Sergey Epishev

Sergey Malikovich Epishev (Russian: Сергей Маликович Епишев; born 2 July 1979) is a Russian actor of stage, film, and television, and musician.^[1]

Sergey Epishev
Сергей Епишев
Epishev hosting the 2017 Golden Mask Award ceremony
Born	Sergey Malikovich Epishev (1979-07-02) 2 July 1979 (age 45) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

Biography

Born in Tashkent, Soviet Uzbekistan, Epishev graduated from a theatre school of the Ilkhom Theatre in 1997. In 2001, he graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow and joined the staff of the Vakhtangov Theatre. He has also participated in stagings at the Theatre of Nations and the Sovremennik Theatre.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Case of "Dead Souls" (2005) as the sergeant / sentry
• Not Born Beautiful (2005–2006) as Boris Rulin, the lawyer
• Crush (2009) as the glitch
• Kitchen (2012–2016) as Lev "Lyova" Solovyov, the sous-chef
• Sklifosovsky (2013) as the maniac
• The Kitchen in Paris (2014) as Lev "Lyova" Solovyov, the sous-chef
• Kitchen. The Last Battle (2017) as Lev "Lyova" Solovyov, the sous-chef
• Gold Diggers (2020) as the forensic surgeon
• The Last Minister (2020–2022) as Ilya Vikentyev, the deputy minister
• The Method 2 (2020) as Gena Belikov
• Aunt Martha (2022) as Ilya Aksenov
• The Librarian (2023) as Denis Lutsis
• The Wizard of the Emerald City (2025) as the Ogre