Borisov started working as a film actor in 2010, and played main roles in various television series. In 2013–14, he worked at the Moscow theater
Satyricon. In 2019, he starred in the film
The Bull, for which he was nominated for the 18th
Golden Eagle Awards 2020 in the category
Best Leading Actor, and also received an award "Event of the Year" from the magazine "Kinoreporter" in the category "Discovery of the Year". He also played minor roles in the films
T-34,
Union of Salvation, and
Invasion. In February 2020, the film
AK-47 was released, in which Borisov played the main role – Mikhail Kalashnikov, and received positive reviews from film critics. For this role he was awarded the Golden Eagle Award – 2021 for Best Leading Actor. He was the winner of the
Golden Eagle Award in 2021.
GQ Russia chose him as Actor of the Year in 2020. In 2021, Borisov appeared in eight feature films, including the
Netflix original film
The Silver Skates. He also played the lead role in
Juho Kuosmanen's Finnish-Russian film
Compartment No. 6, which won the
Grand Prix at the
2021 Cannes Film Festival. In 2024, Borisov voiced
Behemoth the Cat in
The Master and Margarita, and played Igor in the
Palme d'Or-winning film
Anora, directed by
Sean Baker. For his performance in the film, he received nominations for the
Academy Award,
BAFTA,
Critics' Choice,
Golden Globe, and
SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actor, as well as ensemble nominations from both
Critics' Choice and
SAG. With his Oscar nomination, Borisov became
the first Russian to be nominated in an acting category in over four decades, following
Mikhail Baryshnikov's
nomination in the same category in 1977. == Filmography ==