Sergei Bodrov was a Russian actor who had lead roles in the movies Brother,Prisoner of the Mountains, The Stringer and Brother 2. He was the son of the Russian playwright, actor, director and producer Sergei Bodrov. He was killed in the Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide after finishing the second day of shooting of his film The Messenger.
Sergey Bodrov was born on December 27, 1971 in Moscow, Soviet Union. His father is a famous film director, Sergey Bodrov, and his mother Valentina Nikolaevna is a fine art expert. Sergey Bodrov Jr. considered that "childhood is the most important time in life." and what you'll become happens in the first sixteen yearsDifferent publications say that Bodrov wanted to become a garbageman and drive an orange car.
Bodrov wrote "Composition on the topic: eight events which influenced me or how I became a good person" about the years of his youth and events which changed his view of the world.
Sergey Bodrov attended the specialized French language school № 1265. He was the banner-bearer in school.
Bodrov wanted to enter the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, but his father explained to him that "cinema is a passion and if you don't have it you should wait for it or forget about it". Between 1989 and 1993, Bodrov Jr. studied art history at the History Department of Moscow State University. He graduated with Honors and began postgraduate studies. In his own words, at the university he "learned to see the beauty in simple things around us". While already a famous actor, he completed his graduate thesis entitled "Architecture in the Venetian Renaissance painting" in 1998 and received the Candidate of Science degree, equivalent to Western Ph.D.
1989 – Freedom is Paradise (СЭР, interpreted as "Свобода — это рай"), cameo
1992 – White King, Red Queen (Белый король, красная королева), cameo
1996 – Prisoner of the Mountains, Vanja Zhilin
1997 – Brother, Danila Bagrov
2000 – Brother 2, Danila Bagrov
2001 – The Quickie
2001 – Sisters
2002 – War
2002 – Bear's Kiss
Prizes and awards:
1996 - Award for Best Actor ORFF "Kinotavr" in Sochi (the film Prisoner of the Caucasus)
1996 - Award for Best Debut Film Festival "Baltic Pearl" in Riga, Jurmala (film Prisoner)
1996 - Film Award Best Actor of the year (the film Prisoner of the Caucasus)
1997 - Award "Nika" for Best Actor (film Prisoner of the Caucasus)
1997 - State Prize of Russia (the film Prisoner of the Caucasus)
1997 - Award for Best Actor ORFF "Kinotavr" in Sochi (the film Brother)
1997 - Prize "Golden Aries" the best actor of the year (the film Brother)
1997 - Award for Best Actor at the Chicago IFF (film Brother)
2001 - Grand Prize for the best debut ORFF "Kinotavr" in Sochi (the film Sister)
2001 - Award of Jesolo Biennale program Cinema d'Autore Film Festival in Venice (film Sisters)
2001 - Prize "Golden Aries" for best debut film (film Sisters)
2002 - Award of the magazine "video store" in the nomination "The domestic film of the year" (the film Sister)
2002 - Special Prize "for freedom of artistic expression" at the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary (film Sisters)
2003 - Award "Nika" for Best Supporting Actor (film War)
2006 - MTV Movie Awards Russia - Nomination "Recognition generation"
