The popular Russian theater and film actor Konstantin Khabensky, which will be discussed in this article, did not at all plan to follow the path of art and creativity. He wandered for a long time in search of his vocation - studied as an aviation engineer, worked as a janitor, floor polisher, street musician. Konstantin Khabensky decided to enter the theater at the time when he worked as a fitter in the theater, and as an employee of the theater he sometimes went on stage in extras. At some point, he realized that he liked it, and decided to try his hand as an actor. As Konstantin Khabensky himself recalls, whose filmography is already quite extensive, he did it for the sake of interest - he wanted to check whether it worked out or not. And it turned out great!
The life of a creative person is always associated with the lack of an opportunity to conceal something from the public - journalists know about each step of the actors, often fantasize about events in their personal lives. And here Konstantin Khabensky found a way out! The biography of the actor has been described more than once and is available for study to everyone, but no one knows for sure what can be considered as truth in it and what is not. A popular actor prefers to invent various stories about himself, rather than trust this matter to journalists. He successfully does this in every interview.
The childhood of the future actor
Konstantin Khabensky was born in Leningrad on January 11 in 1972. Information on the fact that the actorâs parents were far from the world of art can also be considered authentic - dad worked as an engineer, mom worked as a math teacher. In 1976, when little Costa was only four years old, the family had to move to the city of Nizhnevartovsk to the far North. There, the future actor lived for nine years. As he recalls, this was enough for him to hate the cold, snow, winter and the song "I will take you to the tundra."
One of the unconfirmed facts from the life of the actor is the fact that once, while still a little boy, he fell into the sewer manhole. Fortunately, he managed to grab the edge of the hatch and hung like that until his mother pulled him out. According to Konstantin, most of all from that unfortunate incident he remembered the ant that crawled around him all the time.
When Konstantin was 13 years old, he returned with his parents to his native Leningrad, where, finally, he began to live a bright and interesting life, by his own standards,. He did not attend sports sections, did not study in a drama club, but together with a company of young informal people he often sang indecent songs in subway passages and managed to get to Alisa and Shevchuk concerts without a ticket. In that boy with long hair and pierced ears dozens of times, in a tunic, breeches and slippers on his bare foot, no one could see the future star. No one has seen. He was considered a lost child with an uncertain future.
Education
After graduation, Konstantin Khabensky, whose biography is now replete with various achievements, prizes and awards, did not plan to make any special feats, he was not even going to go to college. After the eighth grade, he passed the documents to the aviation technical school (to the faculty of instrumentation and automation), just to get rid of the total control of his mother at school. After studying for three years, the future actor realized that this is not at all what he wants to devote his life to, and dropped out of school.
Turning point
In the late 1980s, a youth program called âZebraâ was actively developing in the city. Its leaders came up with the idea - to combine the Leningrad informal with young actors in an experimental theater. The group to which Konstantin Khabensky was involved was also an experimental one. Over time, he and another guy remained in the theater of more than fifty people. Khabensky began to work as a fitter and sometimes went on stage in extras. At one of these moments, he realized that he was captivated by theatrical life, and decided to get an actor's education.
Admission to the theater
Passing the entrance exam at LGITMIK, which Khabensky chose as his "alma mater of science", the puny teenager had to go after the handsome officer Mikhail Porechenkov. The admissions committee was surprised by the look of the applicant Khabensky, who, among other things, chose Gumilyovâs romantic poems âMy love for you, baby elephant born in Berlin or Paris ...â for reading. They took it, as the members of the commission now recall, out of pity, it was impossible to make out the future star in it then.
At the institute, Konstantin Khabensky made real friends - Andrey Zibrov,
Mikhail Trukhin, Mikhail Porechenkov. The actor recalls with his nostalgia his student years, but not at all studying and passing sessions, but gatherings in the country, songs with a guitar, trips to Porechenkovâs old car around the city. Friends also prepared for exams in an original way - before the literature, for example, each of them read one work, and then they gathered and told its contents to everyone else.
First role
The youths were growing up, and gradually their former interests were replaced by Chekhov's diaries, the creation of theater miniatures, rehearsals, and preparation for performances. Konstantin Khabensky played his first serious role in the institute's performance, entitled âWaiting for Godotâ (staged by Yuri Butusov). This work was even awarded the Golden Mask Prize, and Khabensky still recalls it as one of the most beloved in his career.
