Anatoliy Belyy (born 1 August 1972) is a Russian and Israeli stage, television, and movie actor, known internationally for his work in two films that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival: Sergei Loznitsa’s Two Prosecutors (2025) and Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur (2026), a political thriller in which he appears. He graduated from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in 1995. From 2003 to 2022, he was a member of the Moscow Art Theatre, where his portrayal of the Master in a 2011 stage adaptation of The Master and Margarita received particular praise. Belyy’s screen career includes roles in the television series Law of the Lawless (2002) and the thriller Paragraph 78 (2007). Wider recognition came with the disaster movie Metro (2013), for which he received a Golden Eagle Award nomination for Best Actor. He also appeared in the blockbuster August. Eighth (2012) and the science-fiction disaster movie Mira (2022), in which he played one of the leading roles. In 2022, Belyy left the Moscow Art Theatre and moved to Israel. There he appeared in the drama Halisa (2024), which brought him a nomination for Best Actor at the Ophir Awards.
