Actor
Rinat Khismatouline
3 films on Movie OTT Β· Active 2014β2020
Rinat Khismatouline is a Rome-based actor of Tatar origin, born November 9, 1973, in Samara, Russia (TMDB), who has built a quietly distinctive career across Italian and European film productions over the past two decades. What's striking is how his path to the screen ran through one of the more unusual academic detours in recent memory β he trained first as a director, then pivoted entirely to acting, and somehow got accepted to all four of Russia's most prestigious drama conservatories at the same time (TMDB). He chose GITIS, attending the course run by celebrated director Mark Zakharov, before eventually relocating to Italy and becoming a naturalized citizen. That's a rΓ©sumΓ© that doesn't fit a neat box. His verified screen credits span Italian sports drama, crime comedy, and international action β from *La foresta di ghiaccio* (2014) to *All the Devil's Men* (2018) to *A Very Venice Romance* (2023) β and his Rotten Tomatoes page shows a range that's honestly pretty wide: *Italian Race* (2016) sits at 88%, while *Brutti e cattivi* (2017) bottomed out at 17% (Rotten Tomatoes). He works. Consistently. Whether that translates into wider recognition beyond Italian genre circles is still an open question.
About Rinat Khismatouline
Rinat Khismatouline is a Rome-based actor of Tatar origin, born November 9, 1973, in Samara, Russia (TMDB), who has built a quietly distinctive career across Italian and European film productions over the past two decades. What's striking is how his path to the screen ran through one of the more unusual academic detours in recent memory β he trained first as a director, then pivoted entirely to acting, and somehow got accepted to all four of Russia's most prestigious drama conservatories at the same time (TMDB). He chose GITIS, attending the course run by celebrated director Mark Zakharov, before eventually relocating to Italy and becoming a naturalized citizen.
That's a rΓ©sumΓ© that doesn't fit a neat box. His verified screen credits span Italian sports drama, crime comedy, and international action β from *La foresta di ghiaccio* (2014) to *All the Devil's Men* (2018) to *A Very Venice Romance* (2023) β and his Rotten Tomatoes page shows a range that's honestly pretty wide: *Italian Race* (2016) sits at 88%, while *Brutti e cattivi* (2017) bottomed out at 17% (Rotten Tomatoes). He works.
Consistently. Whether that translates into wider recognition beyond Italian genre circles is still an open question.
Early life & background
Rinat Khismatouline was born on November 9, 1973, in Samara, Russia, and is of Tatar origin (TMDB). He pursued directing at the MGUKI University of Moscow, graduating from that faculty in 1994 (TMDB). After completing that degree β and this is the part that tends to catch people off guard β he decided to retrain as an actor, auditioning for GITIS, the Vakhtangov Theatre Academy, the Schepkin Higher Theatre School, and the Moscow Art Theatre School (MXAT), all four of which offered him a place simultaneously (TMDB). He enrolled at GITIS under director Mark Zakharov's course. Details about his family background or early childhood are not publicly documented.
Career
Personal life
Khismatouline lives in Rome, Italy, where he has been based following his permanent relocation from Russia after completing his theatrical training in Moscow (TMDB). He is a naturalized Italian citizen of Tatar origin (TMDB). No further details about a spouse, children, or other personal relationships are available in public sources, and we won't speculate beyond what's been documented.
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Filmography
Frequently asked questions
What films is Rinat Khismatouline known for?
Rinat Khismatouline has 3 titles indexed on Movie OTT, including La mia banda suona il pop, Italian Race, The Ice Forest.
How long has Rinat Khismatouline been active?
Rinat Khismatouline's film career on Movie OTT spans from 2014 to 2020 β 6 years of work.


