Anton Berezin

Anton Berezin has been a stalwart of Australian music theatre for over 30 years. He had his professional debut with the Australian Ballet at the age of 7 and has appeared in over 30 major musicals across Australasia.

Born in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, Berezin arrived in Melbourne as a refugee along with his family. He speaks fluent Russian and learned his ancestral language, Yiddish, as an adult. In 2025 Berezin performed the iconic role of Max Bialystock in The Producers for Hayes Theatre before appearing in the blockbuster musical Back to the Future. Prior productions have included Elegies; Rootless Cosmopolitans; Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812; Phantom of the Opera; Evita; Sweeney Todd; Wicked; Ragtime; the original Australian Company of The Producers; Side Show Alley; Cabaret; Follies; Fiddler on the Roof; How To Succeed in Business; Cats; Mack and Mabel; Anything Goes; Doctor Zhivago; Promises, Promises and The Light in the Piazza.

On television, Anton has had roles in Newton’s Law; Jack Irish; Neighbours; The Secret Life of Us; Marshall Law; MDA and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. In 2015, he was in the cast of Princess Pictures’ television opera The Divorce.