Sergey Dreyden

Sergey Simonovich Dreyden (; 14 September 1941 – 8 May 2023), also credited as Sergey Dontsov , 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), and the Prize of the Russian Academy Nika Award (2010).

Selected filmography About Love (1970) as Mitya The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (1998) as Aleksei Petrov's Flu (2021) as old man