Mark Eydelshteyn

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mark Eydelshteyn

• Mark Eydelshteyn grew up in a Jewish family.

• In childhood, when he used to fight with his brother, his mother used to punish him by making him memorise a passage from books or plays.

• He used to often skip his school to visit his mother’s theatre school.

• While he was in school, he appeared in a few short films.

• In his teens, he used to do a part-time job as an animator at a Georgian restaurant.

• At the age of 16, he won the championship named Living Classics.

• To brush up his acting skills, he applied at GITIS International, Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Moscow Art Theatre School, and Shchukin Theatre School. However, his parents did not support him as they believed that acting was not a serious profession.

• He did his training in piano and violin.

• In 2018, he was selected for the Living Classics competition for young reciters.

• He then met the dean of the acting department of the Russian Institute of Theater Arts Taras Belousov, who advised him to join the theatre university.

• He has appeared in many Russian theatre plays.

• He then started developing an interest in modelling. His first photoshoot was for the streetwear store Rodina in Nizhny Novgorod. Later, he modelled for various brands.

• His looks are often compared to the Russian actor Timothée Chalamet.

• He has appeared in a few Russian films such as Pervyy Sneg (2021), Strana Sasha (2022), Pravednik (2023), and Zhar-Ptitsa (2024).

  

• He has acted in various Russian TV series like Shestnadtsat (2021), Smychok (2022), Monastyr (2022), Chistye (2024), and Farma (2024).

  

• Some of his English TV series are Crash (2021), Sixteen + (2021), Display Copy (2024), and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024).

  

• As a director-writer, he has worked in the Russian short film Nadezhdozapisyvayushchaya Studiya (2023).

  

• In 2024, he appeared in the American film Anora in which she played the role Ivan ‘Vanya’ Zakharov.

• He has appeared in various print ads and photoshoots.

  

• He has been featured on the cover of various magazines.

  

• He is often spotted consuming alcohol at parties and events. He also smokes cigarettes occasionally.
  

  

  

• In his leisure time, he enjoys reading books.

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