Nikolai Kazakov - Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People's and Honored Artist of the RSFSR. For his performance as Casanova he was awarded the Ovation Prize.
There could not have been a more popular actor than Kazakov in Tula in the 60s and 80s. The attractive blond had an amazing intonation, a clear word. Costumes of any era fit perfectly on him.
The beginning of the creative path
The famous actor devoted his whole life to the theater. They played more roles in sleepyheads. Relations with cinema have also developed. For the most part, the role of the performer was given small but memorable, the artist became popular. The biography of Nikolai Alekseevich began on February 14 in Serpukhov, near Moscow. He was born in 1938. Together with his family, the baby was evacuated to Ufa. There the future performer went to school.
After completing the course, education was continued at the Agricultural Institute. During his studies, the young man realized that his calling was not in this area. He left the university and began working in the theater in 1957. Starting with Akmola city, Kazakov then became an actor of the Theater of the Young Spectator in Tula.
In 1962, a promising performer from the Youth Theater was invited to the troupe of the drama theater. There was played one of the most notable roles, Tolya Lisyansky in the sensational play "Diary". The young man, distinguished by intractability and pride, was a character in Shmelev's play. Outwardly, Nikolai Alekseevich resembled Sergei Yesenin.
Even in the cinema, the artist was approved to play his role. However, the film was closed. The theatrical archives preserved plays about Yesenin, which never got on the stage.
Roles in the theater
The talented, textured performer quickly became a favorite of the public. The debut in the title role of Oswald took place in 1968, in a production based on Ibsen's play "The Ghost".
Kazakov also played the educated and intelligent, but very mercenary and unprincipled Paratov in Ostrovsky's Dowry. A few years later, the aspiring artist became a student at GITIS. He graduated in 1969. In 1972 the performer received one of the leading roles in the play "The Man from the Side". On stage, the actor reincarnated as Cheshkov.
Despite his youth, the hero became the head of the foundry at the largest enterprise. The engineer makes every effort for the development of the plant, prosperity and quality work of people on it. In the production based on the famous work of Chekhov "Uncle Vanya" Nikolai Alekseevich was Astrov. In "Anna Karenina" he got the image of the main character's husband. His Karenin won over the audience.
However, the artist most successfully embodied the image of the great seducer Casanova. In the play based on the work of Korkiy and Lavrin in 1996, the talented actor played a starring role. His Colonel Pickering was no less impressive in the famous work of Bernard Shaw. The actor took part in the production in 1999.
New recognition and fame fell upon the talented performer. Wonderfully he played the role of Chernov in the play by Rozov. The audience adored Kazakov, went to performances with his participation with pleasure.
Film career
In 2004, a brilliant performance of the administrator of the Philharmonic in the production "Forever Alive". The hero of Kazakov, Chernov, in wartime, with all his might, hid from the call, surrounding himself with such cowards. The main character marries a good piano player. He is not a talent, he is not distinguished by a strong-willed character. As a result, Veronica leaves Mark.
But Chernov is delighted with others like him. In Mark, he sees the same mediocrity as in the rest of the environment, moreover, perfectly adapted to survive in war conditions. Nikolai Alekseevich played not only on the stage.
The talented actor took part in the film "What the rivers rustle about". In a film about the life of a village located on the border, Kazakov starred even before starting work in the theater. He played Private Samokhin. The film was released on the screen in 1958. By 1961, the artist had already gained popularity. By this time, he starred in a new film.
In the film "Dima Gorin's Career" Kazakov reincarnated as one of the members of the Drobot shock brigade. All of them work in difficult conditions in Siberia. A funny funny comedy about Shurik's adventures was released in 1965. In Operation Y and other Shurik's adventures, Nikolai Alekseevich got a role, albeit an episodic one, but very memorable.
In the first short story of a small cycle entitled "Obsession" he got the image of a student. The hero for the successful preparation and passing of an important exam, sitting in a tree, reads a synopsis with binoculars.
The final stage
In an episode of the film "Gold", which premiered in 1969, Kazakov got such a small role that there was no mention of its performer in the credits. The film told about an attempt to take out banking gold from a Latvian town occupied by the enemy. A similar episode went to the actor in the film based on the popular book by O. Henry "Kings and Cabbage".
The charming young actor was called the ideal of Hollywood cinema. He also played in the domestic cinema together with Vysotsky, Demyanenko. Auditioned for the lead role in the film "The Ballad of the Soldier."
The successful work of the talented artist did not go unnoticed. In 1985 he received the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. His 220th theatrical season brought him a prestigious award, the Ovation Prize. They honored the performer with her for the image of Casanova.
The wonderful performer managed to establish his personal life. He got married, the family had three children, a son and two daughters. April 2005 brought the title of People's Artist of Russia.
A month and a half later, on May 15, Kazakov passed away.
