Biografia
Sergei Desnitsky is a Russian actor affiliated with the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT).
Born Sergei Glebovich Desnitsky on April 4, 1941, in the Soviet Union, he studied acting from 1958 to 1962 under A. Karev and G. Gerasimov at the Moscow Art Theatre School of Acting, graduating in 1962. In 1968, he played the lead role in Eksperiment doktora Absta (1969), directed by Anton Timonishin. He furthered his science fiction career portraying the main character in Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979), based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem.
Since 1964, Desnitsky has been a permanent member of the Moscow Art Theatre troupe. Throughout his career, he shared the stage with renowned Russian actors such as Anatoli Ktorov, Alla Tarasova, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Mikhail Yanshin, Viktor Stanitsyn, Aleksey Gribov, Boris Livanov, Mikhail Kedrov, Mark Prudkin, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Vasili Toporkov, Mikhail Bolduman, Pavel Massalsky, and the subsequent generation including Oleg Efremov, Tatyana Doronina, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Tabakov, Kristina Babushkina, Alla Pokrovskaya, Kira Golovko, Tatyana Lavrova, Nina Gulyaeva, Olga Barnet, Iya Savvina, Irina Miroshnichenko, Elena Panova, Darya Moroz, Olga Litvinova, Natalya Rogozhkina, Ekaterina Semyonova, Olga Yakovleva, Raisa Maksimova, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Andrey Myagkov, Stanislav Lyubshin, Vladimir Kashpur, Vladlen Davydov, Viktor Sergachyov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Evgeniy Kindinov, Vladimir Krasnov, Dmitriy Nazarov, Sergey Sazontev, Avangard Leontev, Igor Vasilev, Igor Vernik, Sergei Sosnovsky, Mikhail Porechenkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Valeri Khlevinsky, Aleksei Agapov, Valeriy Troshin, Mikhail Trukhin, Eduard Chekmazov, Aleksey Kravchenko, and Evgeniy Mironov, among others. Between the 1960s and 2000s, Desnitsky appeared in approximately 100 stage roles. His most notable performances include Karelin in Mikhail Shatrov’s Shestoe Iyulya (The 6th of July) and Monakhov in Maxim Gorky’s Varvary (The Barbarians). He also played supporting roles in classic Anton Chekhov plays such as Chaika (The Seagull), Dyadya Vanya (Uncle Vanya), and Vishnevy sad (The Cherry Orchard). In addition to acting, Desnitsky worked as an assistant director for Boris Livanov and Oleg Efremov.
Since 1991, Desnitsky and his wife, actress Vera Desnitskaya, have run their own theatrical company in Moscow. There, he delivered acclaimed performances such as Illarion in Nodar Dumbadze’s ya, babushka, Iliko i Illarion (Me, Grandmother, Iliok, and Illarion). He has acted in about twenty Soviet films and television productions and provided voice-overs for characters in Soviet cartoons and imported foreign films. Desnitsky was honored with the title of Honorable Actor of Russia. He currently resides in Moscow, Russia.
