Nikita Kukushkin

Nikita Kukushkin

Born: November 14, 1990
in Moscow, USSR (Russia)
Nikita Andreevich Kukushkin (Russian: Никита Андреевич Кукушкин; born November 14, 1990, Moscow) is a Russian theater and film actor, public figure. One of the leading actors of the Gogol-Center.

He studied at a school with a theatrical bias "Class-center". As a teenager, he performed in the Children's Musical Theater of a young actor. Later, he entered the College of Culture in absentia, but took the documents after several months of study. Then he studied in the class of Kirill Serebrennikov at the Moscow Art Theater Studio School, after graduation he continued to work under the guidance of Serebrennikov at the Seventh Studio and the Gogol Center. He plays in most of the theater's performances. In 2019, he staged his first directorial work at the Gogol Center, the play "Bozhenka" based on the play by Valery Pecheykin. For his performance in the movie "Correction Class" he received a Special jury Prize of the Amur Autumn Festival. He starred in supporting roles in the films "Okolofootball", "Harms", "Captain Volkonogov Ran", "Attraction", the television series "Method", "Walking through the Torments", "Call Center". In 2020, he starred in the dystopian web series about Russia of the future "amroN" by the famous theater director Maxim Didenko. Kukushkin often appears in other popular video works, for example, video clips.

A volunteer, he is the organizer of a number of charity projects, such as the "Good Box" (assistance to the poor) and "#yavpomosh" (assistance to pensioners during the coronavirus pandemic). Participated in flood relief in the Krasnodar Territory. Together with other famous actors, he recorded a video in support of the defendants in the "Moscow Case". In December 2020, he launched a new charity initiative "Help". As part of the initiative, a mobile application has been created in which the profiles of real people in need of help, as well as their stories, are displayed on the map. Users of the service donate funds, for example, to a consumer basket. The service reports quarterly and annually to users, providing photos and receipts of purchases made.

Movies for Nikita Kukushkin...

Title: Identification
Released: February 17, 2022
Type: TV
A refrigerator truck with naked bodies of four females is found on the border of Finland. Each of the girls share the same neck tattoo that resembles a house. The identities of the the girls are yet to be found. Three years later, the police arrest Valeria Mazyane, an orphaned girl and a recent Islam convert who lives in Moscow in a Kyrgyz immigrant community. The police believe she killed her husband’s brother. It turns out that Valeria is not an orphan after all, and her past is as mysterious as the man’s murder. And under her wedding hijab, there’s a familiar house tattoo.
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Title: Karamora
Character: Brem
Released: January 21, 2022
Type: TV
A young anarchist Karamora and his lover, Alina are caught–up in a confrontation with members of a powerful organization which costs Alina her life. Devastated, Karamora wants vengeance but this ancient secret order’s tentacles are everywhere, with depth and reach far beyond human capabilities. Karamora uncovers classified information that goes right to the heart of this arcane organization only to find out that real power lies elsewhere. Who are they, and will Karamora find peace once the truth is revealed?
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Captain Volkonogov Escaped
Title: Captain Volkonogov Escaped
Character: "Kiddo" Veretennikov
Released: September 8, 2021
Type: Movie
Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. Suddenly he turns into an outcast, whom his former colleagues search across the whole city. At night Volkonogov is visited by a messenger from the other world, who warns him that after death he will go hell and be tormented forever. But he has an opportunity to change his fate and get to paradise if he repents, and at least one person forgives him. The Captain embarks on his way to find forgiveness. But he cannot even fathom what tests are awaiting him on this way.
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Help Doc
Title: Help Doc
Character: self
Released: June 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Maybe you've seen or heard these phrases on Instagram, in a coffee shop, at an event, from friends, maybe you even use the app and already provide your grandparents with food baskets every month. Just six months ago, no one knew about "Help" and how easy it really is to help. But thanks to a group of people who have decided that they will talk about helping others in the language of technology and modern media, we are increasingly seeing a circle held by two brackets in different cities of the country. This film contains a brief history of "Help" for those who do not know anything about it, an introduction to the team that is mad in its bravery, as well as the cycle of events that is happening with "Help" now. A trip to Sasha Gudkov's hometown, a trip and a performance of the team at the Avaz festival in Kazan, where they work in a car, on a boat, walking around the city, coming to concerts and talk a lot about "Help".
