Ivan Okhlobystin is one of the most famous actors in Russia. They know more about him as the star of the television series "Interns", but other scandalous details of the artist’s biography are also interesting to the public. How did the creative career of Okhlobystin begin and what does the actor do today?
early years
Ivan Okhlobystin was born in the Kaluga region. His family often moved, so his father could not devote much time to raising a child. When, nevertheless, he decided to participate in the fate of his son, he did it very extravagantly. For example, when Ivan had poor grades in Russian, his father forced him to eat a textbook along with the sauce. After this “upbringing”, Okhlobystin, up to the graduation class, had exceptionally positive assessments in Russian.
After school, Okhlobystin the first time he entered VGIK in the department of directorial art. Ivan's classmates were famous figures of Russian cinema: Tigran Keosayan, Fedor Bondarchuk and many others. Renata Litvinova also studied at the scriptwriting department during this period.
Unfortunately, Ivan did not have time to finish his studies - he was taken into the army. Having served the due time, Okhlobystin again returned to his native institute, was restored and successfully completed it in 1992.
Films with Okhlobystin in the 90s
Back in 1983, Ivan first began acting in short films. But the first serious role was entrusted to him in the 1991 drama “Leg”. The film was shot by Nikita Tyagunov about military events in Afghanistan. The value of the painting, first of all, is that the Afghan war veterans themselves received it warmly.
Then there were shootings in the film “Arbiter”, in which Ivan not only played the main role, but also wrote the script himself and also acted as a producer. In addition to Okhlobystin, the film starred
Rolan Bykov and Alexander Solovyov.
In 1992, the drama by Dmitry Meskhiev “Above Dark Water” with Alexander Abdulov in the title role was released. For some reason, Okhlobystin starred in this film under the pseudonym Ivan the Alien.
In 1994, the actor starred in the film "Round dance", in the 95th - in the "Mania Giselle". The last film is considered biographical, because it tells about the life of a Russian ballerina - a certain Olga Spesivtseva. Galina Tyunina starred, and Okhlobystin appeared in the frame - again under a pseudonym - in the image of Serge Lifar.
In short, in the 90s, the actor was very in demand. At least two films with his participation were released annually. Until it turned out that Okhlobystin wants to go to the priests.
Church ministry
The actor’s interest in the Orthodox faith appeared in the mid-90s, when he became the host of the religious program “Canon”. In 2001, Ivan suddenly left the cinema, and everyone found out that he had become a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. The surprise of the audience and colleagues of Okhlobystin is difficult to describe in words.
Meanwhile, Ivan Ivanovich really served in the church: first in Tashkent, then in Moscow. Parishioners of Father John could not recognize the former movie star in the bearded priest. Okhlobystin himself was anxious about his new profession. But, apparently, the world of cinema attracted the actor more than serving God.
Return to the cinema
In 2007, Okhlobystin could not stand it and returned to the cinema: this time he plays Grigory Rasputin in the historical drama “Conspiracy”. In addition to Ivan, Kristina Orbakaite, Vladimir Kosheva (Crime and Punishment) and Yaroslav Ivanov (Black Raven) star in the film.
In 2009, Ivan starred in three series and three films. In the drama Tsar with Oleg Yankovsky, Okhlobystin got the role of the royal jester.
2010 was a turning point for the actor’s career: he was invited to the main role in the sitcom “Interns”. Andrei Bykov performed by Okhlobystin is undoubtedly the central character of this whole action. The cast of the sitcom has already changed several times, but this does not affect its popularity at all, but after the departure of Okhlobystin, the project could be safely closed. Because in fact, Bykov is the “face” of the series.
Also in 2012, Okhlobystin wrote the script for the series “Freud’s Method” and plays the main role of the brilliant psychologist-consultant Roman Freidin. In addition, Okhlobystin starred in such films as The Irony of Love, House of the Sun, Generation P, and many others.
Biography of the wife of Okhlobystin. Actor's children
In 1995, Ivan Ivanovich married a colleague "in the shop" Oksana Arbuzova. The biography of the wife of Okhlobystin has developed floridly. She graduated from VGIK. She became famous for the main role in the drama "Accident - the daughter of the cop." The film is replete with scenes of violence and drug use. There are even rumors about Okhlobystin’s wife that she once starred in the scandalous film “Sex and Perestroika”.
And suddenly Arbuzova gets married, gives up her career and becomes mother Oksana. It was an unexpected turn. Now, nothing is heard about the wife of Okhlobystin, either in the press or on television. She lives modestly and in isolation. Does not use makeup and wears dresses to the floor. The children of Okhlobystin - two sons and four daughters - live under the reverent supervision of their mother. Ivan and Oksana Okhlobystins assure reporters that they will never divorce in their lives, no matter how hard it was for them to live together.