Aleksandr Kuznetsov

Aleksandr Kuznetsov is a Ukrainian-Russian actor based in London, UK. He was born on July 22, 1992, in Sevastopol, Ukraine. His father was a sailor, and Aleksandr briefly worked alongside him before beginning his acting career. Kuznetsov felt creatively limited in Sevastopol and moved first to Kiev and then Moscow to pursue his education. In 2015, he graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) and received offers to work at three of Moscow's most reputable theaters. He chose the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre where he started as a leading actor the same year. In addition to film and television, he had performed in numerous theater productions for a several years, before he made a decision to quit theater and focus on the movie career. After the release of his first film, "The Scythian," followed soon after by the film "Leto" (The Summer), which was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Kuznetsov became a rising star in Russia and parts o