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Dmitri Tippens Krushnic Wiki Biography

Dmitri Tippens Krushnic was born on the 20th August 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA of British, German and Russian ancestry. Known by his other name Misha Collins – apparently his great-grandmother’s maiden name -he is a director and actor, probably best known for starring in the role of the angel Castiel in the TV series “Supernatural” (2008-present). He has also appeared in other TV series, including “ER” (2005-2006) and “24” (2002). His professional acting career has been active since 1998.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Misha Collins is, as of early 2016? It is estimated by sources that the size of Misha’s net worth is over $2 million, which has largely been earned through his career in the entertainment industry.
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Misha Collins Net Worth $2 Million

[divider]Misha Collins was brought up with three siblings in an irreligious family by his parents Richard Edward Krushnic and Rebecca Tippens. He attended both Northfield Mount Hermon and Greenfield Center School and matriculated in 1992. Afterwards, he started to study Social Theory at the University of Chicago, after which he scored an internship to work at the White House under President Clinton, in the Office of Presidential Personnel. At the same time he worked for National Public Radio (NPR) headquarters in DC, and after that he decided to pursue his career in the entertainment industry.

Misha’s professional acting career began in 1998, with an appearance in the TV series “Legacy”, which was followed by a role in the film “Liberty Highlands” (1999), with Adrien Brody and Ben Foster in lead roles. With the 2000s, his career reached a whole new level, which only increased his popularity as well as net worth. His first notable role was as Alexis Drazen in the popular TV series “24” (2002), with Kiefer Suterland in the role of its lead protagonist. After his role ended, Misha was cast in films such as “Finding Home” (2003), “20 Things To Do Before You `re 30” (2005), “Over Her Dead Body” (2008), and others, all of which added to his net worth. It was in 2008 when his career took the turn for the better, as he was selected for the role of the angel Castiel in the popular TV series “Supernatural” (2008-present), with actors such as Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles in lead roles.

To speak further of his accomplishments as an actor, Misha has appeared in productions such as “The Grift” (2008), and “Divine: The Series” (2011), among others, however, the role in “Supernatural”,for now is the main source of his net worth as he earns around $30,000 per episode.

Thanks to his successful career, Misha has received several prestigious awards, including People’s Choice Award for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor for his work on “Supernatural”.

Apart from his successful acting career, Misha Collins is also known as an accomplished poet, who has published two poems “Baby Pants” and “Old Bones”, both of which are published in in the 2008 edition of the Columbia Poetry Review, and which also added to his net worth.

When it comes to his personal life, Misha Collins has been married to writer Victoria Vantoch since October 2001, andthe couple has two children. In free time he is active with charity work, as he co-founded Random Acts of Kindness. In 2011, he also found ed the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES).



