Many call Danila Kozlovsky the most beautiful actor in modern Russian cinema. He himself regards this title more than ironically. And Danila doesn’t like the status of the most sought-after actor. Yes, there are many offers, but the artist does not agree to everything.
The actor reads each script with special attention; if he does not like the project, agreement will not be achieved. Maybe this is precisely the secret of the success of the films in which he stars. We have collected in our selection the best films starring Danila Kozlovsky.
we are from the future
Kinopoisk: 7.2
IMDB: 6.8
Genre: fantasy, action, adventure, military, history
Year of release: 2008
Country Russia
Director: Andrey Malyukov
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Dmitry Volkostrelov, Vladimir Yaglych, Andrey Terentyev, Ekaterina Klimova, Boris Galkin, Daniil Strakhov, Sergei Makhovikov, Zoya Buryak, Gloria Augustinovich
Four black diggers, hunters of war rarities, go on another excavation. The team was motley, but they had been playing together for a long time, because Borman, Skull, Chukha and Alcohol are friends in life. Everything goes according to plan exactly until the guys find soldiers’ books that... belong to them! Both the names and photographs match. What the hell is this? Wanting to sober up their heads, the guys go swimming in the lake and find themselves in the past.
The touching story truly launched the actor’s career. This is one of the first serious films with the participation of Danila Kozlovsky, it is worthy of your attention.
Kozlovsky Valery Ivanovich
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Title, degree – associate professor, doctor of biological sciences.
1983-1989 – student of the medical faculty of the Grodno State Medical University.
1989-1999 – Assistant at the Department of Pharmacology, Grodno State Medical University.
In 1997 he defended his thesis on the topic “Antihypoxic properties of new derivatives of piperidine and decahydroquinoline.” Awarded the academic degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences.
1999-2009 – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology, Grodno State Medical University.
2009-2014 – Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology of the Grodno State Medical University.
In 2010, he was awarded the academic title of associate professor.
From 2014 to the present – Head of the Department of Pharmacology named after Professor M.V. Korablev EE "Grodno State Medical University".
In 2020, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Humoral mechanisms of endothelium-dependent regulation of coronary blood flow.”
Achievements:
Head of 3 successfully completed funded research projects within the framework of international cooperation.
Recipient of scientific scholarships from NATO (September 2001 - September 2002), the Queen Hedwiga Foundation (October 2002 - February 2003) and UNESCO (March - August 2003, July - August 2004).
Certificates of honor: Grodno City Executive Committee (2015), Educational Institution "Grodno State Medical University" (2016, 2017).
Author of more than 120 scientific and educational works, 2 patents. The main areas of scientific interests are the pharmacology of endothelium, the pharmacology of new piperidine derivatives.
In 2001-2003 completed a scientific internship in cardiovascular pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland).
Repeatedly took part in intra-university, republican and international scientific conferences.
Under his leadership, a number of student scientific works were completed, 4 of which were awarded the 1st category based on the results of the republican competition of scientific works of university students of the Republic of Belarus, 2 - 2 categories, 1 - 3 categories. Supervised 2 completed master's theses.
Conducted research work as part of various research projects.
Today he is the head of the departmental work “Study of analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties of new piperidine derivatives with substitutions in the 1st and 4th positions” (2019 – 2021). Back
Legend 17
Kinopoisk: 7.9
IMDB: 7.6
Genre: sports, drama, biography
Released: 2012
Country Russia
Director: Nikolay Lebedev
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Oleg Menshikov, Svetlana Ivanova, Vladimir Menshov, Alexander Lobanov, Sergey Genkin, Roman Madyanov, Alexander Yakovlev, Alejandra Grepi, Boris Shcherbakov
Valery Kharlamov always dreamed of getting into big hockey, but he could not even imagine how difficult it would be. The first test fell on the young man in 1967, when he met the famous coach Anatoly Tarasov. He sends the guy together with his friend Sasha to distant and cold Chebarkul, to the lower echelon team “Zvezda”. Local realities do not please Kharlamov, but he is not lost. At the end of the season, having shown excellent hockey, Valery returns to Moscow, to CSKA. And soon the athlete gets into the national team.
