Nikolai Prokopovich is a famous film and theater actor. He not only played on the stage, but also acted in films. On his account more than forty films. But fame and fame brought him the role of Himmler in the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring." In addition, Nikolai Konstantinovich participated in the Great Patriotic War and was awarded medals and orders.
Childhood
Nikolai Prokopovich was born on the fourth of November 1925. Tula became his hometown. His parents had nothing to do with the world of theater and cinema. So, the actor’s father, Konstantin Vasilyevich, was a simple engineer, and his mother, Maria Fedorovna, did not work, doing household chores. It is known that Maria Fyodorovna, nee Shelukhin, was a physician by her education.
In 1929, the whole family moved to the capital, as the father of the future actor was appointed head of the supply of the sugar refinery at Krasnaya Presnya. Not far from this plant named after Mantulin, the family settled.
War in the life of an actor
When the war began, the future actor Nikolai Prokopovich was still a teenager. Therefore, he and his sister Vera were sent to the Ryazan region. During the evacuation at Sotnitsyno station, he worked as a locksmith in mechanical workshops.
But already at the end of the summer of 1941, he again returned to the capital. A year later, Nikolai Prokopovich successfully passed exams for high school as an external student.
At this time, he spoke in a hospital in front of wounded soldiers. But in 1943 he was called to the front. It is known that he fought bravely and courageously and went the soldier's path to the squad leader. But in the spring of 1945 he was wounded, so the war ended when he was in the hospital.
For military merits Prokopovich Nikolai Konstantinovich was awarded a large number of medals and orders.
Education
Even in school years, the profession of an actor interested Nikolai, he even attended the theater studio, which was located in the House of Pioneers. Having returned home after the hospital, Nikolai Prokopovich, whose biography is eventful, enters the Moscow Art Theater School. And already in 1949 it successfully ends.
Theatrical career
Since 1949, Nikolai Konstantinovich begins to work on the stage of the Chamber Theater. But the very next year, he transferred to the capital's Pushkin Drama Theater. It is known that he successfully played such roles as Prince Tarakanov in the theatrical production of Shadows, Shchukar's grandfather in the play Virgin Soil Upturned and others. But Prokopovich Nikolai, whose actor the whole country knew and loved, appeared in a drunken state on theatrical tours in Sochi in the play “The Chair” and for this was immediately fired from the theater.
Then in the same year he got a job at the capital's Stanislavsky Drama Theater, in which he worked for two years. Since 1986, the actor Prokopovich Nikolai goes to work in the Mossovet Theater.
On the stage of this theater, he played not only dramatic, but also comedic characters in ten performances. This, for example, the role of Ermak in the theatrical production of "The Last Visitor", the role of Kustov in the play "Imperial Hunt" and others. Each of his hero has always been harmonious and easy for the audience to understand.
Cinematic career
The debut of the outstanding actor Nikolai Prokopovich, whose filmography includes more than 40 films, took place in 1948, when he played a small role as a German officer in the film "The Young Guard" directed by Sergei Gerasimov.
The next shooting took place only in 1957, when he was invited by the director Valentin Nevzorov in the film “The Ulyanovs Family” to play a secondary role of Ermakov. But the very next year he played another episodic role in the film "Sailor from" Comet ".
But still, the talented and outstanding actor Prokopovich became truly famous after he starred in films such as The End of Saturn and Path to Saturn directed by Villen Azarov.
In these films, the talented actor played Wilhelmy. This role of the head of the Abwehr school in the future was successful even in 1972, when Nikolai Konstantinovich starred in the film “Fight After the Victory”.
Significant was the role of actor Prokopovich in the film "Resident's Mistake", which was released in film distribution in 1968.
Two years later, the director Veniamin Dorman suggested Nikolai Konstantinovich to play in the continuation of the film “Resident Mistakes” - the role of the KGB colonel in the film entitled “The Fate of the Resident”.
In 1982, actor Prokopovich again appeared in the role of deputy head of Soviet intelligence and played Colonel Markov in the movie “Return of the Resident”.
In 1986 - the film "The End of Operation" Resident ".
But not only in military films acted outstanding actor Prokopovich. Many remembered his role as director Mymrikov in the film "Incorrigible liar" directed by Villena Azarov. Mimrikov does not believe his best hairdresser when he is constantly trying to explain his reason for being late for work, because his stories sound simply fantastic. This film was released in 1973 and immediately liked and remembered by the audience.
The role of Kraft in the multi-part film "Mikhailo Lomonosov" directed by Alexander Proshkin, which was released in theaters in 1986, was also noticeable. This film tells about the fate of the great scientist Lomonosov, and also shows the historical events in Russia in the eighteenth century.
Nikolai Prokopovich: “Seventeen Moments of Spring”
It is known that the role of Himmler in military films brought talented actor Prokopovich special popularity and fame. So, he played this role in the films "Homeland of Soldiers", "The Duma of Kovpak" and others.
The multi-part film “Seventeen Moments of Spring”, directed by Tatyana Lioznova, was released in 1973. The plot of the film takes the viewer to the end of the war. At this time, Stirlitz is being thrown to the Germans to find out about their plans. The Soviet intelligence is steadfast and courageous. Actor Prokopovich and Reichführer SS played talentedly.
Personal life
It is known that the outstanding actor Prokopovich was married twice. His first wife was actress Iraida Galanina, whom he met while working at the Chamber Theater. She also played on stage there. In this union was born the son Andrei, who became a translator.
The second wife of the talented actor was the actress Inga Zadorozhnaya. Together with Inga Trofimovna, the talented actor Prokopovich lived for forty-three years.
In recent years, the actor was often sick: he was constantly tormented by pains in the stomach, the ulcer that he received during the war affected. In 2004, Nikolai Konstantinovich underwent surgery, but only the pains did not disappear, and the actor did not feel better. In the same year, once right during the performance, he felt ill, but he nevertheless played out his role, although it cost him a lot of effort. More on the theatrical stages he did not go. And on February 24, 2005, he died in the capital.