Aleksei Valeryevich Serebryakov, PAR, HOR (Russian: Алексей Валерьевич Серебряков; born 3 July 1964) is a Russian stage and film actor. He started acting at 15, and is one of the most popular and highly paid Russian actors.[1][2] He has appeared in Leviathan and McMafia.
Biography
Early life and career beginnings
He was born on July 3, 1964, in Moscow. His father was an aircraft engineer and his mother worked as a doctor at Gorky Film Studio. As a child, he attended music school (accordion class); at the age of 13 he made his debut as an actor when his music teacher published his photo in the newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva. Serebryakov came to the attention of directors Valery Uskov and Vladimir Krasnopolsky, who were responsible for casting the Soviet television series Eternal Call.
In 1986, he graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts, 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 the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, 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).
In 2015–2016, he continued acting in TV series, including Fartsa and The Method. In 2017, he played role of Dr. Andrey Richter in Doctor Richter, a Russian remake of the American medical drama series, House. In the same year, he appeared in the historical fantasy feature film Furious. Serebryakov appeared in the 2018 BBC series McMafia, where he played Dimitri Godman, mafia boss father of protagonist Alex.
In 2021 he starred in the US film Nobody as the Russian mobster named Yulian.[3]
In 2024, he starred in the Palme d'Or-winning
Anora as Nikolai Zakharov, the oligarch father of Ivan.
Political views
In 2018, Serebryakov became embroiled in controversy over his statement in an interview that the most common traits of Russian people are "[brutal] force, rudeness and arrogance".[4][5][6] He also said in the interview that he does not like two things about Vladimir Putin: lies and thieving.[7] At a business forum in London later that year, he accused Russia of stirring up multiple wars.[8][9]
Personal life
Serebryakov has been with his wife Maria since the 1980s; they married in the 1990s and have three children, one from Maria's previous marriage and two adopted;[10] in March 2012, Serebryakov moved to Canada with his family, citing corruption and political instability in Russia as obstacles to raising children.[11][12] He later stated that it was cheaper to live in Canada, despite not having Canadian citizenship;[13] in 2021, Serebryakov reportedly returned to Russia. According to the actor, "As a matter of fact, I never left, I only took my children out to study".[14]
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