Sergey Kolesnikov

Sergei Valentinovich Kolesnikov (; 4 January 1955 – 29 April 2023) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor, television presenter, and Honored Artist of Russia.

Biography Sergei Kolesnikov was born on 4 January 1955, in Moscow in a family of Soviet intellectuals. His mother was Maria Pavlovna Kolesnikova (born 1920) and his father Valentin Kolesnikov (1915–1977). His brothers include Vladimir and Igor Kolesnikov (born 1949). and was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. After the division of the theater he worked in the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre. In 1990 he moved to the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre,

Kolesnikov died on 29 April 2023, at age 68.

Selected filmography 1985: Man with an Accordion as Lopatin 's son 1991: Tsar Ivan the Terrible as Khlopko 1992 / 1997: Trifles of Life as Sergei Kuznetsov 1994: St. Petersburg Secrets as investigator 2004: Daddy as head of the hospital train 2005: The Case of Dead Souls as Derzhimorda 2007 / 2009: Daddy's Daughters as Permyakov 2009: Cold Souls as Dmitry 2011: Chapiteau Show (cameo) 2013: A Good Day to Die Hard as Viktor Chagarin 2013: Secrets of the Institute for Noble Maidens as Prince Aleksey Sergeevich Vyshnevetsky 2014: Black Sea as Levchenko 2018: McMafia as priest 2022: Land of Legends as monk Dionysius

Personal life Kolesnikov was married to wife Maria Alexandrovna Kolesnikova (Velikanova), a film, theater, and TV artist. He had two sons, Alexander (born 1981) who graduated from an architectural school, and Ivan (born 1983), an actor. He had two granddaughters, Avdotya (born 2006) and Vera (born 2013), from Ivan.

Awards Honored Artist of Russia (1994)