Sergei Bodrov, Jr.

Sergei Bodrov Jr. Сергей Бодров (младший)
Bodrov Jr. as Danila Bagrov in Brother 2.
Born	Sergei Sergeyevich Bodrov (1971-12-27)December 27, 1971 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	September 20, 2002(2002-09-20) (aged 30) North Ossetia–Alania, Russia
Years active	1989–2002
Spouse(s)	Svetlana Mihailova (m. 1997)
Children	Olga (b. 1998) Aleksandr (b. 2002)
Parent(s)	Sergei Bodrov (father) Valentina Nikolaevna (mother)

Sergei Sergeyevich Bodrov (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Бодро́в; December 27, 1971 – September 20, 2002), also known as Sergei Bodrov Jr., was a Russian actor who had lead roles in the films Brother, Prisoner of the Mountains, East/West and Brother 2. He was the son of the Russian playwright, actor, director and producer Sergei Bodrov. He was killed in the Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide at the end of the second day of shooting of his film The Messenger.

Sergey Bodrov was born on December 27, 1971 in Moscow, Soviet Union. His father was a famous film director, Sergey Bodrov, and his mother Valentina Nikolaevna was a fine art expert. Sergey Bodrov Jr. believed that "childhood is the most important and the most amazing time in life." and what you'll become happens in the first sixteen years". Various publications report that Bodrov wanted to become a garbageman and drive an orange car.

Bodrov wrote about his early years and events which influenced his world view in a "Composition on the Theme: Eight Events which Influenced Me, or How I Grew Up to Be a Good Person."

Sergey Bodrov attended the special French language School № 1265, where in December 2012 a memorial plaque was installed in his memory.

Bodrov wanted to enroll in the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, but his father advised him that "cinema is a passion, and if you don't feel it you should either wait for it or forget about it forever." Instead, in 1989 he enrolled in the art history program in the History Department of Moscow State University, graduating with Honors and remaining for postgraduate studies, although he already knew that he would not work in a museum or library. In his own words, at the university he "learned to see beauty in the simple things around us". After becoming a famous actor and television host he completed and defended (in 1998) his graduate thesis entitled "Architecture in Venetian Renaissance Painting" and received the Candidate of Science degree.