Mark Aleksandrovich Eydelshteyn (, also spelled as Eidelstein; born 18 February 2002) is a Russian actor. After starring in the coming-of-age film The Land of Sasha (2022), he gained international recognition with his breakthrough role in the American film Anora (2024).
Early life and education Mark Aleksandrovich Eydelshteyn was born on 18 February 2002 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and is of Jewish heritage. He has a younger brother, Matvey Eydelshteyn (Russian: Матвей Эйдельштейн). His mother, Olesya Valeryevna Eydelshteyn, works as a teacher of stage speech (dialect) at the Nizhny Novgorod Theatre School named after Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. The young Eydelshteyn often skipped actual school to join his mother at the theatre school. His father is Alexander Eydelshteyn, a journalist and football promoter who worked in Moscow and Chukotka, later a civil servant.
In 2018, Eydelshteyn passed the regional selection for the "Living Classics" competition for young readers and made it to the all-Russian final, held in Artek. There, Eydelshteyn met the dean of the acting department of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts Taras Belousov, who advised him to finish school as soon as possible and enter a theatre university — which he did, upon graduating from his mother's school in 2019, entering the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio. He graduated in 2023.
Career He gained fame after playing the leading role in the drama The Land of Sasha, which made its worldwide premiere in February 2022 at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. He has been dubbed by journalists as the "Russian Timothée Chalamet". He is best known for starring in the Palme d'Or and Academy Awards winning American film Anora (2024) by Sean Baker. In December 2024, Eydelshteyn was cast in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video American spy television series Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
In March 2025, Eydelshteyn signed with American agency William Morris Endeavor.
Filmography Denotes works that have not yet been released
Film Year Title Role NotesRef. 2021 First Snow Pavel 'Pasha' Sixteen +Phil 2022 The Land of Sasha Sasha 2023 Pravednik Moshe Tal 2024 One Hundred Years Ahead Nikolai 'Kolya' Gerasimov We Need to Make Films about Love Mark Anora Ivan 'Vanya' Zakharov American film 2026 Sanding Dreams Pasha Buratino Artemon the Poodle Buratino 2
Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 2021 Crush Mister Dukey Sixteen + Fil 2022 The Gig (ru) Senya The Monastery Yura TV Series 2024 Clean (ru) Veniamin Display Copy Young Grigori Perelman Pharma (ru) Anton Mr. & Mrs. Smith Mr. SmithAmerican series; season 2
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