Dmitri Petrovich Dyuzhev (russian: Дмитрий Петрович Дюжев) (born July 9, 1977) is a Russian film and stage actor and singer. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Dmitri for his support of
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
.
Early life
Was born on July 9, 1978 in
Astrakhan
Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...
, in the family of actor Petr Dyuzhev and Ludmila Dyuzheva. In 1995 he graduated the "School of Gifted Children" and entered the
GITIS
The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...
(Directing Department, acting group, workshop by
Mark Zakharov
Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (russian: Марк Анатольевич Захаров; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue best known for his fantasy parable movies. He ...
). Dmitri played Donevan in ''
Boris Godunov''. Rehearsals coincided with the shooting of the television series ''
Bayazet'', in which Dyuzhev was invited for one of the main roles, but Dmitri declined to act in the series.
Career
Dyuzhev debuted in film ''
24 Hours'' by
Alexander Atanesyan in 2000.
Since 2006, Dmitry Dyuzhev is an actor of the
Moscow Art Theatre. In 2011, Dyuzhev's debut as a director took place. After graduating from the
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
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The High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (HCFDS) (russian: Высшие курсы сценаристов и режиссёров (ВКСР)) comprises a variety of optional post-graduate film school courses in Moscow, Russia. ...
, he completed his thesis work - a half-hour film ''Brothers'', which participated in the
Kinotavr
Kinotavr (russian: Кинотавр), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasi ...
program in the short films competition.
In 2015, Dmitry Dyuzhev made his debut as a theater director, staging the play ''Bench'' on the play of A. Gelman with the participation of actors: A. Khabarova and V. Lanskoy.
Sanctions
In February 2023
Canada
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sanctioned Dmitri Dyuzhev for being involved in Russian propaganda and spreading misinformation relating to the
2022 war in Ukraine.
Personal life
On February 14, 2008 Dmitri married
Tatiana Dyuzheva, with a traditional
Russian Orthodox ceremony held on July 20, 2008. Their son, Ivan, was born on 8 August 2008.
Selected filmography
Films
* ''
Razborka v Manile'' (English title: ''
Showdown in Manila
''Showdown in Manila'' is a 2016 Russian-American action film directed by Mark Dacascos. The film was released on February 18, 2016, in Russian (with English scenes captioned) and on January 19, 2018, in English (with Russian scenes dubbed) worl ...
'') (Russia/Philippines, 2016) as Victor
* ''
Beremennyy'' (English title: ''The Pregnant'') (Russia, 2011) as Sergey Dobrolyubov
* ''Delo bylo na Kubani'' (Russia, 2011)
* ''Utomlyonnye solntsem 2: Tsitadel'' (English title: ''
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel'') (Russia, 2011) as Banya
* ''Lyubov' i zoloto'' (Russia, 2010) as Archaeologist
* ''
Hamlet. XXI Century
''Hamlet. XXI Century'' (russian: Гамлет. XXI век, Gamlet. XXI vek) is a 2009 four-episode television miniseries by Yuri Kara. It is an adaptation and modernization of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.
Plot
The plot of Shakespeare' ...
'' (Russia, 2010) as Claudius
* ''Blizkiy vrag'' (English title: ''Close Enemy'') (Russia, 2010) as Oleg
* ''Moskva, ya lyublyu tebya!'' (Russia, 2010)
* ''Utomlyonnye solntsem 2: Predstoyanie'' (English title: ''
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus'') (Russia, 2010) as Banya
* ''Kanikuly strogogo rezhima'' (English title: ''
High Security Vacation'') (Russia, 2009) as Evgeni Koltsov
* ''Rokery'' (Russia, 2009)
* ''Obratnaya storona'' (English title: ''The Other Side'') (Kazakhstan, 2009) as Bek
* ''Ischeznovenie'' (Russia/Ukraine, 2008)
* ''Zolotaya rybka'' (Russia, 2008) as Elvis
* ''Tarif Novogodniy'' (English title: ''The New Year's Rate Plan'') (Russia, 2008) as Voditel' benzovoza
* ''Rozygrysh'' (Russia, 2008) as Aleksandr Ivanovich
* ''Svoj-Chuzhoj'' (Russia, 2008) as Matvej
* ''Kuka'' (Russia, 2007) as Roma
* ''Puteshestvie s domashnimi zhivotnymi'' (English title: ''
Travelling with Pets'') (Russia, 2007) as Sergei
* ''Antidur'' (Russia, 2007) as Vel'mishev
* ''Den pobedy'' (Russia, 2006) as Aleksei Privalov
* ''Mne ne bol'no'' (Russia, 2006) as Oleg
* ''Ostrov'' (English title: ''
The Island'') (Russia, 2006) as otets Iov
* ''Letuchaya mysh (Ukraine, 2005) as Al'fred
* ''Mechtat ne vredno'' (English title: ''To Dream Harmlessly'') (Russia, 2005) as Andrian
* ''Zhmurki'' (English title: ''
Dead Man's Bluff
''Dead Man's Bluff'' or ''Zhmurki'' (russian: Жмурки) is a 2005 Russian black comedy/crime film.
