Today, actor Sergei Puskepalis is a sought-after artist and director of theater and cinema, he has won many awards and is adored by the audience. But the path to success was not easy. Let's talk about the life of Sergei Puskepalis, his roles and directorial work, personal life.
Childhood and parents
The future actor Sergey Puskepalis was born on April 15, 1961. His father Vytautas was Lithuanian, and his mother came from a Bulgarian family. Such an unusual national batch in Sergey’s blood affects his character and temperament. He speaks a little Lithuanian today, but he has not mastered Bulgarian. At the time of the birth of his son, a young international family lived in Kursk, but almost immediately after his birth moved to Chukotka. The head of the family, who was a geologist, was sent here to work. In the northern city of Bilibino, the childhood of a future artist was passed. Life in the harsh North was reflected in the life of the boy. Since weather conditions often did not allow people to leave home for weeks, and the Puskepalis did not have a TV, he read a lot, thought. My father had a library, and at 8 years old Sergey was already Chekhov, and at 9 - "Tsushima" Novikov-Priboy. By the end of school he was a well-read young man.
When Sergei was a teenager, the family moved to the Caucasus, in the city of Zheleznogorsk. The actor’s parents lived in this city for the rest of their lives and are buried there. Puskepalis himself believes today that his house is in Zheleznogorsk.
Education
After school, the future famous actor Sergei Puskepalis entered the famous Saratov Theater School. While still at school, he studied in a theater studio, and this helped him pass the entrance exams. Sergei went to a course with an outstanding teacher Yuri Petrovich Kiselev, many outstanding actors grew up in his workshop. The teacher played a significant role in the life of Puskepalis.
Later, in the late 90s, Sergei realized his long-held dream and entered the Russian Academy of Theater Arts, in the workshop of Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko.
The beginning of the creative path
Even while studying at school, actor Sergei Puskepalis, whose biography is firmly connected with theatrical art, began to appear on stage in the crowd in the Saratov Youth Theater, where his teacher worked. Upon completion of training and service in the navy, he entered this theater, where he worked for more than 10 years. Thanks to his teacher, actor Sergei Puskepalis quickly gained skill and soon played the main roles in many of the performances of the Youth Theater. His roles in the performances “These Free Butterflies” based on the play by L. Gersh and “The Marriage of Belugin” by A.N. Ostrovsky.
In 2001, Sergey graduated from the RATI, Slapovsky's play “Twenty-seven” became his diploma performance. The work was highly appreciated not only by the examination committee, but also by criticism. The performance was sent to the Baltic House Festival.
Puskepalis Director
Even while studying at the Academy, Sergei helped his master Petr Fomenko in staging performances. And at the end of training, the latter takes a graduate to the post of assistant director in his theater. The result of their collaboration is the play "Egyptian Nights." Since 2002, Puskepalis begins to work independently, the first notable production was the play "Life is Beautiful" in the theater in Kamchatka. then there were works in the studio of O. Tabakov, in Omsk. Ever since studying at Fomenko, Puskepalis began to collaborate with a group of Samara students, from which the Monday experimental theater was later born.
In 2003, Sergey became the main director at the Magnitogorsk Theater. Here he worked for 4 years and staged several good performances. At the same time, he tries himself in pedagogy, conducts a course at the local conservatory in acting.
In 2009, Puskepalis was invited to Yaroslavl, where for 3 years he served in the drama theater as the main director.
Despite the fact that films with actor Sergei Puskepalis are very popular today, he does not leave directing, working in many theaters in the country.
Puskepalis actor
Sergey began his professional career as an actor, after school he played in the Saratov Youth Theater. But later he realized himself as a director and quite took place in this profession. He did not see himself as a film actor and only in 2003 starred in a small episode with A. Teacher. But he did not consider this episode as something serious, assuring that it was only a hobby for him. Surprisingly, he got into the acting profession thanks to his son. Little Gleb Puskepalis passed the selection for a role in A. Popogrebsky's film Koktebel. During the filming, the director drew attention to the father of his young actor. In 2006, he invited Sergei to the main role in the film "Simple Things", where he happened to play in a duet with L. Bronev. From this start, Puskepalis's stellar career began. Every year he releases new works, which often receive awards and are highly appreciated by critics. Today, actor Sergei Puskepalis is a highly sought after professional, he works a lot in the movies. The critic notes that he has a special energy, charisma. Its appearance on the screen does not go unnoticed, even in small roles. Therefore, modern directors are trying to get Puskepalis in their films.
Theater work
The successful actor Puskepalis Sergey, whose family was not connected with art, successfully realized himself in the director's profession. Today, he has accounted for nearly three dozen productions in various theaters, in Magnitogorsk, Omsk, and Chelyabinsk. He put on many plays by A. Slapovsky, whom he met in his youth in Saratov. It was Puskepalis who became the "guide" of the playwright to the big Russian stage. Since the mid-2000s, they began to invite him for productions in Moscow theaters. In 2007, he staged “The Marriage of Belugin” in “The Snuffbox”, in 2009-2010 - two performances in the Drama Theater. Volkova, in 2009 - “God of the massacre” in “Contemporary”. Despite the fact that in recent years cinema occupies more and more space in Sergey’s life, he still considers himself a theater man and says that he’s “happy to come to the theater”.
Movie work
In contemporary Russian cinema, actor Sergei Puskepalis, whose filmography includes 25 films, occupies a worthy place. He is famous, receives many offers, he has a lot of prizes and awards. The very first major work in the cinema, the tape "Simple Things" immediately showed the scale of the talent and skill of Puskepalis. The following films, “How I Spent This Summer” and “Attempted Faith” have already brought real fame to the actor. Significant milestones in his career were the tapes “Life and Fate” based on the novel by V. Grossman, “Metro”, “Scream of Owls”, he was able to work in the British project “Black Sea” with the participation of Jude Law.
Despite the undoubted acting success, Puskepalis remains true to his main vocation - directing. In 2013, he tries himself in the film, according to the script of his beloved writer A. Slapovsky. The Clinch tape was released in 2015 and became a notable phenomenon in the national cinema sky. Now Puskepalis is shooting the series "Peresud" according to the script of A. Slapovsky.
Personal life
Actor Sergei Puskepalis, whose personal life is very interested in the general public, has long been married. He met his future wife in his youth, together they went to the theater studio "Anthill" in Zheleznogorsk. But then there was no romance between them, but a few years later they met at the next anniversary meeting of the studio and Sergey realized that Elena was his fate. In 1991, the couple got married, after 2 years their son Gleb was born. Puskepalis’s wife is a geologist, but she doesn’t work by profession, she lives in Zheleznogorsk and Sergei comes to her when the slightest opportunity arises. Gleb Puskepalis graduated from the RATI, the workshop of S. Zhenovach and is currently filming in Russian cinema.