In the series “Chef 2,” the actors tell the audience the difficult story of police colonel Rastorguev for 32 episodes, who, in their inadvertence, is accused of “abuse of authority” and sentenced to a certain term of imprisonment. How will the protagonist cope with the new life situation that arose in the second season of the film, and can he count on the support of old friends?
Short story and filmmakers
The actors of the film "Chef 2" for the most part migrated to the detective from the first season of the serial film "Chef". The first actors were directed by Anatoly Artamonov ("Spy Games") and Oleg Larin ("Hot Ice"), and only Oleg Larin was involved in the second part of the film.
The script was worked by Andrei Tumarkin, who had previously worked on “Alien District 2”, the series “Brotherhood of the Landing Party” and the crime film “The Last Hero”.
Behind the camera stood Valery Mulgaut (“The Master and Margarita”) and Pavel Kiselev (“Liteiny 8”). And the series was produced by Inessa Yurchenko ("The Gunner") and Sergey Shcheglov ("Demon").
In the second part of the film "Chef" the main character - Colonel Rastorguev - is imprisoned on charges of abuse of authority. However, after only a few episodes, the viewer realizes that this is not an absurd accident, and something more is behind the arrest of the colonel. During the development of the plot, it turns out that in the colony Rastorguev continues to work undercover, extracting important information for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"Chef 2": actors and roles. Andrey Chubchenko as Colonel Rastorguev
If in the first part of the film the main character - Colonel Viktor Rastorguev - investigates the suicide of a friend and solves his family problems, then in the detective series "Chef 2" Rastorguev agrees to work undercover: he gets into the colony as a felon, where he enters into confidence in the corrupt Major Karpatov. It was the latter who, upon the release of Rastorguev, should lead him into the entourage of General Kholodilov, under whom the Ministry of Internal Affairs “digs”.
In the serial detective "Chef 2", the actors play on the screen a fascinating, partly even spy story. The performer of the role of Colonel Rastorguev Andrey Chubchenko has acted in films since 1997, mainly in television series. On his account episodic roles in the films Detective Dubrovsky's Dossier, The Return of Mukhtar and The Moscow Saga, as well as the main roles in the drama His Own Man, in the melodrama Hate and the biographical film Tukhachevsky. The Marshal's Conspiracy. ”
Sergey Aprelsky as a former major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Karpatov
The film "Chef-2", the actors and roles of which will undoubtedly interest detective fans, became another film work for Sergei Aprelsky: he played the role of a former major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, serving a term in a colony for extortion. According to the plot, it is precisely with him that the “mishandled” Colonel Rastorguev should establish contact.
Sergey Aprelsky is a frequent guest of television series, mainly criminal. And it all started with the “Voroshilovsky shooter” Stanislav Govorukhin, where April played an arms dealer. Then there were episodic roles in the TV series Truckers, On the Corner of the Patriarchs 2, The Brigade, and Turkish March 2. And in 2014, the actor played a major role in the criminal film “Last Day”.
The series "Chef 2": actors and roles. Jan Tsapnik as Major Rovinsky
The role of Major Andrei Rovinsky in the film was played by Jan Tsapnik. Actors of the series "Chef" (season 2) are not all known to the viewer, but this can not be said about Jan Tsapnik.
In his arsenal there are a lot of both episodic and main roles. The artist began his career in 1987 with the episodic role of Gosha in the melodrama by Mikhail Ershov “I am looking for a friend of life”. Then came episodic roles in "Streets of Broken Lights", "Cinderella Hunt", "Black Raven" and the series "Brigade".
In 2003, the actor played the main character in the series “Instructor”, and in 2004 appeared in the drama “Emergency Braking”. However, Tsapnik gained fame thanks to the role of the journalist Igor Nikiforov in the series “Gangster Petersburg 7”.
Recently, Yan has been appearing more and more in feature films: in the comedy “Fir Trees 1914”, he played the master Alexander Arkadevich, in the “Shaggy Fir Trees” - the thief Makar, and in the movie Fyodor Bondarchuk “The Phantom” - the inventor of Genu.
Kirill Polukhin as Tikhomirov
The role of Maxim Tikhomirov in the detective "Chef 2", whose actors have not changed much since the release of the first season, remained with Kirill Polukhin.
Polukhin starred not only in all films about the adventures of Colonel Rastorguev, but also appeared in many other projects. He appeared in episodes of the films "Agent of National Security", "Secrets of Investigation 2", "Streets of Broken Lights 5" and "Women's Logic 4".
The main roles went to the artist in the films “Ours Beat!” Anton Bormotov, “Family House” and “Protection of Witnesses” by Vlad Furman and “Investigator” by Andrei Korshunov. Also, the actor can be seen in the role of Grigory Kotovsky in the criminal series “Life and Adventures of the Bear of the Japanese” and in the role of Shakhov in “Sea Devils”.
Eldar Lebedev as Kaplevich
In November 2013, the premiere of the film "Chef 2". The actors and roles played by them in the film by Oleg Larin, for a whole month captivated the audience of the NTV channel with their adventures.
One of the leading actors in the film is the young artist Eldar Lebedev. His name is not well known, although Eldar’s face flickered in many famous series: the central characters went to the young man in the military film “The Last Confession” by Sergei Lyalin, in Nikolai Denisov’s action movie “Emergency Call”, in Maria Makhanko’s comedy “Diagnosis: Love” and in the crime film Igor Moskvitin "Honor".
Eldar was also involved in all parts of the film "Chef" and played the main role - the doctor Ilya Sokolov - in the medical drama "Practice".
Tatyana Kolganova in the role of investigator Mikhailova
In the film "Chef 2" actors Yan Tsapnik and Tatyana Kolganova are considered the most famous participants in the cast.
Tatyana Kolganova is a St. Petersburg actress who also has a director's education. True, Tatyana never took advantage of her diploma, but the actress began acting in films in 1995. Her first film, “Three. The love story of the end of the 20th century ”did not appear on the screens, but the three subsequent paintings (“ Happy End ”,“ Streets of Broken Lights ”and S. Bodrov’s action movie“ Sisters ”) found their audience.
Kolganova became famous thanks to the main role in the film "Black Raven", which included 64 series. The series was shot based on the trilogy of the writer Dmitry Veresov and covers the period of the life of many heroes, starting in the 40s. and ending with modernity. Red-haired Tatyana played a hereditary witch in this picture.
After the Black Crow, the actress was offered the role of exceptionally strong and punchy women. Such were her heroines in the melodrama "The Doctor", the detective "Foundry 8" and in the mystical comedy "Seven Miles to Heaven."
In Detective 2, Tatyana plays an investigator with the rank of lieutenant colonel - Irina Mikhailova. The last work of Kolganova on television was the series "Alien Nest", in which she played the role of bitchy Natalia Peregudova.
Other role performers
Also in the serial film "Chef 2", which was broadcast on the NTV channel, you can see Sergey Koshonin ("Stranger or Alien"), Tatyana Cherkasova ("Lawyer 8"), Igor Pavlov ("The Fugitives"), Mikhail Tryasorukov (" Special Purpose Agent 4 "), Nona Troyanovskaya (" Inquirer "), Sergey Vorobyov (" Sniper "), Dmitry Lebedev (" Provincial "," Leningrad 46 "), Evgeny Antonov (" North Wind "," Honor ") and Maxim Merkulova ("Goryunov").