Biography of Mikhail Porechenkov - the famous Russian actor

According to many Russian viewers, Mikhail Porechenkov, whose biography will be described below, is one of the most striking and charismatic domestic actors. He, among other things, is also very talented.

Actor Mikhail Porechenkov. Biography

Born March 2, 1969 in Leningrad. His father was a sailor, and his mother was a builder. Until the age of five, Mikhail Porechenkov was raised by her grandmother.

Studying at school, the boy began in his hometown - Leningrad. According to the biography of Mikhail Porechenkov, his family soon moved to Warsaw. Therefore, he had to get a certificate at a Polish boarding school, which he graduated in 1986.

After that, Mikhail Porechenkov entered the military-political school in Tallinn. However, his restless nature did not allow him to graduate from this educational institution: just 10 days before graduation, he was expelled for repeated violation of the rules and established discipline. However, some successes over the years of training Porechenkov still achieved. He has the title of candidate for master of sports in boxing, which he received during one championship. The actor today does not forget the youth sports enthusiasm: he is engaged in boxing at the present time.

He goes to military service in the Soviet army, in the construction battalion. Then the young man worked in a baguette workshop, but then he already had a desire to become an actor. He even managed to enter VGIK. However, Porechenkov was unable to complete a full training course under the guidance of the famous Soviet and Russian actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. But studying at the Filshtinsky course at LGITMiK, where he entered in 1991, was better for him - and in 1996 Mikhail successfully graduated from this institute.

While still a student, he began to play in the theater. As the biography of Mikhail Porechenkov tells us, his first serious role was the role of Pozzo in the play "Waiting for Godot." Together with him, participation in the production was then taken by still young, but today very famous Russian actors - Mikhail Trukhin and Konstantin Khabensky. Having met then, men are today the best friends.

After graduation, Porechenkov got a job in a theater called “On the Hook Channel”. He did not work there for long. Later he managed to become a member of the troupe of the Lensovet Theater. There he played many roles. Including continued to play Godot. It was for this role that he was awarded the Golden Mask, an honorary theater prize.

In the late nineties, Mikhail Porechenkov starred in several films and series, but his work was hardly noticeable. And in 1999, the shooting of "National Security Agent" started. It was the work in this series that made Mikhail Porechenkov so famous. After that, he starred in many more successful projects, but for most viewers, the actor was remembered for the role of Lehi Nikolaev.

Porechenkov was married twice. He has five children: Barbara - from his first marriage, Maria, Mikhail and Peter - from his second, and Vladimir - an illegitimate child.

This is the biography of Mikhail Porechenkov - the famous Russian actor.