Gaft Valentin Iosifovich ─ outstanding artist of our country. His stunning works make an indelible impression and for a long time remain in the memory of even the most demanding viewers.
He was born and raised magnificent in Moscow, in the family of a lawyer. He spent his childhood in a small communal apartment on Matrosskaya silence. The family huddled in one room, but everyone was really happy and content. His father, Joseph Romanovich, was distinguished by a modest character and a proud nature. To his mother, Gita Davydovna, the boy always treated with special respect. She was a man with surprisingly subtle manners, she loved cleanliness and order in everything. The mother passed on these wonderful qualities to her beloved son.
In the 4th grade, Gaft gets to the play “Special Task” based on the work of S. Mikhalkov. So the future artist met with the theater. The boy enthusiastically watched everything that was shown on the stage, and unconditionally believed in what was happening. Admittedly, the play did not cause the young audience to decide to choose the profession of an actor, but brought him to the amateur school circle, where he plunged headlong into the creative process.
Moscow Art Academic Theater
After graduating from the ten classes in 1953, Valentin Gaft secretly decides to enter the theater institute. He chose his choice at the Shchukin School and the Moscow Art Theater School. Before the entrance exams, a fateful event takes place in the life of the future artist. By chance on the street he meets the star of the television screen Sergei Dmitrievich Stolyarov (Ruslan and Lyudmila, Sadko). Not bewildered, Valentine asks the famous actor to listen to him. Stolyarov was somewhat discouraged by the courage of the young man, but did not object. The lessons of the famous artist were not in vain: they immediately enrolled in the Gaft School-Studio.
Theater is a little life
After graduating from a theater institute, Gaft hardly finds a job. The first place of his service was the Mossovet Theater, where he made his debut in the play "Lizzy McKay" as the second detective. But significant parties were not offered to him, so the actor worked there for only a year. After some time, he settles in the Satire Theater, where he also does not stay long. Here, the actor will play literally one role - the scientist in the play “Shadow” by E. Schwartz. But later it was on the scene of this institution that he will perform the best of his roles - Count Almaviva in the famous production of “Crazy Day, or the Marriage of Figaro”. Further, the thorny path of the actor Valentin Iosifovich will continue in the Moscow Drama
Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.And after some time she will work on the stage with director A. Goncharov in the area of Spartakovskaya Street. 1965 will be a turning point in the career of a talented artist, he will meet Anatoly Efros. And from that moment, a bright streak will begin in the stage life that Valentine Gaft was waiting for. The actor’s biography will be marked by a fruitful creative union, since it is in the walls of the Lenin Komsomol Theater that he will receive invaluable experience, which will subsequently become the basis of his skill.
The actor’s last creative “haven” will be the Sovremennik Theater, where he will be invited by Oleg Mikhailovich Efremov. He serves in it to this day. He played almost three dozen roles, among which the following can be noted: Gusev in the play "Valentine and Valentine", the mayor in the "Inspector General", Baston "Scaffold", Leizer "Difficult People", James "The Pinter Collection" and many others. The walls of this theater a wonderful artist calls his second home. He fanatically loves the scene and tremendously values it.
Man named Kino
The actor’s film career was less successful, at the beginning of his career he had to play only episodic roles. But starting from the 70s, the picture is changing for the better, vivid and catchy images began to offer Gaft.
It is worth recalling at least Apollo Sataneyev in the musical comedy "The Wizards" or the main role in the film "Visit to the Minotaur", where he played Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov. Already in those years, the actor manages to portray his characters in a special manner. Each of his roles was in his own way unique and inimitably played. He acquaints the viewer with completely different types, exploring and passing the character of each hero through himself.
Filmography
Gaft Valentin Iosifovich brilliantly showed his talent not only on the stages of various theaters, but also loudly declared himself in the cinema. The film artist embodied his gift in dozens of films. The table below includes the most memorable masterpieces.
