Childhood and youth
Philip Avdeev was born on November 10, 1991 in Moscow. He received his secondary general education at school No. 1297. According to Avdeev, for some time as a child he dreamed of becoming an architect, but the boy did not succeed in drawing.
Philip Avdeev in the play “Nord-Ost”
Philip's grandmother contributed to the development of his acting talent, teaching him poetry and taking him to dances. His grandmother’s efforts bore fruit: at the age of 10, Philip became an actor in the notorious musical “Nord-Ost,” which was staged at the Theater Center on Dubrovka. On the day of the terrorist attack in the theater in October 2002, Avdeev was also among the hostages. The boy managed to escape - he escaped through the lattice fence of the theater. Like many other talented children, Avdeev starred in “Jumble” and performed in the Children’s Musical Theater for Young Actors - this continued until graduation. He had no questions regarding his choice of profession - after graduating from school, Philip submitted documents to the Moscow Art Theater School. At first, Avdeev’s father was indignant and called studying at a theater university “child’s games,” but he quickly realized that everything was serious and changed his mind. Philip Avdeev in “Jumble” So Philip became a student of the experimental acting and directing course of Kirill Serebrennikov and Evgenia Dobrovolskaya. Serebrennikov set his main task to educate artists who were ready to work in the most unusual projects. Avdeev and his classmates, among whom was his longtime friend Alexander Gorchilin, as well as Alexandra Revenko, Rinal Mukhametov and other actors already known today, learned not only to embody diverse dramatic roles, but also to sing, dance, and compose music. But most importantly, they were already carried away by the spirit of experimentation that reigned in Serebrennikov’s classes, and were ready for absolutely any transformation.
Biography
He studied at the “Class Center” school[1]. In 2001 he made his debut on the theater stage in the musical “Nord-Ost”. On October 23, 2002, the day of the terrorist attack, he was at the Theater Center. At the moment the militants began to seize the building, he was preparing to take the stage in the second act of the musical. He was able to hide in the dressing room and, after several hours spent as hostages, escape through the window with other members of the troupe.[2][3] Since 2003 - actor at the Children's Musical Theater for Young Actors. At the same time he made his debut in cinema, his first work was the role of Artyom in the children's adventure film “The Secret of the Blue Valley”. He played in the film magazine "Yeralash". After graduating from school, he immediately entered the Shchepkinsky and Shchukinsky theater schools, the acting department of GITIS and the Moscow Art Theater School.[1] He preferred the Studio School (Kirill Serebrennikov’s workshop), which he graduated from in 2012. At the same time, as part of the Seventh Studio theater troupe, he came to work at the Gogol Center. In 2014, as part of the main competition program of the 25th Open Russian Film Festival “Kinotavr”, the premiere of Ivan Tverdovsky’s film “Correction Class” took place, in which Philip played the main role. The film received the prize “For Best Debut” and the Film Distributors Jury Prize,[4] and subsequently participated in several other domestic and foreign film festivals. In 2016, Philip Avdeev made his debut on the stage of the Gogol Center with his first theatrical directorial work, “Iolanta/opus,”[5] and in 2020 he staged the play “Sea of Trees” there.[6] In the spring of 2020, as part of the main program of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, the world premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov’s film “Summer” with the participation of Philip took place, [7] in the summer of 2020, as part of the debut competition of the Kinotavr film festival, Alexander Gorchilin’s film “Acid” with Philip Avdeev was presented starring.[8] In February 2019, “Acid” participated in the “Panorama” program of the 69th Berlin Film Festival.[9] In June 2020, the premiere of Oksana Karas’ film “Above the Sky” took place at Kinotavr, in which the actor also played the main role. In February 2020, Egor Baranov’s science-fiction thriller “Outpost” with the participation of Philip was released in Russia.
Since 2020, it has been publishing a free city newspaper, “White Noise.”[10]
Theater
In 2009, Kirill Serebrennikov, together with the students of his course, founded the theater troupe “Seventh Studio”, which included Avdeev. The first performances took place at the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art and at the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov, and in 2012 the graduates settled in the Gogol Center theater created by Serebrennikov.
Philip Avdeev on the stage of the Gogol Center
One of Avdeev’s first works on the stage of this theater - the role of Grisha Zhilin in Serebrennikov’s play “Thugs” based on the novel by Zakhar Prilepin, brought the actor the “Golden Leaf 2012” award in the “Best Actor” category. Among Philip’s other works in the theater is the role of Hamlet, desired by all actors (dir. David Bobet from France), topographer Petrov in the play “Kharms. Myr" (dir. Maxim Didenko) and the young nobleman and romantic Alexander Aduev in "An Ordinary History" based on the novel by Ivan Goncharov.
