This pretty young face on movie screens now flashes more often, the talented and ambitious guy and theatergoers of Moscow are well aware. So, it's time for us to get to know him better. So, Grigory Dobrygin.
Some biography
Our hero was born on February 17, 1986 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. According to the horoscope - Aquarius. At the age of six, a boy with his family moves to Zelenograd, and after elementary school, parents send their son to the Academy of Choreography (MGAH) at the Bolshoi Theater. Then the future actor searches for himself for two years (as he will later say in an interview) - he is engaged in a Protestant seminary. But later, Gregory decides: his recognition is a movie. For some time, Grigory Dobrygin attends classes in the workshop of K. Serebrennikov (Moscow Art Theater School), but then leaves there and studies for 4 years at GITIS (in the workshop of O. Kudryashev). Later, Dobrygin returns to the same workshop to get the profession of director.
A little personal
Fans of celebrities are often interested in their personal life. There is not much information on Gregory on the Internet on this subject, and this is probably right: famous people should also have their own space, where there is no entry for outsiders. But from time to time Gregory is seen with new companions, also actresses, whom rumor considers him to be girls. Dobrygin was credited with an affair with the beautiful Ravshana Kurkova, but then the actor’s girlfriend, Olga Kurylenko, was called the actor’s girlfriend. At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, the actor was seen in close company with Lisa Boyarskaya, with whom they flew together from St. Petersburg. The picture where this luxurious couple takes pictures of each other using mobile phones, the press then calls it: "Grigory Dobrygin and his girlfriend."
The actor himself does not like to turn his soul inside out, and little is known about the latest events in his personal life.
"Black Lightning"
And yet - what kind of artist is Grigory Dobrygin? The filmography of the young talent is not too great, but the roles he played are quite noticeable. Dobrygin was really talked about in 2009, after the appearance of the superhero Russian film Black Lightning on the screens. The film was directed by A. Voitinsky and D. Kiselev, and the producer was the notorious T. Bekmambetov. There, in the company of wonderful actors such as Juozas Budraitis, Valery Zolotukhin and others, Grigory Dobrygin showed himself brightly and unexpectedly, who received the main role.
The plot of the picture is simple and somewhat reminiscent of the adventures of Spider-Man. The most ordinary student Dima receives a gift from his father - an old car. As it turned out later, the car, equipped with a rocket engine, was a secret product of the defense of the USSR. Dima, who had decided to make money with a machine (to deliver flowers), misfortune once forced him to look at the world differently and defend the good. The picture received good reviews from the audience, and the young actor brought the first glory.
"How I spent this summer"
But really Dobrygin was appreciated in 2010, after his filming in the film "How I Spent This Summer" (director. A. Popogrebsky). The result was the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the Berlinale 2010. The same prize was received by Dobrygin's partner in the film S. Puskepalis.
The film "How I Spent This Summer" was Dobrygin's acting debut, although it was released later than Black Lightning. The plot of the picture is not at all trivial (art cinema!), The director’s work was also constructed in an unusual way. Grigory Dobrygin will later tell in an interview that every day of shooting was a real adventure for him. He was not specifically devoted to the subtleties of the plot, the director gave him a piece of text and sent him to the set. It seemed to the actor that he wasn’t playing, but living according to the script - because he really had no idea how events would develop further and what the outcome of a story taking on soul would turn out to be.
The joint efforts of the director and actors brought decent results: the film was rated more than positive by film critics.
And more about the artist
This is a very unusual person - Grigory Dobrygin. Photos of the actor show him in a variety of ways: modest and wild, respectable and deliberately careless. Different roles - different incarnations.
In recent years, the actor managed to prove himself in several interesting projects. This is the picture “Atomic Ivan” - a story about nuclear scientists, shot by Vasily Barkhatov, a famous opera director. This is the work of Achim von Borris, a director from Germany - “Four May Days”. The film tells about the events of World War II, and Dobrygin plays the role of a Soviet soldier in it. Another serious work with a German director is the fourth power thriller. An interesting discovery is the large role of Dobrygin (emigrant Issa Karpov) in the Hollywood film “Especially Dangerous”.
On the account of the actor there are several more serious roles: in the Russian "Territory" and in the "Black Sea" (production of Great Britain). But the young actor has even more ambitious plans - recently, Dobrygin has more positioned himself as a novice director. And I want to wish this talented person great luck in all his endeavors.