Anatoliy Beliy

Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Weissman, known professionally as Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Beliy (born 1 August 1972) is a Soviet-born Israeli actor. He was awarded the Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 2006.

Biography
Anatoliy Beliy was born in Bratslav in 1972. He grew up in Tolyatti, where his mother and father worked on the construction of the Volga Automobile Plant. Later his mother worked as a German teacher at a school.

After graduating from school in 1989, Anatoliy entered the Kuibyshev Aviation Institute, where he studied in the specialty "electronic computers, systems, complexes and networks". In parallel with his studies at the institute, he was fond of playing the guitar, participated in KVN, played in the national youth theater.

He took part in the people's youth theater, but later realized that the specialty he was studying was not for him. Beliy went to Moscow and entered the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (workshop of Nikolai Afonin), which he graduated from in 1995. He did military service in the Theater of the Russian Army.

Since 1998 he has been an actor at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, since 2003 - actor of the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov. On September 25, 2015, he opened the theatrical online readings of A. Chekhov's works "Chekhov is Alive". Anatoliy has been interested in sports since childhood. He is a master of sports in acrobatics and has skills in fencing.

The pseudonym "Beliy" is a translation of the surname from the German name "Weisman" into Russian. He was often credited under the name Weisman.

In 2021 Beliy played in the apocalyptic drama Quarantine by Diana Ringo and in 2022 in a sci-fi picture Mira by Dmitry Kiselyov.

Beliy spoke out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in July 2022 quit the Moscow Art Theatre, left Russia and moved to Israel.

In 2024 Beliy narrated the Russian-language voiceover of the documentary film Auschwitz produced by Steven Spielberg.

Theatrical works

 * Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare a. Director: Robert Sturua, New Globe Production Center -  Mercutio 
 * Mata Hari. Director: Olga Subbotina, Strelkov Theater together with the Theater A Parte - Andrey
 * Cuckoo, P. Gladilin's entreprise
 * Captive Spirits. Director: Vladimir Ageev - Andrey Bely 
 * Bummeroff. Director: Mikhail Ugarov -  Stolz 
 * Moscow - an open city - mini-performance Set-2. Director: Olga Subbotina
 * Candid Polaroid Pictures. Director: Kirill Serebrennikov -  Victor 
 * A. is different. Director: Olga Subbotina -  Gerd
 * Transfer. Director: Mikhail Ugarov - Alexey
 * The Days of the Turbins by M. A. Bulgakov. Dir.  Sergey Zhenovach -  Shervinsky 
 * King Lear. Director: Tadashi Suzuki -  Lear 
 * Prima Donnas Director: Evgeny Pisarev -  Pastor Duncan 
 * Pillow Man Martin McDonagh. Director: Kirill Serebrennikov -  Katurian
 * Playing the victim based on the play of the same name by The Presnyakov Brothers - several roles. Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
 * The Seagull Anton Chekhov. Director:  Oleg Efremov , 2001 version - dir.  N. Skorik - Trigorin.
 * Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom Stoppard. Director: Pavel Safronov, Another Theater -  Guildenstern .
 * The Break by I. Goncharov - dir. Adolph Shapiro.  Paradise 
 * The Duel by Anton Chekhov - dir. A. Yakovlev -  Laevsky 
 * Terrorism - dir. Kirill Serebrennikov - several roles
 * Woe from Wit - dir. Oleg Menshikov - Zagoretsky 
 * Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew - dir. Vladimir Mirzoev -  Sebastian,  Lucentio 
 * The Master and Margarita based on the work of the same name Mikhail Bulgakov - dir. Janos Sas -  Master 
 * Close to Zero - dir. Kirill Serebrennikov -  Egor 

