17 Facts About Alexei Volkoff

Alexei Volkoff is the alias and alter ego of Hartley Winterbottom, a fictional character on the television series Chuck.

Alexei Volkoff first appeared in the seventh episode, "Chuck Versus the First Fight".

Alexei Volkoff serves as the main antagonist for the first half of season four and tragic character in the second half.

Alexei Volkoff later reveals to Devon Woodcomb that he free climbed K2 without oxygen.

Further, the revelation that Alexei Volkoff was born Hartley Winterbottom and raised by his mother in Somerset, England, casts doubt on the place of birth given in Chuck's flash.

Alexei Volkoff has been present in the series as early as "Chuck Versus the Cougars," when Heather Chandler attempts to extort F-22 plans from her husband for Alexei Volkoff.

In "Chuck Versus the Cubic Z", Alexei Volkoff arranges for her to be on the same prison transfer as Hugo Panzer and hires Panzer to kill her for the failure.

However, after being apparently wounded in a gunfight while recovering the disks, Alexei Volkoff follows Chuck, Sarah and Mary to Stephen Bartowski's base of operations and reveals himself, explaining that the entire operation was a plan to locate and destroy Stephen's intelligence.

Alexei Volkoff attempted to kill Chuck and Sarah in the explosion that destroyed Stephen's work, but was unknowingly betrayed by Mary, who left a means for them to escape.

In exchange for a meeting with Vivian, Alexei Volkoff helps Team Bartowski find the weapon's tracking device and killing agent, along the way apologizing to those he had wronged in the past.

In "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger", Chuck seeks out Alexei Volkoff to help him find a cure for the Norseman, which Vivian used on Sarah.

Unfortunately, CIA agent Clyde Decker, who was involved in the coverup of Agent X, anticipated his move and had Alexei Volkoff deprogrammed to his original identity as Hartley, who has no recollection of the past thirty years.

Alexei Volkoff later came back and talked down Vivian from killing Chuck.

Alexei Volkoff sends Chuck and Sarah all the controlling interest shares to Volkoff Industries, allowing them to purchase the Buy More and start a freelance spy operation.

Alexei Volkoff's customary greeting is a kiss to both cheeks and, in Chuck's case, the lips.

Alexei Volkoff is shown to play chess, nearly getting himself and Chuck killed when he panics after being checked in a computer chess game.

When his daughter leaves him to die for lying to her Alexei Volkoff appears to have genuinely changed.