Oleg Graf is a well-known film and theater actor, as well as a talented theater director. He became famous for playing supporting roles. But all viewers remember his diverse and unique characters in many famous and popular series. The actor died quite early, he was not even 50 years old.
Biography
Oleg Graf was born on July 12, 1968 in the capital. Nothing is known about the parents of the talented actor. After leaving school, he, on reflection, entered the theater studio, which was located at the Crimean Drama Theater. Oleg got on the course of an outstanding teacher Stretch. In 1991, he successfully completed his studies and began his work in the theater.
It is known that after that he also entered the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography at the faculty of directing and acting. In the workshop, his teacher was Surikov. In 2014, he successfully graduated from this training. Acknowledgment of Oleg Grafâs mastery was his admission to the Guild of Russian Cinema Actors.
Theatrical career
In 1991, the theatrical biography of the actor begins. Oleg Graf played in many theaters. So, on the stage of the Butyrka theater, he played the tsar in the play âAccording to the Pike Commandâ. And on the stage of the Central Academic Theater, he played the role of Nicholas I, and the role of the robber, and the role of the convict in the play âSaint Doctor Haazâ directed by Victor Surikov.
At the same time, Oleg Graf was studying at the Higher Director's Courses. During the training, he in the workshop of Vladimir Menshov, Vladimir Tumaev and Natalia Ryazantseva played Yusov in the play "Profitable Place" directed by Alexander Saliychuk. In the workshop of Vladimir Khotinenko, Pavel Finn and Vladimir Fenchenko, he played the role of Maxuel in the play âThe Stock Exchange Brokerâ directed by Tengiz Asitashvili.
After completing the directorial courses, Oleg Graf, whose films are interesting to the audience, appeared on the stage of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater, where he played the role of the Hungarian hussar Laszlo in the play âDamnation of Faustâ directed by Peter Stein.
Movie career
Oleg Graf in 2013 first starred in a movie. He played mainly secondary roles, although the filmography of the talented actor has more than 50 films. For the first time on screen, he appeared as a specialist in a construction company in the movie "Neformat." But the role was so small that his name is not even mentioned in the credits. In addition to this film, in the same year he starred in twelve films. So, this is the role of the gendarme in the movie "Secrets of the Institute of Noble Maidens", the role of pathologist Vilen Usov in the movie "Fifth Guard", the role of traffic police officer in the television series "Web - 7", the role of Eduard Rogov in the movie "Doctors' Case" and others.
In 2014, the talented actor Graf starred in 20 films. So, the most significant roles in this period are the role of Pankeev in the fourth season of the television series Sklifosovsky, although his last names are not mentioned in the credits, the role of Kravtsov in the documentary film Life After the Vanga, the role of Grigory in the television series Univer. New hostel â, which was broadcast on TNT channel, the role of TV presenter in the movieâ Svetofor âand others.
In the same year, he played such small episodic roles in some films that his surname was not even mentioned in the credits. For example, he played a doctor in a sanatorium, a radiologist, and then an ambulance doctor and the role of an operating doctor, the role of officer, police captain, card player, forensic expert, and others.
It is known that in 2015, the talented actor Oleg Graf played in 11 films. So, these were such roles as a senior police lieutenant in the movie School of Surviving a Lonely Woman with Three Children in a Crisis, DPS Inspector Trofimenko in the movie The Incredibility Theory, an official in the movie How I Became Russian, a school guard in the film "Rural Teacher", President of America in the documentary "Liberation of Europe" and others.
The very next year, the audience remembered him and fell in love with the small role of a Chekist in the famous TV series âThe Penaltyâ, the role of Nikolai the First in the documentary motion picture âZero Worldâ and others.
In 2017, the actor Graf starred in four films. So, he played the role of Felix Cowgill in the documentary film âKim Philby. The Secret War â, the role of Oleg Baron in the filmâ Requires a Leader â, the role of the director of the center of psychology in the filmâ Psychologists âand others. And the very next year he managed to star in three films: âTwo Comrades Servedâ, where he plays Mishan, âThe Curse of the Sleepingâ and in the second season of the series âPracticeâ.
Personal life
Oleg Graf, an actor who became famous after starring in the TV series Sklifosovsky, did not like to talk about his personal life. Therefore, there is simply no information about whether he is married and whether there are children.
Actor's death
Oleg Graf, whose actor the whole country knows and loves, unexpectedly died on March 12, 2018. This happened in Moscow. The talented actor was only 49 years old. According to the mother, oncology became the cause of death. The actor tried to hide this for more than a year and a half.