On May 21, 1962, Oleg Fomin was born in Tambov. A biography about his family practically does not mention. It is only known that the father of our hero was called Boris. Oleg’s childhood dream was a great desire to become an actor.
His mother contributed to the study of literature. In school years, Oleg enthusiastically studied chess, barbell, boxing, participated in amateur performances from the eighth grade.
The beginning of the creative path
After finishing the tenth grade, Oleg went to Moscow to enter the theater universities, where he passed entrance exams in several at once . His choice fell on the Higher Theater School named after Shchepkin, where the leader of the group was Yu. Solomin. In his student years, Oleg, trying to independently provide for himself, mastered several professions. During his studies, he was offered to star in the film "Silver Lakes" with a small role. Of course, the hero of our article, Oleg Fomin, did not miss such an opportunity. The filmography of the actor began with this tape and continued filming in several low-budget films with episodic roles.
After graduating from college, Fomin went to Riga and got a job in the local youth theater. So Oleg worked in the theater for several years, until then, until he was noticed by V. Rybarev, the wife of the director, who was in search of a hero for the crime drama “My Name is Arlekino”. Fomin was invited to sample. Thus, the main role in the film about the leader of Soviet hooligans - Arlekino - went to an unknown actor at that time
named Oleg Fomin. His biography as a professional film actor begins with this picture. After its release, our hero woke up as a famous person. Letters from fans came to him in bags, spectators crowded into movie theaters.
But, despite the success, after filming the film, he returned to Latvia and continued his equally successful work in the theater. Director A. Vasiliev gave him the main roles. Everything was going well. At first, Fomin had eight main roles, then the score reached fourteen. The number of performances per month reached twenty-eight. A frequent spectator of the theater was Raymond Pauls.
First failures
In the eighties, actor Oleg Fomin starred in such famous films as "Rubbish",
"Revenge", "Fan-2." In the 90s, the Latvian-Russian theater in Riga was closed, and our hero returned to Moscow. The directors did not offer him good roles, which led Fomin to shoot his own films, where he was both a director and an actor.
In the new field of 29-year-old Oleg did not expect the expected success. The first film, "Cute Ep", about the history of high school students, critics did not approve. The second work, "The Time of Your Life," generally went unnoticed. Removing his own tapes, Fomin simultaneously worked as an actor in films and other directors. Films with the participation of Oleg Fomin: “Contract with Death”, “Country of the Deaf”, “Vesegonskaya Wolf”, “Game in earnest”, etc.
In 1997, the third film of the director was released. The picture "Publican" was offered to the audience by Oleg Fomin. Critics were again dissatisfied with the work of our hero, which Oleg did not stop. After that, such films as “Panther. Probationary period ”,“ Rescuers. Eclipse "," Conference of maniacs. "
Long-awaited success
The series “Next.” Really helped to achieve the desired recognition and success. Next »where Oleg Fomin was involved in the role of director. The filmography of unsuccessful directorial work with the beginning of the release of this series has ended. Oleg needed ten years to achieve such recognition and success. The main role of the series was played by A. Abdulov, who in the story was a thief in law. He suddenly met his son and tried to establish a relationship with him. The television series has gained a lot of fans.
Further Fomin continued his success and took off the tape “Fatalists” with A. Abdulov and I. Rozanova, “Next-2”, “Next-3”, “KGB in a tuxedo”, “March of Turetsky”, “Lord officers. To save the emperor ”(he played the main role). In 2009, as Oleg himself admits, he shot his worst work - "The Best Movie-2", where famous comedians of the country play. A year later, Fomin presented two series to the audience: “Natural selection” and “Cool men.”
In the late nineties, he mastered the work of theatrical director. After all, creative individuals are not used to dwell on the results achieved. At the theater stages he was presented several productions.
Actor's family
Our hero does not like to talk about this topic. It is only known that his first wife was called Alice. Fomin maintained the warmest relations with her.
The name of the second wife is unknown to a wide circle of people. The third wife was called Alain. This marriage, like the previous ones, ended in a breakup, and Oleg Fomin, whose family is his son Daniel, began to maintain close relations with him, giving them all himself.
Between them reigns love and mutual understanding. Fomin admits that his son is a big fan of his father’s work. When he was little, when he saw in the film how his dad was dying, he was very scared. But the child was explained that this is not real.
In 2005, when Fomin was still in his second marriage, which was already cracking, he met Anna Semenovich on the set of one film. The whole working period, Oleg looked after Anya, brought her coffee. But after the filming, Fomin returned home, and the girl went on tour. A month later, he could not stand it and made an appointment Semenovich. Later they began to live together in Ani’s apartment. But this union did not end with anything. The couple broke up.
Two years later, Fomin began dating 17-year-old Masha Balym. This happened after the third day of their acquaintance.
Actor in politics
Once Oleg Fomin decided to try himself as a participant in the elective company of V. S. Chernomyrdin “Our Home is Russia”. He was offered to be a director of the politician, although up to this point thirteen directors had been fired due to the fact that they had not coped with the task.
He later admitted that politicians, like artists, are ready to come to power at all costs, sparing no means for this.
"Election Day" by Oleg Fomin
After participating in the election campaign of Chernomyrdin, Fomin decided on a bold project and removed the tape “Election Day”.
In the film, he shows the entire inner content of cowardly and unprincipled politicians. There is no positive character in this scenario. The heroes of the film are ready to bring anyone to power.
The tape was a wild success with the viewer.
Cinema about Putin
In 2002, Fomin was invited to become the director of the film about Putin. But he, due to his employment in the filming of the movie "Next", became the artistic director of the project.
The picture tells about the acquaintance of the flight attendant Tatyana with the future official Platov, about their marriage, about their love story. And how he became president of the country. The main roles in the film went to A. Panin and D. Mikhailova.
Oleg Fomin himself and the director of the film by O. Zhulin deny the fact of the film adaptation of the president’s biography, saying that this is a collective image. They claim that the film was shot about the plight of the wife of an always busy official who does not have enough time for a house and family. Later A. Voropaev (co-author of the script and general producer) admitted that V. Putin and his wife Lyudmila were really the prototypes of the heroes.
The film did not appear at the box office. Only five years later it was possible to purchase a movie on DVD called "Kiss is not for the Press." Although both in Russian and in foreign media this tape is called a "film about Putin."
Awards and prizes
Oleg Fomin in 1993 for the film "Cute Ep" at the film festival "Constellation" received a prize in the competition "Stars of 2000". The rewards do not end there. Four years later, at the Listopad international film festival in Minsk, our hero received a special prize for the search for moral absolutes for the film “Publican”. Other work and roles of Oleg deserved recognition. At the film festival "Smile, Russia" for the tape "Okay" he was awarded a prize in the nomination "The Most Spectator Film". In 2011, at the IV International Film Festival “Nobility’s World” he received the “Grand Prix” for the film “Gentlemen Officers. Save the Emperor” (for director and acting and work).
Fomin now
Now the actor and director Oleg Fomin, whose filmography includes more than sixty roles in the cinema and twenty directorial works, does not stop there. As before, he is engaged in filming in films, playing in the theater and directing. Oleg Fomin’s films and those in which he starred have a clear understanding of which movie to film, what kind of character the audience would like to see and how to play their part. This must be done so that the picture, regardless of the elapsed time, is close and understandable to the viewer.
The actor admits that he loves shopping, although this is not a male occupation (according to him). Thus, Fomin relieves stress accumulated after working days, is distracted from the hardships of being and is charged with positive.