Andrey Merzlikin is a unique actor. Having started his career at a fairly mature age, for more than 20 years he managed to star in more than 100 films, and each of them became a real “shot”, vivid and memorable.
Andrei Merzlikin’s childhood dream was cosmonautics, but fate decreed otherwise - he became one of the most promising actors in Russian cinema and theater. Leading directors and producers are eager to get such an actor, and offers have recently come from foreign cinema figures.
Biography of Andrei Merzlikin
Andrei was born near Moscow, in the city of Korolev, in March 1973. After graduating from high school, following his dream of space, he entered the technical school of space engineering, successfully graduated from it and received the profession of radio engineering. Then there was study at the State Academy of Sphere and Life, parallel classes at the acting faculty of VGIK, on the course of Kindinov.
The decision to come into the world of cinema for Andrei was spontaneous, but correct. Already during the training period, he began acting, and immediately with eminent and significant directors. Despite the fact that Merzlikin, by virtue of his character, was more than once on the verge of being expelled from VGIK, he managed to graduate with honors.
Andrei Merzilkin also got married quite late - at the age of 33. His wife, Anna, a psychologist by training, gave birth to three children:
- Fedor’s son in 2006,
- daughter to Seraphim in 2008,
- the youngest daughter Evdokia in 2010.
The family often goes to shoot with Andrey, trying to spend as much time as possible with him. The actor is sure that a successful career and an impressive filmography are not only his merit, but also his wife and children.
