Boris Romanov: any role on his shoulder

Those who do not immediately understand by name and surname of this person who will be discussed in the article can recall his roles in the films “Entrance to the Maze” (scientist Vladimir Konstantinovich Lyzhin), “Silence of Dr. Evens” (Buami), “Crusader” (the owner of the mansion), "Dasha Vasilyeva. A lover of private investigation ”(Dr. Kon). All these roles were played by Boris Romanov. If someone doesn’t really like to watch Soviet cinema, then Vika Tsyganova’s clip “Love and Death”, in which the actor played Death, was for sure seen.

Theatrical work

Actor of Soviet and Russian cinema Boris Leonidovich Romanov was born in March 1942. Despite the fact that the first years of his life were terrible and difficult - there was a war, the boy did not lose his presence of mind. Very early, he began to cherish his dream: to become an actor. At seventeen, the boy entered the theater studio at the Saratov Drama Theater. It was there that he debuted on the professional stage.

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Four years later, Boris Romanov became a student at the Moscow Art Theater School, after which he was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Drama Theater. He went on this scene for fifteen years, playing in many productions. For the formation of him as a theater actor, an important role was played by acquaintance with the director Anatoly Vasiliev, who invited Romanov to his play.

It was together with Vasilyev Boris Romanov, an actor of the drama theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky, moved to the Taganka Theater and worked there for three years. It was there that he played one of the most noticeable and interesting characters on the stage - Lars in the play "Serso", which was directed by Anatoly Vasiliev based on the play by Slavkin.

A life that was not ...

27 years ago Boris Romanov, biography which is full of interesting and multifaceted characters in the theater and cinema, he came to the Moscow Theater “Hermitage”, where, under the strict guidance of the director, his talent began to play with new bright colors.

For all this time, the actor had a chance to play a huge number of characters in different genres: there was psychological drama, and comedy, and an eccentric, and tragedy. Quite often, his heroes were ambiguous and even a little strange, possessed a subtle psyche and a “double bottom”. He was Baron Gondremarque in Paris Life, Count Stroganov in Monster, cowardly Doctor in My Shadow, Prince Abrezkov in Living Corpse.

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Not so long ago, Romanov admitted to journalists that it was in the Hermitage that he had found that very peace of mind that he had lacked for many years.

Cinema life

Boris Romanov began acting in films in the distant 1965. And for twenty long years he was shot only in episodic roles (for example, Balashov in the drama Agony or Gerhard Rau in Beethoven’s Life).

His first main role happened only in 1984. The character of Romanov was the Chemist in the famous picture of the duet of talented people - Alexander Mindadze and Vadim Abdrashitov "Parade of the Planets", a philosophical parable. This film tells about several men who embarked on a serious journey through their own lives - from their long past youth to old age, just around the corner.

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In the difficult nineties, when many actors were left without work, Boris Romanov did not sit on the bench. He could be seen from time to time on the screen in different films.

Two thousandths began. There is more work. Boris Leonidovich was more often invited to the roles of scientists, doctors, and similar characters. During this period, he happened to play Ben Betzapel in the film “Beyond the Wolves 2”, father Eustrachius in the drama “The Witch Doctor”, expert Zakhar Ionych in the detective series “Maryina Roscha”.

Latest events

In the second half of February 2017, Boris Romanov (the actor discussed in this article) was hospitalized in the City Clinical Hospital, within the walls of which he was put in the neurosurgical department. This was reported by the reference service of a medical institution.

He had injuries and head injuries, which he received after losing consciousness and falling. This happened in the house of his nephew. Actor Boris Romanov, whose personal life, whose biography has been closely watched by fans of his work for many years, got up from the couch when he suddenly felt ill. He fainted, banging his head on the floor.

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Appropriate treatment was carried out, and the actor, who felt much better, was discharged home, under the supervision of a doctor.

Now the 75-year-old actor has not yet acted in films and does not go on stage in order to preserve his health. But he is sure that very little time will pass, and he will again return to his beloved work.


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