Danila Kozlovsky. Biography
Name: Danila Kozlovsky. Date of birth: May 3, 1985. Place of birth: Moscow (Russia).
Childhood and youth
Danila Valerievich Kozlovsky was born on May 3, 1985 in Moscow into a creative and intelligent family. Danila has two brothers: the older one is Egor and the younger one is Ivan.
The father of the future movie star, Valery Ivanovich, was a university professor and an honored cultural worker of Russia, and his mother, Nadezhda Zvenigorodskaya, although she received an acting education, taught at school.
Danila's parents divorced when he was still young. Soon his mother remarried, and his stepfather began raising the children.
As a child, Kozlovsky briefly studied at music and dance schools, and when he grew up a little, he was sent to the Kronstadt Naval Cadet Corps. Mom and stepfather decided that this would correct the behavior of the brothers’ children, who often played pranks and went beyond what was permitted in their pranks.
Back in his school days, Kozlovsky became interested in cinema. He ended up on the set of the popular series “Simple Truths” and played a small role there. Danila liked it so much that he decided to connect his life with the profession of an actor.
Early life and first leading roles
In 2002, after graduating from the cadet corps, the young man entered the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts (workshop of Lev Abramovich Dodin).
In his penultimate year, Kozlovsky got a job at the Maly Drama Theater, but he was attracted by the magic of cinema, so he did not give up trying to get into cinema and went to auditions. Danila played his first leading role only in 2005 - in the historical film by Alexei German Jr. “Garpastum” . This debut was so notable that the aspiring actor received the White Elephant Award for it.
After that, offers from film directors literally rained down on Kozlovsky. Among the films of that time we can note such films as “We are from the future”, “Merry Men”, “Rasputin”, “Five Brides” and “Spiritless”.
The rise of a career and Hollywood
Danila gained all-Russian popularity in 2013, when the film “Legend No. 17” was released. In the biographical drama of Nikolai Lebedev, he played the legendary Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov.
The film received recognition from the sports press and film critics and brought Kozlovsky the love of hundreds of thousands of viewers.
Already in 2014, Danila played his first role in Hollywood. Then the press wrote that the fantasy “Vampire Academy” would become the second “Twilight,” but soon talk about this died down. Until now, not even a sequel has been announced.
At the same time, Kozlovsky starred in an advertisement for Chanel perfume. American actress Keira Knightley shone together with the Russian handsome man in the video.
In 2014, the film “Dubrovsky” was also released - a modern version of the classic work of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Unfortunately, the filmmakers did not get the response and box office that they wanted.
In 2015-2016, six films with Danila were released - the film "Status: Single", in which Kozlovsky also acted as a producer, the continuation of the adventures of Max Andreev - "Spiritless 2", the acclaimed films "Crew" and "Viking", as well as the comedy “Friday” and the actor’s second Hollywood project, “Hardcore.”
It is interesting that in the films “Status: Single” and “Crew”, episodic roles are played by Kozlovsky’s mother; we recall, she is an actress by training.
Danila Kozlovsky with his mother in 2020
Danila Kozlovsky currently
In 2017, one could see on the big screens the scandalous film by Alexei Uchitel “Matilda”, where Kozlovsky got the role of Count Vorontsov.
In 2020, Danila will make her directorial debut - the sports drama “Coach”. Kozlovsky not only took a place on the other side of the camera, but also played the main role in the film, and also acted as a screenwriter and producer.
Danila Kozlovsky in the film “Coach”
In one of his interviews, Danila admitted that “at first I only wanted to be an actor on the set of “Coach,” but at some point I realized that I wanted to tell it myself, as a director.”
