Actor Andrei Gaidulyan is known to millions of television viewers as the performer of the role of Sasha in the rating sitcoms "Univer" and "Sashatanya". Now this handsome and talented guy is on the crest of popularity. His life and career will be discussed in this article.
Childhood
Andrei Gaidulian was born in 1984, on April 12, in the capital of Moldova - the city of Chisinau. The boy’s dad was a military man and tried to raise a real military officer from his son. However, Andrei did not want to continue the family dynasty and follow in the footsteps of his father. The boy did not study well at school, he did only what he liked: he attended a theater studio, participated in school KVN. People admired Andrei’s abilities, said that he had a direct path to the actors. Gaydulyan believed in his own exceptionalism and after school he was going to Moscow to study as an artist. Parents were not enthusiastic about this decision, but did not interfere. They considered that the guy would quickly come to his senses in an unfamiliar city and, in the end, would return home. Andrei’s dad and mother opened a small sewing business and hoped that their son would continue their family business.
Training
Andrei Gaidulian was sure that in Moscow he would be welcomed with open arms. First of all, he gave the documents to the “Pike” and received a turn from the gate. Admission to the "RATI" also ended in failure for the future artist. This was a serious test for the pride of Andrew. Fortunately, he was admitted to the Institute of Contemporary Art. The guy carefully mastered the basics of acting craft, he studied with pleasure. Parents helped him in every possible way: rented an apartment, paid for his studies, sent money for a living. Andrei Gaydulyan, whose biography is covered in this article, says that his whole life will be grateful to mom and dad for their help and takes off his hat to those who managed to conquer the capital on their own. However, the future actor was not going to sit on the neck of his parents all his life.
Career development
After graduation, Andrei joined the Glas Theater. His acting rate was only 6,000 rubles. The guy worked as a scene assembler, delivered mail, visited all the castings to get any role. He had to act in commercials. He was involved in the projects Kulagin & Partners, Detectives, Mercy, Law and Order-2: Operational Investigation Department, in unremarkable, pass-through roles. If earlier the artist dreamed of working in a high-quality full-length project, now he wanted to take part in the filming of a long-playing series in order to earn a living. His hopes were destined to come true. Gaydulyan Andrey Sergeevich received an invitation to play the role of a student of Sasha in the sitcom "Univer". The first big role provided the actor with financial stability and popularity among viewers.
Project "Univer"
Filming in the rating series reminded Andrei of his former student life. Although the artist never lived in a hostel, he rented an apartment with three other students. And the situations that the actor had to play in the series reminded him of moments from his recent real life. He and his friends also ate food from each other, took turns in the toilet, suffered other hardships, but never despaired, lived funny and joyful.
In his character, correct and principled Sasha, the artist sees not only a positive hero, but also a person who has an internal nerve, complexes. Andrei likes the courage, sincerity, uncompromising character of his hero. At times, student Sasha goes too far, but at his age this is normal, the actor believes.
Andrey Gaydulyan, whose photographs flicker on the pages of famous publications, managed to make friends with partners on the set. He developed a very warm relationship with Alexei Klimushkin, who played in the “Univer" of Sasha’s father. Actors and outside the set called each other "son" and "father".
The artist says that thanks to working in a rating sitcom he learned to sleep professionally. The filming day of the actor lasted 12 hours. In the breaks between takes, Andrey managed to learn the role, so he also could not rest in the dressing room. As a joke, the actor declares that he is ready to defend a specialist’s diploma for lack of sleep of the highest category.
Movie roles
For several years of work in the television series, the artist gained wide popularity. He became a frequent guest in television entertainment shows, he began to be invited to shoot in other projects. In 2011, Andrei Gaidulian played roles in the films Full Contact and Manticore. Both paintings appeared at the box office at about the same time and did not have much success. In 2013, the Moldavian actor starred in the comedy “Friends of Friends” along with Garik Kharlamov, Yuri Stoyanov, Timur Batrutdinov and other famous artists.
Project "SASHATANYA"
A new breakthrough in his career for Andrei came with the release of the television series "Sashatanya". This project was a continuation of the beloved "Univer". In it, the heroes of Valentina Rubtsova and Andrei Gaidulyan begin to live a full-fledged married life, which brings them many surprises and funny misunderstandings. Sasha became henpecked, threw astronomy and got a job as an ordinary clerk. Masha has turned into an ordinary housewife and is raising a child. The heroes are still slightly "inadequate", but this makes their images touching and funny. The series has earned high ratings among viewers. Andrei Gaydulyan, whose biography coincides with certain aspects of Sasha’s life, believes that the theme of real family values ​​is close and understandable to all people. Therefore, the project has become so popular.
Birth of a son
In the last year of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Andrei Gaidulyan began dating a classmate, a girl named Rimma. Together with her, the actor went to work at the Glas Theater. The couple had a very difficult relationship, they quarreled all the time and after a year and a half broke up. But soon, Andrei learned that Rimma was carrying his unborn child. The question of abortion did not even stand. The actor was barely making ends meet, but decided to fully provide for the baby. After some trials, the artist got a role in "Univer", and his financial situation stabilized. However, neither the money nor the birth of the son of Fedor could save the actor's family. Andrey Gaydulyan and his wife broke up, now the baby lives separately from his dad. The artist considers this state of affairs to be wrong, but he can do nothing. He often visits his son, tries to take part in his upbringing.
Personal life
After parting with Rimma, the actor was left alone for a long time. He became a regular visitor to nightclubs, led a cheerful bachelor life. According to Andrei, in his life everything turned out perfectly, there was money, popularity, demand, but something was missing. There was no close loved one. In 2010, at the birthday of a friend and colleague Vitaly Gogunsky, the actor drew attention to a pretty girl at the bar. She had a beautiful name - Diana. She grew up in Tashkent, came to Moscow to get an education, but she never did. The girl mastered the profession of manicurist and began to lead a fun life in the capital. After a week of communication with Diana, Andrei discovered that unusual apartment and order reigned in his apartment. The oriental beauty subdued the artist with her economics and devotion. Since then, lovers have not parted. Diana goes to all the actor’s performances and goes on tour with him. How old is Andrei Gaydulyan? In 2014, he turned thirty. The creative take-off of the artist is just beginning, and in front of him there will be many interesting roles in the theater and cinema.