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Grigory Davidovich Siyatvinda (russian: Григорий Дэвидович Сиятвинда; born 26 April 1970) is a Russian stage and film actor,
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...
(2006), State Prize of the Russian Federation laureate (2004).President's decree № 766
at Kremlin.ru (in Russian)


Biography

Siyatvinda was born in
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,
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,
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(modern-day
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of
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), a native town of his mother, into a mixed-race family. His father David Syatuinda was a medical student from
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.Veronika Chugunkina
Grigory and Tatiana Siyatvinda: The story of love from the first hands
article from Hello! Russia, 20 May 2017 (in Russian)
Since the age of twelve he has been attending
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.Elena Trishin
Synthetic Grisha
interview at Ogoniok №36, 12 October 2003 (in Russian)
After the secondary school he entered the
Tyumen State Oil and Gas University Industrial University of Tyumen (IUT) (''before 2016, known as the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University and the Tyumen State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering'') is a higher education institution in Tyumen, Russia. IUT provides ...
,
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faculty, but dropped out of it in a year. He served in the
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armoured corps, then entered the
Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute The Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (russian: Театральный институт имени Бориса Щукина) is a Russian drama college in Moscow, formed in 1914 as part of the Vakhtangov Theatre. In 2002 it was granted the Academy ...
, acting courses led by Alla Kazanskaya. As a student he started performing at the
Vakhtangov Theatre Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene; russian: Евге́ний Багратио́нович Вахта́нгов; 13 February 1883 – 29 May 1922) was a Russian-Armenian actor and theatre director who founded the ...
and upon graduation in 1995 he became an actor of the
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theatre where he has been serving since. He performed in mostly classical plays such as ''
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'' (1996), ''
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'' (1998), '' Macbeth'' (2002), ''
A Profitable Position ''A Profitable Position'' (''Dokhodnoye mesto'', Доходное место) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky. It was first published in No.1, January 1857 issue of ''Russkaya Beseda'' and came out as a separate edition later that year. Banned fro ...
'' (2003), '' Masquerade'' (2004) and some modern plays, including the role of Toby in Martin McDonagh's ''
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'' (2014). In 2004 his stage performance was distinguished by the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He is also known for his roles at the
Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre The Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow, Russian Federation created in 1950 on the base of Alexander Tairov's Chamber Theatre, which was founded in 1914 and shut down in 1949 for ideological reasons. The theatre is based in ...
, such as Max in
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's ''
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'' (2012) and Glum the giant in
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's ''The House That Swift Built'' (2016), and the ''Rebels'' rock play (2015) at the Moscow Art Theatre. In 1997 Siyatvinda appeared in his first movie role in a
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'' Don't Play the Fool...''. But his real breakthrough happened in 2005 in
Aleksei Balabanov Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (russian: Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, a member of European Film Academy. He started from cre ...
's
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''
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 ...
'' where he played one of the leading parts of a failed criminal Eggplant alongside
Sergei Makovetsky Sergei Vasilievich Makovetsky (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Макове́цкий, born 13 June 1958) is a Soviet and Ukrainian-born Russian film and stage actor. Filmography Film *1982: ''To take live!'' *1983: ''Ekipazh ma ...
and Anatoly Zhuravlyov. Since then he has been regularly performing in movies and TV series such as '' Deadly Force'' 6 (2005) and ''
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'' (2007). He also played Mikhail Jackovich, the head of the boutique hotel Eleon and the main antagonist in the 5th and 6th seasons of the popular sitcom ''
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'', as well as its two spinoffs: ''Hotel Eleon'' and ''Grand''.Grand
at
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In 2003 he hosted the ''Morning at NTV''
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at the
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TV channel. Siyatvinda is married to the Russian dancer and choreographer Tatiana Siyatvinda.


Selected filmography

* '' Don't Play the Fool...'' (1997) as ''Vasya'' * ''
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 ...
'' (2005) as ''Eggplant'' * '' Deadly Force'' 6 (2005) as ''Ngubiev'' * ''
Paragraph 78 ''Paragraph 78'' (russian: Параграф 78; also stylized as: ''§ 78'') is a Russian film by Mikhail Khleborodov released in 2007. The film was split into two parts ''Paragraph 78, Punkt 1'' released on February 22, 2007, and ''Paragraph 78, P ...
'' (2007) as ''Festival'' * ''
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'' (2011) as ''Karaduman'' * ''
Fairytale.Is ''Fairytale.Is'' (russian: Сказка. Есть, Skazka. Est) is a 2012 Russian children's-fantasy-anthology film. Plot The picture consists of three short films. In the first segment, Dasha quarrels with her father and mother and falls into t ...
'' (2011) as ''Sprehshtalmeyster'' * ''
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'' (2015—2016) as ''Mikhail Jackovich'' * ''Hotel Eleon'' (2016—2017) as ''Mikhail Jackovich'' * '' Forsaken'' (2018) as ''Grisha Star'' * ''Grand'' (2018—present) as ''Mikhail Jackovich''


References


External links

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page (in Russian)
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