Andrej Kaminsky

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Andrej Kaminsky
Born1964
Helsinki, Finland
Alma mater Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1989–present

Andrej Kaminsky (1964, Helsinki) is a German actor and director of stage and screen.

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Career

The son of a Finnish father and a Russian mother, he lived in Helsinki before moving to Berlin during his childhood. [1] Kaminsky grew in Berlin and graduated in 1989 from the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1992 he also received musical training. [2]

He debuted in 1989 in the Rudolstadt theater, which he followed with a prolific career in Frankfurt, the Berliner Ensemble, Nordhausen, Sondershausen and Kassel. [2] The same year he also debuted in television, appearing in popular series Polizeiruf 110 before diversifying as an occasional guest in television and film.

In 2000 he founded the stage and music group Harmonisch & Co., dedicated to social work with children, disabled and prison inmates. [2] Since 2005 he is a drama teacher in the Ernst Busch Academy and the University of Film in Babelsberg, [1] and since 2017 he is a member of the Augsburg theater. [3]

Kaminsky debuted YouTube in 2016 as part of the cast of channel Grim Hustle, playing a Russian mafia boss named Andrycha. [3] In 2022 he became the main attraction of the channel, delivering personal development advice under the character of the ruthless yet honorable mafioso. [4] Production was done by television and film veteran Felix Charin. [2] Kaminsky played again a Russian mafia member in a cameo in 2023 film John Wick: Chapter 4 .

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Polizeiruf 110: Drei Flaschen TokajerSiegfried Muller
2001 Enemy at the Gates Russian officer
2012Europas Letzer SommerSergejus
2015 The People vs. Fritz Bauer Police officer
2015Das GestandnisSteiner
2018AtlasCorrection officer
2020 A Christmas Carol Dancer
2023Der ZeugeN.º 38
2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 Orthodox priest

References

  1. 1 2 Elisabeth Einecke-Klövekorn im Gespräch mit Andrej Kaminsky auf der Website der Theatergemeinde Bonn, 31 de ulio de 2017
  2. 1 2 3 4 Profile at Filmmakers, 2024-09-18
  3. 1 2 Andrej Kaminsky, Theaters Augsburg, March 10, 2018
  4. ↑ Feichtinger, C. (2024). "Jesus was a good gangster".
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