Oleg Zagorodnii (Ukrainian: Олег Загородній; born 27 October 1987) is a Ukrainian actor best known for the 2021 gay romantic war drama film Firebird.
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| Born | Олег Загородній October 27, 1987 |
| Occupation | Actor |
Biography
editOleg Zagorodnii was born on October 27, 1987, in Kyiv in the Soviet Ukraine. He studied at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University,[1] from where he graduated in 2010.[2] After that, he started to work at the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama.[3]
In 2012, Zagorodnii decided to move to Russia and there he began to work at the acclaimed Gogol Center in Moscow.[3]
In 2021, Zagorodnii starred in Firebird as Roman Matvejev, a fighter pilot of the Soviet Air Force who falls in love with private Sergey Serebrennikov (Tom Prior) during the active time of the Cold War in the 1970s.[4] The film received backlash in Russia for "shaming Moscow".[5]
References
edit- ^ "Олег Загородний". gogolcenter.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Олег Загородний". vokrug.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Oleg Zagorodnii". Subtitle Network. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Firebird". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021.
- ^ ""Firebird" is released, the film that the Russian media accused of "shaming Moscow"". Infobae. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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