Aleksei Serebryakov (actor)

Aleksei Valeryevich Serebryakov, PAR, HOR (russian: link=no, Алексей Валерьевич Серебряков; born 3 July 1964) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He started acting at 13, and now he is one of the most popular and highly paid Russian actors. He has appeared in ''Leviathan'' and ''McMafia''.

Biography

Early life and career beginnings

Aleksei Valeryevich Serebryakov was born on 3 July 1964 in Moscow. His father was an aircraft engineer and his mother worked as a doctor at the Gorky Film Studio. In his childhood, he attended a music school (class of accordion). He made his debut as an actor at 13, when his music teacher published a photo of him in the newspaper ''Vechernyaya Moskva''. Serebryakov was noticed by casting directors Valery Uskov and Vladimir Krasnopolsky, who conducted castings for the Soviet TV series ''Eternal Call''.

In 1986, he graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts, where he went to the acting school of Oleg Tabakov, after which he played for several years at the Moscow Theatre-Studio "Tabakerka" directed by Oleg Tabakov. In 1991, he left the theater.

After graduating from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, Serebryakov starred in several films, including ''Silent Outpost'' (1986) and ''Accused of the Wedding'' (1986), and some others. He gained wide popularity due to his main character as a criminal fighter in Vladimir Feoktistov's movie ''Fan'' (1989).

1990s–present

In 1990, Serebryakov appeared in ''Afghan Breakdown'', directed by Vladimir Bortko. He also starred in the 1990 film '' Accidental Waltz'', for which he won the best actor prize at the Locarno Film Festival. In 1994, he appeared in the Sergey Livnov drama ''Hammer and Sickle''.

Later in the decade, he also appeared in numerous TV series, including ''Bandit Petersburg'', '' Empire Under Attack'', ''The White Guard'' and many others. Concurrently, he starred in the movies "Antikiller 2: Antiterror" and "Escape" by Yegor Konchalovsky, ''Dead Man's Bluff'' by Aleksei Balabanov, ''The 9th Company'' and '' Dark Planet'' by Fyodor Bondarchuk, Vadim Shmelev's ''The Apocalypse Code'', '' Gloss'' by Andrei Konchalovsky, "Golden Section" by Sergei Debizhev, ''Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman'' by Andrei Smirnov, "Solo on the Saxophone" by Alexander Kirienko and the fantasy-anthology film ''Fairytale.Is''.

He performed in Lenkom Theatre between 2009 and 2012. He played Sergei Mamontov in the partly biographical film ''The PyraMMMid'' (2011), a fictional story inspired by financier Sergei Mavrodi (the founder of MMM pyramid scheme). In 2014, Serebryakov played the lead role of Kolya in Andrey Zvyagintsev's internationally acclaimed drama ''Leviathan''. After that, Serebryakov appeared in Sergei Puskepalis's directorial debut, ''Clinch''.

In 2015–2016, he continued acting in TV series, including ''Fartsa'' and '' The Method''. In 2017, he played role of Dr. Andrey Richter in '' Doctor Richter'', a Russian remake of the American medical drama series, ''House''. In the same year, he appeared in the historical fantasy feature film '' Furious''. Serebryakov appeared in the 2018 BBC
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