Director Aleksei Balabanov, who directed ''Brother'' and ''Brother 2'', uses cameo performances, by Russia's most prominent actors. The film de ...
'') (Russia, 2005) as Simon
* ''Russkoe'' (Russia, 2004) as Slavka
* ''Vsadnik po imeni Smert'' (English title: ''The Rider Named Death'') (Russia, 2004) as Azef
* ''Slushatel'' (Russia, 2004) as Sidyachko
* ''Kovcheg'' (Russia, 2002)
* ''Aprel (Russia, 2002)
* ''
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
''Poisons or the World History of Poisoning'' (russian: Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений, Yady, ili vsemirnaya istoriya otravleniy) is a 2001 Russian fantastical absurdist comedy directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. ...
'' (Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений, 2001) as ''Dr. Edme Costa''
* ''24 chasa'' (English title: ''24 Hours'') (Russia, 2000)
Television
*''
The Road to Calvary'' (Russia, 2017) as Mamont Dalsky
*''Osvoboditeli'' (Russia, 2010) as himself
*''Verbnoe voskresen'e'' (Russia, 2009) as Artur
*''Ty - eto ya'' (Russia, 2006)
*''Karambol (Russia, 2006) as Slutskij
*''Schastlivyy'' (Russia, 2005) as Nikita
*''Ohotniki za ikonami'' (Russia, 2005) as Moshennik Rubl'
*''Samara-gorodok'' (Russia, 2004) as Nikita Khabarov
*''Komanda'' (Russia, 2004) as Mark Levin
*''Stilet'' (Russia, 2003) as
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*''Na uglu, u Patriarshih 3'' (Russia, 2003)
*''Rodina zhdet'' (English title: ''In the Service of My Country'') (Russia, 2003) as Nikolai Kavchugin
*''Svetskie hroniki'' (Russia, 2002) as
Photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs.
Duties and types of photographers
As in other ...
Petechka
*''
Brigada
''Brigada'' (russian: Бригада), also known as ''Law of the Lawless'', is a Russian 15-episode crime television miniseries that debuted in 2002. It became very popular in Russia and ex-Soviet countries as well as Eastern Europe, but recei ...
'' (English title: ''Law of the Lawless'') (Russia, 2002) as Kosmos
*''Marsh Turetskogo'' (Russia, 2000)
Voice
*''
Fantastic Journey to OZ'' (2017) as bear Topotun
*''
Monstry protiv prisheltsev'' (English title: ''Monsters vs Aliens'') (USA, 2009) as The Missing Link
*''Pro Fedota-streltsa, udalogo molodtsa'' (Russia, 2008) as General
*''Lyagushachij raj'' (Russia, 2007)
Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre (2006–present):
*2006 - ''Primadonny''
*2009 - ''
Dvoryanskoe gnezdo'' (English title: ''Home of the Gentry'')
References
External links
*
Kino-teatr.ruKinopoisk.ruRuskino.ruKinomania.ru
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1978 births
Living people
Russian male film actors
Russian male stage actors
Russian male television actors
Russian male voice actors
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni
21st-century Russian singers
21st-century Russian male singers