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Rastorhuev
Title: Rastorhuev
Character: self
Released: April 2, 2021
Type: Movie
On July 30, 2018, documentary filmmaker Alexander Rastorguev was killed in the Central African Republic. He left a unique mark on Russian cinema, but managed to do much less than he could. "Rastorguev" - a portrait of one of the brightest and most free filmmakers of our time; direct speech and fragments of films, forming a single statement about the meaning of art, homeland and pain.
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Man Without a Name
Title: Man Without a Name
Character: Vladimir Odoevsky / Ludwig von Beethoven / Man Without a Name
Released: February 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Valeriy Pecheykin's one-man theatrical piece explores and celebrates the life of Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky, an aristocratic 19th-century Russian polyglot. Using inventive mechanical, musical, and acrobatic set devices, the play sketches out boundaries of Odoyevsky's eccentric character by imagining his pursuits across time and place.
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The North Wind
Title: The North Wind
Character: Professor Flagellum
Released: February 11, 2021
Type: Movie
The matriarchal clan led by gorgeous Margarita enters a turbulent period when her son loses his beloved fiancée. Using the structure of a repetitive ritual, the action spans years but takes place mostly during the annual gatherings of Margarita's extraordinary family in their mansion on New Year's Eve. Margarita believes in the magical 13th hour that can break the eternal circle of repetition, defeat death and bring her much-awaited love.
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Title: Zakon i Besporyadok
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: TV
The events of the series unfold in the quiet town of Lytk Angeles, Massachusetts. Every gang has its rightful place here. Colombians smoke plantain, the Irish sip beer, and the Chinese eat noodles. But one day, evil Russian communists descend on Lytk-Angeles and bring sugar with them. They seize control of the production of nesting dolls (a traditional Yugoslav business) and plant the whole city on white powder.
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High-Rise
Title: High-Rise
Released: September 13, 2020
Type: Movie
24-year-old Platon is not quite clear about what to do with his life. Because of his parents’ connections, he ends up as junior employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After less than a week, he receives an absurd — and almost impossible — task from his eccentric boss. To his help comes Pasha, his friend and flatmate. The young lads understand that for an unusual problem they need an unusual solution.
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Title: Departed
Released: July 21, 2020
Type: TV
"The Departed" is a series about two astronauts who are being tested in self—isolation for a flight to Mars. After the successful launch of SpaceX, human spaceflight became even closer and more accessible, so it's not even clear if this is a fictional plot or a very real training in the company of Elon Musk.
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Gogol online: Kharms. Myr
Title: Gogol online: Kharms. Myr
Released: April 19, 2020
Type: Movie
A small but powerful orchestra with strict melodies and rhythms in the spirit of “Avia” unleashes a mechanical frenzy: artists under a thick layer of make-up are throwing replicas from Harms' stories and notebooks. Ultimately, this plotless musical by Maxim Didenko with the artists of the Gogol Center claims to incarnate (literally, from the word “flesh”) the universe of a unique writer, the demiurge of a dislocated reality.
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Title: Alisa
Released: April 16, 2020
Type: TV
Five taxi drivers fall into funny, touching and creepy stories in the company of the Alice's on-board computer. Stories unfold from Alice’s perspective - she learns something new about herself in this crazy world of gender-fluid love, a stand-up on the verge of a foul and a DIY horror.
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Gogol online: Brothers
Title: Gogol online: Brothers
Released: March 29, 2020
Type: Movie
Filmed theatre play based on 'Rocco and his brothers"
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Title: Call Center
Character: Client
Released: March 23, 2020
Type: TV
Moscow. High rise. Here, on the 12th floor, is the office of the call center "Online Store for Adults". One morning, twelve people who are in the office suddenly find out that there is a bomb in the room. The voices of the unknowns who introduced themselves as Dad and Mom threaten to blow it up at any time if the hostages do not follow their instructions. While the countdown is going on, they will have to experience the absolute power of invisible sadists and learn something about each other’s life that they did not even suspect.
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Fuel
Title: Fuel
Released: August 27, 2019
Type: Movie
A man goes to search fuel for a broken-down tractor. But all around there is only the desert, grass and wind. To get the tractor to work, the hero starts a fight with an indifferent nature. When an energy source is found, the 20th century begins.
