Sergei Puskepalis Parents: Meet Vytautas Puskepalis

Sergei Vytautovich Puskepalis, a Russian actor and theatre director is best known for his roles in the award-winning movies Simple Things (2006) and How I Ended This Summer (2010) has died at age 56.

Sergei was born on 15 April 1966 to a Lithuanian father and a Bulgarian mother from Transnistria, in Kursk, then Soviet Union.

There’s no further information on Sergei’s parents.

Sergei began acting in 2003 and his first role was a cameo in the film The Stroll.

Thirteen years later, Sergei directed his first film, Cinch which had its premiere at the Yerevan International Film Festival.

The picture is an adaptation of the play by Alexey Slapovsky which Sergei Puskepalis staged in Ufa.

Sergei studied in Saratov, 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, he graduated in 2001.

Sergei was an active supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine