Chadov made his film debut in the film
War (2002) by director
Aleksei Balabanov. In 2002, he received the Best Actor Award at the
Montreal World Film Festival. Soon after he starred as Kolya Malakhov in the film
On the Nameless Height. In 2003, Chadov was invited by film director Andrei Proshkin to play the main role in the drama
Moths Games. Also in 2003, he played a role in the blockbuster
Night Watch directed by
Timur Bekmambetov. Chadov also acted in films
The 9th Company,
Heat, and in the
Love in the City trilogy. He has also starred alongside his brother in films such as 2006's
Alive. In 2022 he made his directorial debut with
Infiltration in which he also starred. In 2025, his second film (
(Ne) iskusstvennyy intellekt) was released. ==Selected filmography==