It is symbolic that on March 24, 2020, Kozlovsky was announced as the official ambassador of the FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Russia in 2018.
Among other domestic projects where the actor’s participation is announced in the near future are the films “On the Area”, “Decorator” and “Dovlatov” and the TV series “Karamora”.
In addition, Danila will take part in the sixth season of the Canadian-Irish series “Vikings”. The Russian’s height is quite appropriate for the occasion - 184 cm.
Danila Kozlovsky in the film "Viking"
Other activities
Throughout his film career, Danila continues to play on stage. At various times he was involved in such performances of the Maly Drama Theater as “King Lear”, “Life and Fate”, “Lord of the Flies”, “The Cherry Orchard” and “Hamlet”.
Kozlovsky is not only an actor, but also a musician who sings well. His debut in this capacity took place in 2020 at the Bolshoi Theater.
As part of his performance, Kozlovsky performed songs by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin and other American classics.
The producer of Danila’s concert program “The Big Dream of an Ordinary Man” was a good friend of the Kozlovsky family, the king of pop, Philip Kirkorov.
It is known that Kozlovsky is actively involved in charity work, in particular, he helps the Butterfly Children and Gift of Life foundations.
Recognition and awards
The actor is a laureate and nominee of a number of theater and film awards, in particular, “Golden Spotlight”, “Golden Eagle”, “Nika” and “Golden Mask”.
Danila Kozlovsky with the Golden Mask award
In 2016, he received an award from the MUZ-TV music channel for his concert program.
At various times, he was also recognized as “Person of the Year” (GQ publication) and “Men of the Year” (Glamour magazine).
Personal life Kozlovsky was married only once, and at the dawn of his acting career. In 2006, at a rehearsal at the theater, he met the Polish actress Urszula Magdalena Malka.
The couple got married in 2008, but, as often happens in the creative community, the marriage did not last long - the actors divorced in 2011.
According to media reports, Danila and Urshula, who is six years older than Kozlovsky, still maintain warm friendly relations.
Since then, the press has attributed to Danila long-term or not-so-long affairs with a number of beauties of Russian and foreign cinema. Among those with whom Kozlovsky was allegedly in a relationship were actresses Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Anna Chipovskaya, Yulia Snigir and Zoey Deutch.
Danila Kozlovsky with Zoey Deutch
It’s interesting that Danila crossed paths with most of them on the set of various projects. However, neither the actor himself nor his possible lovers officially confirmed the information about the relationship.
Since 2020, there has been active talk about Kozlovsky’s affair with model and actress Olga Zueva. However, Danila and Olga avoid this topic in interviews, getting off with only a short answer that they have known each other for a long time, but do not confirm or deny information about their romance.
Crew
Kinopoisk: 7.6
IMDB: 6.8
Genre: drama, adventure, thriller
Released: 2016
Country Russia
Director: Nikolay Lebedev
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Vladimir Mashkov, Agne Grudite, Sergei Kempo, Katerina Shpitsa, Sergei Shakurov, Sergei Gazarov, Elena Yakovleva, Alena Babenko, Sergei Romanovich
God awarded Alexey Gushchin with exceptional flying abilities and a terrible character. He does not recognize authorities, especially if they do not comply with his code of honor. This is also why Gushchin is removed from military flights and is left with only civil aviation. Alexey has a difficult acquaintance with the new crew ahead, but this is not the worst thing. A terrible disaster awaits him ahead!
Personal life
He was married to an actress from Poland, Urszula Malka, whom he met while still at the academy. But, after a couple of years, they broke up, although they still maintain friendly relations. In 2013, information leaked to the press that Kozlovsky was dating Yulia Snigir. They met on the set of the film “Rasputin”, but soon broke up. The incompatibility of characters and the busy filmography of Danila Kozlovsky played their role.
Recently, Danila’s biography has been supplemented with another fascinating acquaintance with model, actress and director Olga Zueva. Collaboration in the Summer of love photo projects opened all the cards for fans of Danila Valerievich’s talent.
