Viewers of the older generation remember this actor in the roles of Lesha Mazaev in “Faithful Friends”, Bobrov in “Good Morning”, student Anikin in “Peers”, Yasha Mikhailov in “Penalty Kick” and many other interesting Soviet-era paintings. And small viewers got acquainted with his voice when they watched the cartoon “Squirrel and Arrow. Star dogs ”, in which Nikolay Smorchkov, the actor, who will be discussed in this article, was voiced by the professor.
Childhood
Little Kolenka saw this huge world on the ninth day of August 1930. His homeland was the village of Ivankovo in the Gavrilovo-Posad district of the Ivanovo region. He was one of a huge number of children in the family of Pelageya Matveevna and Gavril Ivanovich. Three years after his birth, the family was forced to flee collectivization. Everyone moved to the village of Orgtrud, which at that time was located very close to Vladimir (and now this is just a microdistrict of the city). Since then they have lived there. When the younger Smorchkov Nikolai celebrated his 12th birthday (the boy was then in seventh grade), he fell in love with cinema, he simply became infected with it. So he made an important decision for himself - to become a film artist.
Hello, VGIK!
Having received a school graduation certificate, the future actor moves to the capital of the Soviet Union - to Moscow. For several years he had been thinking about what he would do in life. To realize his dream, Nikolay Smorchkov He wanted to get the education he needed, so in Moscow he enters VGIK. He chooses the course where teachers were famous Sergey Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova. In order to bring the fulfillment of his dream as soon as possible, Nikolai is very busy and diligently engaged, because he needs to remove as soon as possible the accent that is not so noticeable in his homeland and does not cause any complaints.
The first film works
Smorchkov Nikolay, whose biography interested viewers almost immediately after the release of his first works, began acting as a student. He studied only in the second year, when the first role came into his life. In 1951, he had the opportunity to play collective farmer Zhenya Strukov in the film "The Country Doctor" by Sergei Gerasimov. In 1953, Smorchkov completed his studies at VGIK, having received a red diploma.
Now the dream of the young man was, in general, realized. He could begin to work, taking as a basis some already accumulated experience. Smorchkov Nikolay - the actor came to the backstage of the Theater Studio of the film actor and the famous film studio "Mosfilm". He worked there for four decades, giving the audience one hundred and ninety-two roles in the cinema in a variety of roles. He was a collective farmer and Komsomol member, apprentice and driver, soldier and crane operator, buyer and saboteur, policeman and teacher, tractor driver and collector, partisan and sailor, KGB officer and Foreign Ministry worker ... And he presented each of his characters with a piece of his soul.
At first, Smorchkov was torn between the theater stage and the set. In the theater, he went to the audience in the play "An Evening of Ancient Vaudeville." Long enough went on tour with him. And yet the love of cinema turned out to be stronger, she still won a final and unconditional victory.
Best role in his biography
Actor Smorchkov Nikolai starred in a lot of films. Although not all of his roles were major, and a lot were small, but the audience remembers almost every one of them. On the screen, Nikolai Gavrilovich has always been and remains very sincere and reliable, he always knows how to enter the very essence of the image of his hero and convey his character and mood, no matter who the character is in the script of the film.
The actor considers his best role to be the role of a wounded soldier in the film "Cranes Are Flying" by Mikhail Kalatozov. According to the director’s idea, his character threw a tantrum in the hospital when he learned from a letter that his bride had cheated on him. It was just an episodic role, but how bright, juicy and interesting it was played. The emotional intensity was very high. And she was remembered by the audience for her drama and expressiveness.
Family Responsibilities
Smorchkov Nikolay Gavrilovich (photo see article) has always been and remains a very obligatory and responsible person. This concerned both his profession and his obligations to his family. He has been married for a long time. His wife is still a wonderful woman, a doctor by profession, Nina Alexandrovna Smorchkova. Two wonderful sons grew up in this family: the eldest of them is a graduate of MGIMO, and the youngest graduated from the Moscow Automobile and Road Institute.
Solely for the sake of his family, in order to improve housing conditions, the actor once decided to buy a cooperative apartment in Moscow. To make this acquisition, he, already an eminent actor with a certain weight in society, began to agree to any offers, even episodes. Because of this, after a short time, the stamp of "episode" stuck to Smorchkov. The characters of the famous actor were simple Russian peasants, military or workers.
It was, of course, unpleasant, but what to do - the money that he received for the shooting was very necessary. And Nikolai Gavrilovich managed to realize his idea. He was able to save the necessary amount and buy an apartment for his family.
Despite his fairly venerable age (the actor is already 85 years old), he is still vigorous and efficient. And he continues to do what he loves, still acting in films. Among his latest works are the series "Forester", "The Mona Lisa on the pavement", "The Right to Love." In addition, Smorchkov voiced cartoons for the smallest viewers.