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Quiet Life
Title: Quiet Life
Released: June 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Quiet life ends when the engine of a tank starts up. And trying to fire a shot, whether it is for real or for training purposes, can lead to irreversible consequences. Sometimes these consequences become the beginning of someone’s personal life.
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Hope
Title: Hope
Character: Evgeny
Released: May 18, 2019
Type: Movie
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The Chief Accountant. The History of One Company
Title: The Chief Accountant. The History of One Company
Released: April 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Three short stories about Faith, Hope and Love. Three time periods of our country through the eyes of one firm. Three stories about people who tried to run their business against the background of changes in Russia.
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The Chosen Ones
Title: The Chosen Ones
Character: himself
Released: September 27, 2018
Type: Movie
The film is based on a dialogue between young and older generations about life, profession, fame, love, the mission of art, the destiny of man, heroism and the ideals of our time. Conversations of outstanding figures of Russian culture with actors who have recently started their professional path and have already clearly declared themselves in art.
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Theatre Affair
Title: Theatre Affair
Character: himself
Released: August 29, 2018
Type: Movie
In the spring of 2017, the Investigation Committee conducted the first searches in the criminal case, which everyone now knows as the “Serebrennikov case”, “the Seventh Studio case” or “The Platform case”. Six people, among whom is a world-famous director, are accused of having stolen more than one hundred million rubles allocated for staging performances from the state. And for this they can go to jail for 10 years. Journalists Katerina Gordeeva and Roman Super tried to figure out the essence of this matter. We talked to people who know what theater is, including in terms of money. Studied financial documents. Communicated with those with whom no one had ever succeeded. They understood why the applause of the audience and the compliments of the Ministry of Culture turned into arrests. And of course, went to all court sessions.
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Kharms
Title: Kharms
Released: December 31, 2017
Type: Movie
He considers himself a genius but the publishers refuse to print his works. He loves women but they don’t always understand him. Constantly without money and out of touch with reality. The elegant fop Daniil Yuvachov names himself Kharms- a name just as effective as his appearance. An habitué of unending literary get-togethers and a lover of scandal. Living in society he is completely separate from it. Kharms throws down a gauntlet to his time, audaciously hurling himself into the vortex of reality, just as vague and arbitrary, with the same contradictions, as represented by his spirit.
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Title: The Road to Calvary
Released: November 27, 2017
Type: TV
Swept up in political unrest during World War I, two sisters in St. Petersburg cope with turbulent romances as Russian history is made around them.
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The Net
Title: The Net
Released: September 20, 2017
Type: Movie
A young man arrives in a village on the White Sea. He comes in search of a girl who ran away from the city without saying goodbye. An old man from among the locals offers to show him the way. Neither the young man nor the old imagine what trials await them along the way.
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Attraction
Title: Attraction
Character: Ruslan (Rus)
Released: January 26, 2017
Type: Movie
After an alien ship crash lands in a Russian city, many who see the inside and the occupants start to question their own existence while others demand the aliens leave Earth.
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Molodogvardeytsev 32
Title: Molodogvardeytsev 32
Character: Grabitel 1
Released: December 6, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of three guys from Chelyabinsk who decided to Rob a local grocery store. During the attack, everything goes awry: an unknown creature appears in the back room of a merchant's shop...
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Magnetism
Title: Magnetism
Released: November 16, 2016
Type: Movie
An atheist girl falls in love with a village priest who was a successful businessman a year ago. At the same time, a local criminal authority falls in love with her and tries to achieve her in every way.
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The Duelist
Title: The Duelist
Character: young sergeant
Released: September 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when Yakovlev meets the naïve young Prince Tuchov and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by hitherto undetected emotions. What transpires uncovers a series of revelations about his past and his present self.
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Title: Quartet
Released: April 2, 2016
Type: TV
They are the most talented students of the provincial music school. There are four of them, they are a Quartet, and their common dream is to win an international music competition. But their life is not a series of lessons and rehearsals, their life is a constant struggle with their fears, manias and the world around them. Meet. First violin, Andrey is a kleptomaniac, unable to cope with his pernicious passion, which destroys his life. Polina, the second violinist, is madly devoted to music, and in order to maintain the instrument, buy Austrian strings and a dress in which even Schnittke would not be ashamed to play, works as a prostitute. Viola player Masha suffers from schizophrenia and believes that their Quartet is the embodiment of spirits from the fifth purple world. And the main character, cellist Nastya, lives under a false name and hides some terrible secret – and does not even know that a gang of thugs is following in her footsteps.