Viking
Kinopoisk: 4.5
IMDB: 4.5
Genre: drama, history
Released: 2016
Country Russia
Director: Andrey Kravchuk
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Maxim Sukhanov, Igor Petrenko, Andrey Smolyakov, Vladimir Epifantsev, Alexandra Bortich, Kirill Pletnev, Alexander Ustyugov, Rostislav Berschauer
Vladimir, Yaropolk and Oleg are three great princes, heads of the most important principalities of Rus' and siblings. But not everyone likes it. Voivode Yaropolk convinces him that he is worthy of a separate state. The young ruler agrees and goes to war against the brothers. The result is sad - Oleg dies, Vladimir is on the run. But soon those who convince their prince appear in the latter’s retinue - he needs to stop hiding and lay claim to the throne.
Hobbies
Valery Ivanovich Kozlovsky prefers to spend his free time outside the city, at his dacha. He is a fan of theatrical creativity, so he often attends performances in St. Petersburg and Moscow. This hobby is also connected with professional activities. Recently, the health of Valery Ivanovich Kozlovsky leaves much to be desired, but he continues to teach. For him, the most important thing is to convey as much knowledge as possible that students can master.
Valery Ivanovich is familiar with many popular theater and film actors. He is appreciated and known not only in the scientific world, but also in the acting community. Kozlovsky Sr. willingly gives interviews in which he shares his professional plans and talks about his relationship with his son and family.
Spiritless
Kinopoisk: 6.6
IMDB: 6.4
Genre: drama
Released: 2011
Country Russia
Director: Roman Prygunov
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Maria Andreeva, Artyom Mikhalkov, Nikita Panfilov, Artur Smolyaninov, Mikhail Efremov, Maria Kozhevnikova, Sergei Belogolovtsev, Sasha Burdo, Dmitry Dorokhov
Max is young, handsome and rich. He holds a high position in an international bank and considers his life to be truly successful. Cocaine, girls and parties - complete glamor! But one fleeting meeting with Yulia turns everything upside down. This modest but tough girl, who has her own principles, makes it clear that Max’s life is empty. Either a coincidence or not, but it is at this moment that a beautiful glamorous picture breaks into fragments.
Hollywood film with Danila Kozlovsky failed miserably in the USA
The assault on Hollywood, which our actors proudly talked about - Ukrainian Olga Kurylenko and St. Petersburg resident Danila Kozlovsky - turned out not to be a victory, but a complete collapse. In any case, that’s what American film critics and viewers thought, and they organized a boycott of “Vampire Academy” with empty theaters. On the very first weekend, the premiere of another vampire blockbuster failed at the box office. The ambitious idea of the creators with a budget of 25 million dollars was released on 3 thousand screens - and the topic is popular, and, apparently, they did a good job with the distributors. The result is a modest $3 million.
In addition, critics mercilessly walked through the Academy. The translation provides only excerpts from several reviews:
"Vampire Academy" doesn't need a review. “She needs an aspen stake in the very heart,” Rolling Stone magazine wrote about the film. “The only thing really scary about the Vampire Academy is the bloody boredom.” I'd like to think that the Waters brothers were kidnapped and forced to film it at gunpoint while they were ashamed of themselves. There is simply no other excuse. Based on Rachel Mead's six-book young adult series, the film hopes to evoke Twilight and Harry Potter, but only produces endless boredom."
“Vampires are notoriously difficult to kill. But someone had to kill Vampire Academy, another film based on teen novels about bloodsuckers. The only thing that separates this teen-baiting copycat from its predecessors is how lazily it appears to have been whipped up, according to The Washington Post. — The book “Vampire Academy” is the first in a series of six. We can only hope that this doesn’t mean there will be five more films like this!”
