The biography of actor Dmitry Ulyanov does not shine with vivid events. He was born in Moscow, successfully entered a theater university, and eventually became a very popular and sought-after artist. The female part of the audience considers him a charismatic and attractive man, a hero of girlish dreams. However, behind this absolute success of Dmitry lies the constant painstaking work of a talented person and a professional who managed to build an acting career and stay on the slippery crest of popularity. You will learn about the main points of his biography from this article.
Childhood
Dmitry Ulyanov was born in 1973, on October 26, in Moscow. He was brought up in a simple Soviet family. His mother taught mathematics at the school, dad worked as an aircraft engineer - he is a hereditary Muscovite. The boy woke up early creative abilities. Even in kindergarten, he liked to tell the group different stories, saw the reaction of the audience and enjoyed it. Over time, Dmitry realized that he wanted to become an artist. True, at first he saw himself as a rock musician, standing in the center of a stadium full of roaring fans. But the boy quickly realized that he would not succeed in becoming the second Bob Dylan, and decided to realize himself as an actor.
The Ulyanovs family first lived on Malaya Bronnaya, and then moved to Orekhovo-Borisovo. In those years, this district of the capital was not the most prosperous for living. After noisy discos, young people often started fights, which the police came to stop. In such a tough environment, a teenager simply needed to have fighting skills. Dmitry began to play sports. He attended the judo section. However, due to health problems, the boy had to leave the sport. The future artist studied medium, was a threesome. In eighth grade, he earned a unit in physics. In graduation classes, he generally ceased to study in all subjects.
Search period
After leaving school, Dmitry Ulyanov worked for a year as a librarian in a medical school, where his mother taught. Then he decided to try to enter the Shchukin school. The young man learned an excerpt from the novel "The Master and Margarita", prepared some kind of fable and went to the theater exams. Ulyanov recalls that in the midst of his speech he forgot the text, reached into his pocket for a piece of paper and made the whole commission laugh. He was offered to immediately go to the last exam. Dmitry decided that he had already acted, relaxed and as a result did not pass the competition. The next year, the future actor attended a paid college of art. He studied music, wrote songs, played the guitar. The guy managed to avoid military service. For some reason, the summons was never brought to him. The filmography of Dmitry Ulyanov includes many military films. The actor jokes that he pays for his non-service in the army.
Education
A year later, Dmitry again submitted documents to a theater university and became a student at the Moscow Art Theater School at Vanguard Leontyev. However, Ulyanov again made a big mistake. Two years later, despite the strict prohibition of the Moscow Art Theater teachers, he starred in the program "Alarm Clock". For this violation, the future actor was expelled from the school. But the guy was not taken aback and managed to transfer to the VTU them. Schukin, where he could not do the first time. The actor himself considers this incident a happy one. Dmitry Ulyanov spent his best student days at Pike. In the Moscow Art Theater, the future actor "was stuffy."
Theater roles
In 1998, the biography of Dmitry Ulyanov made a new round. He graduated from the theater and was accepted into the troupe of actors of the Vakhtangov Theater. For four years, the actor served in this theater. He was involved in the productions of “Lefty” (Donets-Molodets), “Othello” (Graziano), “Princess Turandot” (Barach), “King Deer” (Truffaldino), “Examiner” (Strawberry), “Lear” (Count Kent), “Cyrano de Bergerac” (captain Carbon de Castel-Jalu), etc. Dmitry also played in the play “Plasticine” directed by Serebrennikov, presented to the audience in 2001 at the Center for Drama and Director Mikhail Roshchin and Alexei Kazantsev.
The beginning of a film career
The filmography of Dmitry Ulyanov began not easily. He was haunted by typical for a novice actor failures. Roles in minor episodes, failures after exhausting tests tested the young artist for strength. However, Dmitry did not give up. He was noticed by Kirill Serebrennikov and suggested the role of a Chechen in his serial film “Rostov-papa”. It is interesting that the hero of Ulyanov in this film was positive, but after this work, offers to play bandits rained down on the actor. The creative biography of Dmitry Ulyanov was replenished with a new successful character after filming in the cult picture “72 meters” by Vladimir Khotinenko. The plot of this picture developed around the death of a submarine. The actor played the role of captain-lieutenant Muravyov, a worthy and courageous commander of the 1st compartment. After that, filmmakers saw only a positive character in Ulyanov. Dmitry's artistic range was much wider. The actor had to spend several years to prove by the employer that he is capable of more. A student at the school he was able to brilliantly perform characteristic roles.
