Smolkin Boris G. shines in theater and cinema for many years. He is known to modern youth for the role of the butler Konstantin in the series "My Fair Nanny." The older generation remembers actor Boris Grigorievich Smolkin in the film "New Year's Adventures of Masha and Viti."
general information
When it comes to actor Boris Smolkin, I immediately want to note his wonderful style, pleasant timbre of his voice and an amazing sense of humor. His personality is so unique that he always stood out from his colleagues. Despite the undoubted talent, Boris Grigoryevich Smolkin received his true popularity only after fifty years. It is this period of his life that is also characterized by significant changes in his personal life. Today, the actor can safely be called a media personality, he actively leads his pages on social networks, conducts all kinds of events and teaches in one of the creative universities. He does not boast of his fame and does not believe that someone is obliged to give him new roles. But if he is invited again, he will be glad and grateful.
Biography of Boris Smolkin
Boy Borya was born on March 2, 1948. His birthplace is post-war Leningrad. The boy's parents were far from the creative world. But despite this, the family was intelligent and exemplary. Father's name was Gregory and he was engaged in architecture. Mama Raisa was a philologist by education. She connected her life with the profession of an English teacher.
Thanks to the efforts of the parents of Boris Smolkin, the actor grew up a very versatile person. In childhood, he was sent to a physics and mathematics school. Studying in it was very successful for Boris. Especially high were his achievements in the field of chemistry. He also participated in various song competitions, theater productions of the Youth Theater, masterfully played chess. It was his last hobby that allowed the boy to clearly define his preferences. The fact is that Boris Smolkin studied chess in the legendary Vladimir Zyk. The master advised the future actor not to spray and finally make a choice in favor of the most interesting occupation for him. It was at this moment that Boris Smolkin decided to follow the actor’s creative path. It is worth noting that after some time Smolkin himself spoke out that he did not think that because of his choice the chess world had lost something.
Student
To receive an acting education, Boris Smolkin went to enter the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. His attempt failed. Of course, the young man was full of chagrin, but this failure did not break him, and he decided not to waste time and go to another university. So Boris Smolkin became a student of the Faculty of Chemistry of Leningrad State University. In order to continue his creative development, he enrolled in the acting studio of Ilya Reznik at the university. A year later, he again failed in an attempt to enter the drama department. But, fortunately, he was lucky enough to go to the faculty of musical comedy. Here he studied until 1972. And after graduation he went to serve the Musical Comedy Theater. It was this work that became for the actor the longest and most fruitful. Here he worked for more than 35 years.
Film career
Today, more than a hundred films have been released with the participation of Boris Smolkin (Cranberries in Sugar, Russian Ark, Horoscope for Good Luck, and others). His first experience in playing a movie was the picture "Magician." Despite the fact that the actor played in a full-size movie, and in short films, and in films with the most different budgets, it was the series experience that brought him unheard of popularity. "My Fair Nanny" - this series was so loved by the audience that Boris Smolkin instantly recognized the whole world. The role of the butler is filled with sarcasm and sophisticated humor. The low growth of Boris Grigorievich Smolkin (155 cm) entailed a huge number of funny episodes. Especially the viewer liked the skirmishes between Konstantin and Zhanna Arkadyevna. Boris Grigoryevich’s partners on the site were Sergey Zhigunov and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk. A huge success for the actor was the opportunity to work with such amazing talents as Lyubov Polishchuk and Alexander Filippenko.
A television
Experience in the role of a TV presenter is also available in the piggy bank of Boris Smolkin. At various times, he led projects such as "The Price of Good Luck" and "It's Funny." As for the latter, here Smolkin worked for two seasons. And if he conducted the first season of “This is ridiculous” alone, then in the second Dmitry Guberniev joined him as a co-host. Here the growth of Boris Grigorievich was also discussed very fiercely. After all, the difference in growth between Guberniev and Smolkin is 45 centimeters. In television projects, the actor participated not only as a presenter, but also as a participant. So in 2011, the audience of the channel "Russia" were able to contemplate his dancing skills in the project "Dancing with the Star." The partner of the actor in this case was the beautiful Svetlana Lakshevich.
Scoring
Sounding of movie heroes takes a modest place in the life of an actor, but still it is worth mentioning it. only two characters of foreign films speak in his voice, but they are all very familiar to the audience. So the most popular character for dubbing Boris Smolkin is Master Yoda from the Star Wars movie. You can also learn the actor’s voice when viewing the picture "Asterix and Obelix". In it, he voiced Panaramix.
Theater in the life of Boris Smolkin
Of course, the general public learned about the existence of such an actor as Smolkin from films, series and television projects. But here he is familiar to the Petersburg public for a long time. As a theatrical, Smolkin is at the highest level at the Comedy Theater of St. Petersburg. Many residents of the cultural capital and its guests come to the theater only to get acquainted and enjoy the work of the actor. At the musical comedy theater, Boris Smolkin is involved in a large number of performances. Most of all, viewers love his characters from the productions of Krechinsky’s Wedding, Bat, Truffaldino. In addition to this place of work, the actor creates on the stage of such theaters as Alexandria and the Akimov Comedy Theater. In 2008, Smolkin completed his 36-year period of work in the comedy theater. After that, he decided to take a break from the theater life and took a significant break for a period of six years. But the actor did not manage to completely leave the theater, already in 2006 he played in the musical "Paul Negri" and the intriguing theater blockbuster "Number 13".
A family
The personal life of Boris Smolkin is characterized by two legal marriages, numerous frivolous relationships and two children.
For the first time, an actor decided to get married as a student. His chosen one was a young actress Lydia. In 1974, a son was born in a young family, whom they decided to call Vladimir. A few more years, the couple managed to maintain a family and a warm relationship. But when the child was six years old, they realized that they could no longer live together, and divorced. After this experience of building a serious relationship, the personal life of Boris Smolkin could not get better. Of course, the actor had vivid novels, but all of them turned out to be extremely short. So until fifty years old he lived in the status of a bachelor. And already as an adult, Boris Grigoryevich passionately fell in love with a young theater employee in whom he worked. Sympathy was mutual. In 1999, lovers decided to register their relationship. In the same year, a newly-born son was born. The wife of Boris Smolkin (photo below) is twenty-three years younger than her husband. At the time of their acquaintance, she worked as accompanist.
Children of Boris Smolkin
Son Vladimir from his first marriage today is a creative person. He organizes tours of foreign artists.
The second son of the actor did not follow the path of creativity and chose a sports career. The young man devotes a lot of time to figure skating. His work allowed to achieve such a high rank as a candidate for master of sports.