“From the 40-odd minutes of tedious expository dialogue that opens the film to the bloodless Bauhaus cover of Bela Lugosi Is Dead that accompanies the end credits of Mark Waters' Vampire Academy, this film sucks the soul out of you, just like every one of its fangs. the nerds who inhabit it. There's none of the comedy that the posters advertise (“They suck at school,” the tagline giggles) or the adventure that its creators seem to be aiming for. The film is destined to quickly turn into theater dust, despite being based on a best-selling book, says The Hollywood Reporter.
However, no one criticized Danila Kozlovsky’s performance. They simply didn't notice him.
For those who, on the eve of the Russian premiere on February 13, want to read what critics think about the film, here are the originals:
Rolling Stone Review by Peter Travers
The Hollywood Reporter
The Washington Post
It all started in Harbin
Kinopoisk: 7.2
IMDB: 7.9
Genre: drama, history
Released: 2013
Country Russia
Director: Leo Zisman
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Anna Chipovskaya, Vladimir Epifantsev, Dina Korzun, Igor Ivanov, Philip Ershov, Nikita Efremov, Irina Rozanova, Igor Sklyar, Ernst Romanov
Boris Eibozhenko lives in Harbin. His life is quite carefree, but everything changes in 1928, when his father is caught in an “unseemly” act. As a result, the head of the family loses his prestigious job, and his children are openly pointed at. And it must happen that during this difficult period Boris falls in love with the daughter of the head of the railway and his father’s former boss Lyudmila...
The road to the film industry
Danila was born in Moscow, raised by relatives with two brothers. He had a difficult character, often quarreled with school teachers and participated in fights with classmates. Therefore, we had to change educational institutions and start all over again. A couple of years later he enters a theater school and realizes that he has found his path and calling. The first small character in Danila Kozlovsky’s filmography was played in the TV series “Simple Truths” in 1999.
The actor graduates from the cadet corps and refuses to connect his fate with the army. The dream of acting in films only grows and gets stronger. Lev Dodin occupies an important place in the development of the artist’s career and his filmography. There were many cameo characters for experience and professional development. The series “Street of Broken Lanterns” was a small springboard to a dream come true.
The first director to cast Danila Valerievich in the lead role was Alexey German in 2005 (the film “Garpastum”). Kozlovsky deservedly received recognition and approval from critics at the film festival. Although there were still few new proposals - several projects and the film “Lenin’s Testament”, 2007. But literally in 2008, a real breakthrough in Danila Kozlovsky’s filmography was the work “We are from the Future.”
Trainer
Kinopoisk: 6.7
IMDB: 6.4
Genre: sports, drama
Released: 2018
Country Russia
Director: Danila Kozlovsky
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Vladimir Ilyin, Andrey Smolyakov, Olga Zueva, Irina Gorbacheva, Dmitry Sychev, Pavel Vorozhtsov, Igor Gordin, Maria Lobanova, Alexander Oblasov, Victor Verzhbitsky
Just yesterday, Yuri Stoleshnikov was a favorite of the audience, one of the strikers in the country's national football team. But one unsuccessful match, one missed penalty changes everything. Stoleshnikov is forced to leave the national team and give up his playing career altogether. He becomes a coach and leaves for the province. There, Yuri takes over the patronage of one of the not-so-lucky teams and... performs a real miracle with it!
“Coach” is not only one of the most successful films with Danila Kozlovsky in the title role, but also a fairly good debut for the actor in the director’s chair.
Merry fellows
“Veselchaki” is a Russian tragicomedy with Kozlovsky in the title role. Against the backdrop of unfolding events, five characters are presented who were performers in a drag queen show. They meet together in a restaurant after the breakup of the team. Each of them gives an interview to a journalist about their life path and tells the story of getting on the show. Carried away by their funny and exciting stories, the girl almost forgets about the purpose of the conversation.
