Kirill Pletnev is a popular film actor. They began to recognize him after the release of the multi-part projects "Penal Battalion" and "Saboteur". But in his filmography there are other quite successful television projects. The actor pleases his fans with new roles on a regular basis, masterfully transforming himself into the main and secondary characters.
A talented guy was born in Kharkov on December 30, 1979. However, he did not live in this city for too long. Kirill spent his childhood in the Northern capital of Russia. Parents were not associated with cinema. Mom taught dancing, and my father worked as an engineer. In addition to Cyril, another child was brought up in the family - Mikhail.
From the age of 13, only mother was engaged in raising Cyril and his younger brother. The father left the family. Tamara Fedorovna (that was the name of the actor's mother) was afraid that the children would end up in bad company. Therefore, she decided to send them to the sports section. Cyril visited the pool, learned the basics of mountaineering, studied taekwondo and danced. Until the age of 16, he also attended the football section.
Craving for creativity
However, the loads turned out to be too small for our hero. The guy was drawn to creativity. It all started with reading fantastic works. Then he began to recite poetry. Cyril was so carried away that he tried to compose poems on his own. After some time, he was able to convince his mother that acting is useful in life. Therefore, in high school I began to attend the appropriate lessons.
Cyril himself did not plan to become an actor. He wanted to be a director. In the 11th grade, he even wrote an essay about why he was not interested in working in the theater as an actor.
Having received a certificate, Kirill decided to continue his studies at the Academy of Theater Arts. I got on the course of Vladimir Petrov. Cyril did not plan to become an actor, but in the 3rd year he still had to go to the theater stage. And then the guy realized that it was the acting career that would help achieve everything that he wanted to realize by becoming a director.
Having received his education, Kirill began to appear regularly on the stage. At first he performed in St. Petersburg, but eventually moved to Moscow, where he got a job at the Drama Theater. For three years, Kirill collaborated with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.
Success in cinematography
The actor appeared on the set for the first time in 2001. He was offered a minor role in a small episode. Kirill appeared in front of the audience in the serial project "Deadly Power". He played a bank guard in season 5. Then there were filming in projects such as “Taiga. Survival Course "," Bear Kiss ". But even these films did not make our hero famous.
Popularity came in 2004. Several successful projects were released at once, among which the films "Saboteur" and "Penal Battalion" should be highlighted. Kirill also appeared in the films "Truckers" and "Children of the Arbat". Thanks to his roles in the first two films, the actor became famous throughout the country.
Having skillfully played the role of a military man, Cyril appeared in several more similar images. He starred in the films "Explosion at Dawn", "Soldiers", "Under the Shower of Bullets." A few years later, the second part of the popular movie, Saboteur 2. End of the War, was released. This project made Kirill even more popular.
The filmography of the famous actor has more than 80 works. The most successful films include such films as "Love-Carrot 2", "Pop", "Admiral", "Metro", "Viking", "Fir-trees 5", "Non-Accidental Meeting", "Friday", "Love with Restrictions "," Desantura. Nobody except us".
Director's experience
Kirill Pletnev was still able to make his dream come true. He became a director. Drama "6:23" is the debut project of a talented guy. Then came the short film "Nastya". The project has become very successful. It was noted positively not only by critics, but also by the audience.
All the awards that Kirill received for shooting a short project were spent on the work of the next film - "Mama". Then 3 more projects came out on the screens - "Burn!", "Mom forever" and "Without me". Today Kirill is working on several more paintings.
Off-set success
How are things in your personal life? Kirill Pletnev has never been deprived of attention from the fair sex. The first serious relationship was with fellow student Ksenia Katalymova. But the wedding never took place. There were also rumors about romance with actresses Tatyana Arntgolts and Alisa Grebenshchikova. Cyril himself did not comment on these conversations.
The first wife of a popular actor is Lydia Milyuzina. A child was born in marriage. The son was named Fedor. However, the relationship broke up after the birth of a child. According to rumors, the reason for this was not quite a working relationship with Inga Oboldina.
The second wife is Nino Ninidze. A child was born in a relationship. The parents decided to name the boy Alexander. Until recently, the artists lived in a civil marriage. In 2018, Kirill and Nino decided to register their relationship officially.
The actor has another child - the eldest son George. Many publications write that Lydia Milyuzina is his mother. But Kirill himself refutes this information. However, he refuses to talk about who is the real mother of George. According to rumors, this is the sister of his friend Anya Golikova.
Interesting Facts
- Kirill's short project, Mama, received an award at the Golden Eagle festival.
- Cyril planned to enter the directing department. However, he was not taken because he was too young. The actor at that time was 16 years old. But Kirill entered the acting course without problems.
- The actor was fired from the Dzhigarkhanyan theater for educational purposes. Cyril simply refused one of the roles, which greatly angered the head of the theater. As the actor later explained, he does not like being forced to do something.
- Kirill is critical of most of his own works. For example, he hoped that the project "French companion", in which the actor played the main role, would never be released.
- Kirill Pletnev is not only an actor and director, but also a screenwriter. For the motion picture "Burn!" he wrote the script himself.
