Andrej Kaminsky (born 1964) is a German actor and director of stage and screen.
Career The son of a German father and a Russian mother, he was born in Helsinki before moving to Berlin during his childhood.Elisabeth Einecke-Klövekorn im Gespräch mit Andrej Kaminsky auf der Website der Theatergemeinde Bonn, 31 July 2017 Kaminsky grew in Berlin and graduated in 1989 from the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1992 he also received musical training.Profile at Filmmakers, 2024-09-18
He debuted in 1989 in the Rudolstadt theater, which he followed with a prolific career in Frankfurt, the Berliner Ensemble, Nordhausen, Sondershausen and Kassel. The same year he also debuted in television, appearing in popular series Polizeiruf 110 before diversifying as an occasional guest in television and film.
In 2000 he founded the stage and music group Harmonisch & Co., dedicated to social work with children, disabled and prison inmates. Since 2005 he is a drama teacher in the Ernst Busch Academy and the University of Film in Babelsberg, and since 2017 he is a member of the Augsburg theater.Andrej Kaminsky, Staatstheater Augsburg, March 10, 2018 In 2018, he performed in Antje Thoms' production of Georg Kaiser's Gas trilogy, commended by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for the sensitivity with which he portrayed the broken billionare in Coral as well as the engineer frustrated with utopias in Gas.
He debuted in YouTube in 2016 as part of the Grim Hustle channel, produced by television and film veteran Felix Charin, where Kaminsky played a Russian mafia boss named Andrycha starring in a short personal development lecture. In May 2022 he became the main attraction of the channel, delivering continuous advice under the character of the ruthless yet honorable crime lord.Feichtinger, C. (2024). "Jesus was a good gangster". The channel became the public voice of the real life Grim Foundation, co-founded by Kaminsky. Kaminsky played again Russian mafia members in the films John Wick: Chapter 4 and A Working Man between 2023 and 2025.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Polizeiruf 110: Drei Flaschen Tokajer Siegfried Muller 2001 Enemy at the Gates Russian officer 2012 Europas Letzer Sommer Sergejus 2015 The People vs. Fritz Bauer Police officer 2015 Das Gestandnis Steiner 2018 Atlas Correction officer 2020 A Christmas Carol Dancer 2023 Der Zeuge N.º 38 2023 John Wick: Chapter 4 Orthodox priest 2025 A Working Man Symon Kharchenko
Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 Johanna Biker 1991 Großstadtrevier Das schwarze Schaf 2007 Alle Alle Joschka 2010 Der Kriminalist Superintendent 2012 Tatort Klaus Mohr 2012 Ein starkes Team Jakutow 2016 SOKO Köln Prosecutor Wolter 2016 Alles was zählt Andrej 2017 SOKO Leipzig Walter Klopek/Andrei Maximow 2018 Tatverdach Milan Vukovic 2020 Schwester, Schwester Mr. Sobolew 2021 Hubert ohne Staller Fake attorney 2021 Zimmer mit Stall Koszneouw 2024 Kleo Nikolai Zhukov
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