Who is Andrey Novikov? What famous films did the actor star in? How successful was his career? We will talk about this later in our article.
early years
Andrei Novikov, whose biography is considered in our material, was born on December 16, 1979 in the German city of Dresden. The father of the future artist was a hereditary military and was in the position of battalion commander. It was assumed that in the future the boy was also destined for a career in this area. However, the guy’s fate was different.
Already at the age of 11, Andrei Novikov began acting in films. At this time, the entire class of the boy was invited to participate in the samples for filming in the film of the famous Soviet director Igor Apasyan. It was Andrei who was lucky to get the job, who got the image of Tom Spalding in the film “Dandelion Wine”. The basis of the story was the plot of the story of the same name by science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. It is noteworthy that in the film, Andrei Novikov had the opportunity to work on the same set with such eminent artists as Vladimir Zeldin, Innokenty Smoktunovsky and Liya Akhedzhakova. From the latter, the young artist gained a lot of valuable experience.
Career development
During the participation in his first project “Dandelion Wine”, actor Andrei Novikov, whose photo can be seen in the article, often preferred the set to attend school classes. However, the young artist was not at all proud of the resounding success at such a young age after the film was released on wide screens. Andrei tried to remain an ordinary boy. Perhaps for this reason, the next role was not expecting him as soon as it might seem at first glance.
Once again, Andrey Novikov was involved in the filming of the movie only in 2002. It was at this time that he was invited to play a supporting role in the drama film Make Love. A touching love story made the young actor a rising star of the domestic screen. Numerous offers fell on Andrey to take part in promising projects.
This was followed by work on the filming of a mini-series called "Days of the Angel." In this tragic film Novikov appeared on the screen in the image of one of the central heroes.
Artist's finest hour
The real success came to Andrei Novikov after participating in the Graffiti project. Here, the actor played the main character named Andrei Dragunov. It is worth noting that for the filming in the film, the artist deliberately refused to cooperate with Fedor Bondarchuk himself, who invited him to the equally promising film "9 companies".
The film "Graffiti" tells the story of the fate of a young student at an art school. The latter devotes free time to decorating the city walls with his own creations. Soon, the hero's carefree life is overshadowed by unforeseen problems. Despite such a straightforward plot of the film, Novikov was able to fully reveal the character of his own hero and convey to the viewer the entire complexity of the feelings of his character.
Filmography
During his rather short career in domestic cinema, Andrei Novikov tried to refuse to participate in the filming of low-grade pass-through films. Perhaps that is why the actor’s track record includes such a limited list of films:
- "Dandelion Wine";
- “Make love”;
- "Maroseyka, 12";
- "Graffiti";
- "Days of the Angel";
- "Native people."
Tragic death
In the spring of 2012, a tragedy occurred. Andrei Novikov died suddenly as a result of a sudden hemorrhage in the brain. At that time, the actor was at the peak of his career, he did not yet have a family and children. Probably, he expected a lot of great roles. However, fate decreed otherwise.