George Topolaga - Russian actor. A native of Voronezh. Already managed to play in 44 films and TV shows. He succeeded in the profession of an actor thanks to his participation in such well-known projects as Admiral, Pyatnitsky, Doctor Zhivago. The first role in the cinema was played by him in 2000. His height is 186 cm. According to the zodiac sign Aries. Married. He has two children. In addition to acting, he writes scripts and acts as a host of various programs. At one time he worked at the Satyricon Theater, but today he gives himself up almost completely to cinema, although occasionally he can still be seen on the stage, for example, in the play The Player by Dostoevsky.
Biography
The actor was born on April 1, 1965 in the city of Voronezh in the family of a director and professor. In 1967, a second child was born in the family - Konstantin. It is not surprising that Georgy Topolaga and Konstantin Topolaga showed themselves excellently in art, because they always had an example to follow - their father, who at one time had shot many documentaries that were interesting to a wide range of viewers.
For several years, the family lived in Vladivostok, then moved to Krasnodar, where mom George and Konstantin were offered a job at the Institute of Culture. Moving this did not end there, in 1974 future actors ended up in Voronezh, because their mother was invited to teach at the local Institute of Arts. In those years, many of George's acquaintances were sure that he would connect his life with cinema. Even then, while still very young, the hero of our article tried himself in the role of a director, shooting short films.
Theater Service
In 1988, George Topolaga graduated from the Voronezh State Institute of Arts, and then went to Volgograd in the direction. Here he began to work in the Volgograd State New Experimental Theater, on the stage of which he participated in the performances The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet and others.
On one of the days of 1998, actor George Topolaga boarded a train and went to Moscow with the intention of visiting several movie studios in search of work. The desire to achieve new frontiers gave a positive result: the artist was accepted into the troupe of the theater of Konstantin Raikin "Satyricon".
Despite the fact that George Topolaga gave more than ten years of his life to the theater, still he does not confess his love to cinema, but to cinema. According to the actor, the theater takes too much energy, during the performance of the role on the stage, you have to give all of yourself. George likes the movie, which he calls another reality.
George Topolaga was twice married. From his first marriage, he has two children. In 2011, he legalized relations for the second time.
The first experience in cinema
Having found his calling, Georgy Topologa in 2000 boldly stepped into the world of cinema, playing in the series “Secrets of the Investigation”, which was loved by the audience. This detective about the hard work of prosecutors got the highest popularity ratings as soon as his first television broadcasts began.
The first step of the actor was quite successful, and with a confident step, George Topolaga moved further along the cinematic trail, playing in 2001 a small role as a prisoner in the film "101st kilometer". This story, taking place in a town near Moscow in the 50s of the 20th century, tells of a guy who fell under the influence of criminals, who was caught between a rock and a hard place: on the one hand, he is attacked by local authority Kostya Konovalov, who offers to engage in robberies, on the other - policemen urging him to become a scammer.
In 2004, actor George Topolaga, whose photo can be seen on this page, made a turn from the role of a prisoner to the role of a prosecutor in the series “Lawyer” with Andrei Sokolov. This is a story about lawyer Alexei Zimin who is always ready to help . He courageously protects everyone who asks for his help.
Roles in Winning Films
In 2005, our hero revealed himself in a new way in the large-scale drama of the serial format of Alexander Proshkin “Doctor Zhivago”. This is a historical film about the dramatic fate of the inexperienced experience of a young doctor in a very turbulent, ruthless and bloody time (events unfold in the early 20th century). The film, the music of which was written by the famous composer Eduard Artemyev, received several awards, including the Golden Eagle award in 2007.
In 2008, Georgy Topolaga contributed to the success of the full-length film Admiral with Konstantin Khabensky and Elizabeth Boyarska in the lead roles. The actor played one of the secondary roles in this historical military drama about the legendary Kolchak. The film has won many awards. Konstantin Khabensky for his work received the Golden Eagle in the nomination for Best Actor in 2009.
New roles
In 2016, Georgy added another look to the baggage of his roles, starring in the Russian historical crime series Black Cat with Igor Petrenko and Konstantin Lavronenko. This is a film about the notorious Black Cat gang, the participants of which were not criminals at all, as many people think, but representatives of the “golden” youth, who hypocritically wore masks of “good guys” during the day and became killers and robbers at night.