Arkady Koval is one of the few modern actors whose filmography has exceeded 120 works. But little is known about his biography and personal life, since he is a rather closed person, he never answers journalists' questions regarding his personal space.
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Arkady Konstantinovich Koval is a Siberian by origin, more precisely, by his place of birth. His professional path was determined from the very beginning - he is the son of a theater director and actress. But was it only thanks to the laurels of his parents that he managed to break into the art world? How did his career develop? Who is his wife and does he have children?
Biography of actor Arkady Koval
Arkady Konstantinovich was born in Novosibirsk, in early October 1958. The boy's family was creative, his father Konstantin Stanislavovich worked as a director in the city theater, his mother Nina Milievna served as an actress there.
Arkady never spoke about how his childhood passed in one of the largest Siberian cities. He does not discuss anything from his personal life with journalists. The only thing he dared to voice was that his parents helped him to enter the Leningrad profile akz (State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography).
But the fact that immediately after graduation the young actor immediately found a job and that his further career developed successfully indicates that he has a talent for acting.
This actor plays diverse roles in cinema and theater. The images in his performance are loved by the audience, the phrases of some of them diverged into quotes. Among modern representatives of this branch of art, not everyone can boast of such achievements.
Career of the actor Arkady Koval
Immediately after receiving a diploma of graduation from the institute, Arkady Koval was invited to serve in the troupe of the Akimov Comedy Theater. There he worked for 2 years, and quite successfully, but he wanted to develop. In 1985, Koval accepted an offer to become an actor at the MDT (Maly Drama Theater) in St. Petersburg.
Just 4 years after graduation, in 1987, Arkady Koval became a teacher - he shared his skills with students of the State Academy of Theater Arts, and was immediately accepted there as a senior teacher. The audience adored his lectures, the academy management noted that he had the highest attendance.
Arkady Koval served at the St. Petersburg MDT until 2003, then moved to the Russian Entreprise Theater, named after the legendary actor Mironov. Among his best roles for all the time he worked on theatrical stages are such masterpieces as
- "Freeloader"
- "French Novel",
- "Ah, these stars"
- "The Cherry Orchard",
- "Demons" and in other performances.
In the creative piggy bank of actor Arkady Koval there are many awards for theatrical roles - a diploma of the Yakhontov competition, a laureate in the White Acacia, the national Mironov Figaro prize (nomination The Best of the Best), the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Almost simultaneously with his work in the theater, Arkady Koval began acting in films. He is familiar to a wide audience of Russian viewers precisely from film roles.
Filmography of actor Arkady Koval
In films and serials, the actor Arkady Koval plays diverse roles, he appears in thrillers, action films, war films, melodramas and documentary projects, and dubs foreign films. He even has experience working in fairy tales - he played the Arkasha doll in the television show "Cat's House" in 1983 at the start of his career. Arkady's filmography includes 126 works. Every year, 2-3 films or series with his participation are released. The brightest and most significant characters Koval played in projects such as
- "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson"
- "In the mirror of Venus"
- "Streets of Broken Lanterns" (several seasons),
- "Fighter. Birth of a Legend"
- "Who Was Shakespeare"
- "Highway Patrol",
- "Witness protection",
- "Chef" and other paintings.
One of the most striking roles of Koval, which made him famous - the role of Pierre in the film by Victor Sergeev and Igor Ageev "Genius". In addition, both viewers and critics note such images performed by Arkady as the prisoner "Katya" from the "Unclean Force", Matveyev from the "Highway Patrol", the German ambassador from "Sherlock Holmes".
Personal life of actor Arkady Koval
It is impossible to find a photo of Arkady Koval's wife in print or online publications, they simply are not there. In principle, the actor does not share personal things with journalists. Even colleagues are not ready to answer the question of whether Koval is married and has children.
But he is happy to discuss his new roles. For 2019, for example, it is planned to release four projects at once with his participation. These are the paintings "About Lelya and Minka", "Resurrection", "New Life" and "The Expropriator".
In addition, the actor tries himself as a director. Arkady also prefers not to dwell on this direction, writing off his silence on superstition.
Koval's busy schedule always includes touring tours. Spectators from the periphery can enjoy the performance of this wonderful actor, for example, in the play "Love is not a potato" and in many others with whom he travels.
Actor Arkady Koval is one of the few representatives of modern actors, whose performance in the theater or cinema necessarily cheers up, and this does not depend on the genre of the picture or play. He decorates projects. His sparkling talent makes the images so vivid that it is simply impossible to ignore them.
