Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Igor Vasilyevich Lagutin is better known to a wide audience throughout the post-Soviet space for his characters in military and criminal film projects. It is the role of a courageous and strong-willed hero that has stuck with him in recent years.
A native of Minsk and a native of a family of medical workers, Igor Lagutin went against the wishes of his parents, who saw him as the successor of the family dynasty, and devoted his life to acting. And, as can be clearly seen today from the results, this choice has become completely justified, because today he is deservedly included in the galaxy of Russian theater and cinema stars.
Biography and career of Igor Vasilyevich Lagutin
In the capital of Belarus, on August 5, 1964, the future idol of millions of fans was born. From childhood, Igor showed his acting skills, actively participating in school amateur performances. And the request of the parents to follow in their footsteps or, at worst, to become a lawyer by entering a local university, was interpreted in his own way. The gifted young man “successfully” failed the exams in Minsk and went to conquer Moscow in the field of the actor.
It was the legendary Shchukin school from other Moscow theater universities that most of all attracted the attention of the future artist, where on the course with Yu. A. Stromov, he began to diligently master his profession. As a student, Igor Lagutin made his debut on the stage. The first work in this field was the character of Ametistov in the play "Zoykina's Apartment".
In 1989, the aspiring actor graduated from "Pike" and began his professional career on the stage of the Moscow Drama Theater. Simonov. Here he went on stage for six months, and then for nine years delighted his fans on the stage of the Theater. Vakhtangov. In the dashing "nineties", like all the acting fraternity in our country, he had to change his occupation to business in order to survive. However, the inner world of a professional actor could not accept anything except acting, and therefore it was only a matter of time for his return to the stage. It was the Satire Theater on Moscow's Triumfalnaya Square that became his second home to this day.
Lagutin's cinematic debut took place in 1988, when he first got into the frame in the film-play "Zoykina's Apartment". And only in the "nineties" he began to fully take part in film projects as an actor. Before the break associated with leaving the profession, Igor was noted for his films in the films "In the beginning was the word" (1992) and "Summer people" (1995).
A new stage in the creative career of the Russian artist begins with the film project "Love to the Grave", which was released in 2000. It is precisely from the "zero" that Igor Lagutin's rapid ascent to the Olympus of national glory takes place. His filmography begins to rapidly replenish with successful film works, in which he, as a rule, acts as a strong-willed and courageous soldier or law enforcement officer.
However, active participation in the filming of films and TV series does not in any way affect the activity of his participation in the theatrical life of the country. The last work on his native stage in 2018 was the play Symphony of Love, where he appeared before the audience together with Ilza Liepa and ballet soloists from the Bolshoi Theater and the Russian Seasons troupe.
Personal life of the actor
The exemplary family union of Igor Lagutin with his only wife Oksana, who is his colleague in the creative department, is a real reason for imitation in the acting environment. In this strong and happy marriage, a daughter, Daria (1990) and a son, Arseny (1997), were born.
It is noteworthy that Lagutin Jr. decided to continue the family dynasty and already has several films in his professional filmography.
