Biography

Born 1991 in Moscow, Philipp (also spelled as 'Filipp') Avdeev began his acting career as a child on stage, in cinema and TV-series. In 2008 he entered the Moscow Art Theatre School, Kirill Serebrennikov's class later transformed into the Studio Seven theater company. In 2012, after graduation, together with the Studio Seven he joined Moscow's Gogol Center Theater that was named 'a cornerstone of Moscow's theater scene' by The New York Times in 2015. On its stage in collaboration with two other actors, Alexander Gorchilin and Igor Bychkov, he debuted as a theater director with «Iolanta/Opus» in 2016. A year later, this time by himself, Philipp directed «The Sea of Trees» there. He continued his career in cinema as well. Three of the films with him playing leading roles brought Philipp success and critical acclaim. In 2015 'Correction class' was nominated for 'the Best Russian Drama of the Year' at the Russian National Movie Awards and a few more nominations at the national and international film festivals. His next film, 'Leto', was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival and later took part in numerous film festivals as well. Premiered in 2018 'Kislota' won «Kinotavr. Debut» nomination at the main Russian national film festival Kinotavr and was screened in the Berlinale's Panorama section later that year.
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Filipp Avdeev is a Russian theater and film actor. Studied at Class-Center-School, which began as a children's theater-satellite of the Moscow Theater for Young Spectators. Now it is a school with a theater focus. After three years of study, Filipp was invited to the musical 'Nord-Ost' based on the novel by Veniamin Kaverin "Two Captains". In October 2002, Filipp was in the theater building at the time of the terrorist attack in the building of the Theater Center on Dubrovka. He participated in the play that day, stood behind the scenes and waited for his turn in the second act. Suddenly people with machine guns ran onto the stage. The teacher gave him a clear kick to let him know that he had to run somewhere. He hid in the dressing room. There were already several kids and their parents there. They sat in the dressing room for six hours. Then they were freed by the Ministry of Emergency Situations: the bars were opened, and they started jumping from the second-floor window. After the terrorist attack, he played in the musical for another year, replacing the deceased little actor who had previously played in the first cast.

During his school years, in addition to theatrical creativity, he was fond of music and dancing. In 2003-2008 - actor of the Children's Musical Theater of the Young Actor. In 2012, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (Kirill Serebrennikov's Seventh Studio). Since 2012 - actor at the Gogol Center.

He began acting in 2003, debuting in the leading role of Artyom in the children's film Tayna Goluboy doliny (2004).
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