Sergei Khrustalev

Sergei Nikolaevich Khrustalev born on August 20 1973 in Moscow is a Russian theater and film actor a television presenter and an educator As a youth he spent his evenings at the Na Stromynke theater studio during his school days In 1994 he graduated from the State School of Circus and Variety Arts specializing in the conversational genre Later he completed his education at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts specializing in theatre and film acting During his time at the GITIS Educational Theatre he took on roles in productions such as The Case of the Metranpazh Wolves and Sheep and Untitled Play He also served his mandatory military service at the Russian Army Theatre Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army From 1994 to 2000 he worked at the theater where he appeared in plays like On the Brave Spot Much Ado About Nothing Pavel the First The Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Chipollino He was also a part of the Moscow theater Benefis Sergei Khrustalevs talents extended to television as well as he hosted the program GrankiSport on Daryal TV In 20022003 he hosted television programs such as Business Moscow and Megaloto on TVCentr He also taught acting and established his own theater school the Vinaigrette Theatre Studio Khrustalev made his film debut in 1993 in the melodrama Kumparsita directed by Alexander Polynnikov In subsequent years Sergei Khrustalev took on various roles in films and television series including notable appearances in Vladimir Motylyas Horses carry me an adaptation of Anton Chekhovs Duel and his role as Pasha Samoilov in the second season of the series Always Say Always He has also played roles in television series such as Detectives Alexander Trace Artyukhov Im a Bodyguard Anton Baranov In the Woods and Mountains Prov Egorov I Believe I dont Believe Anatoly Skobtsov Snow Leopard Voytovich Balabol3 Krylov and many more In 2023 Sergei Khrustalev had a key role in the scifi film 1984 which was based on the novel of the same name by George Orwell and directed by Diana Ringo In the film Khrustalev portrayed an Inner Party member who is a ThoughtPolice inspector