Actor Nazarov Gennady, by the age of 50, managed to play over 30 roles in films and TV shows. “Children of Monday”, “Eagle and Tails”, “72 meters”, “Composition for Victory Day”, “What a wonderful game”, “Thief” - these are just some of the famous films with his participation. The artist played the main role in the film “The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of the Soldier Ivan Chonkin”. What can be told about a talented person with a disarming smile in addition to this?
Actor Nazarov Gennady: the beginning of the path
The performer of the role of Ivan Chonkin is a native Muscovite, was born in March 1967. Actor Nazarov Gennady was born in an ordinary family that was not related to the world of dramatic art. Gena's father was a test engineer, the child was only three years old when he died in an accident. Mother was forced to raise two children alone for the salary of a kindergarten teacher. Nazarov has a younger brother, with whom the actor has a close relationship.
The absence of relatives-actors did not prevent the boy from becoming ill with the theater as a child. The theatrical world conquered Gennady when he was still in elementary school. From time to time, schoolchildren were taken to the theater, as was the custom in those years. The child began to dream of an acting profession, to actively participate in amateur performances, to attend a drama club. Of course, Gene soon became the permanent star of school productions.
Study, theater
After graduation, the future actor Nazarov Gennady became a student at the Theater Art and Technical College, choosing a fake faculty. As a student, he took part in the design of the productions of “Madame Butterfly” and “Murlin Murlo” by Roman Viktyuk, which were shown on the stage of “Contemporary”.
Then the young man entered GITIS on the first attempt, he was enrolled in the course, which was taught by Mark Zakharov. Nazarov was a sophomore when he was entrusted with the role in the production of Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro, which was on the stage of the Lenkom Theater. The actor received a GITIS diploma in 1996, after which he joined the creative team of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater.
Finest hour
The actor first appeared on the set in 1994, while he was still studying at GITIS. Gennady made his debut in the comedy melodrama Life and the Extraordinary Adventures of Soldier Ivan Chonkin. Surprisingly, the novice actor immediately managed to get the main role. The hero of Nazarov was the soldier Ivan Chonkin himself.
Critics unanimously decided that the actor coped with his first role excellently. His hero turned out exactly the way the writer Voinovich conceived of him, from the work of which the plot of the picture was borrowed. The soldier Ivan Chonkin is a character who for many years has become a unique visiting card of Gennady.
Interesting 90s Roles
In 1994, actor Nazarov Gennady starred in the lyrical comedy The Thief by Valery Uskov. The film is a tale of betrayal, fidelity and love, which is intended for adults. In this picture, the actor brilliantly coped with the role of a virtuous lawyer.
The audience also liked the character whose image Nazarov embodied in the comedy “Ryaba Kurochka” by Andrei Konchalovsky. The actor was perfectly able to convey the fussiness of his hero Serega, who in the picture personifies the national soul. The company Gennady on the set was Inna Churikova, who played the role of the incomparable Asya Klyachina.
In the 90s, Gennady Nazarov did not sit without work, films with his participation came out one after another. In the lyrical comedy Eagle and Tails, he reincarnated as the charming Vadik; in the retrodrama What a Wonderful Game, he brilliantly played student Kolya. The audience also remembered the merry fellow Lenya, whose image the actor created in the comedy "Barkhanov and his bodyguard." The actor also starred in the comedies "Police and Thieves" and "Children of Monday", in the detective "Kings of the Russian Investigation".
New century
In the new century, began to star in the series Gennady Gennadievich Nazarov. The actor agreed to a role in long-playing television projects primarily for the sake of money, noting the low quality of most of them. “Russian Amazons”, “Women's Logic”, “Detectives”, “Truckers”, “Turetsky March”, “Kamenskaya”, “Shukshin Stories”, “Striped Summer” - you can see it in all these telenovelas.
From time to time, Nazarov starred in a big movie. For example, he played one of the key roles in the film "The Grandson of the Cosmonaut" Andrei Panin. His character was the lonely artist Fedor Vnukov. The hero’s adventures begin with the fact that he learns about the existence of a half-brother, who spent the first years of his life in an orphanage. Relatives who suddenly found each other find it difficult to come to an understanding, they have a hard way to go. Complicating an already difficult situation is that Gena is black. Also, the actor starred in the tapes: "Angel on the sidelines", "Parcel from Mars", "72 meters", "May."
Personal life
Among the celebrities who are happy to share with the press the details of their personal lives does not belong to Gennady Nazarov. The biography of the actor indicates that for many years he has been married to a woman named Natalya. The star's wife is also an actress. Gennady Gennadievich met his life partner while studying at GITIS, they met during a dance exam. Natalya gave her husband two children.
Recently, an actor is rarely on the set. A serious kidney disease that has been bothering the star of Russian cinema for several years has prevented him from working fully. Gennady tries not to give up, often visits temples to pray for his recovery.