Алексей Серебряков

Alexey Serebryakov

Actor

Born on 3 July 1964 in Moscow. In his childhood, he attended a music school (class of accordion). Aleksey Serebryakov made his debut as an actor at 13, when his music teacher published a photo of him in the newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva. Aleksey was noticed by casting directors Valery Uskov and Vladimir Krasnopolsky, who conducted castings for the popular Soviet TV series Eternal Call. After that Aleksey appeared in a few more films.

In 1986, he graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute of Theatrical Art, 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 GITIS, 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).

He performed in Lenkom Theatre between 2009 and 2012.

Awards:

1990: Locarno Film Festival – Best Actor Award ("Accidental Waltz").
1993: Sozvezdie Film Festival – special jury prize ("Higher measure").
1994: Film Festival "Kinoshock" – prize for the best male role ("Hammer and Sickle").
2000: Festival "Vivat, Cinema of Russia!" (St. Petersburg) – prize for the best male role ("Tests for Real Men").
2006: Festival "Vivat Cinema of Russia!" (St. Petersburg) – prize for the best role ("Vanyukhin's Children").
2014: "IFFI Best Actor Award (Male)" at 45th International Film Festival of India – (Leviathan).