Popular actor of Russian cinema and theater, People’s and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, director and producer - Vladimir Mashkov. Thousands of fans have been closely watching his work for many years.
Childhood, family
Actor Vladimir Mashkov was born in Tula in 1963. The mother of the future star, Natalia Ivanovna, has Italian roots. She gave birth to the youngest son Vladimir in her second marriage for the energetic and charming actor Lev Mashkov. A few years later the family moved to Novokuznetsk.
Parents got a job in the city puppet theater: mom - director, dad - actor. Natalya Ivanovna idolized the theater. I asked everyone to leave their daily worries outside his door. Lev Petrovich was her faithful and reliable assistant and the soul of the team. He joked and joked, uplifting the whole troupe.
Volodya was born when his mother was already 39 years old and dad 40. As a child, Vladimir Mashkov, whose biography is inextricably linked with the theater, spent all his free time from school at the backstage. Otherwise, he was no different from his peers.
Youth
Once the future actor Vladimir Mashkov wanted to become a biologist. In the parent "Khrushchev" he set up a real zoo: a rabbit, a turtle, four cages with rats, two dogs. However, closer to graduation, he lost interest in biology, and was seriously interested in theater. It was at this time that he began to appear on the stage of the puppet theater in small episodes.
At the end of the seventies, the Mashkov family moved to Novosibirsk. Despite the craving for theatrical art, Vladimir applied to the university at the Faculty of Biology. But, having studied for only a year, the young man realized that he had made a mistake. He left the university and entered the Novosibirsk theater school.
Study at school
In this educational institution Volodya felt very comfortable. If at school and university he studied “somehow”, then at the school he immediately established himself as a gifted and easily trained student. He always remained the focus of fellow students. Not a single skit or party was complete without his participation.
Admission to the Moscow Art Theater
In 1984, Mashkov went to Moscow. He easily entered the studio of the Moscow Art Theater. He was lucky to get into the workshop of Tarhanov. Once Vladimir got into a fight with one of the students who insulted a woman. Because of this incident, a gifted student was temporarily suspended from school. Fortunately, he was not expelled, but only translated by a decorator. A year later, Vladimir managed to finish the studio and return to the Moscow Art Theater as an artist.
Theater career
Vladimir Mashkov very quickly became a leading actor. His debut on the stage of the famous theater was the role of Abram Schwartz in the play “Sailor Silence” based on the play of Galich. According to Oleg Tabakov, the artistic director of the theater, ACTER was born after this performance. Other theatrical roles of Vladimir should be noted: the Gorodnychik in The Inspector General, Platonov in the Mechanical Piano, Don Giovanni in Myths about Don Giovanni.
Vladimir Mashkov - theater director
Since 1992, Vladimir became interested in directing. At the Tabakov Theater, he successfully staged several performances. For example, in 1996 he staged the play The Three Penny Opera.
Getting started in the cinema
The actor’s debut in the movie began with the role of Nikita in the melodrama Green Goat Fire. Then other films with Mashkov followed - “Love on the island of death” and “Do it once!” Andrey Milyukov. There were shootings in the paintings of other famous and very young directors. These works did not go unnoticed not only by ordinary viewers, but also by critics.
Filmography of Vladimir Mashkov
The mid 90s became a landmark in the life of the actor. He received very interesting offers from young directors. Denis Evstigneev’s famous film “Limit”, “Moscow Nights” by V. Todorovsky, “American Daughter” by Karen Shakhnazarov became the beginning of a new stage in the development of Russian cinema. Films with Mashkov are always highly appreciated by viewers and critics. For example, for participating in the film “Limit” he received many different domestic awards. It is necessary to note one more brilliant work of Mashkov. The role of Tolyan in the film of Pavel Chukhrai “The Thief” cannot leave anyone indifferent. And the unsurpassed
David Markovich Gotzman in "Liquidation" ?! There must be no comment here at all! Films with Vladimir Mashkov is a real work of cinema. The actor is so accustomed to the image that all his roles are fascinated by sincerity and naturalness.
Vladimir Mashkov - film director
A person who is in constant search, the more famous actor does not want to stop there. In the late 90s, Vladimir became interested in filmmaking and tried himself in a new form.
He directed The Kazan Orphan, a New Year’s comedy based on the play of his friend Oleg Antonov. The script for this picture was written in a month. Vladimir offered the main female role to his first wife Elena Shevchenko. The complex and very responsible roles of the fathers were written specifically for Valentin Gaft, Lev Durov and Oleg Tabakov. This is a very funny, kind and interesting picture. Absolutely all eminent project participants were satisfied with it. They repeatedly spoke of Mashkov as an unusually talented, tactful director who created an atmosphere of respect and fun on the site. The director himself was shocked by the work of his eminent colleagues.
