Konstantin Strelnikov is a popular theater and film actor. In Ufa, it turned out to be not so easy to build a career, and only in Moscow the actor was lucky, where he got his first leading role.
Biography and education
Konstantin Viktorovich Strelnikov was born in the city of Kumertau, Bashkir SSR in 1976 on January 31. The upbringing of the future actor was carried out by his mother, who worked at a local aviation plant in the supply department for 35 years, and his grandmother.
Kostya's childhood was ordinary, like all the boys of that time, with pioneer camps for the summer and dreams of working as a pilot with the prefix "tester", and not an actor, as some online publications write. Of the sports arts, the boy preferred boxing and judo. In addition, a certain part of the time was devoted to creativity. Kostya attended art school from the age of 11, since he showed a talent for drawing from early childhood.
By the end of the 9th grade, Kostya Strelnikov decided to enter the Regional Orenburg Art School, where he studied for two years. After the first year, it suddenly dawned on him that he needed a certificate of completion of 11 classes in order to enter the university. Konstantin returned to school, taking an academic leave, and finished his studies. After that, the future actor decided to enter the art department of the Institute of Arts in Ufa, but did not qualify for the competition.
Returning to the art school, Strelnikov, in his second year, transferred to the Ufa Theater Academy at the directing department, the course of Pyotr Shein (a student of the school of Georgy Tovstonogov). Graduated from the Academy in 1998.
Career and creativity
Since 1996, Konstantin Strelnikov has played on the stage of the State Academic Russian Drama Theater of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The actor had the main roles in four productions. However, Strelnikov, as he himself says, did not get much pleasure from going on stage. there was no delight from the girls-fans waiting on the street after the performances.
In addition to serving in the theater, Strelnikov worked in a local pub and saved money for Moscow, where his girlfriend was waiting for him and, according to rumors, there was an opportunity to enter the Shchukin school. With the Pike, the actor did not work out, he knocked down measles, which knocked him out of a rut for several months. But with GITIS, Strelnikov's luck smiled, he entered the course of Boris Prokhanov, a famous director and head of the "Theater of the Moon".
Moving to the capital for the actor turned out to be a springboard to a successful film career. Almost immediately after starting his studies at the Russian University of Theater Arts, he began to receive proposals for filming. Konstantin got his first cameo role in the film "Under the North Star".
The entire period of training at GITIS (until 2003), the young actor starred in films, but the roles, as before, he only got episodic. For example, 2005 for Strelnikov was marked by participation in five films at once. Among them - "Dreaming is not harmful" (comedy), "Doctor Zhivago" (TV series, drama), "Paradise" (thriller).
In 2006, the actor's portfolio was replenished with filming in the TV series "Hunt for a Genius", a cameo role in the acclaimed "Boomer" (the second part) and the film "Just Lucky". The first major role went to Strelnikov only in 2007, when the actor received an offer to star in the adventure series "A second to …". The charismatic Strelnikov, who played a businessman, was noticed by the directors and the roles fell on the actor one after another. In the tight shooting schedule, first appeared "Admiral", then - "Brother for Brother", the tape "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive”and many other famous paintings. It is curious that most of the roles in one way or another related to people in uniform. The actor had a chance to play an operative, a police captain and a KGB officer in the movies.
In total, by 2018, Strelnikov's portfolio includes more than fifty projects, including the iconic "Stationery Rat".
Hobbies
Konstantin Strelnikov's list of hobbies includes real male passions: fishing, diving, spearfishing. From time to time, the actor attends the performances of colleagues in the shop in the capital's theaters. However, he considers swimming with dolphins to be the best pastime. In the heart of the actor, smart and kind creatures occupy one of the main places.
Family and personal life
Little is known about the personal life of Konstantin Strelnikov, the actor does not advertise it. However, the first love, according to network publications, happened while studying at an art school and living in a hostel, where there were 350 girls for 25 boys.
In 2011, the actor met Polina Syrkina, also widely known in the world of cinema. The future spouses starred at the same time in the film "At Noon on the Wharf". Despite the fact that Polina is 10 years younger than Konstantin, sympathy arose between them, which quickly grew into real feelings and the couple entered into an official marriage without informing anyone but loved ones.
The wedding was quietly played in Minsk, after which they also quietly parted a few years later, in 2015. Despite the official divorce, Konstantin Strelnikov, according to him, never put a stamp in his passport, there is no time to get to the registry office. But for new relationships and creating a family, according to the actor, his heart is open. Polina, unlike her ex-spouse, remarried and got married. The actress is growing up a little daughter.
