Russian viewers saw this beautiful gray-haired actor on their television screens not too long ago. However, his first roles made him speak not only of ordinary viewers, but also of professionals.
Children and teenagers
The future actor Anatoly Kotenev was born in sunny Sukhumi, in September, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight. His dad was a train driver, and his mother was a kindergarten teacher. When the baby was one year old, the family moved to Nevinnomyssk. At an early school age, Anatoly dreamed of becoming a sailor. A little later, he began to attend a circle of aircraft models and really fell in love with this lesson. The guy forgot his dream of the sea and seriously engaged in hang gliders.
In the seventh grade, Anatoly Kotenev was carried away again. This time it was a theater. For the first time, the actor appeared on the stage in the Palace of Culture of Nevinnomyssk. After graduating from school, at first, at the insistence of his parents, the young man received a “serious profession” - a turner-borer. After some time, he entered the theater school. It was in the city of Sverdlovsk. A year later, he was drafted into the army.
Studying in Moscow
Having served safely, Anatoly Kotenev did not return to Sverdlovsk, but decided to immediately conquer the capital. Moscow did not open its arms in front of him. As soon as they learned at the theater universities that the applicant had already studied at another school, they immediately refused him. Thus, Anatoly could not enter the Shchukin school and VGIK. After two attempts that were unsuccessful, he managed to enter the famous Moscow Art Theater School, the studio of I. M. Tarkhanov.
Work in the nineties
While still studying at the university, Anatoly Kotenev first appeared in the film “Unknown Soldier” by G. Aronov. And after graduation, he was immediately approved for the main role in the film "Sailor Zheleznyak" V. Dudin. It would seem that the aspiring actor has brilliant prospects, but Anatoly Kotenev, whose photo you see in this article, did not have the opportunity to stay in the capital. Therefore, he gladly accepted the invitation of Boris Lutsenko, the head of the Minsk Theater of Film Actors. Inspired and full of hope, the actor went to Belarus.
Contrary to expectations, during his long career at the famous film studio Belarusfilm, the actor received only two main roles. Only in the nineteen eighty-sixth year did Kotenev play his first significant role in the film The Secret Fairway. Then there were a few more minor works, after which a wide black stripe came .
The crisis began in the country, cinema became useless to anyone, it was necessary to somehow survive. The actor was engaged in chasing, drawing, carving. A little later I met jewelers in Minsk, bought the necessary tool and began to make rings.
Anatoly Kotenev, whose biography was associated with cinema by invisible threads, at that time simply survived. Unfortunately, in those troubled times, a huge number of talented actors were in this position.
New opportunities
In the middle of two thousand and two, the actor was invited to star in the film “Between Life and Death” at the Belarusfilm film studio. The name of this tape to the actor seemed significant, and he decided to go to Moscow. He believed that in the capital he would have more opportunities to work by profession. Since then, his house is in Minsk, and the main work is in the capital. Less than a month after arrival, and Kotenev already managed to star in the series "The Best City of the Earth."
Anatoly Kotenev, whose filmography began to replenish with work in the series, admitted that this was not at all what he dreamed about, but he had no choice.
TV roles
The actor began acting in TV shows largely due to one conversation with his mother. She told her son that the actors of the series are loved and popular among the audience, and their colleagues, who are rarely shot, are simply envious of them. When he was offered to play in the telenovela of Ondine, he agreed without hesitation. He got the role of the wealthy businessman Tarakanov, who came to rest in a seaside town. The series was very popular. Women closely watched the development of the plot.
After this film, the actor was waiting for a series of series. All of them were popular with viewers: “Doomed to become a star”, “Undina-2”, “Three from above”, “I thank you for everything”.
In the series "Witching Love" Anatoly Kotenev appeared before his fans in a new, not typical for himself, image of a hero-lover, a sort of macho man who does not miss a single woman. True, the actor and this hero tried to add a little humanity. Anatoly Kotenev, whose biography changed after arriving in the capital, began to play various roles. He parted with his usual role as fathers of film heroes, military or FSB officers. He began to be offered serious and characteristic, and sometimes negative roles ("Escape from the Gulag").
Anatoly Kotenev: family
The actor is married. His wife in nineteen eighty-nine was Svetlana Borovskaya, then a student at a theater institute in Minsk. Today she works as a TV presenter on the First Channel of Belarus. Svetlana and Anatoly have two sons - Vladimir (1989) and Klim (1998).
Anatoly Kotenev: filmography
We will talk about the latest works of the actor. Today, Anatoly works in different genres: from comedy to drama.
“Kiss” (2013), melodrama
The pretty and cheerful girl Natasha, having graduated from school, leaves her native village for far Moscow. Her goal is to make people beautiful. In her village, she is a famous cosmetologist and hairdresser, but she wants to learn this business and be a professional. Her dream is to become a cosmetologist-dermatologist in the most prestigious clinics in Moscow, and even better - a world-class star. Oddly enough, but a girl without money, housing and friends finds work and meets her first love. She falls in love with the intern of Ivan Voroshilov, who seduces her. Soon, he leaves for a year to work abroad. Natasha suffers, and only the news of pregnancy brings her back to life ...
The Fight (2014), detective
The main character of the picture cannot remember anything about his past life. The keys and notes found in his pockets brought him to the apartment, which did not add clarity. The only thing that became obvious to him was that he was not a very simple person. He made such a conclusion, having discovered in the apartment huge amounts of money and passports for different surnames. At the same time, the FSB is investigating a case of seven missing young people. All of them are orphans, and this is an alarming consequence. Eugene is fully suitable for these parameters, and he is being monitored ...
“Ivan and Tolyan” (2014), comedic detective, in production
A picture of two losers who dream of saving the world and solving high-profile crimes. They consider themselves fighters for justice. Tolyan wants to take revenge on the murderers of his parents, and Ivan wants to prove to his ex-wife that he is no worse than the businessman to whom she went. Friends open a detective agency. However, the crime of the century does not fall into the attention of detectives, they have to interrupt with small uninteresting orders. The situation changes when a charming assistant comes to them, but in fact an experienced thief Mila. She managed to steal from the leader of the bandit group an old postage stamp, which costs more than five million dollars. Unlucky employers become accomplices in crime and are now forced to hide from mafia ...
Today, Anatoly Kotenev starred a lot, he is full of creative plans, waiting for new interesting roles.