ALEKSANDR KUZNETSOV
Aleksandr is a Ukrainian-Russian actor, who was born in Sevastopol. At the age of 12, he and his best friend tried to run away to the UK, but they were caught by police after getting half way there. He moved to Moscow to pursue his education, and briefly worked as a sailor, before beginning his acting career in earnest. In 2015, he graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, and soon became a leading actor at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre. That same year he was cast in his first prominent on-screen role as ‘Marten’ in THE SCYTHIAN, directed by Rustam Mosafir. He has worked consistently in film and television ever since, including: starring as ‘Peter’ in the award-winning feature ACID; as ‘Viktor’ in GREAT POETRY; in LETO by Kirill Serebrennikov; and in Netflix’s first Russian original series BETTER THAN US. Aleksandr’s work includes: the French feature film OUR MEN, which was the closing film of the prestigious Directors’ Fortnight selection at Cannes; in the lead role of LAND OF LEGENDS, by acclaimed Russian director Anton Megerdichev; and as ‘Krysztof’ in the HBO series KAMIKAZE, an 8-part series based on the Norwegian novel “Muleum” by Erlend Loe, which is directed by Kaspar Munk. His recent work includes the sci-fi FREE FALL by Oleg Urazaykin, and the role of ‘Sasha’ in the series SHAMAN by Rustam Mosafir. Aleksandr is perhaps best known to international audiences for his performance as ‘Helmut’ in FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRET OF DUMBLEDORE, directed by David Yates & written by J.K. Rowling. He can next be seen in Ilya Naishuller’s upcoming feature film HEADS OF STATE, and Sergey Loznitsa’s next feature film.
PLAYING AGE: 25 - 35
NATIONALITY: UKRAINIAN | RUSSIAN
LOCATION: LISBON | LONDON
