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Sergey Simonovich Dreyden (Russian: Серге́й Си́монович Дре́йден; 14 September 1941 – 8 May 2023), also credited as Sergey Dontsov (Russian: Серге́й Донцо́в), 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 (2000, 2001), the third highest theater prize of St. Petersburg Golden Sofit (1998, 2011, 2012) and the Prize of the Russian Academy Nika Award (2010).
Selected filmography
About Love (1970) as Mitya
Looking for a Man (1973) as architect
Window to Paris (1993) as Chizhov
The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (1998) as Aleksei
Russian Ark (2002) as Marquis de Custine
Daddy (2004) as Meyer Wolf
Remote Access (2004) as Sergey's father
The Fall of the Empire (2005, TV) as Grokhovskoy
Van Goghs (2019) as Masha's grandfather
A Siege Diary (2020) as Olga's father
Petrov's Flu (2021) as old man
References
External links
Sergey Dreyden at IMDb
Сергей Дрейден: «Настоящих актёров мало, но всегда достаточно»