Odin Biron

Berlin-based actor, originally from Duluth, MN (USA). Graduated with honors from the Moscow Art Theater in 2009, one of only two Americans and a handful of foreigners to have ever graduated from the traditional (Russian-language) acting program.

With a Golden Leaf award in hand for his MXAT performance of Hamlet (three years after beginning his studies of the Russian language), Odin immediately began working at Moscow's Satyricon Theater as a troupe actor. Two years of work at the Satyricon was followed by a five-year run as beloved intern Phil Richards on Russia's most popular sitcom "Interns".

In 2013, an unexpected invitation from famed director Kirill Serebrennikov ("The Student", "Petrov's Flu", "Leto") to play the lead role of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov in his staging of Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls" lead to eight prolific years as a troupe actor at Russia's most renowned avant-garde theater - Gogol Center. Nearly fifteen premiers during that time, two Golden Mask nominations for best actor, multiple international festivals, including two residencies at Festival d'Avignon ( Dead Souls 2016, Outside 2019) and an upcoming engagement at the Palais de Papes in the Festival's 2022 official program ("The Black Monk").

In May 2022 Odin will premiere his first lead role in a feature film: K. Serebrennikov's newest film "Tchaikovsky's Wife" (Pyotr Tchaikovsky).