Sergey Bezrukov is a Russian theater and film actor, theater director, producer, screenwriter and musician. He is the most demanded, talented and beloved Russian actor in modern cinema. The audience's love for Bezrukov was brought by such films and series as: "Brigade", "Yesenin", "The Master and Margarita", "Irony of Fate. Continuation "," Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive”,“Trotsky”,“Godunov”and many others. The variety and number of roles he played suggests that he is the undisputed leader and star of Russian cinema.
Childhood and youth
Sergei Vitalievich Bezrukov was born on October 18, 1973 in Moscow. Father, Vitaly Sergeevich Bezrukov - a talented actor and director, worked at the Moscow Satire Theater. Mother, Natalya Mikhailovna Bezrukova, worked as a store manager, now she is a housewife.
In the name of Sergei, the future artist was named in honor of the poet Sergei Yesenin, whom the actor's father loved very much. Sergei studied at the Moscow secondary school number 402, from childhood showing interest in the scene. The boy loved to play in school plays, often came to work with his father in the theater of Satire. In the tenth grade, Sergei learned to play the guitar and the basics of painting.
After graduating from school, in 1990, the young man entered the Moscow Art Theater School. He was admitted to the course of Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov. In 1994, after graduating from the acting department with honors, Sergei received the specialty "Actor of Drama Theater and Cinema". Then he was enrolled in the troupe of the Moscow Theater Studio under the direction of Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov.
Theatrical career
Even before the end of the Moscow Art Theater, Bezrukov was already invited to participate in performances of various theaters. Later he began working at the Tabakerka Theater. In it, the artist played a large number of roles in such productions as: "The Inspector General", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Sailor's Silence", "Anecdote", "Enough Simplicity for Every Wise Man", "The Last", "My Life, Or You Dreamed to me?". Thanks to his ingenious play in the play "The Marriage of Figaro", viewers began to compare Bezrukov with Andrei Mironov. This performance was considered a worthy alternative to the classical production of V. Khramov. For his talented performance of theatrical roles, Sergei was awarded numerous prizes.
Television work
In the period from 1994 to 1999, in parallel with the game in "Snuffbox", Bezrukov worked on television. It was a satirical show "Dolls" on the NTV channel, dedicated to topical political issues in Russia. True, the audience heard only the voice of the actor. Sergei has another talent - an excellent parodist. Bezrukov voiced 12 cartoon political characters, including: Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Grigory Yavlinsky, Gennady Zyuganov, Anatoly Kulikov, Vladimir Zhirinovsky and others. The latter was the artist's favorite character.
In 1999, despite the high ratings of the program, the actor left the project, explaining that he "grew out of dolls."
Film career
In 1994 Sergei Bezrukov made his debut in the film Nocturne for a Ram and a Motorcycle. This was his first major role. By the end of 1999, the young actor was already very popular in the theater, but there were few successful roles in the cinema. From the early films and TV series with his participation, the paintings "Chinese Service", "Crusader - 2" and the series "Azazel" became notable.
Bezrukov's "finest hour" came in 2002, after the premiere of the legendary TV series "Brigade". In the "Brigade" the actor appears in a completely new and unusual role for him as a crime boss. The series shows the life of gangster groups in Russia, in the center of which is the "brigade" of Sasha Belov. At first, the series seems too pretentious and tough showing the "dashing" nineties. But then it develops into a story about true male friendship, devoted to love and strength of character."Brigade", without exaggeration, deserves the status of a "cult" series of Russian cinema.
After the "Brigade" Bezrukov became a very popular actor and received many invitations to audition in other projects.
In 2003, the TV series "Plot" was released, in which Sergei played an image opposite to the hero of the "Brigade". Unlike Sasha Bely, this was the role of the honest, principled and vulnerable district police officer Pavel Kravtsov. The series was a great success and won the Best Actor in Television nomination.
Then the actor very often played biographical images of famous people in the past. These were the roles of Sergei Yesenin in the TV series "Yesenin", Alexander Pushkin in the film "Pushkin. The Last Duel ", by Vladimir Vysotsky in the film" Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive”and footballer Nikolai Ranevich in the film“Match”.
Especially worth noting is his role in the TV series "Yesenin" (2005). To play the poet, after whom he was named, the actor dreamed of since childhood. The script for the series was written by Bezrukov Sr. The actor very vividly and talentedly conveyed the image of the Russian poet in the picture. At concerts and creative evenings, Sergei perfectly reads Yesenin's poems.
In subsequent years, the actor never ceases to amaze the audience with diverse images.
In 2008, Bezrukov played the role of a Soviet officer in the military drama "In June 1941". The film is based on the story "June" by Oleg Smirnov.
In 2009, the actor brilliantly played the comedic role of an escaped prisoner hiding in a children's camp in the comedy "High Security Vacation".
In 2012, a remake of the legendary Soviet comedy "Gentlemen of Fortune" was released. The artist perfectly plays two roles at once: the role of the children's animator Treshkin and the thief - the Smiley killer.
In 2013, Bezrukov became the founder of the Moscow Provincial Drama Theater. This theater became the first in Russia to show performances for visually impaired people. The Provincial Theater and its director Sergei Bezrukov in 2013 were awarded the Elena Mukhina Prize in the Innovative Breakthrough nomination.
In 2016, the actor appears in the TV series “Mysterious Passion” directed by Vlad Furman, based on the work of the same name by Vasily Aksyonov. In the same year, Bezrukov became the general producer of Sergei Bezrukov's Film Company.
In 2018, the costumed historical drama Godunov, directed by Alexei Andrianov, will be released. Sergei Bezrukov played the main character - Boris Godunov. The series turned out to be very colorful, with an interesting and exciting plot, a "stellar" cast and a great acting by Sergei Bezrukov.
In addition to film works, Sergey is engaged in dubbing films, both fictional and animated, releases audio projects, and is engaged in painting. In 2018, the actor organized his own rock band called The Godfather.
Recently, he has been producing and starring in the director's productions of his wife Anna Matison.
Since 2008, Sergei Bezrukov has been bearing the honorary title of "People's Artist of the Russian Federation".
Personal life
From 2000 to 2015, the actor was married to actress Irina Bezrukova (she went to Bezrukov from Igor Livanov). They entered into an official marriage during the filming of the TV series "Brigade". In 2015, the couple divorced.
Bezrukov left Irina for director and screenwriter Anna Matison. Their acquaintance happened on the set of the film "Milky Way", in which Anna was the director.
On March 11, 2016, Sergei Bezrukov married Anna Matison. The couple have two children: daughter Masha (born July 4, 2016), son Stepan (born November 24, 2018) named after Sergei Bezrukov's great-grandfather.
