Anton Yakovlev was born on December 22, 1969 in Moscow, and belongs to an acting family – with his father, Yuri Vasilyevich Yakovlev, also an actor.
In 1991 he graduated from the acting department of the Moscow Art Theatre School (the course of Vasiliy Markov).
In 1990 he underwent a training course in Oxford (England) from the Moscow Art Theatre.
In 2000 he graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors, workshop of V. Khotinenko and P. Finn.
Theatre roles:
1993-1997 Moscow Sovremennik Theatre, «Anfisa», «Three Sisters», «Domestic Cat of Average Downiness», «The Merry Wives of Windsor», etc.
Filmography:
1983 - A Man from the Country of Green
1991 - Mashenka
1992 - Three August Days
1993 - Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
1995 – The Secrets of St. Petersburg
2001 - The Temptation of Dirk Bogarde
Theatre director:
2004 - «Little Marital Crimes» (Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt) at Andrey Mironov Russian Enterprise Theatre in Saint Petersburg. The production was nominated for the highest theatrical prize of St. Petersburg «Golden Sofit»
2006 - «Gupyoshka» (Sigarev, Vasily Vladimirovich) at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre (RAMT) (Moscow)
2007 – «The Little Devil» (Sologub, Fyodor Kuzmich) at the Vakhtangov Theatre (Moscow)
2008 - «The Kreutzer Sonata» (Leo Tolstoy) at the Moscow Art Theatre (Moscow)
2010 – «The Duel» (Anton Chekhov) at the Moscow Art Theatre (Moscow). The production received “Golden Diploma” award for the best director's work and staging of A. Chekhov’s prose at the International Theatre Forum «Golden Knight»
2010 - «The Spy» (Maurice Panisch) at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre (RAMT) (Moscow)
2011 - director of the musical drama performance based on A. Suvorov’s letters «I am coming back step by step...» at the Hermitage Theater (St. Petersburg)
2012 - «Drama on the Hunt» (Anton Chekhov) at Moscow Theater "Et Cetera" (Moscow)
2012 - «The Sacred Monsters» (Jean Cocteau) at the Maly State Academic Theatre of Russia (Moscow)
2013 - «The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants» (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) at the Maly State Academic Theatre of Russia (Moscow)
Film director and screenwriter:
1999 - director and screenwriter «Stranger's game», Poland-Russia (master class of Krzysztof Zanussi)
2001 - director and screenwriter «The Late visit», VKSR
2003 - director and screenwriter «One would think ...», Studio «Mirror».
Presenter
1997 - Radio «ART». Producer and presenter of the program about cinema.
1999 - Culture (TV channel). The host of the program «Kinopanorama»
Anton Yakovlev was born on December 22, 1969 in Moscow, and belongs to an acting family – with his father, Yuri Vasilyevich Yakovlev, also an actor.
In 1991 he graduated from the acting department of the Moscow Art Theatre School (the course of Vasiliy Markov).
In 1990 he underwent a training course in Oxford (England) from the Moscow Art Theatre.
In 2000 he graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors, workshop of V. Khotinenko and P. Finn.
Theatre roles:
1993-1997 Moscow Sovremennik Theatre, «Anfisa», «Three Sisters», «Domestic Cat of Average Downiness», «The Merry Wives of Windsor», etc.
Filmography:
1983 - A Man from the Country of Green
1991 - Mashenka
1992 - Three August Days
1993 - Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
1995 – The Secrets of St. Petersburg
2001 - The Temptation of Dirk Bogarde
Theatre director:
2004 - «Little Marital Crimes» (Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt) at Andrey Mironov Russian Enterprise Theatre in Saint Petersburg. The production was nominated for the highest theatrical prize of St. Petersburg «Golden Sofit»
2006 - «Gupyoshka» (Sigarev, Vasily Vladimirovich) at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre (RAMT) (Moscow)
2007 – «The Little Devil» (Sologub, Fyodor Kuzmich) at the Vakhtangov Theatre (Moscow)
2008 - «The Kreutzer Sonata» (Leo Tolstoy) at the Moscow Art Theatre (Moscow)
2010 – «The Duel» (Anton Chekhov) at the Moscow Art Theatre (Moscow). The production received “Golden Diploma” award for the best director's work and staging of A. Chekhov’s prose at the International Theatre Forum «Golden Knight»
2010 - «The Spy» (Maurice Panisch) at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre (RAMT) (Moscow)
2011 - director of the musical drama performance based on A. Suvorov’s letters «I am coming back step by step...» at the Hermitage Theater (St. Petersburg)
2012 - «Drama on the Hunt» (Anton Chekhov) at Moscow Theater "Et Cetera" (Moscow)
2012 - «The Sacred Monsters» (Jean Cocteau) at the Maly State Academic Theatre of Russia (Moscow)
2013 - «The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants» (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) at the Maly State Academic Theatre of Russia (Moscow)
Film director and screenwriter:
1999 - director and screenwriter «Stranger's game», Poland-Russia (master class of Krzysztof Zanussi)
2001 - director and screenwriter «The Late visit», VKSR
2003 - director and screenwriter «One would think ...», Studio «Mirror».
Presenter
1997 - Radio «ART». Producer and presenter of the program about cinema.
1999 - Culture (TV channel). The host of the program «Kinopanorama»