Is the brave field investigator Taraskin, the cowardly Ishutin reading the book âOn Delicious and Healthy Foodâ on the bench, the cheerful intern journalist Zhenya, who has joined the female crew of the Cyclone crew, the smart and cruel Major Pozdnyakov â the same person? And indeed it is. All these roles were played in different years, but with the same success, one of the best actors of our time, Andrei Gradov. He is a representative of an old school of acting, on whose creative biography there were a lot of interesting roles that brought him all-Union fame and love of the audience. When in the difficult 90s there was a temporary downtime, Andrei Petrovich showed himself to be a very caring, attentive and enterprising family man, who set his own family many steps above his personal ambitions.
Childhood without mom
The future Honored Artist of Russia appeared in the family of the famous poet and playwright Pyotr Gradov and Isis Maximova-Koshkinskaya, the daughter of the first Chuvash actors. Andrei and his sister Tanya were still very little when their mother died in a terrible car accident. Children were raised by my grandfather and grandmother along my mother's side.
After graduating from secondary school, Andrei Gradov easily entered the Shchukin Theater School. An intelligent student successfully completed his studies at this educational institution in 1974.
The beginning of the creative path
In the cinema Andrey Gradov declared himself as a very talented actor after the first vivid role of the Red Army soldier Nikita (1978). Since he immediately rose to a very high step, then no matter whether the role of the first plan or secondary was assigned to him, he could not lower the bar below. An excellent example of this is the popularly beloved cult series by Stanislav Govorukhin "The meeting place cannot be changed." Actor Andrei Gradov, who played the role of Nikolai Taraskin in it, perfectly fit into the team of eminent actors, managing not to get lost on the background of Vysotsky, Gerdt, Konkin ... Despite the fact that this role is not the main, but only the second plan, later in the articles journalists noted her as one of the main works of the Soviet actor.
Being a diverse professional, he tried to work in a wide variety of genres, testing his strengths and acting abilities. So, in his fate appeared the role of the potter Gridi, a journalist-trainee, a corrupt major. Andrey Gradov is trying to use all the possibilities. His filmography is constantly updated with more and more heroes. He played in musical comedies, and in detectives, and in dramatic films.
Love alone and for life
The family has always been for the actor in the first place, crowding out everything else. Andrei Gradov is one of the few monogamous men. He and his wife have been together for many years. In an interview, the actor said that although he started a family quite early, he was sure that he would never change his wife.
When films were released that gave him fame throughout the Soviet Union, he had long been âin the familyâ. At that time he was only 27 years old.
Andrei Petrovich almost never talks about his family. Perhaps she does not want to attract even more attention. Or maybe he just does not want to jinx his happiness. But the all-seeing eye of journalists managed to find out that the actorâs wife is a doctor. The couple had a daughter, who is now an adult. The girl decided not to follow in the footsteps of her parents, she mastered the path of a lawyer.
Related professions
Very difficult, even difficult, days came for the actorâs family, when during perestroika time they practically didnât make films. Andrei Gradov, whose personal life from the moment of his first appearance on the screen was of interest to all fans without exception, shared his memories that he tried with all his might to do everything possible so that his beloved girls - his wife and daughter - did not need anything. He learned to trade - both in conservation, and in fish, and in clothes.
Some time passed, films and TV shows arrived in the country from across the sea. Thanks to this, for some period of his life, the actor made good money by scoring various foreign heroes. The family was able to survive the crisis. Now they live very well. Gradually, Russian cinema revived, interest in the original actor reappeared. Andrei Gradovâs career does not just continue, but steps up and up. He remembered very well the impressions of his hard years, so he tries not to refuse the projects offered to him, regardless of whether it is a series or a full-length film. Moreover, when the unsolicited vacation ended, it turned out that the actorâs skill and talent did not fade over the years.
Family Harbor
When Andrei Gradov has a free minute, he is happy to spend it with his beloved girls - his wife and daughter. Unfortunately, these minutes are not very many. The actor is already 61 years old. He is a loving grandfather for his 18 year old grandson. Now Gradov has a quiet family life, because he is closer to calm days with his beloved wife than hectic romance with other women. We canât but pay tribute to the actorâs wife, because she was always with him, not paying attention to all the difficulties and the attention from the fans.