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Security
Title: Security
Released: March 31, 2016
Type: Movie
A story of a young girl Claudia who works as a security guard on a slowly dying metal plant.
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Vera
Title: Vera
Released: November 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Vera is left in the hospital to look after her sick grandmother. Vera is not ready for such responsibility. She is looking for support in a new acquaintance.
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Butterflies
Title: Butterflies
Released: November 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Sleeping area of the city. The body of a seven-year-old girl was found in the river, not far from the house. There are no witnesses to the incident, but there is a strange young man who says he tried to save the girl.
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Title: Method
Character: Fyodor Yashin
Released: October 18, 2015
Type: TV
After graduation our main character Yesenia dreams about work- ing with Rodion Meglin. He is a mysterious, secretive man, a lone investigator with little known about his methods. When Yesenia turns into his trainee she begins to realize that the essence of his method is that Meglin himself – that of a maniac. He feels them instinctively. He is allowed to eliminate some of them, look after others and save their lives. Our heroine who was never meant to work alone will go alone, facing the most horrible crimes of the last decade.
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Yuha
Title: Yuha
Released: October 17, 2015
Type: Movie
The 'Yuha' a story of obsession and despair, two fillings interlinked with true love.
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Eternal Cold
Title: Eternal Cold
Released: July 14, 2015
Type: Movie
A girl left a young handsome hockey player on the eve of the decisive match. Moreover, she did not go to anyone, but to a museum worker. To support a friend, five hockey players and a goalkeeper go to the museum to explain to the art critic that he did wrong and the woman must be returned. How could the athletes know that the museum is not just a place where statues stand and pictures are hung on the walls. That in giant vaults-storerooms, ancient as the world creatures, which our ancestors described in myths and legends, rest in frozen form. And they are supervised in the image of quiet museum workers by the same immortal humanoid entities…
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That Is Not Me
Title: That Is Not Me
Released: April 16, 2015
Type: Movie
The young man doesn't remember how he spent last night, but finds at home an evidence that he murdered a girl. Attempt to understand what happened leads him to new crimes.
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Corrections Class
Title: Corrections Class
Released: September 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Lena is a bright, disabled girl who, after years spent studying at home, is keen to get back to school. She is assigned to a special class for disabled pupils who have to present themselves before a school commission at the end of the year in order to prove that they merit being moved back into a "normal" class. Her enervated teachers, however, show absolutely no desire to motivate the students and help them improve; on the contrary, they try to quash right from the start any interest Lena shows in more complex study material. Nevertheless, Lena soon involves herself in the school routine and gets together with classmate Anton. Yet their transparent happiness is not to everyone's liking and repercussions soon follow.
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Title: Diving
Character: Ваня
Released: November 2, 2013
Type: TV
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Kicking Off
Title: Kicking Off
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: Movie
This movie is about soccer hooligans, the most aggressive and violent soccer aficionados. They are an exclusive group, the elite of all soccer fans. Whoever they may be in their everyday lives—college students, bankers, musicians, or car mechanics—they are a “firm.” It’s easy to get into a firm, but once you’re in, it’s for life. There’s no going back. The movie is based on actual events
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Your Own Alien Sister
Title: Your Own Alien Sister
Released: November 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Anna, the young wife of a successful businessman Alexey, accompanies her husband on a business trip. The day of return is coming, but Lyosha does not appear either at home or in the office. His phone is not answering, his work colleagues do not know where the boss has disappeared. In the process of searching for an entrepreneur, interesting information of a piquant nature suddenly pops up. It turns out that Alexey, an exemplary family man, has a woman and an illegitimate daughter Tanya in another city...
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Title: Cadetship
Released: September 5, 2006
Type: TV
Boys of fourteen years old find themselves in the Suvorov school – someone thanks to family tradition, someone for the sake of high ideals, and someone not even of their own free will. Having entered Suvorovskoye, the guys at first do not represent the full extent of the load, and most importantly, the responsibility that will have a profound impact on their subsequent life.
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Icaria
Title: Icaria
Character: Makar
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
2027. A medical corporation launches a TV show to promote its revolutionary invention - the human head transplant. A group of young thrill-seekers gather on an island to play a dangerous game. The rules are simple: win or perish.The prize is priceless - immortality.