Konstantin Khabensky
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Konstantin Khabensky (born January 11, 1972, in Leningrad) is a Russian actor best known in the West for starring in the films Night Watch and Day Watch as the lead character Anton Gorodetsky.
Khabensky was born and trained St Petersburg, (then Leningrad), and now resides in Moscow. Khabensky was already a popular and well established theatre and television/film actor prior to appearing in the Watch films. However, their unprecedented success in both Russia and world wide has made Khabensky the most popular actor in Russia, and one of the best known Russian actors in the West
Khabensky has been a stage actor in Satyricon Theatre (Moscow) (1996) and Lensovet Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Since 2003, Khabensky is a member of Moscow Art Theatre stage cast, and is a lead actor in Duck Hunt (Zilov), White Guard (Alexey Turbin) and Hamlet.
[edit] Partial Filmography
- Wanted (2008) ... The Exterminator
- Day Watch (2006) ... Anton Gorodetsky
- Bednye Rodstvenniki (2006) ... Edik
- Night Watch (2004) ... Anton Gorodetsky