Philip also plays in Serebrennikov’s play “Who Lives Well in Rus'” based on the poem by Nikolai Nekrasov and two productions of the “Star” project (a series of plays about poets of the Silver Age), such as “Pasternak. My sister is life” and “Mandelshtam. Century the Wolfhound” with Chulpan Khamatova in the title role. For playing several roles at once in the last performance in 2020, Philip was awarded the Parabola Prize by the Foundation named after the poet Andrei Voznesensky.
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Interview with Peopletalk.ru - Members of the Nord-Ost troupe managed to escape Kommersant
- "Book of Memory" Nord-Ost
- WINNERS OF THE 25TH OPEN RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL “KINOTAVR”
- News on the Gogol Center website (unspecified)
(inaccessible link). Retrieved April 7, 2020. Archived April 7, 2020. - Premiere of the play “Sea of Trees” at the Gogol Center Theater
- Kirill Serebrennikov’s film “Summer” was shown at the Cannes Film Festival
- Website of the Kinotavr Film Festival, debut competition
- “We didn’t make a film about Russia”: how the film “Acid” was received in Berlin
- Interview to Dozhd TV channel
- Kirill Serebrennikov: “The hero of our time is all of us”
- DEATH TO CAPITALISM: SEREBRENIKOV’S COURSE
- The “Platform” project by Kirill Serebrennikov begins to take root at Winzavod
- The history of the “Platform” project: from Putin’s decree to the arrest of director Serebrennikov
- How the case of director Serebrennikov developed. From meeting with the president to the anniversary of the arrest
- CAIN/Cain on the website of the Moscow Art Theater School (inaccessible link)
- “Hero of Our Time” on the website of the Moscow Art Theater School (unspecified)
(inaccessible link). Retrieved April 17, 2020. Archived April 17, 2020. - “Red Line” on the website of the Moscow Art Theater School (inaccessible link)
- “Fairies” on the website of the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov
- Frostbitten Hamlet. At “VinOSon on a Midsummer Night” on “VinZolotoy Leaf” announced the laureates
- The Voznesensky Foundation distributed awards
- Philip Avdeev on the website of the Golden Mask Award
- OK! magazine award voting results "More than stars"
Directing work in the theater
Avdeev tried his hand not only as an actor, but also as a director at the Gogol Center. Philip said that since his 4th year he asked Serebrennikov to stage something on stage, and now his dream finally came true. Avdeev’s directorial debut was the musical play “Iolanta / opus” - the fruit of the joint work of Philip and his colleagues, Alexander Gorchilin and Igor Bychkov. The premiere took place in January 2020. The production about the blind princess (Svetlana Mamresheva) used music not only by Tchaikovsky, but also by Alfred Schnittke, Francis Poulenc and Giacomo Puccini. Avdeev himself played one of the main roles in the play. Interview with Philip Avdeev In February 2020, Philip staged the play “Sea of Trees” based on the play by Lyuba Strizhak, which tells about a childhood that never ends. According to the artist, after the end of this project, obsession with work and hyper-responsibility began to let go of him. “Some kind of zeroing occurred, and with this feeling it became easier for me to live and work easier,” Avdeev shared.
Movie
The first film with Philip’s participation was released back in 2003 - the boy played one of the main roles in the adventure film “The Secret of the Blue Valley” by Evgeniy Sokolov. Also in the film appeared the star of “Jumble” Anna Tsukanova-Cott and the actor of the TV series “Molodezhka” Makar Zaporozhsky. Soon, Sokolov cast Avdeev in another of his projects - the multi-part melodrama “Nadezhda Goes Last” with Anna Germ in the title role.
Philip Avdeev in the film “The Secret of the Blue Valley”
In 2006, Avdeev received the main role in Oleg Kompasov’s adventure fantasy comedy “Aziris Nuna” about the journey through time and space of two teenage brothers (the brother of Avdeev’s hero was played by Roman Kerimov).
After a long break from filming, in 2014 Philip starred in a film that brought him real popularity and, most importantly, recognition among connoisseurs of auteur cinema. In Ivan Tverdovsky’s drama “Correction Class” about first teenage love, strength and weakness, Avdeev got the main role of schoolboy Anton Sobolev, the lover of new student Lena Chekhova (Maria Poezzhaeva), a girl in a wheelchair. Among other things, Philip and the other actors of “Seventh Studio” recorded the soundtrack for the film. Soon after the release of the film, which received a lot of positive reviews, Avdeev appeared in supporting roles in Yulia Belaya’s tragicomedy “City Birds” and Alexander Kott’s melodrama “Insight” about a man who starts life from scratch after losing his sight. In June 2020, the long-awaited film by Kirill Serebrennikov “Summer” was released on the big screen, which was based on the history of the formation of the Kino group and the work of Viktor Tsoi (Teo Yu), his friendship with Mike Naumenko (Roma Zver) and Mike’s wife Natalya (Irina Starshenbaum). Philip played in the film a modest and responsible Kino guitarist named Leonid. The prototype of his hero was Alexey Rybin, a member of the first team.
