The biography of Anatoly Vasiliev, known to the general public on the series "Matchmakers", is quite simple and does not shine with scandalous events.
Anatoly Vasiliev was born on November 6, 1946 in the Sverdlovsk Region, the city of Nizhny Tagil. Classmates recall that he was a fun guy, performed at concerts, was the soul of any company - with a guitar, jokes and songs of the Beatles group in their repertoire.
Further, the biography of Anatoly Vasiliev continues in the engineering college, where he entered after graduating from high school. And to be Tolya an engineer, but suddenly he takes the documents and, deciding to go into the acting profession, leaves Bryansk, where he then lived, in the capital. In Moscow, he successfully passes exams and becomes a student at the Moscow Art Theater School, which he graduated in 1969.
Now begins the working biography of Anatoly Vasiliev - from 1969 to 1973 he works in the Moscow Theater of Satire, and a year later moves to the Theater of the Soviet Army. A deep male voice, textured manly appearance and temperament - all this makes the young actor special and in demand.
The biography of Anatoly Vasiliev perfectly continued at the Mossovet Theater in a comedic role. In 1995, the theater's artist met Anatoly and invited her troupe to the role of a rogue in the comedy School of Deadbeats.
Mikola Dymov in the film "Steppe" (director Sergei Bondarchuk, 1977) - the first notable film role played by the artist Anatoly Vasiliev. His biography in the movie was very successful - in all, in the filmography of the actor, more than fifty films. This one of the first roles of critics was appreciated.
Significant was the main role of Valentin Nenarokov in the film "Crew", which was brilliantly played by Vasilyev Anatoly Alexandrovich. His biography as an actor from that moment was predetermined: almost all of his subsequent roles were similar to this one - a soft dramatic hero that evokes the audience’s sympathy.
Next came the roles:
- Lomonosov’s father in Mikhailo Lomonosov;
- Shubnikov in the "General Shubnikov Corps" (main role);
- Fomin’s role in Hope and Support;
- Glory in the film "Beloved Woman Mechanic Gavrilova";
- Fedor from Ladies' Tango;
- "Adventure Firm" and others.
There were unexpected roles in the actor’s life - in the nineties he appeared in front of the viewer as a vampire in the movie “Your fingers smell like incense”.
Anatoly has two children - son Philip from his first marriage with Tatyana Vasilyeva and daughter Varia from his second marriage. The son, like his parents, is an actor in the theater. With his ex-wife Tatyana Vasilyev performs in the same play "Raffle", where they play the role of former spouses.
In 2012, the actor after four successfully played seasons of the popular comedy series "Matchmakers" left the project. As Anatoly explained in his interviews, due to disagreements with actor Fedor Dobronravov, who played the second matchmaker. Intelligent Vasiliev could not continue to play implausible stories and wanted to bring everything closer to real life, which the team working on the project did not accept and did not understand.