Sergei Puskepalis Obituary, Funeral

Sergei Vytautovich Puskepalis was a Russian actor and theatre director. He was born on 15 April 1966 and died 20 September 2022 at age 56.

Sergei was born in 1966 to a Lithuanian father and a Bulgarian mother from Transnistria, in Kursk, then Soviet Union.

He was educated at the Saratov Drama School, then went on active duty in the Soviet Navy, worked as an actor in the Saratov Youth Theatre, studied at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, graduating in 2001.

Sergei began to act in movies in 2003, two years after his graduation. His first movie role was a cameo in the film The Stroll.

However, he is best known for his roles in the award-winning movies Simple Things (2006) and How I Ended This Summer (2010), for which he won;

• A Nika Award for Best Actor in 2008 and
• A Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in 2010.

Sergei, an active supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine is survived by his wife Elena (m.1991) and his son Gleb (born in 1992).

Details regarding his funeral isnyet to be made public.