Mark Eydelshteyn

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Eydelshteyn.

Mark Eydelshteyn
Марк Эйдельштейн
Eydelshteyn in 2024
Born	Mark Aleksandrovich Eydelshteyn (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22) Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Education	Moscow Art Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2021–present

Mark Aleksandrovich Eydelshteyn (Russian: Марк Алекса́ндрович Эйдельштéйн, also Mark Alexandrovich Eidelstein; born February 18, 2002) is a Russian actor. After starring in the coming-of-age film The Land of Sasha (2022), he gained international recognition with his role in the American film Anora (2024).

Early life and education

Eydelshteyn was born on February 18, 2002 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He has a younger brother, Matvey Eydelshteyn (English: Matthew Eidelstein) and is of Jewish heritage.[1][2] His mother, Olesya Valeryevna Eydelshteyn, works as a teacher of stage speech at the Nizhny Novgorod Theater School named after Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. There, a young Eidelstein often skipped classes.[1]

In 2018, Eydelshteyn passed the regional selection for the "Living Classics" competition for young readers and made it to the all-Russian final, held in Artek. There, Eydelshteyn met the dean of the acting department of the Russian Institute of Theater Arts Taras Belousov, who advised him to finish school as soon as possible and enter a theater university — which he did, upon graduating from his mother's school in 2019, entering the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio. He graduated in 2023.

Career

He gained fame after playing the leading role in the drama The Land of Sasha,[3] which made its worldwide premiere in February 2022 at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.[4] He has been dubbed by journalists as the "Russian Timothée Chalamet".[5][6][7] He is best known for starring in the Palme d'Or winning American film Anora (2024) by Sean Baker. In December 2024, Eydelshteyn was cast in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video Emmy-winning American spy television series Mr. & Mrs. Smith.[8]

Filmography

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	First Snow	Pasha
2022	The Land of Sasha	Sasha
2023	Pravednik	Moshe Tal
2024	One Hundred Years Ahead	Nikolai 'Kolya' Gerasimov
	We Need to Make Films about Love	Mark
	Anora	Ivan 'Vanya' Zakharov	American film
TBA	Buratino †	Artemon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	Crash	Mister Dukey
	Sixteen+	Phil
2022	The Bow	Senya
	Monastery	Yura	TV Series	[9]
2024	Clean	Veniamin	TV Series
2024	Display Copy	Young Grigory Perelman		[10]
TBA	Mr. & Mrs. Smith †	Mr. Smith	American TV Series; Lead role (season 2)	[8]

References

1. "Get to know Mark Eidelstein better" (in Russian). kinoraiisrael. 2023-05-07.
2. Evelyn Frick (October 10, 2024). "18 Things to Know About Jewish Actor Mark Eydelshteyn". Hey Alma.
3. Дробышева, Ирина. (2022-09-16). "Названы победители кинофестиваля «Меридианы Тихого»" (in Russian). Российская газета. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
4. "В Минкультуры прокомментировали участие российских фильмов в Берлинале". Российская газета (in Russian). 19 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-02-10. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
5. "Российский Тимоти Шаламе. Кто такой Марк Эйдельштейн" (in Russian). OK!. 2022-11-18. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
6. Стас Тыркин (2022-02-15). "В российском кино появился свой Тимоти Шаламе" (in Russian). Комсомольская правда. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
7. "'Anora' Breakout Mark Eidelstein on Impressing Sean Baker With a Nude Self Tape and Being Called the 'Russian Timothée Chalamet' (Exclusive)". Variety. 2024-05-22.
8. Andreeva, Nellie (December 6, 2024). "'Mr. & Mrs. Smith': 'Anora' Breakout Mark Eydelshteyn To Star In Season 2 Of Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
9. Цветкова, Вера. (2022-11-27). "Смотреть всем: продвинутым зумерам и душным бумерам" (in Russian). Новая газета. Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
10. "Марк Эйдельштейн сыграет в новом фильме математика Григория Перельмана". rg.ru. Российская газета. 2023-05-16. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.

External links

• Mark Eydelshteyn at IMDb