Misha Collins

Misha Collins Biography

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

Personal life

Misha Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard Krushnic and Rebecca Tippens. He was raised in an irreligious family. He has said that his surname, Krushnic, "goes back six generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from." 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. Collins attended Greenfield Center School, Northfield Mount Hermon School and the University of Chicago, where he studied social theory.

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).

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, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding and inspiring acts of kindness around the world. Collins founded the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES) in 2011. 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.

Filmography

Film

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

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
2012	Ringer	Dylan	Episode: "Whores Don't Make That Much"
2014	Whose Line is it Anyway?	Himself

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work
2014	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Bromance (shared with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles)	Supernatural
2015		Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor
2016		Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor

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