Like many celebrities who go by other names, Misha Collins is not the actor's real name. Collins was born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic, and his name has a fascinating backstory. "My mother went to Russia when she was in college. She had a boyfriend named Misha, and much to my father's chagrin, she named me after him," Collins advised Every Joe in an interview in 2008. "And the last name, Krushnic, goes back six generations in Canada, and we're not sure where they came from, could be Russian or Ukrainian or Polish."
Collins then clarified that he is not Russian, even if his mom wished he used to be. "She was a hippie...she wanted to bring communism back to America," he joked. Though Collins is white, he has played ethnic minorities in the past and didn't enjoy the revel in. "I played a Serb on '24' for several episodes and the producers of the show came in to talk to me, like 5 episodes in. Denzel Washington had just won an Oscar and they said, 'Isn't it great that minorities are finally getting recognition at the Oscars? It's great for people like you and for Denzel Washington,'" he informed the hole. "I said, 'I'm sorry, but I don't think I qualify. I'm a white guy from Massachusetts."
Collins' reviews as a white man would possibly not have helped him with his roles, however he could relate to folks's struggles growing up in a single-parent family along with his brother.
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