Boris Klyuyev is an actor of the old Soviet school. Like most representatives of this cohort, he went all his way to fame without passing a single step. He began, despite a higher acting education, with the roles of mass and episodic. However, the actor was successful, he is recognizable and loved by the viewer.
Childhood
He studied at school Boris is not very diligent. The family was incomplete, the mother raised her son alone, early widowing, it was very difficult for her. Father served as an artist, died during a tour of a heart attack, when the boy was only four (in 1948). Mom devoted her whole life to her son, she began to marry no more. Like many of his Moscow peers who grew up in the post-war years, Boris Klyuyev was also subject to the notorious “street influence”. His biography could have been much less successful if it were not for Claudius Polovikov, a wonderful actress from the Moscow Drama Theater, who once decided to stage a school play and noticed a promising young man. The role was a match for the performer, “the devil of the first category” in the “Devil's Mill”. Even then, an unusual and some kind of “not ours” appearance distinguished the young man, and the negative charm later helped in the profession that he chose. Needless to say, the schoolchildren who watched the performance liked the sight, and the performer of the “first-class” servant of the ashes became a popular person.
Admission to the theater school
The young man had to start working early, right after school, and in the simplest working positions. To improve my well-being, I had to do everything I paid for: digging the ground, wearing square, rolling round. My father once studied at the "Pike" (Shchukin Theater School), Boris Klyuyev decided to follow his footsteps, successfully passed the exams, but did not accept documents due to the upcoming draft in the armed forces. Then the young man tried to become a student of "Sliver" (school named after Shchepkin), but the situation there was similar. Three years in army boots and caps were not in vain, the young man grew stronger and matured, while not abandoning his dream of becoming an actor.
Early years in art
In 1969, he still graduated from college. M.S. Shchepkina and received distribution in the Maly Theater. In his student years, there was also an acquaintance with the "magical world of cinema", although very approximate. Subtle episodes and extras became both a school and a way to earn extra money. The young actor Boris Klyuyev appeared briefly on the movie screen in the image of a French soldier (War and Peace), then a patrolman from The Punisher (having a good appearance), and a reporter (Red Tent). Not always his name was even mentioned in shooting galleries. The situation on the stage was approximately the same: either the third patient in the “Chamber”, the second policeman from the “Vanity Fair”, or the second lord in the “Glass of Water”. These dumb roles (or "Eat Served!", As their artists call each other) at that time were an inevitable stage in the life of every young minister Melpomene, Boris Klyuyev did not see anything offensive in this either. His biography was enriched by interesting and serious works after the “Summer Residents”, a play staged by A. M. Gorky, where he was entrusted with the character of Zamyslov. He had to endure the vagaries of E.A. Bystritskaya, a real star of the stage and screen, but the reward was success and vast experience. The chief director of the Maly Theater Varpakhovsky believed in the giftedness of the young actor, and other interesting roles began to trust him.
Movie
In the seventies, Boris Klyuyev was interested in filmmakers solely as the owner of a "foreign", "White Guard" appearance, which corresponded to expressive characters, but most often negative ones. That is how the actor was remembered for his episodic roles in The Ruin of the Empire, Walking through the Agony, and some other films. In the next decade, the tradition of “hostility” was broken by Mycroft, the brother of Sherlock Holmes, who cannot be attributed to villains. Rochefort from the “Three Musketeers” by Yungvald-Khilkevich turned out to be interesting and convex. However, all these roles were second-rate and little remembered. But Trianon has become a real example of negative charm.
"TASS authorized ..." and the image of a spy
The television film-serial about the work of the Soviet counterintelligence of the KGB "TASS authorized ..." aroused great interest, especially since it was based on many events that took place in real life. Deciding to play a spy was not easy, our viewer's mentality is such that he often associates the character with a performing actor, but Boris Klyuyev understood that such an antihero would be remembered, and he was not mistaken. Oddly enough, but it was the image of the traitor that raised the artist's popularity to unprecedented heights, especially among women. Some episodes were even cut out of the picture so that they would not distract the viewers from empathizing with the courageous struggle of the Chekists against the secret machinations of the imperialists. By the way, in this film, the actor played two roles (the spy and the KGB officer, who, in turn, plays the role of a traitor). At the same time, the Chekist had to shoot longer for shooting time than a foreign agent.
Voice acting
There is another part of the acting profession, which is engaged in Klyuev. In it, he can also be defined as a "fighter of the invisible front." Foreign films need to be translated and voiced in a quality manner. The voice of Boris Klyuyev is spoken by many characters of blockbusters and cartoons of foreign production. It’s enough to mention King Triton from the Little Mermaid, Richies from “Perfumer” and Boris Balkan from “9 Gates” to appreciate the high level of skill of the artist in this difficult task. In the wonderful movie "Dogville," the voiceover also sounds his.
New times
In the days of the USSR, any film already at the design stage was repeatedly filtered through an ideological sieve. But the "all-seeing eye" did not miss some of the works, and then the finished film was put on the shelf. Despite this, many of the works of those years can be safely called masterpieces. After the censorship was lifted, viewers expected a cultural upsurge. This did not happen, although now it was possible to shoot about everything.
The roles of Boris Klyuyev in the crime series were performed at a high professional level, but the material itself, which is called "did not pull." He wore the general's uniform, and this was used many times in Kamenskaya, Blind, Protection of the Krasins, Nine Unknown and other paintings that hardly anyone remembers about ten years later. Boris Klyuyev gained particular popularity by starring in the Voronins. Despite by no means a youthful age, the actor became the idol of young people, especially young girls. Having met him on the street, they do not believe in the happiness of breathing the same air with the artist, being close to him, to prove the reality of this fact they are asked to take a picture or an autograph together. They shout: “Look, this is Klyuyev himself!” Boris Vladimirovich does not refuse these young creatures, although he himself refers to this “beak mania” with a fair amount of irony. The true artist brought up on the classics certainly knows the price of multi-series “masterpieces”. But the actor categorically does not accept accusations of "omnivorous". After all, the artist’s craft is to play a movie, and therefore, if someone does not like it, then you can not watch it. And claims should be presented not to the actors, but to the directors and producers.
Finance
It’s hard to sell your work to an artist. It turns out that an artist, musician or painter should praise themselves, and this can be far from everyone. Payment for acting is very peculiar. Having starred in a simple series, you can earn pretty good money, while daily exhausting work in the theater is valued no more than the work of an average manager in a large company, or even more modest. Teaching at a theater school is also far from a sinecure. There were attempts to deceive the actor, sometimes successful. In order to avoid misunderstandings with prices and calculations, actor Boris Klyuyev hired an agent. This wonderful woman takes care of all controversial issues and does not allow deception of her esteemed client.
Personal life behind the scenes
Boris Klyuyev, whose family was always, in his own words, “behind the scenes”, does not like to discuss his personal life. The actor succeeded in finding his “second half” on the third attempt. Unfortunately, the actor’s son died young at the age of 23. The wife of Boris Klyuyev, Victoria, has nothing to do with theater and cinema, she is a former athlete. The meeting took place a long time ago, almost four decades ago, at a party. At first, spiritual closeness arose, Boris and Victoria often talked and realized that in their views on vital issues there was much in common. Then a strong feeling arose, two divorces and one marriage, which turned out to be so successful that it continues to this day. Spouses live very friendly and spend all their free time together.