Vladimir Mashkov is not only a versatile theater and film actor, but also a talented director, producer and screenwriter. His career and personal life are constantly in the spotlight, but the actor himself prefers to talk only about work.
Thanks to his talent and strong character, Vladimir Mashkov managed to achieve fame and international recognition. He works not only in Russia, but also in Hollywood, and since 2018 he has been the head of Snuffbox.
Childhood and life in Novokuznetsk
The famous actor was born in Tula on November 27, 1963. Father - Lev Petrovich, worked as an actor in a puppet theater, and mother - Natalya Ivanovna, worked there as the chief director. The actor's grandmother is an Italian who lived in Switzerland. From Europe she moved to Russia, got married and gave birth to a daughter.
Natalya Ivanovna served as a director in one of the theaters in Moscow, but due to a conflict with theatrical figure Sergei Obraztsov, she was forced to move to Tula. In this city, she met her second husband, Leo, from whom she gave birth to a son, Vladimir. By the way, the actor has an older brother, Vitaly.
After the birth of the future actor, the family lived for several more years in Tula, and then moved to Novokuznetsk.
Vladimir studied poorly, but he loved two subjects: music and biology. And in high school he became interested in theater, although he decided to enter the biological university. Already in the first year I realized that this was the wrong choice. After that, he went to the theater school in Novosibirsk.
Theatrical career
Vladimir was expelled from the school because of a fight. But he does not despair and goes to Moscow, enters the Moscow Art Theater School, but soon he was transferred to decorators and removed from his studies due to a fight with Alexander Lazarev Jr. The next year he is recovering and enters the course of Oleg Tabakov.
The first performance by Vladimir Mashkov is Sailor's Silence, in which a young actor plays an elderly Jew. In 1989 he became a member of the permanent troupe "Tabakerki", and in 1990 he became a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater.
Film career
In the movie Mashkov made his debut in the film "Armchair". In 1992, he played race car driver Andrzej Polyanski in Alaska, Sir! It was after this role that the audience began to recognize him. And fame brought work in the films "American Daughter" and "Moscow Nights".
For his role in the film "Thief" Vladimir Mashkov received several awards, including "Nika". And since 2000 he has been going to work in Hollywood, but he also does not forget about the Russian audience. During this period, three films were released with Mashkov in the title role: "Oligarch" (2002), "Idiot" (2003), "Piranha Hunt" (2006). And in 2008 the actor starred in the series "Liquidation". For the role of David Gotsman Mashkov receives the TEFI award.
In 2010, Vladimir became a laureate of the Golden Eagle Award for his work in the film The Edge. In 2015, another successful film was released with Mashkov in the title role - "Grigory R." A year later, "The Crew" appears on the screens - an exciting blockbuster with Vladimir Mashkov and Danila Kozlovsky. In 2018 he became the artistic director of Tabakerka.
Personal life
Vladimir Mashkov has never been deprived of female attention. The first wife of the actor is Elena Shevchenko. He met her at the school. Husband and wife did not differ in their calm disposition and were in no way inferior to each other. The romance began violently and passionately, but family life did not work out. In 1983, Vladimir and Elena got married, but did not live together for a year, their daughter Masha was born in marriage.
Mashkov met his second wife while studying at the Moscow Art Theater School. But even this relationship, despite the girl's calm and meek character, could not be preserved. The actor's third wife, Ksenia Terentyeva, is a beautiful blonde, journalist, designer. She supported her husband in everything, but in Hollywood he found another love - Oksana Shelest, whom he had to achieve for more than a year. The American actress and Mashkov lived together for 2 years, and then this marriage broke up. Now the actor does not tell reporters about his personal life, preferring to discuss only work and creativity.
