Major Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov was the Russian father of G. Callen and Amy Callen. He was a major in the KGB but was arrested in 1974 for helping Soviet civilians escape to the West. He was sent to a gulag camp in Siberia. He later escaped and changed his name to Konstantine Chernoff.
Appearances[]
- Season 7
- Episode 16: Matryoshka, Part 2
- Season 8
- Episode 9: Glasnost
- Episode 16: Old Tricks
- Season 9
- Episode 16: Warrior of Peace
- Season 10
- Episode 22: No More Secrets
NCIS: Los Angeles[]
In Matryoshka, Part 2, he finally met G. Callen and revealed to Callen his birth name, including his full first name, Grisha.
In Glasnost, Callen was forced to interrogate him due to his connection to Katerina Pulonin, a woman he had helped settle in the U.S. and with whom he had also had relations. During this time, he revealed to Callen that Alexandra Reynolds was his daughter and Jake Reynolds his grandson.
In Old Tricks, he kidnapped Pacey Smith, the father of Jake Reynolds, whom he suspected of being a drug dealer. When Callen caught up with Reznikov, he found Smith bound and gagged in the trunk of his car, at which point Callen learned from Pacey that he was an L.A.P.D. informant. Later, he and Callen show up at Alexandra's door, ready to inform her of her remaining family, when she invites them in for dinner.
After living for some time in L.A. and forming relationships with his children and grandson, Reznikov’s visa was revoked and he was taken into state department custody in order to be used by the U.S. in a three-way deal with Iran and Russia to free an American couple from Iran. Callen’s team tried to apprehend an acceptable alternate target and, when that failed, Callen tried to convince his father to escape through the trap door in the Boatshed’s interrogation room, but Reznikov stated that he’d rather be used to bring another family together than be a fugitive and make Callen an accessory.
At the prisoner exchange, Reznikov appeared resigned to his fate and happy to see the other family reunited, which he glimpsed when turning to enter a van.