Biography

Yasha Blackman (born May 1, 1976, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American actor of Russian and Ukrainian descent, whose family moved to Los Angeles when he was two years old. He trained at renowned drama schools before pursuing acting, and has been active since 1998. He is also credited as Yasha Louie in his early work and goes by the alternative name Jake Blackman. He is 1.83 m tall and based in Newport Beach, California. His film credits include Termination Man (1998) (Steve Railsback, James Farentino), A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012) (Bill Murray, Charlie Sheen), Blood Shed (2013) (Bai Ling, Gabriel De Santi), Murder at Hollow Creek (2024) (Mickey Rourke, Jason Patric), and Karaganda: Red Mafia (2025) (Dimiter D. Marinov, Natasha Blasick). On television he has appeared in V.I.P. (1998), Alias (2004) (Jennifer Garner, Michael Vartan), and Awake (2012) (Jason Isaacs, Laura Allen).