Mark Alexandrovich Eidelstein (Russian: Марк Алекса́ндрович Эйдельштéйн, also tr. Mark Aleksandrovich Eydelshteyn; born February 18, 2002) is a Russian film, television, and theatre actor.

Mark Eidelstein
Марк Эйдельштейн
Born
Mark Alexandrovich Eidelstein

(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22)
NationalityRussian
EducationMoscow Art Theatre School
OccupationActor
Years active2021–present

He gained fame after playing the leading role in the drama The Land of Sasha,[1] the world premiere of which took place in February 2022 at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.[2] Dubbed by journalists Russian Timothee Chalamet.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

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Mark Eidelsteint was born on February 18, 2002 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He has a younger brother, Matvey Eydelshteyn (English: Matthew Eidelstein). His mother, Olesya Valeryevna Eydelshteyn, works as a teacher of stage speech at the Nizhny Novgorod Theater School named after Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, where the young man often ran away from classes.

In 2018, Mark passed the regional selection of the "Living Classics" competition for young readers and made it to the all-Russian final, held in Artek. There I met the dean of the acting department of the Russian Institute of Theater Arts by Taras Belousov, who advised the young talent to finish school as soon as possible and enter a theater university.

In 2019, after graduating from school, he entered the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio (workshop of Marina Brusnikina and Sergei Shchedrin) as an external student, from which he graduated in 2023.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2021 First Snow Pasha
2022 The Land of Sasha Sasha
2023 Pravednik
Tzadik
Moshe Tal
2024 One Hundred Years Ahead
Guest from the Future
Nikolai "Kolya" Gerasimov
2024 We Need to Make Films about Love Mark
2024 Anora Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2021 Crash Mister Dukey
2021 Sixteen+ Phil
2022 The Bow Senya
2022 Monastery Yura (TV Series)[6]
2024 Clean Veniamin (TV Series)
2024 Display Copy Grigory Perelman in his youth [7]

References

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  1. ^ Дробышева, Ирина. (2022-09-16). "Названы победители кинофестиваля «Меридианы Тихого»" (in Russian). Российская газета. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. ^ "В Минкультуры прокомментировали участие российских фильмов в Берлинале". Российская газета (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. ^ "Российский Тимоти Шаламе. Кто такой Марк Эйдельштейн" (in Russian). OK!. 2022-11-18. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  4. ^ Стас Тыркин (2022-02-15). "В российском кино появился свой Тимоти Шаламе" (in Russian). Комсомольская правда. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  5. ^ "'Anora' Breakout Mark Eidelstein on Impressing Sean Baker With a Nude Self Tape and Being Called the 'Russian Timothée Chalamet' (EXCLUSIVE)" (in eng). Variety. 2024-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ Цветкова, Вера. (2022-11-27). "Смотреть всем: продвинутым зумерам и душным бумерам" (in Russian). Новая газета. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  7. ^ "Марк Эйдельштейн сыграет в новом фильме математика Григория Перельмана". rg.ru. Российская газета. 2023-05-16. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
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