Oleg Yemtsev was born on June 24, 1951. He was born in Melitopol. Oleg dreamed of becoming an artist since childhood. Already at the age of 13, he began to study acting in one of the drama groups of his native city.
Education
Oleg Yemtsev settled in Odessa. He began to receive education in a circus studio. After that, Oleg became a student at the Theater and Technical School in Odessa. This creative person began his acting career back in 1969. The Odessa Circus became for him the first place of professional activity: there he played together with clowns in reprises.
Mime
Emtsev Oleg Pavlovich for the first time decided to speak with his own number. Good luck smiled at him: he gained success, and he was invited to tour. His talent as a mime was highly appreciated by Soviet critics, and the artist traveled the whole country with his own ideas. Then Yemtsev was a representative of the Odessa Regional Philharmonic.
Cinema and circus
In 1971, the movie "Long Wires" appeared on the screens. This was the first picture in which Oleg Yemtsev played. He got the role of a mime, and he brilliantly embodied this image on the screen. In 1977, the comedian played in a film called "Timur and his team." However, the film career did not attract the artist too much, so he decided to devote himself completely to the circus. So Oleg Yemtsev began his creative activity.
"Masks show" - a famous project in which the artist took part since 1992. For the next 7 years he worked on this series. During this period, the artist goes to Paris. There he meets Marcel Marceau - a mime who is known throughout the world. The artist takes over the experience of the great master. Once our hero interpreted a number of short stories belonging to the French master. The master was very pleased with the amazing game of his colleague.
In Paris, the artist visited the international school of pantomime. He lived in New York for a year. There Oleg successfully performed in several shows. Since 2000, the artist simultaneously lived in two cities - Odessa and Krakow. In Poland, he organized his own little theater called “On the Suitcases”. He played in it for the next 7 years.
In 2007, a break of eight years at the box office appeared new films in which this creative person starred. We are talking about the paintings "The gentleman of the detective Ivan Podushkin 2" and "Liquidation." In the latter, he got the role of a card cheater.
Oleg Yemtsev in the last years of his life struggled with a serious illness. He left this world in 2011, on August 3.
Interesting Facts
The artist is buried in the territory of the Tairovsky cemetery in Odessa. The famous mime has green eyes, fair skin and naturally blond hair color. Oval face, middle forehead, thick and straight hair. The artist’s height is 175 cm. He did not change the color of his hair, he preferred the natural. The artist has a rectangular chin and a straight large nose. According to the zodiac sign, he is Cancer.
Yemtsev was a laureate of the international competition dedicated to small theater forms. The event was held in Poland, in the city of Warsaw. Also, the artist is a laureate of the Ukrainian comedy festival "Golden Rabbit", which was held in Odessa.
Mime called every concert of Marcel Marceau an extraordinary lesson in excellence.