in 1958 entered the Theater Faculty of the Lithuanian State Conservatory. A few years later, A. Šurna was appointed as an assistant to Juoz Rudzinskis in the Educational Theater, where he began his acting career.
in 1963 worked at the Kaunas State Drama Theater for one year, and in 1964 went to Šiauliai Drama Theater. 1958-1962 studied at the Theater Faculty of the LSSR Conservatory (now the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre). 1963-1964 acted in the Kaunas Drama Theater, 1964-1965. Šiauliai Drama Theater. Since 1964 acted in the cinema. Since 1965 was an actor of the Youth Theater. 1992-1997 managed the State Youth Theater.
A. Šurna's last roles are the teacher Labutis in the play "Patriots" (dir. J. Vaitkus, 2008), the master of the house in the play "Bartlbis the Clerk" (dir. R. Kazlas, 2010), Doctor Spivis in the play "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" ( directed by V. Griško, 2011), Doorman in the play "Fight Club" (directed by V. Bareikis, 2012), Virgil in the play "The Beginning of the End" (directed by A. Lebeliūnas, 2014). A. Šurna made her film debut as the young Rimša in Vytautas Žalakevicius' film "One Day Chronicle" (1963). Later, he acted in many films made by the most famous Lithuanian film directors - Arūnas Žebriūnas, Marijons Giedris, Algimantas Puipa, Raimonds Vabalas, Gytis Lukšas, Almantas Grikevičius, as well as television directors - Bronius Morkevičius, Saulius Vosyliaus, etc. The actor's most famous roles are Herkus Mantas ("Herkus Mantas", dir. Marijonas Giedrys, 1972), Kaminskas ("Nut Bread", dir. Arūnas Žebriūnas, 1977), father ("A Woman and Her Four Men", dir. A. Puipa , 1983) and others. The famous actor was brought to the heights of popularity by the most famous Lithuanian TV series of all time, Giminės, in which the actor played one of the main roles. A. Šurna noticed that for the longest time, people identified him with Antans Šepučius: "Even on the street, he would shout for Šepučius," the actor used to say. - For me, this is a kind of recognition, maybe even greater than writing letters, giving compliments or giving flowers." One of the actor's last roles was in the highly successful 2011 in the staged feature film "Tadas Blinda. The beginning".
