Semyon Strugachyov


Semyon Mikhailovich Strugachyov is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor, People's Artist of Russia.

Biography

Semyon Strugachyov was born on December 10, 1957 in the village of Smidovich, Smidovichsky District, Jewish Autonomous Region. Father Misha Strugashvili is half Georgian, half Mountain Jew.
In 1979, he graduated from the acting department of the Far Eastern Pedagogical Institute of Arts in Vladivostok. He also worked in the Primorsky Regional Drama Theater, Gorky Academic Theater, Kuibyshev Drama Theater. Since 1988, he is an actor at the Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre.
He made his debut in cinema in 1991. All-Russian fame to Strugachyov was brought by Aleksandr Rogozhkin’s comedy Peculiarities of the National Hunt. Subsequently, starred in all sequels of this film.

Selected filmography