Graduation and job search
Having received a diploma of higher education, the ambitious Kostya went in search of work. As expected, a young inexperienced actor was not particularly expected anywhere. He managed to get a job in the St. Petersburg Lensoviet Theater, where he played mostly minor uninteresting roles. Tired of such a dim life, Khabensky went to Moscow in search of a better life, where he worked for some time at Raikinâs Satirikon Theater until he was invited back to Petersburg, but for the main roles.
The beginning of a career in cinema
The first to offer Khabensky a role in the movie was Tomasz TĂłt, a famous Hungarian film director. The actorâs participation in his film Natasha was not particularly noticed. But the âWomen's propertyâ of Dmitry Mesikhev attracted universal interest in Khabensky. For the realization of his dream of becoming a popular actor, several notable roles were lacking. And then the film "Deadly Force" turned up, to the tests of which Konstantin arrived tired and uninterested in being taken. But ironically, it was approved even without film screenings!
Other works in cinema and theater
The role in the "Deadly Force" brought Khabensky all-Russian fame, he was more often invited to other projects. So, Oleg Tabakov, the head of the Moscow Art Theater, invites him to the main role in the play âDuck Huntâ. The actor brilliantly coped with the task, however, like with other roles in subsequent performances - âThree-penny Operaâ, âHamletâ, âWhite Guardâ.
In 2002, the period began when films with Konstantin Khabensky were released one after another and almost everyone watched them. For four years, the country saw sixteen films with the participation of Khabensky, including: âOn the Moveâ, âAdmiralâ, âNight Watchâ, âIrony of Fateâ, âDay Watchâ, âYeseninâ, âLines of Fateâ, âState Councilor "," Features of national policy "and others.
In addition to filming a movie, Konstantin Khabensky continues to play on the stages of theaters. His filmography now has more than forty-five works, the list of theatrical roles is also considerable - with the participation of this actor, viewers have already seen about twenty performances.
Self-criticism
Despite a long track record, popular recognition and love, the actor himself is skeptical of his professional skills. According to him, there are only three of his works worthy of respect: participation in the productions of âWaiting for Godotâ and âCaligulaâ by Butusov, the film âMechanical Suiteâ by Meskhiev. According to Khabensky, only for the performance of these roles is he not ashamed. Nevertheless, in 2006 the actor was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, in 2007 he received the Stanislavsky International Award as the best actor, in 2008 he was awarded the MTV Russia prize for the best comedy role in the film Irony of Fate. Continuation ". For playing the role in the film "Admiral" Khabensky was awarded the Golden Sword prize, the Golden Eagle award, and the MTV Russia award.
In 2012, Konstantin Khabensky became a national artist of Russia. In 2013, he was awarded the Kinotavr festival prize, and in 2014, the Nika award for best actor in the film Geographer Drunk the Globe.
The personal life of the actor
Konstantin Yurievich never liked to bring his personal life to the public . Even in the happiest years, he only laughed at the questions of journalists about his wife, children, plans for the future. The actor was afraid of articles with thought-out details of his personal life, compromising photographs. But all this fell on his head just at the most inopportune moment.
It became known to the media that the wife of Konstantin Khabensky, whom he met in 1999 and married to in 2001, became seriously ill after the birth of his son. Doctors diagnosed her with a malignant brain tumor. Konstantin and Anastasia Khabensky fought for their happiness as best they could. Meanwhile, all periodicals were full of new news about the personal tragedy of one of the most sought-after actors in the country.
It became known that in Russia Anastasia underwent an operation that gave hope for recovery. Right in the hospital room, the Khabensky got married, hoping for the help of higher forces. But after some time, Anastasiaâs condition worsened and Konstantin decided to take his wife to Los Angeles to the Sidars Sinai clinic, famous for its specialists. There, the wife of the Russian actor underwent several operations, after which she began to feel much better, and was allowed to go home, having prescribed a course of chemotherapy. Unfortunately, the relief was temporary, a few months later Anastasia Khabenskaya died. In the hands of heartbroken Constantine was the one-year-old son of Vanya.
Inquisitive journalists managed to find out that the actor had recently married a second time. His chosen one was actress Olga Litvinova. Young signed secretly from prying eyes in the summer of 2013.
Social activities
Soon after the tragedy, the Konstantin Khabensky Foundation began its work , the purpose of which is to provide free assistance to children with cancer.
Since 2010, the actor began to open creative development studios throughout the country. The studio of Konstantin Khabensky is already working in Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Ufa, Nizhny Tagil, two are operating in Kazan, St. Petersburg, Perm and Yekaterinburg.