Danila Kozlovsky

Danila Valerievich Kozlovsky (born 3 May 1985) is a Russian entertainer. He is a film and theatre actor. --- In 1991 Danila began attending the first grade of a public school, with special courses dedicated to the study of Spanish. But in the same year he was expelled for bad behavior. For the same reasons he had to change seven schools within the course of six years. In a ballet lyceum, he was deemed as not having any perspective. In the end, he was forced to end his primary education in a boarding school. He spent his pastime between learning karate, playing football, taking piano classes and attending a theatre studio. In 1994, Danila made his cinema debut, playing the 6th grader Denis in the TV series "Simple Truths". In 1996 he was accepted into the Kronshtadt Naval Military School, which he graduated in 2002. Upon graduation, he began his studies in The Saint Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, in the acting/directing course of Lev Dodin. During his fourth year he made his debut on the stage of the Little Drama Theatre (Theatre de l’Europe), playing the part of Edgar in "King Lear" (2006). The role brought him his first theatre award – a special prize of Expert Council of the "Golden sofit" (the top-rated theatre award in Saint Petersburg) for Best Debut. In the same year he also received his first movie award – the Russian Cinema Critics Guild "White Elephant Award" for the best leading part (in the movie "Garpastum", 2006). He received the National "Golden Eagle Award" for "Dukhless" (2012, nomination "Best Cinema Actor"). In 2013 he was cast as Dimitri Belikov in his first American movie: Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters. --- He has two brothers: Yegor and Ivan. In autumn 2008 he married actress Ursula Magdalena Malka, but they divorced in 2011. Since 2012 he is in relationship with the Russian model and actress Yuliya Snigir.