Avi is shocked when Viggo starts beating up Iosef for his idiocy and makes half-hearted attempts to stop Viggo, When Avi wants to leave the room, Viggo tells him to remain where he is.Īvi is present when Viggo later calls John Wick to make amends. When Iosef is called before Viggo, Avi is present as well and jovially asks Iosef how his trip was. Indeed, Viggo does not react to the news at all but only asks whether Avi saw his son around. When Avi congratulates Viggo, he realizes that Viggo's mind is elsewhere.
He is welcomed by Avi, who tells him that business partners of his have agreed to Viggo's terms. He was portrayed by Dean Winters, who also portrayed Mayhem in commercials for Allstate, Trevor Gooden in Hellraiser: Hellseeker, Andrew in Tangled, and Ryan O'Reily in Oz.Īfter Viggo has been informed that his son Iosef has killed John Wick's puppy and stole his car, Tarasov heads back inside his flat. After Viggo's son Iosef has antagonized John Wick by stealing his car and killing his dog, Avi becomes entangled in the resulting chaos as well and is ultimately killed by Wick, who has started to dismantle Viggo's entire criminal universe in retribution. He is the counselor, second-in-command and friend of crime lord Viggo Tarasov. Perkins) in the 2014 epic neo-noir crime film John Wick. Avi is one of the two secondary antagonists (along with Ms.