Sergey Puskepalis is a talented director and famous actor. It was too late to act in films. Despite the fact that Sergei considers filming in films just a hobby, he managed to achieve considerable success in this area. He was remembered by the audience thanks to his roles in projects such as "Icebreaker" and "New Fir-Trees".
Sergei Vytauto was born in Kursk. It happened on April 15, 1966. His parents had nothing to do with cinema. The father was from Lithuania. Geologist by profession. Mom was from Bulgaria. She is a plasterer by profession.
short biography
Childhood years were spent in Chukotka, where the family moved when Sergei was very young. The move was associated with the work of his father. He worked in a geological exploration party. After receiving a disability, he began to work at the airport, where he was in charge of fuel and lubricants. The actor's mother also found a job. She helped build a nuclear power plant.
They did not live in Chukotka for long, eventually moving to another city - Zheleznovodsk.
At school, Sergei studied well. He was not a hooligan, he was distinguished by exemplary behavior. The thing is that Sergei did not want to upset his parents. He strove to ensure that both father and mother felt a sense of pride in their son.
Sergei did not think about the acting profession. He wanted to become a military pilot. But everything changed because of the usual laziness. Sergei had a friend who periodically skipped tests and essays. And he did it for a good reason, because attended the drama club. Sergei followed suit. He attended classes regularly, but not for long - only a month. However, this was enough: dreams of a military future disappeared.
After leaving school, our hero entered the Saratov Theater School. He studied under the guidance of Yuri Kiselev. After receiving his education, he went to serve. They called him into the navy. He served as a talented actor in Severomorsk.
After returning from the army, Sergei Vytauto got a job at the Saratov Youth Theater. Yuri Kiselev became its head. Sergei Puskepalis performed at the theater for 10 years. During this period, he performed many memorable roles. However, Sergei dreamed of more. Therefore, he left the theater and went to Moscow.
Directorial career
Sergei dreamed of working under the guidance of Pyotr Fomenko even while performing on the theater stage. And he managed to fulfill his dream after entering the RATI. He studied on the course of his idol.
Already in his student years, the director's talent was fully manifested. During the holidays, Sergei gathered actors, wrote scripts and staged performances. This is how the creative team called "Monday" appeared.
After receiving his diploma, Sergei worked for some time as an assistant to Peter Fomenko. But already in 2003 he made his debut as a chief director. In the period from 2003 to 2007, Sergei worked at the Magnitogorsk Drama Theater. However, he staged performances in other theaters: In the Chelyabinsk Drama Theater. Naum Orlova, in the Omsk theater "The Fifth Theater", in the youth theater of the Republic of Bashkortostan named after Mustai Karima, at the O. Tabakov Theater. In 2009, Sergei became the chief director at the Yaroslavl State Academic Theater. F. Volkov.
Sergei Puskepalis acted as a director not only in the theater. He directed the filming of the movie "Clinch". In addition, Sergey participated in writing the script for this film.
Success in cinematography
Sergei did not plan to build a career as an actor. He wanted to be known as a talented director. However, he still began acting in films. They managed to play their debut role in the movie "Walk".
His son helped him get the next role. Gleb starred in the film "Koktebel". The director of this project noticed Sergei and invited him to appear in the film "Simple Things". Our hero did not refuse. Before the audience, he appeared in the role of Maslov. It was this project that made Sergei a popular actor. For his masterful performance, he received several prestigious film awards.
Then there were roles in such projects as "Spring is Coming", "Apothecary", "How I Spent This Summer", "Attempt of Faith", "Witness Protection", "My Boyfriend is an Angel", "Life and Fate".
Successful for Sergei was the main role in the movie "Metro". Thanks to his skillful play, he not only won the love of the audience. Sergey was nominated for the Golden Eagle award.
The most popular project in the filmography of the famous actor was the film "Icebreaker". Sergei appeared before his fans in the form of the main character. The motion picture based on real events became one of the most successful in 2016.
Sergei's filmography includes a huge number of various projects. Among the most successful are such films as "New Fir Trees", "Shaman", "Golden Horde", "Operation Muhabbat", "Battle for Sevastopol", "Cry of the Owl", "Yellow Eye of the Tiger". At the present stage, Sergey is working on the creation of projects such as Trader and Cold Shores.
Off-set success
How are things going in the personal life of a popular artist? Sergey Puskepalis met his wife Elena in his youth. They lived in the same city and attended the same school. Elena's sister studied with Sergei.
Sergey and Elena have a child. The son's name is Gleb. He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming an actor. Despite having an apartment in Moscow, Sergei and his wife live in Zheleznovodsk. But the son prefers to spend all his time in the capital.
Sergei is not only an actor and director. He is also an entrepreneur. He has his own restaurant in Moscow. Sergey tries to do his best to make customers feel at home in the restaurant.
Sergey Puskepalis is not registered in any social network. However, his photographs can often be seen on his son's page.
Interesting Facts
- Sergei spoke his first words in Bulgarian, and only then he mastered Russian. But the actor never learned to speak Lithuanian.
- According to Sergei, life is the greatest gift. Therefore, one should not waste on such feelings as fear, despondency and tears.
- Sergei does not live in Moscow. According to him, it is better to spend several hours on flights, rather than standing in traffic jams. In addition, Sergei believes that Moscow is not very suitable for life at the present stage.
- As a child, a talented man was ashamed of attention to himself. He didn’t like to be disturbed. He did not particularly show leadership qualities.
- In the army, Sergei was in charge of the ship's library. So he read most of the time.
- In the movie "Black Sea" Hollywood actor Jude Law became a partner on the set.
- Sergei was originally supposed to serve in Afghanistan. But in the end he was transferred to the navy. The actor believes that he did not get to Afghanistan thanks to Ivan Dragomiretsky, who taught basic military training at the Saratov Theater School.
- When Sergei first came to Moscow to enroll in the course of Pyotr Fomenko, he had to be a janitor for some time. He also worked for a modeling agency. Sergei is still grateful to those times. After all, thanks to working with models, he could develop his directorial talent. The actor came up with sketches, wrote scripts, built a plot. Thanks to this, he received decent money, which was enough not only for training, but also for living in the capital.
