Actor Dmitry Shevchenko is talented, multifaceted, ironic, like a true Odessa citizen. His work is interesting both to his compatriots, Ukrainians, and film lovers from Russia and the CIS countries. Fans regularly "get" new roles of their favorite actor, he is in demand both in the cinema and in the theater.
Gingerbread from "Major", manager Karl Modestovich from "Poor Nastya", Colonel Nechaev from "Fight with a Shadow", brigade commander Alyoshin from the movie "Ax" - the actor Dmitry Shevchenko is known to the Russian audience for these and other works in cinema. He is recognized and loved, but what do we know about the biography, career and personal life of this talented actor?
Biography of actor Dmitry Shevchenko
Dmitry Valerievich Shevchenko was born in mid-June 1964 in Odessa. The family of the future actor had nothing to do with art, almost all of its members, and their ancestors, were economists or accountants, dreamed that their beloved son, grandson would go the same way. But since childhood, Dima dreamed of cinema and the theater stage, despite the ban, attended classes in the drama club on the basis of his school.
After school, at the insistence of his relatives, Dima went to study a "real" profession - he entered the Polytechnic University in his hometown. But even here he managed to "break through" into art - he became a member of the KVN team of the Odessa Gentlemen Institute.
After graduating from the university, Dmitry Shevchenko did not want to engage in economics, he went to conquer the northern capital, or rather, to enter LGITMiK. In order to be allowed not to work out the prescribed 3 years in the profile of the university, Shevchenko had to apply to the Academy of Sciences and prove that a good actor is better than an inferior economist.
According to Shevchenko, he had to painfully etch the acting skills acquired during his participation in KVN - for the theater stage and the performance of dramatic roles in the cinema, which he dreamed of, they were completely inappropriate. And his efforts were crowned with success, and we have the opportunity to enjoy the performance of an excellent actor both in the cinema and in the theater.
Theatrical career of actor Dmitry Shevchenko
For two years after graduating from LGITMiK, Dmitry was engaged in informal theater, worked in entreprise that were interesting to both viewers and directors. The talent of the actor was undeniable, but the innate adventurism required versatile development, and Shevchenko accepts an invitation to the troupe of the Alexandrinsky Theater more than willingly. In the legendary theater, he adds roles in performances to his creative piggy bank
- "The game of forfeits" - Nikita,
- Dostoevsky's "killer" - Porfiry Petrovich,
- "Nightingale" - the image of Death,
- "In a correctional colony" - Newcomer,
- "Ring and Rose" - King Zagrabastal.
Since 2012, Dmitry Shevchenko has been playing the role of Anna Karenina's husband in the tragicomedy Karenin on the stage of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater in Moscow. There are also theatrical classics in his piggy bank - the performances "Three Sisters", "Othello", "Winter's Tale", "Poverty is not a vice" and others.
It was the theater that became the impetus for the development and cinema career. Successful work in St. Petersburg and Moscow did not go unnoticed, theater critics have always been supportive of the actor, as well as the audience. Each work of Dmitry Shevchenko was highly appreciated and attracted attention.
Filmography of actor Dmitry Shevchenko
Cinema has always attracted Dmitry, but his career in this field of art developed slowly. "Pen test" of this actor in the movie happened back in 1986, when he played a small role in the film "Just One Turn". Real success came only in 1998, and since then Shevchenko's filmography has been replenished with 2-3 roles a year. The best can be called the work in the films.
- "Birthday of the bourgeois",
- "Request stop",
- "Russians in the City of Angels"
- "Shadow-boxing",
- "You won't catch up with us"
- "Major" and others.
The last bright work of the actor Dmitry Shevchenko is Lieutenant Colonel Pryanikov in the TV series "Major".
The audience sincerely fell in love with the heroes of the film, they were surprised by the development of the plot. The merit of the film's success was also in the talent of the actors, including Dmitry Shevchenko, Pavel Priluchny, Razumovskaya Karina and others.
Dmitry Shevchenko's partners on the set are both young actors and masters of Russian and Ukrainian cinema. He looks harmoniously in any team, often becomes the central link, and even when his characters are secondary, and this speaks volumes.
Personal life of actor Dmitry Shevchenko
The actor is reluctant to talk about personal matters, often laughing it off, assuring him that he is a convinced bachelor. But in his life there was a marriage, a long-term relationship, he has a son - Nestor.
There is only one official marriage in the life of Dmitry Shevchenko - he was married to a dancer from the Philip Kirkorov collective. The actor does not speak at all about this period of his life.
Then Dmitry had a long relationship and a civil marriage with actress Maria Shalaeva, who is 17 years younger than him. They were partners in the cinema, friends, lovers, for 6 years they lived as one family, they had a son, but still parted.
The reason for the separation was the constant traveling and the serious workload of both Dmitry and Maria. The son bears the name of his mother, but his father takes an active part in his life, they spend a lot of time together.
A couple of years after Dmitry Shevchenko broke up with Maria Shalaeva, rumors appeared in the press that the actor had a new affair with a certain Elena. Dmitry himself did not confirm or deny the information, but no one saw him with a new passion. If Shevchenko appears in public with someone, it is only with her son, and even then it is extremely rare. New photos with new lovers in Dmitry's social networks have not appeared for many years.