Actor's work

 * 1996 - Kings of the Russian investigation
 * 1999 - Mother - pimp 
 * 2001 - The Perfect Match
 * 2001 - Ordinary days -  Larik 
 * 2001 - Master of the Empire -  Oleg 
 * 2002 - Brigada -  Igor Vvedensky's assistant 
 * 2002 - The Killer's Diary -  Ilya, Polina's former classmate 
 * 2003 - Savior under the Birches -  businessman Bald 
 * 2003 - Taste of Murder
 * 2003 - Mail Order Bride /  Mail Order Bride  (Italy-USA-RF) -  Dancer 
 * 2003 - Thieves and prostitutes. Prize - space flight -  Vasya Stalin's guard 
 * 2004 - Obsession -  Investigator Sobol 
 * 2005 - Talisman of love -  Alexander Uvarov 
 * 2005 - Multiplier sadness -  Alexander Serebrovsky 
 * 2006 - Wolfhound -  Vinitar 
 * 2006 - Film Festival -  Pashka Zhuk 
 * 2006 - Tin -  Alexander 
 * 2006 - Seventh day - Nikolai
 * 2007 - Let's play -  Dr. Apollon Karlovich 
 * 2007 - On the way to the heart -  Alexey Kovalev, cardiac surgeon 
 * 2007 - I will never forget you! -  Vladimir Volin 
 * 2007 - Paragraph 78 -  Spam 
 * 2007 - Yarik -  Boris 
 * 2008 - Lord Officers: Save the Emperor -  Commissioner Bates 
 * 2008 - Zastava Zhilina -  Tereykin, senior lieutenant, head of the outpost 
 * 2008 - Revenge: The Other Side of Love -  Andrey Zhitkov 
 * 2008 - Nobody But Us -  classmate of Evgeny Levashov 
 * 2008 - Pari -  Igor 
 * 2008 - The most beautiful 2 -  Andrey Sorin 
 * 2008 - North Wind -  Vsevolod Grinko 
 * 2008 - Quiet Family Life -  Gleb 
 * 2008 - Keep Me Rain -  Evgeny Steklov 
 * 2008 - Echo From the Past -  Viktor Zhukov 
 * 2009 - The Brothers Karamazov -  Ivan Karamazov 
 * 2009 - One Family -  Zhukov, director of the orphanage 
 * 2009 - Desire -  Victor, architect 
 * 2009 - Following the Phoenix -  Alexey 
 * 2009 - Soundtrack of Passion -  Kosbutsky 
 * 2010 - Crimson Snowfall -  Konstantin Gerstel, brother of Xenia 
 * 2010 - Turbulence Zone
 * 2010 - In the Style of Jazz -  actor 
 * 2010 - 43rd issue -  Andrey Golota 
 * 2010 - Private investigation of retired colonel -  Denis Konyshev 
 * 2010 - Who Am I? - investigator
 * 2011 - Furtseva -  Nikita Vsevolozhsky 
 * 2011 - What Men Still Talk About -  Valera, FSB officer
 * 2011 - Pandora -  Andrey Vityaev 
 * 2011 - Rose Valley - Nuno
 * 2012 - The Ballad of Uhlans -  Kiknadze 
 * 2012 - August Eighth -  Alexey, adviser to the president 
 * 2012 - Steel Butterfly -  Grigory Khanin, opera 
 * 2012 - Long-legged and beloved -  Nikolai Erdman 
 * 2013 - Metro -  Vlad Konstantinov 
 * 2013 - Vangelia -  Alexey Neznamov, Soviet intelligence officer, hypnotist doctor 
 * 2013 - Marriage by testament 3. Dancing on coals - Ilya Kovalev
 * 2013 - I will never forget you -  Sergey, driver 
 * 2013 - Embracing the sky - Ivan Kotov (adult)
 * 2013 - Marathon -  Stanislav, water polo player 
 * 2013 - City Spies -  Andrey Shpagin 
 * 2014 - Chagall — Malevich -  Kazimir Malevich 
 * 2014 - Kuprin. Yama - ''husband of Vera"
 * 2015 - The Dawns here are Quiet ... -  Comrade 'Third', Major 
 * 2015 - Orlova and Alexandrov -  Grigory Alexandrov 
 * 2015 - Bartender -  regular bartender 
 * 2015 - The war of the sexes -  Konstantin Evseevich 
 * 2015 - Snow and ash -  Zinovy Borisovich Velyaminov, colonel 
 * 2015 - The heirs -  German Borisovich Zvonarevsky, political scientist 
 * 2015 - Immediately get married -  Nikolay 
 * 2015 - SOS, Santa Claus, or Everything will come true! -  Nikolai Andreevich Orlov, director of Avtoradio 
 * 2016 - Pure Art -  investigator 
 * 2016 - Close your eyes -  Foki's dad 
 * 2016 - The Wall - King Sigismund III 
 * 2016 - Moth - Serge 
 * 2016 - I will love you, can I? -  Vadim 
 * 2017 - Blast wave - Denis Brunov 
 * 2017 - Optimists - Black
 * 2017 - Doctor Richter - Dr. Lev Viktorovich Zharkov
 * 2017 - House of Porcelain -  Valery Luzhin, General of the KGB 
 * 2017 - Confused - Boris Morozov 
 * 2017 - Garden Ring - Andrey
 * 2017 - Portrait of the second wife -  Yuri Ratnikov 
 * 2018 - Day till -  Father of Mishka and Nastya 
 * 2018 - Crow -  Major Sergei Kabanov, investigator
 * 2019 - Vocal-criminal ensemble - Arkady Semyonovich Zolotarevsky, singer 
 * 2019 - Call Center - Igor Markovich Zuev, FSB Lieutenant Colonel 
 * 2020 - Passengers - Igor
 * 2021 - Love - Maxim
 * 2021 - Quarantine - Felix
 * 2022 - Mira - Arabov

Dubbing

 * 2013 - Romeo and Juliet - Signor Capulet
 * 2017 - Holiday Party - James (Gilles Lellouche)

Voiceover

 * 2006 - Prince Vladimir -  Yaropolk 
 * 2017 - Kamchatka bears. Beginning of Life (documentary) - voiceover

Family

 * First wife (1995-2006): Marina Golub - actress and TV presenter. No children.
 * Second wife (since 2006): Inessa Moskvicheva - designer; she has a daughter from her first marriage - Ekaterina (born 1998).  The marriage with Moskvicheva was registered on June 1, 2013.
 * Children from the second marriage: son - Maxim (born June 19, 2007), daughter - Victoria (born June 29, 2010).