Having studied math and science, Marat still found an avenue to perform on stage and model in his spare time. Upon moving to California, Marat continued to act on stage and added television and film to his resume. Marat found that he had a talent to play character actors and was immediately cast in a plethora of roles. He was cast on the spot to play a tortured prisoner on the hit series Alias (2005) and a tough Chicago mobster in the CW series Veronica Mars (2005) opposite Enrico Colantoni. Marat's breakout role came on 24 (Day 5, 2006) where he played a terrorist opposite Julian Sands. Marat also starred in the hit series Desire: Table for Three (2006) as Sammy, the smooth talking agent for hire. Show less «