Daniil Vorobyov

Daniil Vladimirovich Vorobyov (; born 30 August 1981) is a Russian film and theatre actor.

Early life Daniil Vorobyov was born in Kostroma, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The son of Vladimir Vorobyov, a jazz musician, and Svetlana Yurovskaya. At the age of 14, he started to work on local radio station as a DJ. Later, he began to run parties as MC in the city night club. Because of night life and the dubious glory his mother decided it's time to Daniil to join the army. After two years a military service Daniil moved to Moscow to change the course of life and to make his childhood dream come true. He went to Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and had successfully applied. Was entering the acting course supervised by Alexander Lenkov. In the second year of study, Daniil made his film debut in TV series Junker'a. Afterwards, he starred at The voice of fish and it proved to be a breakthrough for Daniil.

Career In 2012, he starred as charismatic Boss, a leader of Eastern European criminal gang, in Robin Campillo's film Eastern Boys. In 2013, film won at Venice Film Festival in category Horizons Award for Best Film. In 2015, film was nominated for César Award as Best Film.

In 2015, Daniil starred in Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito's Out Of Love, playing Nikolay. Film was selected for IFFR's Bright Future. Daniil received Angela Awards for his portraying of the role. In 2017 Daniil won the RIVIERA IFF as Best Actor for Out Of Love.

In 2016 Vorobyov starred opposite Julia Stiles and Iwan Rheon in Riviera, crime series from Neil Jordan.

Selected filmography Year Title Russian Title Role Notes 2006 Junker Юнкера Brunelli TV series 2010 Bratans 2 Братаны 2 Aleks TV series 2011–2012 Comrades of police Товарищи полицейские Evgeniy Nikitin TV series 2011 Mantikora Мантикора 2012 Summer Лето Short 2012 Soulless Духлесс Mister X 2013 Gagarin: First in Space Гагарин. Первый в космосе Grigory Nelubov 2013 Eastern Boys Мальчики с Востока Boss 2015 Metamorphosis Метаморфозис Sledovatel 2016 Out of Love Ненависть Nikolaj Angela Awards 2016 Wake Me Up Разбуди меня Andrei 2016 Huh Че Short 2016 Riviera Ривьера Grigory Litvinov TV series 2020 PassengersПассажиры Vadim TV series 2021 Happy End Edik TV series 2023 Kompromat Sasha Rostov 2023 Grom: Boyhood Гром: Трудное детство Yuri Smirnov 2024 Kombinaciya Комбинация Maksim Bazykin TV series 2025 Rodnina Роднина Alexei Pankratov 2025 August Август Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Polyakov 2026 Buratino Буратино Feldsher Toad