Sergey Chonishvili is a famous talented theater and film actor. Best known as a voiceover master. It is the official voice of several Russian television channels. Sergey has established himself as an independent person who has his own opinion on any occasion. This is an incredibly interesting person, whose fate and creative biography you will learn from this article.
Origin
Chonishvili Sergey Nozherievich was born in 1965, on August 3, in the city of Tula. His parents were talented artists and wonderful people. Sergey’s mother was awarded the title of People’s Artist of Russia for her creative work, and also became a laureate of the Prize named after Stanislavsky. Now she serves in the drama theater of the city of Omsk. The actor’s dad, Noberi Chonishvili, known to the Russian audience for the movie “Gunpowder,” died in 1987. Currently, the house of the actor in Omsk is named after him.
Childhood
Sergey Chonishvili learned to read early. At the age of four, the boy knew how to put letters into words, and at the age of five he began to read voraciously. Theater in the life of Sergei was always present. His first acting and directorial experience took place after the boy graduated from second grade during a tour in Vilnius. The future actor staged and played the play "Mindaugas" by Marcinkevicius in the hotel room "Dzintaris". At 13, Sergei began working in performances.
In childhood, the future actor dreamed of becoming an oceanologist. It seemed to him that a man of such an unusual profession knew no bounds and was able to penetrate into the unknown depths of the universe. However, heredity took its toll, and at sixteen the guy went to conquer the theater universities of the capital.
Education
Moscow immediately accepted the future actor. Sergei Chonishvili was not confident in his abilities, just in case he found a job in the mail. However, he managed to become a student of "Pike" from the first call. His mentors were Volkov Nikolai Nikolaevich, Shirvindt Alexander Anatolyevich, Katin-Yartsev Yuri Vasilyevich, Avsharov Yuri Mikhailovich. Chonishvili graduated from the Schukin School with honors in 1986.
The formation of a career in the theater
Actor Sergei Chonishvili immediately got into the troupe of the Moscow Lenkom Theater. It was an accident. The theater needed a young artist who will play the role of Nikita in "Cruel Intentions." In “Lenkom” Sergey was involved in three productions of “Juno and Avos”, “Cruel Intentions”, “Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta”. The artist worked in 28-30 performances per month. He participated mainly in episodic roles and extras.
In fact, until 1998, Sergei was an artist of the corps de ballet. Only thirteen years later, the actor smiled luck, and he got the first big role in his native theater. He played in such productions of Mark Zakharov as “All-in”, “Mystification”, “Marriage” and finally felt that he had 100% realized his talent of a diverse and bright artist. Chonishvili does not expect the main roles in Lenkom, considers himself an actor of the “second echelon” and is not burdened by this fact. Sergei is simply devoted to this particular theater, loves and respects his fellow workers and does not seek to push them with his elbows in the hope of being the very first.
Work in third-party theaters
The actor’s theatrical career was developed precisely in third-party theaters. Sergei Chonishvili shocked everyone with his delightful play in the entreprise "Blindfold Game", an independent theater project that was a great success in the capital. He was invited to this performance several times, but the head of Lenkom, Mark Zakharov, never came. In Oleg Tabakov’s theater, the famous “Snuffbox”, Chonishvili played roles in two more productions of Andrei Zhitinkin - “The Old Quarter” and “Crazy”. The actor plays in the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater in the play "Event" based on the work of Vladimir Nabokov.
First movie roles
At the age of 20, Sergey Chonishvili, films with whose participation are known throughout the country, was invited to star in Karen Shakhnazarov’s courier. Samples for the role of Ivan Miroshnikov seem to have been successful, but the director opted for another actor. Sergey, according to the creator of the film, had an old, experienced eye on the screen, which made the image of a young courier incredibly cynical. Chonishvili played in this film only in an episode.
After that, the actor did not work in the cinema for a long time. Employment in the theater interfered, then military service. In the 90s, the actor was involved with Alexei Yasulovich in the film "Deserter" by Vadim Kostromenko. Around the same time, the artist played in the directorial debut of Tigran Keosayan, the thriller Katka and Schiz.
Chonishvili Sergey, whose biography is described in this article, starred in Alexander Basov’s short film “Crazy and Small Things”. This painting in 1991 in Germany received the Volkner Schlendorf Prize. This was followed by work in another short film Basov's "My poor Pierrot." Sergey deliberately chose roles in the paintings, the material of which corresponds to his own perception of the world. He was pleased to work with talented people close to him in their attitude. And the fact that the audience sees few films with his participation was not decisive for him. However, over time, outlooks on life change. And in 1995, the actor played a major role in a super popular television series.
Petersburg secrets
Sergei Chonishvili, whose filmography is highlighted in this article, received a role in one of the first Russian series, which was liked by a wide audience of viewers. The best actors were invited to a television project called Petersburg Secrets. Chonishvili appeared in the same frame as Nikolai Karachentsov, Evgenia Kryukova, Elena Yakovleva, Irina Rozanova, Vladimir Steklov. This action-packed adventure series chained millions of viewers to TV screens.
Sergey Chonishvili spent a year and a half shooting on the first domestic soap opera. The actor liked to play the role of a negative character. In order for the villains to fall in love with Shadursky, a truly talented artist was required. Chonishvili did an excellent job. Sergei presented the spoiled prince as a man of honor, the concepts of which the aristocrat is severely deformed. Shadursky is a gambler, unscrupulous seducer, adventurer and philosopher. The prince inherited vices of a kind, for him the word "no" does not exist, he is a master of intrigue. Watching the game Chonishvili was interesting. The role of Shadursky made Sergei a truly famous actor.
