Yuri Kolokolnikov

• Name — Yuri Kolokolnikov • Birth Name — Yuri Andreevich Kolokolnikov • Born — 15 December 1980 • Birthplace — Moscow, RSFSR, USSR • Citizenship — * Russia • Canada • Occupation — * Actor • film director • film producer • Years Active — 1994–present • Partner — Kseniya Rappoport (until 2014) • Children — 2

Yuri Kolokolnikov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. His parents divorced shortly after Yuri was born and in 1985 his mother moved to Canada with Yuri and his brother, Theodore. Kolokolnikov is a citizen of Russia and Canada. According to most, Kolokolnikov as a child, was both unruly and uncontrollable. Unable to cope with the upbringing of her son, his mother sent him back to Russia to live with his father. Almost immediately after his arrival in Moscow, he went to study at film school and became involved with the production of shows for children. Soon afterwards, his father took him to audition for the director Savva Kulish, where Kolokolnikov gained a small role in the film Iron Curtain. At 15 years old, he passed external exams for the last two classes of high school and submitted his documents to the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. In 2000, immediately after graduation, he went to Hollywood. During the year, he lived in Los Angeles and New York, working part-time as a waiter, a courier and a loader. Unable to break into the big cinema Kolokolnikov returned to Moscow. • Illustration — Kolokolnikov at the fourth Audi Cup in slalom among the stars, 2010 In 2013, he dictated the text of the annual educational action "Total dictation" on the MSU Faculty of Journalism.

He has appeared in more than forty films since 1998. Kolokolnikov met with director Kirill Serebrennikov, who invited him for a role in the television series Diary of a Killer in the staging of Sweet Bird of Youth at the theater Sovremennik Theatre. The premiere took place in 2002. In 2014, he played the role of Styr, Magnar of Thenn, in the fourth season of the television series Game of Thrones. He had a lead role in the Russian 2016 comedy film Breakfast with Daddy. The film is about a wealthy man who discovers that he has a 10 year old daughter. In the 2017 American action-comedy The Hitman's Bodyguard, Kolokolnikov played a Belarusian mercenary leader Ivan. In 2024, Yura played Koroviev in the adaptation of The Master and Margarita.

Kolokolnikov has a daughter Taisia, born in 2006. His life partner was actress Kseniya Rappoport until 2014. From this relationship, Yuri has a daughter named Sofia, born in January 2011.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — The Envy of Gods • 2001 — In August of 1944 — Lt. Blinov • 2004 — Children of the Arbat — Kostya — TV series • 2005 — The State Counsellor — Smolianinov • Deadly Force — Malyshev — TV series, 6th season, episode "Good Intentions" • 2008 — Plus One — puppets • 2010 — Happy Ending (2010 film) — penis — Russian comedy, based on a short story by Gogol "The Nose" • 2011 — Raspoutine — Oswald Rayner • 2013 — Intimate Parts — Ivan • 2014 — Game of Thrones — Styr • Iron Ivan — Count Korsakov • Love Does Not Love — Dmitriy 'Dima' • 2015 — The Transporter Refueled — Yuri • About Love — Familiar Miyako (note Re) • The Method — Mikhael Ptakha — TV series, episode 12 • 2016 — Breakfast with Daddy — Sasha Titov • The Duelist — Basargin • 2017 — The Hitman's Bodyguard — Ivan • You All Infuriate Me — Artyom — TV series • 2017–18 — The Americans — Gennadi Bystrov — TV series, 5 episodes in seasons 5 and 6 • 2018 — Hunter Killer — Agent Oleg • 2019 — The Humorist — Maxim Shelepin • Viy 2: Journey to China — Peter the Great • 6 Underground — Baasha Zia • 2020 — Tenet — Volkov • The Silver Skates — Grand prince • 2022 — We — Panda • 2023 — The Master and Margarita — Korovyev • Wish of the Fairy Fish — Lord Rothman • 2024 — Kraven the Hunter — Semyon Chorney • 2025 — The Wizard of the Emerald City — Tin Woodman • Caught Stealing — Aleksei • 2026 — The Surgeon