A native of the Tula region and a native of a mining family - People's Artist of Russia Yevgeny Vladimirovich Knyazev - is considered to a greater extent a theatrical actor, but his filmography contains about three dozen successful films. He is best known to a wide audience for his leading role in the acclaimed serial film "Wolf Messing: He Who Seen Through Time".
A popular theater and film actor, Yevgeny Knyazev, is well known today throughout the post-Soviet space. For a long time he worked at the Vakhtangov Theater, but in recent years he began to appear on other theatrical stages, considering this decision justified due to the fullest realization of his creative abilities. The theater community especially liked his characters in the productions of "Berlioz", "Artaud and his double", "Provocations".
Biography and career of Evgeny Vladimirovich Knyazev
On August 9, 1955, the future idol of millions of Russian fans was born in a large working family far from the world of culture and art in the Tula region (settlement Skuratovo). Despite the environment, Zhenya dreamed of a theatrical stage since childhood.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education in 1972, Knyazev went to the capital and failed the exams at the Pike, after which he entered the Mining Institute. While studying at the university, he actively participates in student amateur performances, and during his practice in the city on the Neva he even managed to enter LGITMiK on the course of Ruben Argamerzyan. In 1978, Evgeny graduated from the Mining Institute and re-applied to the Shchukin School. This attempt has already become successful, and the aspiring actor began to acquire basic knowledge on the course from Lyudmila Stavskaya. At this time, his closest friend was Yevgeny Dvorzhetsky.
In 1982, Yevgeny Knyazev graduated from a theatrical university and entered the service at the Vakhtangov Theater, whose debut production on the stage was "The Rose and the Cross" (the role of Gaetan). And real success on the stage came to him after the release of the play "The Three Ages of Casanova", which the audience greeted with jubilation.
Evgeny Vladimirovich's cinematic debut took place in the film "Working on mistakes" (1988), where he played a teacher of the Russian language and literature. At present, behind the shoulders of the cinematic career of the People's Artist of the Russian Federation there are about three dozen films, among which the most famous are the following: "Fantastic Story", "Countess Sheremetyeva", "Simple Truths", "Let's Make Love", "Fifth Angel", " Wolf Messing: Seen Through Time "," Once Upon a Time in Rostov "," Criminal Police "and" House with Lilies ".
Personal life of the artist
The only marriage with art critic Elena Dunaeva filled Yevgeny Knyazev's life with real happiness and love. In this wonderful family union, two daughters were born - Alexandra and Anastasia. The girls decided not to follow in the footsteps of their eminent parent and chose completely different professions.