Vladimir Mashkov celebrated the New Year 2000 with the already recognized master of Russian theater and cinema - an inimitable actor and an outstanding director. This year, the filmography of Vladimir Mashkov was replenished with another bright work - he played Emelyan Pugachev in the historical film "Russian Revolt" (director Alexander Proshkin). And a year later, Vladimir staged a play based on the play by Ray Cooney “No. 13” on the stage of his beloved Moscow Art Theater.
Jobs in Hollywood
Bright and original actor did not go unnoticed in Hollywood. In 2001, he was asked to sign a contract with the largest studio in the world. As a result, films with Mashkov appeared, such as “Dancing in the Blue Iguana,” where he starred with Daryl Hanoi, “American Rhapsody”, in which his partner was the magnificent Nastasya Kinsky, the action movie “Behind Enemy Lines” with Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman . It should be noted the role of a colorful and charming gangster in the film “Let's Do It Quickly,” where Sergey Bodrov became his partner. The picture was shot in English and in the original sounds like “Quikle”, which can be translated as “Quick Sex” or “Hackwork”. Of course, the film’s budget did not reach the funds that are usually invested in American blockbusters, but this did not affect its quality and the actors' play.
Domestic cinema
Despite the tempting offers of foreign directors, films with the participation of Vladimir Mashkov often please Russian admirers of his talent. He brilliantly played the role of the millionaire from Russia Platon Makovsky in the famous drama "The Oligarch" (directed by Pavel Lungin). It is no secret that the main character clearly guesses the image of the Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky.
"Moron"
Films with Mashkov are always an event in the world of domestic film distribution. The role of Rogozhkin in the serial film "The Idiot" by Vladimir Bortko, based on the great novel by F. M. Dostoevsky, has become an invaluable contribution to the history of Russian cinema. The director had no shadow of doubt about who should play the role of Rogozhkin. And he was right in his choice. For the sake of this amazing role, Vladimir even postponed the terms of his work with Clint Eastwood. As a result, many critics agreed that this is one of the most striking and outstanding roles of Vladimir Mashkov.
Films, filming, rehearsals, of course, take a lot of time and take a lot of energy. But, in spite of everything, Vladimir remains a permanent actor of the Oleg Tabakov Theater. He is not going to leave the troupe. Oleg Pavlovich always goes towards the star actor. If necessary, lets him go on set. He very closely monitors the work of his former student and even talks about the fact that only he is trusted to lead his brainchild.
Vladimir Mashkov: personal life
In his first year at the Novosibirsk Theater School, Volodya passionately fell in love with his classmate
Elena Shevchenko, who at that time was seventeen years old. They met at a student party with a friend. Having appeared next to the festive table, they only looked at each other - and a stormy romance broke out, which very soon ended with a wedding. It was clear to everyone around that this marriage was doomed - both passionate, explosive, impulsive. In this amazingly beautiful couple, two very strong characters came together, burning temperament. Passions literally boiled in their family. In 1985, the daughter Masha was born. But, as expected, the couple soon broke up. After a divorce from Vladimir, Elena became the wife of the future director
Igor Lebedev. In her second marriage, she gave birth to a son. Currently, a woman successfully works in the theater. V. Mayakovsky, acting in films. Daughter Masha continued the acting dynasty. She entered the Shchepkinsky school. Acts in films and series. Vladimir Mashkov after a divorce from his first wife tried to create a family with the actress of his native Moscow Art Theater A. Khovanskaya, but, unfortunately, failed.
Some time passed, and Mashkov got married again. The designer Ksenia Terentyeva became his wife . She also comes from an acting family - her mother is a famous actress Nonna Terentyeva. Talented people met at the film festival. Ksenia helped in the study of English, which was necessary for a trip to Hollywood. When Vladimir staged performances in the theater, his wife, who mastered the second specialty (fashion designer), helped her husband in the design and manufacture of costumes. Unfortunately, this marriage also ended in divorce, and on the initiative of Ksenia, who became aware of Vladimir’s romance with an American actress of Russian origin Oksana Shelest.
It can be said without exaggeration that Vladimir Mashkov is the most popular and recognizable actor in Russian cinema. He knows how to work selflessly, without thinking about success, without losing his head from triumph.