Mark Eydelshteyn
{{Short description|Russian actor (born 2002)}}
{{family name hatnote|Aleksandrovich|Eydelshteyn|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mark Eydelshteyn
| native_name = {{nobold|Марк Эйдельштейн}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = MarkEdelshtein 2024 (cropped-J1).jpg
| caption = Eydelshteyn in 2024
| birth_name = Mark Aleksandrovich Eydelshteyn
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2002|02|18}}
| alma mater =
| education = Moscow Art Theatre School
| birth_place = Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2021–present
}}
Mark Aleksandrovich Eydelshteyn ({{langx|ru|Марк Алекса́ндрович Эйдельштéйн}}, also spelled as Eidelstein; born 18 February 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
Mark Aleksandrovich Eydelshteyn was born on 18 February 2002 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2024|title=18 Things to Know About Jewish Actor Mark Eydelshteyn |url=https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-to-know-about-jewish-actor-mark-eydelshteyn/ |publisher=Hey Alma |lang=en|author=Evelyn Frick}} He has a younger brother, Matvey Eydelshteyn (English: Matthew Eidelstein), and is of Jewish heritage.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-07 |title=Get to know Mark Eidelstein better |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr86vOhoUix/?img_index=2 |publisher=kinoraiisrael |lang=ru}} His mother, Olesya Valeryevna Eydelshteyn, works as a teacher of stage speech (dialect) at the Nizhny Novgorod Theatre School named after Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. The young Eydelshteyn often skipped actual school to join his mother at theatre school.
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 Theatre Arts Taras Belousov, who advised him to finish school as soon as possible and enter a theatre university — which he did, upon graduating from his mother's school in 2019, entering the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio. He graduated in 2023.
Career
He gained fame after playing the leading role in the drama The Land of Sasha,{{Cite web |lang=ru |url=https://rg.ru/2022/09/16/nazvany-pobediteli-kinofestivalia-meridiany-tihogo.html |title=Названы победители кинофестиваля «Меридианы Тихого» |first=Ирина. |last=Дробышева |date=2022-09-16 |publisher=Российская газета |access-date=2022-11-27|archive-date=2022-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127213239/https://rg.ru/2022/09/16/nazvany-pobediteli-kinofestivalia-meridiany-tihogo.html |url-status=live }} which made its worldwide premiere in February 2022 at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://rg.ru/2022/01/19/v-minkultury-prokommentirovali-uchastie-rossijskih-filmov-v-berlinale.html|title=В Минкультуры прокомментировали участие российских фильмов в Берлинале|website=Российская газета|date=19 January 2022 |access-date=2022-02-10|archive-date=2022-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210121610/https://rg.ru/2022/01/19/v-minkultury-prokommentirovali-uchastie-rossijskih-filmov-v-berlinale.html}} He has been dubbed by journalists as the "Russian Timothée Chalamet".{{Cite web |lang=ru |url=https://www.ok-magazine.ru/stars/interview/310601-mark-ejdelshtejn |title=Российский Тимоти Шаламе. Кто такой Марк Эйдельштейн |date=2022-11-18 |publisher=OK! |access-date=2022-11-27|archive-date=2022-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127195211/https://www.ok-magazine.ru/stars/interview/310601-mark-ejdelshtejn |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |lang=ru |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/27364/4546359/ |title=В российском кино появился свой Тимоти Шаламе |author=Стас Тыркин|date=2022-02-15 |publisher=Комсомольская правда |access-date=2022-11-27|archive-date=2022-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127195320/https://www.kp.ru/daily/27364/4546359/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |lang=en |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/mark-eidelstein-anora-sean-baker-russian-timothee-chalamet-1236012867/ |title='Anora' Breakout Mark Eidelstein on Impressing Sean Baker With a Nude Self Tape and Being Called the 'Russian Timothée Chalamet' (Exclusive) |date=2024-05-22 |publisher=Variety}} He is best known for starring in the Palme d'Or and Academy Awards winning American film Anora (2024) by Sean Baker. In December 2024, Eydelshteyn was cast in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video American spy television series Mr. & Mrs. Smith.{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=December 6, 2024 |title='Mr. & Mrs. Smith': 'Anora' Breakout Mark Eydelshteyn To Star In Season 2 Of Amazon Series |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/mark-eydelshteyn-mr-and-mrs-smith-season-2-anora-1236195981/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 16, 2025 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}
In March 2025, Eydelshteyn signed with American agency William Morris Endeavor.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 18, 2025 |title=‘Anora’ Actor Mark Eydelshteyn Signs With WME |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/anora-mark-eydelshteyn-wme-1236329820/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 18, 2025 |work=Deadline}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|{{dagger|alt=Works that have not yet been released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !Ref. | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2021 | First Snow | Pavel 'Pasha' | | |
| Sixteen +
|Phil | | | |||
| 2022 | The Land of Sasha | Sasha | | |
| 2023 | Pravednik | Moshe Tal | | |
| rowspan="3" | 2024 | One Hundred Years Ahead | Nikolai 'Kolya' Gerasimov | | |
| We Need to Make Films about Love | Mark | | | |
| Anora | Ivan 'Vanya' Zakharov | American film
| | |
| TBA | Buratino {{dagger|alt=Works that have not yet been released}} | Artemon | | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes
!Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2021 | Crush | Mister Dukey | | |
| Sixteen + | Fil | | | |
| rowspan="2" | 2022 | The Gig (ru) | Senya | | |
| The Monastery (ru) | Yura | rowspan="2" | TV Series | |
| rowspan="3" | 2024 | Clean (ru) | Veniamin
| | |
| Display Copy | Young Grigori Perelman | |{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=Марк Эйдельштейн сыграет в новом фильме математика Григория Перельмана |url=https://rg.ru/2023/05/16/mark-ejdelshtejn-sygraet-v-novom-filme-matematika-grigoriia-perelmana.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517120606/https://rg.ru/2023/05/16/mark-ejdelshtejn-sygraet-v-novom-filme-matematika-grigoriia-perelmana.html |archive-date=2023-05-17 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=rg.ru |publisher=Российская газета}} | |
| Pharma (ru) | Anton | | | |
| TBA
|Mr. & Mrs. Smith {{dagger|alt=Works that have not yet been released}} |Mr. Smith |American series; season 2 |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Mark Eidelstein}}
- {{IMDb name|12953205}}
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Category:21st-century Russian male actors
Category:Moscow Art Theatre School alumni
Category:People from Nizhny Novgorod
Category:Russian male film actors