Misha Collins

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Misha Collins

Collins at the 2017 Comic Con in San Diego

Born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic

August 20, 1974 (age 46)

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Northfield Mount Hermon School

Alma mater
University of Chicago

Occupation Actor

Years active 1998–present
Victoria Vantoch
Spouse(s)
 

m. 2001)

Children 2
 Dmitri "Misha" Collins[1] (born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic;[2] August 20, 1974) is an
American actor and author best known for his role as the angel Castiel on
the CW television series Supernatural (2008–present).[3]

Contents

 1Early life
 2Career
o 2.1Interning
o 2.2Acting
o 2.3Writing
 3Charity work
 4Personal life
 5Filmography
o 5.1Film
o 5.2Television
 6Awards and nominations
 7References
 8External links

Early life
Misha Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard Krushnic[citation needed] and
Rebecca Tippens.[4] He was raised in an irreligious family.[5] Growing up, his family
was poor and often homeless.[6][7] He has said that his surname, Krushnic, "goes back six
generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from." [2] His stage name,
Collins, is his great-grandmother's maiden name. [citation needed] He is of partial Jewish descent.
[8]

Collins attended Greenfield Center School, Northfield Mount Hermon School and

the University of Chicago, where he studied social theory.[9][10]

Career
Interning
Before acting, he interned for four months at the White House during the Clinton
Administration in the Office of Presidential Personnel. [3][11]
Acting
His film work includes an uncredited appearance in the 1999 movie Liberty Heights, as
well as roles in Girl, Interrupted, Finding Home, Karla and Loot (on which he also served
as Associate Producer).
As well as his work as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural, other
television shows includes Legacy, Charmed, NYPD Blue, 24, CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation, ER, Monk, and Timeless.
Writing
Collins is a published poet. His poems, including "Baby Pants" and "Old Bones", can be
found in the 2008 edition of Columbia Poetry Review #21.
Collins has also co-written a cookbook with wife, Vicki Collins. It is reported that much of
the book's sales will go to charitable organizations who specialize in food nutrition. [12]
Collins and Kathryn Leonard, together with several other collaborators, are authors of
"The 2D Shape Structure Dataset", an academic research paper on a crowd-sourced
database on the structure of shapes.[13]

Charity work
Collins is the co-founder and board president of Random Acts, [14] a non-profit
organization dedicated to funding and inspiring acts of kindness around the world.
[15]
 Collins founded the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever
Seen (GISHWHES) in 2011.[16] 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.[17]