Konstantin Khabensky | |
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Константин Хабенский | |
 Khabensky in 2022 | |
| Born | Konstantin Yurievich Khabensky 11 January 1972 |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Works | Filmography |
| Title | People's Artist of Russia (2012) |
| Spouses | Anastasiya Khabenskaya
(m. 2000; died 2008)Olga Litvinova (m. 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Full list |
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Konstantin Yurievich Khabensky, PAR[1] (Russian: Константин Юрьевич Хабенский; born 11 January 1972) is a Russian actor of stage and film, director and philanthropist.
From 1997 he was part of the Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre cast until 2000, after which he transferred to the Moscow Art Theatre in 2002 where he is still active. Khabensky's first lead roles in cinema were in Women's Property (1999) and in the film In Motion (2002). Among the Russian audience he gained recognition with the TV series Deadly Force (2002-2005), while his international breakthrough came with the films Night Watch (2004) and Day Watch (2006) as the protagonist, Anton Gorodetsky.[2][3]
Other notable films with him in the lead role include Poor Relatives (2005), The Irony of Fate 2 (2007), Collector (2016), TV series Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was... (2013), The Method (2015) and Trotsky (2017).
One of the most acclaimed actors in Russia, Khabensky has earned numerous awards, including two Nika Awards for The Admiral (2008) and The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (2013). He has also won three Golden Eagle Awards for Best Actor, three Kinotavr Awards and the Russian Guild of Film Critics Award.
Based on the data of the website KinoPoisk, Konstantin Khabensky was declared to be the most popular actor in Russia in the first 15 years of the 21st century.[4][5]
Khabensky made his directorial debut in 2018 with the Holocaust drama Sobibor where he also played the role of Alexander Pechersky.
Alongside his work in cinema, Khabensky is a philanthropist, in 2008 he established the Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation which provides assistance to children with oncological and other serious brain afflictions.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 09.01.2012 г. № 33". Kremlin.
- ^ "Константин Хабенский". Russia-1. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Konstantin Khabensky bio". lifeactor.ru.
- ^ "От "Сестёр" к "Хардкору": российское кино в XXI веке. — Чего достигли российские кинематографисты за первые 15 лет нового века?". KinoPoisk.
- ^ Filipp Vuyachich (12 January 2017). ""Кинопоиск" назвал 10 самых популярных российских актёров XXI века". Life.