Grigoriy Dobrygin

Biography

Grigoriy Dobrygin is a Russian actor, director and producer who trained as a ballet dancer before turning to film and theater. Born in Vilyuchinsk, Kamchatka, he trained at the State Academy of Choreography in Moscow and later studied directing at GITIS, graduating in 2010. While still a student he landed his breakout role in Timur Bekmambetov's superhero film Black Lightning (2009). His breakthrough came with How I Ended This Summer (2010), which brought him and co-star Sergei Puskepalis the best actor prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, and a Russian Guild of Film Critics award for himself. He made his English-language debut in A Most Wanted Man (2014) and then appeared in Black Sea (2014) and Our Kind of Traitor (2016). He has also directed short films and theater, and produced Beloved Sisters (2014).

40years old

Turns 41 on February 17in 99 days

Born February 17, 1986Vilyuchinsk
Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Also credited as Grigory Eduardovich Dobrygin, Grigoriy Eduardovich Dobrygin and Grigorii Dobrygin

Movie Career

Films: 8
Career span: 15 years2009 to 2024

Genres

Drama75%, 6 films
Thriller50%, 4 films
Crime25%, 2 films
Action13%, 1 film
Adventure13%, 1 film

First and latest

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Big break
While he was still a student, Dobrygin landed the part of Dima Maykov in Black Lightning, the 2009 film produced by Timur Bekmambetov that became the first Russian-language blockbuster superhero movie.
Big break
Director Alexei Popogrebsky noticed Dobrygin during a theater performance, which led to his casting in How I Ended This Summer (2010). At the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis, the film's only other on-screen actor, shared the Silver Bear for Best Actor.
Behind the camera
Dobrygin worked as a producer on Beloved Sisters, a 2014 film that Germany officially submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Behind the camera
Dobrygin's first directing work was the comedic short Treason, shown at Kinotavr in 2013. He wrote and directed another short, Verpaskungen, which took two prizes at Kinotavr in 2014.