Gleb Dmitrievich Kalyuzhny (Russian: Глеб Дмитриевич Калюжный; born August 14, 1998) is a Russian actor and musician.
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Kalyuzhny was born on August 14, 1998 in Moscow. He completed nine years of secondary education. Due to financial difficulties in his family and behavioral issues, he frequently changed schools and at one point studied at a school for children with deviant behavior.
His film career began with the feature film 14+. The producers contacted him via VKontakte and invited him to audition, after which he was cast in the lead role. The film was included in the Generation section of the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival. His performance received critical acclaim and earned him the award for Best Actor at the VOICES Young European Film Festival in 2015.
In 2021, Kalyuzhny starred in the Belarusian television series Half an Hour Before Spring, portraying a young Vladimir Mulyavin, the founder and leader of the ensemble Pesnyary. The same year, he also starred in the series Sold Out, playing a young rapper working with a major music label.
