
DENIS SHVEDOV was born November 24, 1981. He graduated from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in 2006 and began his acting career in the Russian Academic Youth Theater, based in Moscow. Appearances in various TV series led to his film debut in the romantic comedy “A Good Friend for All” (2008).
Shvedov first collaborated with director Yury Bykov in 2010 when he played the lead in Bykov’s “Live!”. Amongst other awards, the film received the Special Jury Prize at the Taipei IFF and the Grand Prix at KinoRurik, the Swedish festival of Russian cinema where Shvedov received the Best Actor award. In 2013, he once again worked with Bykov, playing the eponymous lead in “The Major”. The film premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week, received awards at numerous international film festivals and won Shvedov the Best Actor award at the Pacific Meridian International Film Festival.
Igor Boyko
Danila Korolev
Greyhair
Серый
Никита
Илья Русаков
Andrey
Sergey Polyansky
Vladimir Alekno
Makar
Fish's husband
Tsar
father-in-law
Павел Карпенко
Александр Волк
Иван
Никонов
Бекешев
Виталий Михайлович
Sergey Sobolev
Andrey
Сергей Хромов
Vladimir
Igor
Антон
Лазарев
Стас Хабаров
Viktor Tikhonovich
self
Gleb
Ilya Rusakov
Tina’s dad
Petr Igorevich