Full Name Misha Collins
Net Worth $2 Million
Date Of Birth August 20, 1974
Place Of Birth Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5′ 11″ (1.8 m)
Weight 170 pounds
Profession Actor, Producer, Writer
Education Northfield Mount Hermon School
Nationality American
Spouse Victoria Vantoch
Children West Anaximander Collins, Maison Marie Collins
Parents Rebecca Tippens, Richard Krushnic
Siblings Sasha Collins, Elizabeth Collins, Danielle Collins
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/officialmisha
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mishacollins
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/misha
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172557
Awards Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Chemistry, People’s Choice Award for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor, People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Bromance, Shorty Award for Best Actor
Nominations Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Scene Stealer, Shorty Award for Best in Weird
Movies Girl, Interrupted, Finding Home, Karla, Reinventing the Wheelers, Over Her Dead Body, The Grift, Stonehenge Apocalypse, Suspicious Bulges, Stranger Danger
TV Shows Supernatural, Divine: The Series
Trademark
1 Bright blue eyes
2 His quick wit during interviews
Quote
1 I hope this question doesn’t sound weird: When you’re watching yourself on TV do you occasionally get off the sofa & make out with the screen?
2 [on the 2012 apocalypse] Good news! The Mayan calendar ends & we all die tomorrow so we don’t have to plan for the future! Hence, I’m not wearing a condom right now! But now that I think of it I never wear condoms when I’m fully clothed & checking my email.
Fact
1 Favorite television series is Damages. Zeljko Ivanek, who starred in the show’s first season, is also close friends with Misha.
2 He and Supernatural (2005) co-star, Jared Padalecki both use sign language with their children. At the 2012 Salute to Supernatural convention in New Jersey, the two actors joked about their reactions to Signing Time! (2002) and “Baby Signing Time”.
3 Misha’s paternal great-grandfather, Edward Krushnic, was the son of a Russian Jewish father, Joesph Krushnic, and a Hungarian Jewish mother, Ida. The rest of Misha’s ancestry is English, German, Scottish, and Irish.
4 On April 1st 2013, users of Tumblr changed their icons to a picture of Misha, they referred to this as the ‘Mishapocalypse’.
5 Their second child, a daughter named Maison Marie, was born September 25, 2012.
6 Current Guinness World Record Holder for organizing the world’s largest international photo scavenger hunt (The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen) in November 2011.
7 His wife, Victoria, is a writer.
8 The name “Misha” is after his mother’s Russian ex-boyfriend. This has been his nickname since childhood, so he decided to use it as his stage name.
9 When auditioning for Castiel, he was told that he’d be a demon. It wasn’t until after he got the part that the creators told him that Castiel was going to be an angel.
10 Son, West Anaximander Collins, born September 23rd, 2010.
11 On Twitter, he refers to his followers as “minions” and has repeatedly claimed that he has plans for world domination. The minion-founded charity Random Acts is hailed as a first step toward said domination (by kindness).
12 House burned down when he was in high school.
13 Read Revelation as preparation for role as Castiel.
14 Worked as a carpenter to put himself through college.
15 Built his own home, and almost all the furniture in it, save for a couple chairs on the deck.
16 Spent time at a monastery in Nepal. Still practices Buddhist meditation and goes on a 10 day retreat once a year.
17 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.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Kittens in a Cage 2015 TV Series Porn Director
Behind the Scenes of Supernatural: A Fan’s Perspective 2014 Short Misha Collins
TSA America: Yeah, But Is It Ticking? 2014 Short Officer Franklin
TSA America: Suspicious Bulges 2014 Short Officer Franklin
TSA America: Just Relax 2013 Short Officer Franklin
Ringer 2012 TV Series Dylan Morrison
Divine: The Series 2011 TV Series Father Christopher
Stonehenge Apocalypse 2010 TV Movie Jacob
Nip/Tuck 2009 TV Series Manny Skerritt
The Grift 2008 Buster
Over Her Dead Body 2008 Brian
Reinventing the Wheelers 2007 TV Movie Joey Wheeler
Without a Trace 2007 TV Series Chester Lake
CSI: NY 2007 TV Series Morton Brite
Close to Home 2006 TV Series Todd Monroe
NCIS 2006 TV Series Justin Farris
Monk 2006 TV Series Michael Karpov
Karla 2006 Paul Bernardo
ER 2005-2006 TV Series Bret
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2005 TV Series Vlad
20 Things to Do Before You’re 30 2005 TV Movie
The Crux 2004 Short Man Hanging from the Rope
Finding Home 2003 Dave
Moving Alan 2003 Tony Derrick
24 2002 TV Series Alexis Drazen
Par 6 2002 Al Hegelman
Seven Days 2001 TV Series Sergei Chubais
NYPD Blue 2000 TV Series Blake DeWitt
Girl, Interrupted 1999 Tony
Charmed 1999 TV Series Eric Bragg
Liberty Heights 1999 Guy (uncredited)
Legacy 1998 TV Series Andrew
Supernatural 2008-2016 TV Series Castiel Lucifer Jimmy Novak …
The Venture Bros. 2016 TV Series Prisoner 2 / Maestrowave
The Hillywood Show 2015 TV Mini-Series short Dancer

Producer

Title Year Status Character
TSA America: Yeah, But Is It Ticking? 2014 Short producer
TSA America: Suspicious Bulges 2014 Short producer
TSA America: Just Relax 2013 Short producer
Divine: The Series 2011 TV Series producer – 6 episodes
Loot 2008 Documentary associate producer

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Behind the Scenes of Supernatural: A Fan’s Perspective 2014 Short writer
TSA America: Yeah, But Is It Ticking? 2014 Short written by
TSA America: Suspicious Bulges 2014 Short written by
TSA America: Just Relax 2013 Short written by
Divine: The Series 2011 TV Series created by – 3 episodes
Stranger Danger 2010 Video short written by

Director

Title Year Status Character
Behind the Scenes of Supernatural: A Fan’s Perspective 2014 Short
TSA America: Yeah, But Is It Ticking? 2014 Short
TSA America: Suspicious Bulges 2014 Short
Supernatural 2014 TV Series 1 episode
TSA America: Just Relax 2013 Short
Stranger Danger 2010 Video short

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
On the Set with SPN: The Real Fan Contest 2016 Short special thanks
Supernatural 2014 TV Series special thanks – 1 episode
Rock the Boat 2011 Documentary special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
On the Set with SPN: The Real Fan Contest 2016 Short Himself
Na Na Na Batman 2014 Video short Himself
Supernatural 2014 TV Series Himself
Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest
Larry King Now 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Very Mallory 2013 TV Series Himself
unCONventional 2012 TV Series Himself
The Soup 2012 TV Series Himself
Supernatural and the Quest for the Soul 2011 Video documentary short Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Supernatural 2011 TV Series Castiel

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2015 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor
2015 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Chemistry Supernatural (2005)
2014 Honorable Mention Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival, US Short Film TSA America: Suspicious Bulges (2014)
2014 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite TV Bromance Supernatural (2005)
2011 TV Guide Award TV Guide Awards Favorite Nonhuman Supernatural (2005)

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