Anton Rubtsov was born in 1987 in Tambov, Russia, and grew up in Germany, holding German nationality with Russian and German as native languages. He studied at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, Berlin, graduating in 2014. His screen career began with supporting roles in German television before his breakthrough with Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away (2018), one of the most internationally acclaimed German films of recent years, which received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. He also appeared in the Netflix series Dark and the Sky series Das Boot (Season 4).

His more recent credits include the ARD Degeto series Die Raaben – ein Brandenburg Krimi (Nina Vukovic), the ZDF series Wendlandkrimi, the Netflix mini-series Die Falle, and the ARD Zürich Krimi series. His most recent work includes Marie Kreutzer’s Gentle Monster (2025). He is based in Berlin.