Misha Collins

Misha Collins as Castiel

Misha Collins plays the angel Castiel in Season Four and Five of Supernatural.

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Misha Collins (born Misha Dmitri Tippens Krushnic) August 20, 1974. He grew up in Massachusetts. After attending the Greenfield Center School, Misha graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon in 1992. In the following year, he pursued a wide variety of interests; including a job at NPR headquarters, a White House internship during the Clinton administration, construction work, and an EMT certification course. He then went on to the University of Chicago where he studied social theory. After college, Misha moved to Washington, DC with his girlfriend (now his wife) Victoria Vantoch, a writer, and started an educational software company.

Then, on a lark, Misha decided to take an acting class, and soon found himself in the midst of a career change. He got a call for a role in Liberty Heights (directed by Barry Levinson), and then landed a part in Girl, Interrupted. He moved to Los Angeles soon thereafter, and now has a substantial list of acting credits to his name, including roles on 24, ER, CSI, Monk, Charmed and NYPD Blue.

Having traveled in Russia and mastered the accent, Misha has been called on several times to play Russian characters in television series—most notably the villainous assassin, Alexis Drazen, on 24. He has also appeared in seven independent feature films to date.

Episodes

• 4.01 Lazarus Rising
• 4.02 Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
• 4.03 In The Beginning
• 4.07 It's The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester
• 4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer
• 4.10 Heaven And Hell
• 4.15 Death Takes A Holiday
• 4.16 On The Head Of A Pin
• 4.18 The Monster At The End Of This Book
• 4.20 The Rapture
• 4.21 When The Levee Breaks
• 4.22 Lucifer Rising
• 5.01 Sympathy For The Devil
• 5.02 Good God Y'All
• 5.03 Free To Be You And Me
• 5.04 The End
• 5.06 I Believe The Children Are Our Future
• 5.08 Changing Channels
• 5.10 Abandon All Hope
• 5.13 The Song Remains The Same
• 5.14 My Bloody Valentine

Trivia

Misha Collins

• Once worked as a White House intern.
• Once worked at National Public Radio in the U.S.
• He is a published poet. Two of his poems; "Baby Pants" and "Old Bones", can be found in the 2008 edition of the Columbia Poetry Review #21.
• Spent time at a monastery in Nepal. Still practices Buddhist meditation and goes on a 10 day retreat once a year.
• Started his own software company.
• Built his own home, and almost all the furniture in it, save for a couple chairs on the deck.
• Worked as a carpenter to put himself through college.
• Went to University of Chicago and studied Social Theory.
• Read Revelations as preparation for role as Castiel.
• House burned down when he was in high school.
• Mother went to Russia when she was in college. She had a boyfriend at the time named Misha and she named Misha after him.
• Brother's name is Sasha.
• Sister's name is Danielle

Misha in Fandom

See also:

• Misha's Minions
• Mishawives

Convention Appearances

• Collectormania London 2009
• Salute to Supernatural L.A. 2009
• Salute to Supernatural New Jersey 2009
• All Hell Breaks Loose Sydney 2009
• Asylum 2009
• Comic Con 2009
• Salute to Supernatural Vancouver 2009
• Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2009

Links

• Misha Collins on IMDB
• Misha Collins on Wikipedia
• Misha Collins' twitter ^{Legitimacy confirmed: Asylum 2009}

• Misha Collins fansite
• Misha's Minions
• Minions Of Misha Collins
• Misha Collins comm on LJ
• MISHALAND a CAPSLOCK COMMUNITY on LJ

• Luv song by dangen. A fanvid celebrating the cracked relationship between Misha & fandom.

Clips, Articles and Interviews

• 23 September, 2008 Interview with Misha Collins Part One and Part Two by sfuniverse
• 24 September Interview with Misha Collins by tvaddict
• 24 September Interview with Misha Collins by movieweb
• 25 September Interview with Misha Collins by Eclipse Magazine
• 25 September Interview with ACED magazine
• 25 September Video interview by CW Connect
• 1 October Interview with justjared
• 2 October Interview with CW Source
• 2 October Interview with tv.com
• 6 October Interview with Misha Collins by popgurls
• 28 October Focus on Castiel & Interview with Misha Collins by the Chicago Tribune
• 19 November Interview with the East Valley Tribune
• 20 Jan 2009 Interview with Misha Collins by Support Supernatural
• 6 Feb Video interview with Misha Collins by CW Connect
• 10 March Interview with Buddy TV
• 10 March Interview with Misha Collins by scifi Wire
• 11 March Interview with TV Guide
• April Interview with Misha Collins at Spirit Awards
• 4 May Interview with Misha at TVFantatics
• 4 May Interview with Misha Collins by Eclipse Magazine
• 4 May Interview with Misha Collins at SFUniverse
• 6 May Interview with Misha Collins by MovieWeb
• 7 May Interview with Misha Collins by zapit
• 13 May Interview with Misha Collins by LA Times