Daniil Vladimirovich Vorobyov (; born 30 August 1981) is a Russian film and theatre actor.

Early life

Daniil Vorobyov was born in

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. The son of Vladimir Vorobyov, a jazz musician, and Svetlana Yurovskaya. At the age of 14 started to work on local radio station as DJ. Later began to run parties as MC in city night club. Because of night life and the dubious glory his mother decided it's time to Daniil to join the army. After two years military service Daniil moved to Moscow to change the course of life and to make his childhood dream come true. He went to

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...

and had successfully applied. Was entering the acting course supervised by Alexander Lenkov. In the second year of study Daniil made his film debut in TV series ''Junker'a''. Afterwards, he star at ''The voice of fish'' and it's proved to be a breakthrough for Daniil.

Career

In 2012 he starred as charismatic Boss, a leader of Eastern European criminal gang, in Robin Campillo's film '' Eastern Boys''. In 2013 film won at

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

in category Horizons Award for Best Film. In 2015 film was nominated to

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as Best Film. In 2015, Daniil starred in Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito's ''Out Of Love'', playing Nikolay. Film was selected for IFFR's Bright Future. Daniil received Angela Awards for his portraying of the role. In 2017 Daniil won th
RIVIERA IFF
as Best Actor for ''Out Of Love''. In 2016 Vorobyov starred opposite Julia Stiles and

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in '' Riviera'',Julia Stiles Boards Oscar Winner Neil Jordan's French Crime Series ''Riviera''
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Selected filmography

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* 1981 births Living people People from Kostroma Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors Male actors from Moscow 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors Russian film directors {{Russia-actor-stub