Yury Borisov

Borisov was born in Reutov, Moscow Oblast near Moscow. In 2013 he graduated from the Shchepkin Higher Theater School, and won the Golden Leaf award in the Best Actor category for the role of Alexander Tarasovich Ametistov in the play Zoykina's Apartment. Borisov started working as a film actor in 2010, and played main roles in various television series. In 2013–14 he worked at the Moscow theater "Satyricon". In 2019, he starred in the film The Bull, for which he was nominated for the 18th Golden Eagle Awards 2020 in the category Best Leading Actor, and also received an award "Event of the Year" from the magazine "Kinoreporter" in the category "Discovery of the Year". He also played minor roles in the films T-34, Union of Salvation, and Invasion. In February 2020, the film AK-47 was released, in which Borisov played the main role – Mikhail Kalashnikov, and received positive reviews from film critics. For this role he was awarded the Golden Eagle Award – 2021 for Best Leading Actor. He appeared in 8 feature films released in 2021, including the Netflix original film Silver Skates. In 2021 Borisov played the lead role in Finnish-Russian film Compartment No. 6 directed by Juho Kuosmanen, which won the Grand-Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. In 2024 Borisov voiced the cat in The Master and Margarita, and played Igor in the Palme d'Or winning film Anora, directed by Sean Baker.