Alexey Buldakov is an actor known to a wide audience for his role as a general in the film "Peculiarities of the National Hunt". Buldakov sings beautifully, he has released several studio albums with compositions in his performance.
Childhood, adolescence
Alexey Buldakov was born in the village. Makarovka (Altai) March 26, 1951 The family had many children, the boy had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Father was a driver, mother worked as a milkmaid. Children were accustomed to village work, they knew how to work in the garden, take care of animals.
Later the family moved to Pavlodar. As a child, Alexei dreamed of being a pilot, he began to study in an aircraft modeling circle. The boy was going to enter the flight school, and for this he tried to get good grades, went in for sports.
In the 8th grade, Buldakov's plans changed. He was greatly shocked by the film "Big Life" with Peter Aleinikov, and Alexei also decided to become an actor. After graduating from school, Buldakov went to study at a theater studio created at the drama theater. In 1969 he was accepted into the troupe. Then there was military service.
Creative career
After demobilization, Buldakov did not live long in Tomsk, where he worked in a local theater. However, he quarreled with the management, quit his job and returned home. Then came the disappointment in the profession. Alexey went to work at a tractor plant and began to drink. However, he soon met with former colleagues who restored his faith in himself. Later Buldakov got a job at the Karaganda theater, but he did not have significant roles.
Once Buldakov was given a ticket to Leningrad as a prize. A friend persuaded him to leave his data at the Lenfilm studio. In 1982 he was asked to come to the screen test. So Alexei got his first role in a movie, it was the drama "Through the Fire". Then there were other proposals, as Buldakov fit the type of "simple Russian peasant" who was in demand in those years.
The most significant was the work in the painting "This is my village …". Then Alexei was offered long-term filming in Moscow. However, he was not provided with housing, and the fee was small. Buldakov lived in hostels, spent the night at train stations, and often went hungry. He didn't even have money for a ticket home. He was rescued by Tatyana Doronina, she accepted the actor at the Moscow Art Theater.
In 1994 Alexander Rogozhkin (director) created the script for the film "Peculiarities of the National Hunt". He planned to invite Buldakov for the role of General Ivolgin. The director knew Alexei, who had already starred in his film "For a few lines". After the release of the picture, Buldakov became famous throughout the country, many of his phrases went to the people. The actor said that he "borrowed" some of Ivolgin's character traits from General Lebed. For this role, the actor was awarded "Nick".
Then there were other films, which became a kind of continuation of the "Peculiarities of the National Hunt". The general performed by Buldakov also appeared in the films "Operation" Happy New Year "and" Checkpoint ". In 2009, Alexey Ivanovich became the People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Buldakov is also a performer of chanson, he has released 4 studio albums. In 2015, the actor was diagnosed with cancer, fortunately he managed to defeat the disease.
Personal life
The first wife of Buldakov was Lyudmila Kormunina, an actress. The marriage lasted 2 years. Then the actor had a relationship with the director's assistant, who gave birth to a boy, Ivan. But, when Buldakov left for the shooting in Moscow, she went to another man.
In Moscow, Buldakov met Lyudmila, who worked as the director of a shoe store. She is a teacher by education, but then she started doing business. Lyudmila and Alexey got married in 1993. Buldakov maintains relations with his son Ivan, who lives with his mother in Malta.
