Epifantsev Mikhail Georgievich - Soviet and later Russian television actor. Michael was born on December 6, 1968. Death took him in early November 1998, at the age of 39. The reason for the cardiac arrest of the actor has not been established.
Epifantsev family
Father, Georgy Semenovich Epifantsev, was also an actor in cinema and theater (born 1939 and died in 1992). In 1960, George graduated from courses at the Moscow Art Theater, where he met Vladimir Vysotsky and was close friends with him for some time. Mother - Tatyana Epifantseva. She did not work long in her specialty - engineer, economist, and soon went into the artistic field. Tatyana was a theater worker and painted. Three years after the birth of Mikhail, the younger brother Vladimir appeared, and three years later - the younger sister Natalya. Vladimir Georgievich is also an actor, he can be seen in such popular films and TV shows as “Eight Best Dates” (2016), “Spy” (2012), “Live” (2006).
Biography of Epifantsev Mikhail Georgievich
Parents loved their eldest son Michael very much. Father took him everywhere with him wherever possible. This is what laid the foundation for theatrical and television career in young Misha. At the age of five, the little actor Mikhail Epifantsev played for the first time at the Moscow Art Theater in the play "Steelworkers".
The boy was quite flexible, so his parents decided to send him to a dance school. Only Misha managed to pass entrance exams from the entire group of children, but because of the excess weight that strict diets could not defeat, the actor was unable to perform on stage as a dancer. When the boy turned eight, he got the main role in the film "Together, Mom." The young actor managed to awaken sympathy for his hero in the audience, which raised the ratings of the channels through which the film was broadcast.
Despite his outstanding abilities in the theater industry, the boy liked to study at school and he did it well. When childhood ended, Mikhail Epifantsev decided to enter GITIS - the Russian Institute of Theater Arts. During the entrance exams, the young man got excited and failed the competition. Instead of the institute, Mikhail joined the army.
Upon returning home, the actor got a seat in the Album Theater, whose screenwriter was Gennady Yalovich. Due to propaganda scenes, the authorities considered it necessary to close the theater. Despite the efforts of the Album workers, politicians managed to win. After some time, Mikhail was invited to the Kitsch Theater, organized by Shilovsky. For unknown reasons, the theater was also closed and existed even less than the "Album". In total, the actor received two movie roles in his childhood and participated in small performances. Photo by Mikhail Epifantsev can be seen in this article.
The personal life of the actor and the tragic death
The personal life of the actor cannot be said to have developed well. Michael married the girl who gave birth to him a child. The boy had congenital paralysis, because of this the mother of the child, the wife of the actor, sent the baby to an orphanage and divorced her husband. Michael took his son to him, but soon began to drink. The immobilized son was in the arms of his grandmother, and Mikhail Epifantsev himself died in the company of drug addicts. Most fans think that death came due to an overdose.