Fame
It was the filmography of Dmitry Ulyanov that brought the actor wildly popular. His heroes were: Pavel Kolesov in the military film “Don't Forget”, deaf-mute Yeremy in the film “Icon Hunters”, police officer Barsukov in the drama “Tender Leopard”, scientist Lodygin in the film “Shift”, Bulanov in the detective “The Head of the Classic”, Vadim Ivanov in the film “Year of the Golden Fish”, producer Sergey in the mystical film “The Limit of Desires”, False Dmitry in the film “1612: Chronicles of the Time of Troubles”, Shishkin in the drama “The Egoist”, Pichugov in the military film “Riorita”, businessman Bulychev in the series “Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka. Challenge to fate ”, etc.
The film "St. John's wort"
In the period from 2004 to 2009, Dmitry Ulyanov became a very popular artist. An incredibly tight filming schedule, constant flights from one end of the city to the other greatly exhausted the man. However, he managed to create true, popular images. Ulyanov was especially remembered for his role in the film "St. John's Wort". His character, Special Forces Prokhorov Ivan, suddenly acquired the gift of foresight. The chain of tragic events in the fate of this hero first aroused in him a desire to avenge the offenders.
However, over time, a wonderful gift made Ivan a completely different person. Ulyanov says that Prokhorov did not immediately understand the nature of his new talent. His visions were accompanied by terrible headaches. Then there were changes in the inner world of Ivan. From a positive character, he turns into a negative character. Much later, this hero is seeing, and in his fate begins the period of atonement for mistakes made. Dmitry claims that so internally merged with the experiences of his hero that he really did get sick at times. However, this psychologically complex role was really interesting for the actor.
The series "Island of unnecessary people"
A multi-part film about the life of shipwrecked travelers on a desert island broke all popularity ratings in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Of course, one hundred percent hit by the creators of the series was the choice of the role of the protagonist namely Dmitry Ulyanov. To tell the story of a man who got confused in his personal problems, tried to solve them illegally, overcame hundreds of trials on a wild island and, finally, managed to realize his errors and comprehend true values ​​in life, this remarkable actor was reliably able to do so. After working in this film, the artist finally confirmed the reputation of the hero of girlish dreams. The shooting was carried out in very difficult, one might say, extreme conditions. The director of the film, Eduard Parry, made the actors themselves perform complex tricks, for example, jump into the water from a burning ship. The year of life among snakes and scorpions, surrounded by Thais who do not understand a word in a foreign language, in a climate with crazy humidity, accompanied by forty-degree heat, was remembered forever by Dmitry Ulyanov. The actor claims that he will never go on vacation to Thailand.
Ability to choose
After the films with Dmitry Ulyanov began to enjoy well-deserved popularity, the artist had a choice. In his interviews, the actor claims that it is important for him to feel satisfied with the work done. Indeed, you will not see an actor in primitive soap soap operas. He does not make a profitable business out of acting. However, Dmitry Ulyanov, films with the participation of which are watched in one breath, claims that he is upset by the infantilism of the Russian-speaking public. On account of the popular actor, several dozen works in full meter from recognized masters of the film industry - Todorovsky, Zvyagintsev, Khotinenko, Druzhinina. But viewers recognize Ulyanov solely from the series. This fact saddens the artist, in his opinion, the “box” made the taste of modern man very primitive.
Personal life
Dmitry Ulyanov, whose photo often appears on the pages of glossy magazines, is happy in his personal life. The actor met his fate in the person of an angelically attractive girl on the street, in the company of a common acquaintance. The future wife of Dmitry Ulyanov, designer Julia, was so beautiful that the man even forgot to ask for her phone number. But after thirty minutes, the actor again met a beautiful stranger and did not miss this chance. A year later, the young people got married. And in 2004, a beautiful couple had a son, Borya. Constant shooting, long creative business trips do not hold the family together. For example, when an actor was involved in work on the series “Island of Unnecessary People,” he had to spend a year in Thailand. However, Julia and Dmitry manage to withstand the test of time and distance.