There are such artists in domestic cinema who are literally recognizable and loved from the first role. These lucky ones include Sergei Varchuk. He played the role of Sergey Vatagin in the film by the famous director Boris Durov “I Can't Say Goodbye”, while still a student. This role turned out to be the most stellar and central in his life. In this article, a little closer look at the personal life and biography of actor Sergei Varchuk.
Biography
Sergey was born on April 19, 1956 in the city of Sverdlovsk (in 1991 the city was renamed, it began to be called, as before, Yekaterinburg), in a working-class family. From the biography of actor Sergei Varchuk, it is known that from an early age he had a dream of becoming a captain and traveling to distant countries. After leaving school, he tried to enter the Leningrad Naval College. But he doesn’t manage to get a medical examination because of his vision problems. After such a failure, Sergey tries to enter the shipbuilding institute, but curses with the physics teacher, and at the entrance exams, the teacher gives him a rating of “unsatisfactory” in his subject, which deprives him of all chances to become an entrant of this institution. Then the future actor Sergei Varchuk enters the physics department at Sverdlovsk University, having passed the physics exam "excellent".
Choice of profession
His decision to become an actor was influenced by his older sister, who worked for a long time in the theater. Having got to her graduation performance, which took place in the theater school of Sverdlovsk, Sergey “falls ill” with the theater. Having passed the next session at the institute, he goes into the army to understand himself and understand what he really needs. After serving in the army for three years, he tries to enter a theater university, finally enters the Moscow Art Theater School, where Oleg Efremov becomes his mentor.
Main role, movie debut
While still at the institute, between the third and fourth year, Sergey Varchuk receives an offer from film director Boris Durov to star in the title role (Sergei Vatagin) in the very popular melodrama “I Can't Say Goodbye”. In the film, the characters show true love, disappointment and betrayal. All fans of Russian melodramas with bated breath watched how a strong working guy Sergey Vatagin suddenly found himself in a wheelchair, how the beautiful wife Martha threw him after an injury, betrayed by his best friend. Really happy when his loving girlfriend Lydia put Sergei on his feet.
The film appears on the screens of the country in 1982 and is a huge success. The film was watched by more than 34 million viewers. Immediately after the release of the film, the beginning actor Sergei Varchuk becomes unusually famous. He mistakenly believes that now all the doors of the capital’s theaters are open for him. But this turned out to be far from the case: at that time there were not so many theaters, and even in those years there was a reduction in staff. In addition, to be enrolled in the theater, Moscow registration was required.
First roles
Since 1984, the actor has starred in many films. But all these are small roles:
- "How to become famous";
- "Good intentions";
- "Acceleration";
- "Mikhailo Lomonosov";
- "Head of the Gorgon";
- "Scorched by Kandahar";
- "And all the love."
The nineties
As for all actors, difficult times began for Sergey Varchuk in the 90s of the last century. In Russia, problems arose with filmmaking. The movie industry was in decline. In order to work in the theater, the actor gets a janitor in a Moscow housing office. This profession was considered scarce, since employees immediately after employment received official housing, and after 5 years they registered permanently.
Theater and Cinema
Since the beginning of the 2000s, in our country, the film industry has again been on its feet. The directors are very willing to invite actor Sergei Varchuk to participate in the filming. He starred in a film entitled "Russian Riot" based on the work of A.S. Pushkin's "Captain's Daughter." Often, Sergei can be seen in Russian TV shows, for example: “The Secret Sign”, “Turn of the Key”, “Gold of Ugra”.
Sergey Varchuk begins to work at the Stanislavsky Theater. Until this time, the actor worked in the following theaters: in the Moscow Art Theater, named after Gogol, the Russian Army, on Spartakovskaya. For two years - from 2001 to 2003 - Varchuk was the host of the Rescue Service program on Russian television.
Filmography
The actor played more than 60 roles in the movie. He continues to act now. In 2017, the series “Support Points” was released with the participation of Sergei Varchuk. In the film, he played Vladovsky - the new director of the scientific center. The series involves many famous actors. In this film, friends successfully investigate even the most complicated crimes. In 2016, in the series “Everything is according to the law,” Sergei plays a secondary role - Father Tabashnikov. Filmography of actor Sergei Varchuk:
- "Mysterious passion";
- "Village";
- "Arys-field";
- "Porcelain Wedding";
- "Crazy";
- “Ring my door”;
- “It was in Gavrilovka”;
- “Heirs 2”;
- “Lawyer 3”;
- "Castling";
- “Kindred exchange”;
- "Countess de Monsoro";
- "The Wizard of Oz";
- "Mikhailo Lomonosov."
As the names of the films show, Sergey Varchuk is a multifaceted actor.
Actor Sergei Ivanovich Varchuk: personal life
Sergei Varchuk refers to those actors who do not like to show off their personal lives. It is known that Sergey had two marriages.
Wife Elena
After the release of the picture, which made actor Sergei Varchuk popular, the beautiful Elena paid attention to him, who had not noticed him before, despite the courtship. Soon, Lena agreed to become his wife, and they legalized the relationship. After some time, the couple had a daughter, Alexander. But this marriage can hardly be called happy, most likely, Elena simply did not have any love. After some time, Elena found work in the United States, came home less and less, and in the end, she completely left for America, leaving her daughter in the care of Sergei. Alexandra at that time was only 9 years old.
Wife Olga
In the personal life of actor Sergei Varchuk, changes occurred when he was a little over 40. He met his future wife Olga with mutual acquaintances - the family of director Boris Durov. It was the Durovs who decided to introduce their lonely friends to each other. Olga and her ex-husband had the same situation: he went to Europe to work and stayed there. Olga became friends and found a common language not only with Sergey's daughter, Alexandra, but also with her mother. Sergey and Olga lived in a civil marriage for a couple of years, and then registered a relationship. After several years, a son, Ivan, was born into the family. That was the name of Sergey’s father, and Olga had long wanted to have a son, certainly, Vanya. Alexander's daughter is already an adult and has her own family, she works as a designer. Sasha maintains a wonderful relationship with his father and his family.
Sergey’s family tries not to part and spend all his free time together. They travel and go to various festivals together, go to visit and attend social events.
Sergey loves animals very much. Two dogs and several cats live in his house, all of them were picked up on the street.