Sergey Dreyden
Sergey Simonovich Dreyden, also credited as Sergey Dontsov, was a Russian actor and star of Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark.
Life
Sergey Simonovich Dreyden was born in Novosibirsk to theatre director Simon Dreiden and actress Zinaida Dontsova, both of whom were evacuated from Leningrad. He was Jewish on his father's side.Dreyden listed an impressive host of credits, including his starring role in the 100th anniversary of The Cherry Orchard at the Moscow [Art Theatre].
Dreyden died in Saint Petersburg on 8 May 2023, at the age of 81.
Awards
Dreyden was the winner of two National Theatre Award Golden Masks, the third highest theater prize of St. Petersburg Golden Sofit and the Prize of the Russian Academy Nika Award.Selected filmography
- About Love as Mitya
- Looking for a Man as architect
- Window to Paris as Chizhov
- The Circus [Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone] as Aleksei
- Russian Ark as Marquis de Custine
- Daddy as Meyer Wolf
- Remote Access as Sergey's father
- The Fall of the Empire as Grokhovskoy
- Van Goghs as Masha's grandfather
- A Siege Diary as Olga's father
- Petrov's Flu as old man