Andrei Panin


Andrei Vladimirovich Panin was a Nika Award-winner Russian actor appearing in film and television, and a director.

Biography

Early life

Panin was born on 28 May 1962, in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, the son of Agnessa, and Dimitry Alexandrovich Panin. Two years later, the family moved to Chelyabinsk, then, when Panin was six years old, to Kemerovo, where he lived for 16 years.

Acting career

Panin was well known for the hit television detective show Kamenskaya. In 2000, he had lead roles in both Valery Akhadov's Don't Offend the Women and Pavel Lungin's The Wedding, as well as Alexander Atanesyan's action thriller 24 Hours. He won the best actor prize at the Golden Ram film festival for his part in The Wedding. Panin made his first screen appearance in the movie Straightway, but it was his performances in Maxim Pezhemsky's Mama, Don't Cry and Denis Yevstigneev's Mama that brought the actor renown.
Before becoming a screen regular, he was a stage actor at the Minusinsky theater, where he worked after graduating from the Culture Institute in Kemerovo. Although he had initially planned to attend the Culinary Institute, Panin went on to further his education as an actor, graduating from Moscow's legendary MKhAT in 1991 and taking up residence at the MKhAT Chekhov theater with his wife, Natalya Rogozhina. His stage work includes Three Sisters, The Miserly Knight, Marriage, Deadly Number, and a private production of Winter. Panin often acts in Oleg Tabakov's productions.

Personal life

Panin lived in Moscow, Russia with his wife, Natalya Rogozhkina. He was found dead in his apartment on 7 March 2013, lying on the floor with a head wound.

Selected filmography

  • 1998 — Mama Don't Cry as sailor
  • 1998 — Day of the Full Moon as captain
  • 1999 / 2011 — Kamenskaya as Stasov
  • 2000 — The Wedding as Garkusha
  • 2001 — Poisons or the World History of Poisoning as Cesare Borgia
  • 2002 — Spartacus and Kalashnikov
  • 2003 — The Suit as Botya
  • 2002 — The Brigade: Law of Lawless as Vladimir Kaverin
  • 2005 — Dead Man's Bluff as architect
  • 2005 — Mama Don't Cry 2 as sailor
  • 2005 — Shadowboxing as Valiyev
  • 2007 — Shadowboxing 2: Revenge as Valiyev
  • 2007 — Vanechka
  • 2007 — Crime and Punishment as Porfiriy Petrovich
  • 2007 — Gagarin's Grandson as Tolyan Titov
  • 2010 — Kandagar as Alexander Gotov
  • 2010 — Burnt by the Sun 2 as Kravets
  • 2011 — Generation P as Kolya
  • 2011 — Shadowboxing 3: Last Round as Valiyev
  • 2011 — Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive as Dr. Anatoly Nefedov
  • 2012 — Breakaway as Igor Grumel
  • 2012 — Redemption as Fedor
  • 2012 — The Horde as khan Tini Beg
  • 2013 — Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Watson
  • 2014 — Hetaera of Major Sokolov as ''Andrei Sokolov''