Friday
Kinopoisk: 6.5
IMDB: 6.3
Genre: comedy
Released: 2016
Country Russia
Director: Evgeny Shelyakin
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Nastasya Samburskaya, Ekaterina Shpitsa, Pavel Derevianko, Kirill Pletnev, Evgenia Brik, Anton Shagin
The life of every resident of a big city follows one scenario - home, work, home and work again. But there is a time in this cycle when you can truly get distracted and have a little New Year for yourself and that time is Friday! No one knows in advance where he will end up that evening and what twists of fate await him. During the day you were a successful businessman, and in the evening you work as a waiter on a dare. But the clerk, overwhelmed by colleagues, is having a blast on the dance floor! But what else, besides Friday of course, unites these people? We'll find out soon.
Working in Hollywood
2014 – the birth of a new star in the foreign film industry in the film “Vampire Academy”. They say about Kozlovsky: “our man in Hollywood.” Danila auditioned for this film for his filmography via Skype and was immediately approved by director Mark Waters.
Over time, after his debut in Hollywood, the actor was invited to act with Keira Knightley. Advertising perfumes and other projects only delight fans and viewers of Danila Kozlovsky . He has no plans to move to America yet; a lot of work and filming await him in his homeland. The international artist tries to have time to participate in all projects.
Matilda
Kinopoisk: 5.7
IMDB: 5.3
Genre: drama, history, thriller
Released: 2017
Country Russia
Director: Alexey Uchitel
Cast: Michalina Olshanska, Lars Eidinger, Louise Wolfram, Danila Kozlovsky, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Sergei Garmash, Evgeniy Mironov, Grigory Dobrygin, Galina Tyunina, Vitaly Kovalenko
Very soon, Tsarevich Nicholas will become the full-fledged ruler of the Russian Empire. But while he does not have the wisdom of a king, he is an ordinary young man, ardent and amorous. Nikolai's next hobby is the prima of the Mariinsky Theater Matilda Kshesinskaya. She reciprocates his feelings and a bright romance breaks out between the young people. But does Nikolai understand that this relationship has no future? That the tsar cannot marry a ballerina?
Five Brides
Kinopoisk: 7.1
IMDB: 6.6
Genre: comedy
Released: 2011
Country Russia
Director: Karen Oganesyan
Cast: Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Danila Kozlovsky, Khoren Levonyan, Alexander Loye, Irina Pegova, Yulia Peresild, Ksenia Romenkova, Arthur Smolyaninov, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Vladimir Yaglych
The war is behind us! The country is rejoicing and making plans for a bright future. Fellow soldiers and friends Misha, Vanya, Vadik, Leshka and Grisha are no exception. Each of them dreams of getting married, having children, building a house. But the guys haven’t been demobilized yet and they seriously think that while they are serving, all the most beautiful brides will be taken away! And then Leshka is sent on a business trip. And now, in addition to the task from his superiors, the guy will also have to find five brides.
Dubrovsky
Kinopoisk: 5.7
IMDB: 5.2
Genre: drama, crime
Released: 2014
Country Russia
Directors: Alexander Vartanov and Kirill Mikhanovsky
Cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Klavdiya Korshunova, Yuri Tsurilo, Alexander Mezentsev, Igor Gordin, Dmitry Podnozov, Elena Dudina, Evgeny Vakunov, Artem Kobzev, Lyubov Sergeeva
All of Moscow knows Vladimir Dubrovsky. During the day he is a successful lawyer, and in the evenings he is a real reveler and a regular at expensive clubs. Masha Troekurova is a good girl, a reverent daughter and a diligent graduate of a prestigious English school. It seems that there is nothing in common between them; they will never cross paths in the huge capital. But fate thinks differently. A sudden quarrel between the fathers of our heroes turns the lives of Vladimir and Masha upside down!
Dubrovsky (2014)
Vladimir Dubrovsky, a young, successful lawyer, has not been to his hometown for a long time. Capital life swirled the hero in an uncontrollable whirlwind of fun. The guy fondly remembers the charming Masha Troekurova, his childhood friend. The shocking news of a violent quarrel between his father and his bosom friend forces Vladimir to drop everything and go home.
