Sergei Desnitsky

Sergei Desnitsky is a Russian actor of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). He was born Sergei Glebovich Desnitsky on April 4, 1941, in the Soviet Union. From 1958 - 1962 he studied acting under A. Karev and G. Gerasimov at Moscow Art Theatre School of Acting, graduating in 1962 as an actor. In 1968 he starred in the title role in Eksperiment doktora Absta (1969), by director Anton Timonishin. He later continued his 'Sci-Fi' career as the title character in Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979), adapted from the eponymous book by Stanislaw Lem. Since 1964 Sergei Desnitsky has been a permanent member of the troupe at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There his stage partners were such renown Russian actors as Anatoli Ktorov, Alla Tarasova, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Mikhail Yanshin, Viktor Stanitsyn, Aleksey Gribov, Boris Livanov, Mikhail Kedrov, Mark Prudkin, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Vasili Toporkov, Mikhail Bolduman, Pavel Massalsky, and the next generation of MKhAT actors - Oleg Efremov, Tatyana Doronina, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Tabakov, Kristina Babushkina, Alla Pokrovskaya, Kira Golovko, Tatyana Lavrova, Nina Gulyaeva, Olga Barnet, Iya Savvina, Irina Miroshnichenko, Elena Panova, Darya Moroz, Olga Litvinova, Natalya Rogozhkina, Ekaterina Semyonova, Olga Yakovleva, Raisa Maksimova, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Andrey Myagkov, Stanislav Lyubshin, Vladimir Kashpur, Vladlen Davydov, Viktor Sergachyov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Evgeniy Kindinov, Vladimir Krasnov, Dmitriy Nazarov, Sergey Sazontev, Avangard Leontev, Igor Vasilev, Igor Vernik, Sergei Sosnovsky, Mikhail Porechenkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Valeri Khlevinsky, Aleksei Agapov, Valeriy Troshin, Mikhail Trukhin, Eduard Chekmazov, Aleksey Kravchenko, and Evgeniy Mironov among others. During the 1960s - 2000s Desnitsky made stage appearance in about 100 various roles. His most memorable stage roles were as Karelin in 'Shestoe Iyulya' (aka.. The 6th of July) by Mikhail Shatrov, and as Monakhov in 'Varvary' (aka.. The Barbarians) by Maxim Gorky. He also appeared in supporting roles in Anton Chekhov's classic plays 'Chaika' (aka.. The Seagull), 'Dyadya Vanya' (aka.. Uncle Vanya), and 'Vishnevy sad' (aka.. The Cherry Orchard). Besides his acting career, Desnitsky was assistant director for Boris Livanov and Oleg Efremov. Since 1991 Desnitsky with his wife, actress Vera Desnitskaya, has been performing with their own theatrical enterprise in Moscow. There he made acclaimed performances as Illarion in 'ya, babushka, Iliko i Illarion' (aka.. Me, grandmother, Iliok, and Illarion) by Nodar Dumbadze. He played about twenty roles in Soviet films and on television, and also made voice-overs for characters in Soviet cartoons, as well as imported foreign films. Desnitsky was designated Honorable Actor of Russia. He is living in Moscow, Russia.