The filmography of the actor
In the 21st century, Sergei Chonishvili, whose filmography includes more than sixty works, is actively and actively removed. On his account, roles in the television series Family Secrets and The Fifth Corner, the role of Hamlet in the four-episode film Next, where the actor played together with Alexander Abdulov. Sergei starred in the film "Azazel", where he played the role of Ippolit Zurov, appeared in the film "Kid in Milk", filmed based on the sensational novel by Yuri Polyakov. The images of Victor in the film "I Love You", Shamil in "Cherub" created by the actor reliably and interestingly.
Chonishvili was especially remembered for the role of Yevgeny Karlovich in the series "The Right to Defend." For Sergey, this is the most appropriate and beloved character, because the actor himself took part in its creation. In particular, he copied the replicas of his hero by 45 percent.
In 2005, Sergei Chonishvili participated in the filming of the American project "Mirror Wars", where he played the brutal Igor Chaikin. This hero first pulls the plane out of a training flight, then goes hunting for the Ussuri tiger and dies at the hands of Chinese saboteurs. Sergey played this role in English, but he was not invited to voice acting. According to the actor, he has a very indirect relation to this work.
Sergey Chonishvili’s piggy bank still has many different images. The actor jokes that he is generally lucky with roles - he gets either scum or people who are killed. But Russian viewers remember and know Chonishvili in the images of Mikhail in the thriller “Cheesecake” and Ushakov in “Notes of the Forwarder of the Secret Office”.
Scoring
Sergei Chonishvili, whose voice can be considered the most popular and attractive on Russian television, is a voiceover master, an excellent broadcaster, an excellent reader. Several television channels at once - STS, Pervyi and Rossiya - use the services of this artist. Sergei calls his own voice the main “product” he has. Every day, the actor works on several voiceovers and receives a decent fee for this. Chonishvili sells voiceover in commercials, documentaries, Top Secret and Big Parents.
The artist’s particularly pleasant memories are related to his work on a series of documentary-themed tapes called Historical Detective. Together with documentary filmmaker Dmitry Demin, Sergey created a very successful product, which was subsequently sold to many countries of the world and even nominated for an Emmy Award. In America, a casting was announced for an actor who sounded "under Chonishvili." In his youth, Sergei with difficulty got rid of the Siberian dialect. Now the actor can depict any accent.
Principles in work
There are several fundamental points that Sergey adheres to. He does not take part in scoring advertisements, which causes him doubts. The actor does not work in political commercials. Chonishvili, despite repeated offers, refuses to be the host of various talk shows. He is not interested in participating in entertainment programs. Sergey claims that when the moment of “earning” comes first in the work, inspiration leaves him, and this affects the quality of the work. The artist always remains true to himself.
Poems and Prose
Sergei Chonishvili calls his writing skills not a talent, but a way to overcome his own laziness and mediocrity. This is an original statement for an actor who is so in demand in his profession that he works around the clock. Sergey has been writing since the age of seven. For two years, as a child, he published a school publication, Non Literary Newspaper. In 2000, his first book of poetry and prose entitled "Minor Changes" was released.
Three years later, the novel Man-Train was released. Sergey Chonishvili dedicated this work to a man whom he considers to be a genius - to writer Gary Romain. The actor does not consider himself a poet or prose writer, he simply writes that he has not yet been able to play. His literary experiments do not claim to be masterpieces, these are metaphors and images that have not found application in his main creative activity.
Personal life
Sergei Chonishvili, whose personal life is closed to the press, spent many years wandering in rented apartments. He acquired his own housing in Moscow recently and is happy to make repairs in it. He prefers to meet friends in neutral territory, in a cafe or restaurant. The actor defends his right to loneliness. He is unpretentious in everyday life, cooks well and does not need an au pair. Sergei returns home only at night and at this time of the day prefers to be alone with himself and his own thoughts. He does not care much what others think on this subject. Sergey Chonishvili was married, but this union quickly broke up. After that, there were three more civil marriages in his fate.
The actor has two daughters, Anya and Sasha. Currently, all of his novels do not stand the test of excessive employment and the difficult nature of the actor. However, Sergei hopes to meet true love.
Approach to life
Sergey Chonishvili, whose photo often appears in various print media, is interesting not only for his creative biography. This is definitely a great original. According to the actor, he sleeps on the floor, because the ceilings in his house seem higher. He recalls that in his youth he wanted to part with his life, but a happy accident prevented him. Then he became interested in Buddhism and since then adheres to this religious philosophy.
Sergei claims that he leads a healthy lifestyle, but smokes, because it is delicious. Among smokers, the actor stands out by smoking a pipe, not cigarettes. And Chonishvili practically does not sleep, goes without lunch, drinks and claims that he feels great. And on any issue he has his own opinion, which is not afraid to express in his original interviews.
Awards
Sergei Chonishvili twice awarded the prize "The Seagull". He received the first for his role in the play "Mystification" in the nomination "Smile M". The second “Seagull” went to the actor as the best villain of the year for the image of Kochkarev, performed in “Marriage” in 2007. In April 2000, Sergei became the winner of the prestigious Prize named after I.M.Smoktunovsky. Chonishvili received the title of "Honored Artist of Russia" in 1999.