The most famous films with the participation of Valentin Gaft| No. | Date year | Film | Role |
| 1 | 2010 | Burnt by the Sun-2: Ahead | prisoner Pimen |
| 2 | 2009 | "Book of Masters" | talking mirror |
| 3 | 2007 | "12" | one of the jurors |
| 4 | 2005 | "The Master and Margarita" | Kaifa |
| 5 | 1997 | "Kazan Orphan" | magician |
| 6 | 1992 | "Anchor, another anchor!" | Fedor Vasilievich Vinogradov |
| 7 | 1991 | The Promised Heaven | homeless leader |
| 8 | 1988 | "Thieves in law" | leader of the bandits, Arthur |
| 9 | 1987 | “Forgotten melody for flute” | Lonely |
| 10 | 1982 | "Wizards" | Deputy Director, Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev |
| eleven | 1980 | “Say a word about poor hussar” | Colonel Pokrovsky |
| 12 | 1980 | "Black Chicken, or Underground Residents" | teacher / king |
| thirteen | 1979 | "Garage" | chairman of the cooperative Sidorin |
| 14 | 1975 | "Hello I'm your aunt!" | footman brasset |
| fifteen | 1973 | "Seventeen Moments of Spring" | Havernits |
This is not a complete list of films in which Gaft Valentine was involved. The filmography of the artist has more than 115 film works, but these are perhaps the most recognized and sensational paintings in his work.
Collaboration with director E. Ryazanov
The ingenious actor easily managed to fall in love with the moviegoer in the images that he was lucky to play in the films of the wonderful director Eldar Ryazanov. It was his ideological characters that brought the actor real popularity. Among the most interesting works are films with Valentin Gaft, such as: the brave and noble colonel Ivan Pokrovsky. A lone warrior who has attracted more than one female heart. A brave and resolute cavalryman, a man of word and honor, devoted to the hussar fraternity and military affairs from the film “Say the word about the poor hussar.” The head of the garage cooperative Sidorin, perfectly represented by Gaft in a self-ironic manner. The role was amazingly realistic performed by the actor. In1987, the artist miraculously copes with the character of a Soviet official, bureaucrat and servant in the film "Forgotten melody for flute." But perhaps the most striking and charismatic was his hero in the film "Promised Heaven", where Valentine played the leader of the homeless nicknamed President, despising existing laws, the communist system and desperately fighting for justice.
Popularity
The actor, beloved by many, is known not only for his work in the theater and cinema, but also for his numerous appearances on television. For example, filming in the television series "Buddenbroki", based on the novel by T. Mann. He is fluent in all kinds of genres of his profession, which allows him to use his greatest talents in many ways, to show him in a variety of forms from voicing in the studio to serious roles in the theater.
Valentin Gaft is an actor who treats his profession with special trepidation. Never in his life did he regret that he chose this particular area of activity. The artist gives himself entirely to the work, goes into it with his head. “Theater”, “cinema” for him are not empty words. Using them in his speech, he pronounces each concept with a soul and a sense of infinite respect. For him to leave the profession is like stopping breathing, the master’s love for the work that he has been doing all his life is so great.
Personal life
Today, the famous artist is married to the beautiful and wonderful actress Olga Ostroumova. For the first time, lovers saw each other on the set of the film "Garage", but they could only register marriage in 1993. Before that, Olga, like Valentine, was not free. In the acting environment, their couple is considered one of the most harmonious, despite the difference in age. Both have their own baggage of failures in their personal lives, but now they have found the happiness that they have been waiting for so long. “We feel each other without unnecessary unnecessary and unimportant words,” ─ admits Valentin Gaft in an interview.
Children occupy a special place in the life of an actor. He had a daughter, Olga. Unfortunately, in 1992, she committed suicide. Now the actor gives all his attention to the son of Olga Mikhailovna, Misha. He has been raising him since 10 years. And the soul does not cherish in the grandchildren of his wife: Pauline, Zahara and Faina. According to his wife: "Gaft is a great father and grandfather."
Epigrams in the life of a master
A talented person is talented in everything! These words, of course, can be attributed to the personality of Valentin Iosifovich Gaft. Some time ago, the artist discovered his literary abilities. Especially good, he can create epigrams. He devotes sharp, ironic, humorous poems to his colleagues and friends, very accurately noting their most hidden character traits. The epigrams of Valentin Gaft are full of aphorisms and comparisons, they clearly trace the extraordinary literary gift of the artist.
Awards
Gaft Valentin Iosifovich ─ outstanding personality, holder of many titles and awards. He is part of the Nika Russian Academy of Motion Picture Arts, is a member of the Union of Cinematographers, Theater Workers and Moscow Writers. For long creative work and the development of domestic theatrical art, he was awarded the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, III degree, and in 2011, II degree. He is also the Cavalier of the Order of Friendship, Laureate of the Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize and the first Laureate of the Theater Prize named after I.M.Smoktunovsky. In 2007, the actor was awarded the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor in the film "12", and in the same year he became a laureate of the Stanislavsky Theater Prize for his great contribution to the development of acting.