Paper Tiger, Frankenstein: Legacy & Best Actor At The London Film Festival
Graduating from the Ultimate Acting Programme, Victor Ptak appears in Paper Tiger (2026), directed by James Gray and starring Adam Driver , Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller . Victor plays Semion Bogoyavich in the crime thriller.
His other film credits include Mad to Be Normal (2017), a production starring David Tennant , Elisabeth Moss , Michael Gambon and Gabriel Byrne .
Victor also appeared in Frankenstein: Legacy (2024), in which he plays Lord Ashbury, as well as The Black Prince , When the Mist Clears and Exiled: The Chosen Ones .
Victor received recognition for his leading role in Kid Gloves at the 2013 Action on Film International Film Festival , where he was recognised in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role category.
The following year, he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2014 London Film Awards for his performance in Kid Gloves .
This is what he said about the programme.
“The Ultimate Acting Programme is life-changing, empowering and above all it works. You bring your life experiences and the UAP will give you the tools to turn these into authentic performances. Everyone should be involved in acting, the skills are transferrable to every walk of life, and if you take away a tenth of what is being taught you will become a better person for it.” – Victor Ptak