Gene Farber

Biography:

Gene Farber (born November 14, 1978, in Minsk, Belarus) is an American actor of Belarusian-Jewish heritage. After immigrating to the United States, Farber built a diverse acting career across film, television, and voice work, often portraying intense, dramatic, or military-type characters.

Farber’s early screen appearances included roles in the science-fiction projects Virtuality (2010) and Das Boot (2010). He gained wider recognition when he appeared in X-Men: First Class (2011), portraying the Soviet Radioman during the film’s Cold War sequences.

In the years that followed, he continued to take on a variety of roles, such as in Idiot (2012) and the horror-thriller The Body Tree (2015). One of his most notable performances came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where he played Vasily Karpov in Captain America: Civil War (2016)—a character significant to the Winter Soldier storyline.

Farber went on to appear in the sci-fi drama One Under the Sun (2017) and later in Abigail (2023), further showing his range in genre films.

Throughout his career, Gene Farber has become known for his strong screen presence, his ability to handle multilingual roles, and his work in action, thriller, and science-fiction projects.