Philip Avdeev in the film “Summer”
Filming of the film “Summer” began in mid-2020 in St. Petersburg and lasted about two months until Serebrennikov was arrested on charges of misusing a government subsidy allocated to Studio Seven in the early 2010s. Serebrennikov edited the film under house arrest, unable to contact the film crew.
Filmography
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In 2004, Philip Avdeev played the role of Petya Shakhnovsky in the film “Hope is the Last to Leave.” The plot tells the story of the life of a woman named Nadezhda. She lived in a remote settlement forgotten by civilization. The sudden arrival of a friend changed the heroine’s life: she offered Nadezhda’s husband a job and soon took him away from the family. Then the mother-in-law takes the children away from the main character. The woman attempts to commit suicide, but is saved. Nadezhda must get back on her feet and start over with a new leaf, and she will definitely succeed.
The actor starred as Artyom in the film “The Secret of the Blue Valley.” The plot tells how three teenagers find themselves in the territory of the mysterious Blue Valley. They will meet with a lot of adventures and get acquainted with modern Mowgli - the naive and kind Vavu. They will save a new friend from Bigfoot hunters. Blue Valley will completely change teenagers and teach mutual understanding.
In 2006, the actor played Kostya in the film “Aziris Nuna”. The plot of this film tells how one day a block of stone is delivered to an archaeological museum, which is covered with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, almost erased. The museum guard discovers a crack in this artifact. A mysterious metal object can be seen from it. Kostya and Stas (two brothers) learn about an unexplored piece of rock. They enter the museum at night. Inside the block, the brothers find an egg-shaped metal capsule. Having climbed into it, they begin a journey through time in an amazing way.
First, young people find themselves in 2506 and become prisoners of a special “Space Prison”. Meet unusual people of the future and get to know them. Participate in an incredible game. They find themselves in the clutches of the Sphinx Shidla. It is he who saves them from danger. The brothers continue their journey in the time machine they mastered. This time the device throws them back to 1506 BC. They find themselves on the territory of Ancient Egypt. There the heroes will meet with Pharaoh Nemenhotep, who sends them to execution. The brothers miraculously escape death. Having escaped from the Egyptians, Kostya and Stas end up in a capsule and return to their parents in the present time.
The actor celebrated his coming of age and continued acting. In 2012, he played Philip in the short film “The Danger of Complete Extinction.” In 2014, he starred in the role of Anton Sobolev in the film “Correction Class”. Worked on the film “Blind Love”. In 2020, he received the role of Roman in the film “City Birds”. Now you know who Philip Avdeev is. Photos of the actor are attached to this material.
Personal life of Philip Avdeev
During his years of study at the Moscow Art Theater and some time after graduation, Philip Avdeev met with his classmate, and later his colleague at the theater, actress Alexandra Revenko. The young people met as children, at the Young Actor's Theater, and began a romantic relationship in their first year at the institute.
Philip Avdeev and his girlfriend Ekaterina Sergeeva
Now Philip is dating the prop master of the Gogol Center, Ekaterina Sergeeva. In the summer of 2020, the lovers received a special prize “The Most Beautiful Couple of the Film Festival” at the L’Officiel Golden Party as part of the 29th Kinotavr Film Festival, traditionally held in Sochi.
Philip Avdeev now
In October 2020, the premiere of the drama “Acid” will take place in cinemas, directed by Philip’s friend and partner Alexander Gorchilin. In the film about the life of young metropolitan musicians, Avdeev played the leading role - a guy named Sasha, who is experiencing the loss of a friend and his first love. Also starring in the film were Gogol Center actors Alexander Kuznetsov, Arina Shevtsova, Alexandra Rebenok, etc. Philip Avdeev in the film “Acid” Together with Victoria Tolstoganova and Daria Zhovner, Philip Avdeev is working on filming in the detective drama by Oksana Karas “Above the Sky” the premiere of which is planned for 2020. The actor will also appear in Yavor Gyrdev’s fantasy drama “Ikaria” with Alexander Gorchilin, Ivan Yankovsky, Pyotr Skvortsov and Irina Gorbacheva.
