“Ural nugget” - this is how the director of the serial project “Bourgeois's Birthday” called our hero. It's just that Anatoly Zhuravlev, and it is about him that will be discussed in the article, was able not only to masterfully play his role. He offered several creative ideas, many of which were implemented in the film series.
Anatoly Zhuravlev was born in 1964. It happened in March in a small village called Verkhnyaya Salda. The actor's parents divorced when he was still a child. Anatoly was raised by his mother, and his sister stayed with his father. After a while, my mother fell seriously ill, and the boy was forced to live in a boarding school for some time. However, later his grandmother took him to her village.
In his free time, Anatoly went in for sports. He attended the taekwondo section. The actor's career attracted the guy from an early age. However, he believed that he would not be able to succeed in this area. Therefore, after school, he was educated at the Pedagogical Institute.
After serving in the army, Anatoly got a job at school as a teacher of literature. However, he dreamed of playing on the theatrical stage, acting in films. And at one point Anatoly decided to quit, after which he entered LGITMiK.
Creative career
The debut on the theatrical stage took place in his student years. Then he performed at the Comedy Theater for 5 years after graduation, after which he moved to the Oleg Tabakov Theater. At the same time, Anatoly moved to live in Moscow. After two years of work with Tabakov, the aspiring actor gets a job in the troupe of the Moscow Theater.
The debut in cinema took place during the training. Anatoly was invited mainly to the roles of bandits, athletes. However, he was pleased with any work. He got his first leading role in the project "Everything will be fine!" The film became successful, which favorably affected the career of a talented man. Subsequently, he starred in such films as "Brother", "Russian Transit" and "Poor Sasha". And all the roles were like a blueprint. A famous man played bandits.
Popularity came to Anatoly in 2000, when the multi-part project "Bourgeois's Birthday" was released. This time the actor played not a bandit, but Tolstoy's guard. During the filming, Anatoly constantly came up with something, improvised. For example, a towel dance is a talented actor's idea.
At the present stage, Anatoly's filmography includes about 80 roles. Among the most successful films with his participation should be highlighted "March of the Turkish", "Beekeeper", "Sarmat", "Operational pseudonym", "Terrorist Ivanova", "Caviar Baron", "Zhmurki".
Off-site success
How does an actor live when he doesn't have to act? Anatoly Zhuravlev's personal life was constantly talked about. The first wife is Natalia Dubonos. The girl worked in a kindergarten. However, she subsequently quit, moved to the capital, where she got a job at the theater of Oleg Tabakov. She lived with the actor for about twenty years.
At one point, the girl was tired of constant infidelity. In addition, it became known about the illegitimate son of Anatoly. At first, the actor did not recognize paternity. However, DNA examination proved that Nadezhda Danilova gave birth to her son from him. As soon as one scandal subsided, it became known that the actor also had a daughter, whom Tatyana Shitova gave birth to. He again recognized paternity only after an examination. All this led to a divorce from Natalia Dubonos.
The second wife is Polina Prikhodko. The wedding took place in St. Petersburg after a long courtship from Anatoly. In marriage, a son was born, who was named Gleb.
