Danila Kozlovsky

Danila Kozlovsky

Danila Kozlovsky at the premiere of Soulless in Odessa, 2012
Born Danila Valerievich Kozlovsky
3 May 1985
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation Actor, Model
Years active 1994–present
Spouse(s) Urszula Magdalena Małka (m. 2008–11)
Partner(s) Yuliya Snigir
(2012– 2013) Olga Zueva (2014 - )

Danila Valerievich Kozlovsky (Russian: Данила Валерьевич Козловский; born 3 May 1985) is a Russian film and theatre actor and model.

Life and career

Danila Kozlovsky was born on May 3, 1985 in Moscow. His mother, Nadezhda Zvenigorodskaya, is a stage actress, and his father, Valery Kozlovsky, was a professor at Moscow State University specializing in marketing and mass communications.[1] He has an older brother, Yegor, and a younger brother, Ivan. From a young age, Danila was placed in dance and music classes, learning to play the saxophone and the alto. During his early years, he frequently changed schools, potentially due to discipline issues. He made his big screen debut in 1998, playing the troubled sixth grader Denis on the Russian television series Simple Truths.

In 1996, he was accepted into the Kronshtadt Naval Military School, which he attended until his graduation in 2002. Upon graduation, he matriculated to the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, entering the acting/directing course supervised by Lev Dodin. During his fourth year he made his debut on the stage of the Little Drama Theatre (Theatre de l’Europe), playing the part of Edgar in King Lear (2006). The role brought him his first theatre award: a special prize of Expert Council of the "Golden Sofit" (the top-rated theatre award in Saint Petersburg) for Best Debut.

In the same year he also received his first movie award – the Russian Cinema Critics Guild "White Elephant Award" for the best leading role (in the movie Garpastum, 2006). He received the National "Golden Eagle Award" for "Dukhless" (2012, nomination "Best Cinema Actor").

In 2014, he played Dimitri Belikov in his first American movie, Vampire Academy. In 2015 he will portray the role of Erast Fandorin, in The Decorator, based on the novel in same name by Boris Akunin. Thus, after he played the role of Egor Dorin, in movie The Spy, based on another Akunin novel.

He also appeared in advertisements for Chanel Coco Mademoiselle alongside Keira Knightley.[2]

Personal life

Yuliya Snigir and Danila Kozlovsky, during the premiere of A Good Day to Die Hard, 2013

He has two brothers: Yegor and Ivan.

In fall 2008 he married actress Ursula Magdalena Malka. The couple filed for divorce in 2011. In 2012, he started a romantic relationship with the Russian model and actress Yuliya Snigir. The relationship ended in 2013. Since 2014 he has been dating actress, model, director and writer Olga Zueva.

Filmography

Title Original Title Year Role Notes
Simple Truths Простые истины 1999 Denis TV series
Я всё решу сама: Танцующая на волнах 2003 Valera TV series
Улицы разбитых фонарей 2003 Popov TV series
Sissi: The Rebel Empress Sissi, l'impératrice rebelle 2004 Young Franz Joseph TV film
На Верхней Масловке 2004 Modigliani
Garpastum Гарпастум 2005 Nikolai Russian Guild of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Alka Алька 2006 Lenya Astakhov TV miniseries
Преступление и погода 2006 Victor
Lenin's Legacy Завещание Ленина 2007 Sergei TV miniseries
Black Hunters Мы из будущего 2008 Sergei "Bormann" Filatov Also known as We Are from the Future and Back in Time
Nominated—MTV Russia Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Ekaterina Klimova)
Jolly Fellows Весельчаки 2009 Lyusya
A. D. А. Д. 2009 Daniil Ageev
Одиночка 2010 Andrei Gromov
Покушение 2010 Yevgeniy Kostin TV series
Moscow, I Love You! Москва, я люблю тебя! 2010 Taxi driver
Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg Гольфстрим под айсбергом 2011 Ari Brylskiy
Hamlet of the 21st Century Гамлет XXI век 2011 Laertes
Мишень 2011 Mitya
Five Brides Пять невест 2011 Alexei Kaverin
Шхера-18 2011 Andrei Egorov
Rasputin Распутин
Raspoutine
2011 Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Russian-French co-production
Spy Шпион 2012 Egor Dorin
Soulless Духless 2012 Max Andreev Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor
Nominated—Nika Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Russian Guild of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Legend No. 17 Легенда № 17 2012 Valeri Kharlamov
It All Began in Kharbin Всё началось в Харбине 2013 Boris Eybozhenko TV film
Привычка расставаться 2013 Vadim TV film
Dubrovsky Дубровский 2014 Vladimir Dubrovsky Feature film and TV mini-series
Vampire Academy Академия Вампиров 2014 Dimitri Belikov
Soulless 2 Духless 2 2015 Max Andreev
Flightcrew Экипаж 2015 Alexey Guchshin Remake of Air Crew
The Decorator N/A 2016 Erast Fandorin
Viking N/A 2016 Vladimir the Great

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated Work Result
Glamour Awards 2013 Man of the Year N/A Won[3]
Golden Eagle Awards 2012 Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor Soulless Won
Golden Floodlight Theatre Awards 2006 Best Debut King Lear Won[4]
GQ Awards 2013 Man of the Year N/A Won
MTV Russia Movie Awards 2008 Best Kiss (shared with Ekaterina Klimova) Black Hunters Nominated
Nika Awards 2012 Best Actor Soulless Nominated[5]
Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards[6] 2005 Best Actor Garpastum Won
2012 Soulless Nominated
Constellation Film Actors Festival 2008 Best Leading Actor Back in Time Won

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