Ilya Shakunov is a popular Russian film actor. Filmed mainly in action films and crime dramas, which made him famous. Among the most successful projects are Antisniper and Fugitive.
The actor was born in St. Petersburg in 1970. It happened in early August. From a young age he showed interest in the creative field. During his studies at school, he attended a theater studio. Igor Gorbachev helped develop Ilya's talent.
Long career choice
I did not immediately think about the career of an actor. After graduating from school, he decided to get an education at a medical institute. However, over time, I realized that the chosen profession did not interest him at all. The next place of study was the Electrotechnical Institute. However, this time too, the understanding that working with computers is not his vocation came quickly enough.
Ilya dropped out and took the documents to the Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema. He studied under the guidance of Veniamin Filshtinsky. He received his acting education together with such stars of Russian cinema as Mikhail Porechenkov and Konstantin Khabensky.
Creative career
The popular actor Ilya Shakunov entered the theater stage during his student life. He performed in the play "Woe from Wit", appearing before the audience in the form of the main character Chatsky. At that time, Ilya was in his 4th year.
Having received his education, at first he worked in the troupe of the Youth Theater. Received an invitation from Andrei Andreev, who directed the theater. Having performed in several performances, Ilya became a leading artist. Ilya collaborated with Roman Viktyuk and the Bolshoi Drama Theater. Tovtonogov. However, he was not even going to leave the Youth Theater.
He made his film debut in 1993. He was invited to shoot the movie "The Creation of Adam". Over the next few years, he was actively filming. However, he received mostly minor roles.
The first leading role was received in the film project "Dark Night". Before the audience, Ilya Shakunov appeared in the form of a photographer. The actor played his hero perfectly. After the screening of the film at festivals, a lot of flattering words were said about his acting talent. However, the film was not released.
Work in the multi-part project "Montecristo" became successful for the actor. For his role, he received the Audience Award. Then there was the release of the equally successful film "Antisniper", in which Ilya got the role of the leading character. For this work, the already famous actor received a Detective FEST diploma. He also appeared in the next few parts of the popular action movie.
The famous artist played doctors, military men, entrepreneurs, investigators, athletes. He even appeared in the form of maniacs. At the present stage, his filmography includes more than 70 projects. Successful works include the films "Love Out of Competition", "One Against All", "Survive at Any Cost".
Off-set success
How does an actor live when there is no need to work on creating a new film? Ilya Shakunov has repeatedly stated that in his personal life everything is going well. He has been married for many years. His wife is Anna Dyukova.
The artists met at the Youth Theater. Together for over 15 years. In marriage, children were born - daughter Vasilisa and son Makar.
In his free time from work, Ilya prefers to relax with his family at the dacha. Occasionally plays basketball. He has no pages on social networks, because Ilya is a supporter of live communication.
