Films that brought popularity with Vladimir Vdovichenkov in the title role

Vladimir Vdovichenkov is a Russian theater and film actor. Since 2012 - Honored Artist of Russia.

Actor Biography

Vladimir was born on August 13, 1971 in the city of Gusev, Kaliningrad Region. His mother and father worked for a long time at a lighting fixture factory. The actor’s father held the position of senior mechanic, and his mother was an engineer. The family brought up three children. Vladimir was the second child. He has an older sister Ira and brother Kostya. Irina is now engaged in the restaurant business, and Konstantin, after studying at a technical university, specializes in media advertising.

From childhood, the future actor was fond of boxing and was a fan of Jean-Claude Van Damme. After graduating from the 8th grade, Vladimir tried himself at a seafaring school in Tallinn, but did not attend school. However, a little later he passed all the exams and began to study at the naval school of the Navy of the city of Kronstad. He then served in the Northern Fleet for 4 years. During the army service he earned the rank of senior reserve sailor, which on land is equivalent to the rank of corporal.

Ascent to Olympus

After the service, Vladimir was a waiter in one of the prestigious restaurants, then he held the position of head waiter, and later he retrained as a cook. But the kitchen quickly tired of the future actor, and he began to distill cars from Poland. But doing business, Vdovichenkov did not abandon the idea of ​​becoming an actor, and once again he changed his profession.

Vladimir went to Moscow to make his dream come true. The first time Vdovichenkov failed to enter the cinematic course, due to the fact that the set for the course was already closed. But after some time, Vladimir began to study in preparatory courses and, having passed exams, got on the course to To Charatorkin.

The first films with Vladimir Vdovichenkov in the title role

The actor finished his training at the age of 30, but the career of an artist began even before receiving a diploma. He starred while studying, but he came across mostly episodic roles.

Courageous appearance and experience of military service did their job. He starred in the tapes April, Turkish March. It brought popularity to Vladimir Vdovichenkov the main role in the film "The Brigade". After playing in the tape, the actor began to receive offers from famous filmmakers. Soon, Vladimir’s filmography grew with the equally famous film “Boomer”, which brought him various awards and prizes for the actors who starred in this film. This film with Vladimir Vdovichenkov in the title role triggered a series of serious roles that opened up new horizons for the artist. More and more new offers to play in films began to appear.

Vladimir Vdovichenkov all films and awards

5 years later, after receiving a diploma at VGIK, a talented actor was noted as an honorary resident in his native land in the city of Gusev. He starred in the videos of O. Gazmanov, the “Roots” and “Lube” groups.

A little later, Vdovichenkov received the award for "Best Main Actor" in the movie "Time to Collect Stones."

In 2008, the actor duplicated one of the main characters of the cartoon "Volt". And a couple of years later they filmed Leviathan, a film with Vladimir Vdovichenkov in the title role. The film is based on the story from the Bible about the prophet Job, which the filmmaker modernized and transferred to the Russian motive.

The sensational film "Leviathan", brought a talented actor a huge number of awards at the festival, including "Golden Globe". The film was recognized as the best foreign film, which became a significant event for the country.

Vladimir Vdovichenkov full filmography (1999-2017)

The artist was involved in the following films:

• "House for rent with all the inconveniences."
• "Two".
• "Escape for a dream";
• "Leviathan";
• "Close";
• "Nowhere to hurry";
• "Holiday locked up";
• "August. Eighth ";
• "Kaleidoscope of love / 360 /";
• "Redemption";
• “If I loved you ...”;
• "The man at the window";
• "Taras Bulba";
• Kromov;
• "Forbidden Reality";
• "Output";
• "Racketeer";
• “Paragraph 78: paragraph 2”;
• “Paragraph 78”;
• "Mymra";
• "Seventh day";
• "Time to collect stones";
• “Boomer. The second film ";
• "Antiboomer";
• "Boomer";
• "Hot Sabot";
• "April";
• “Artist and master of the image”;
• "The President and his granddaughter."

The actor can be unconditionally called the king of the criminal genre. Since popularity came to him thanks to films in which he played brave, brutal, but damn attractive criminals. However, according to Vladimir himself, he terribly does not like the screen characters played by him.

Vdovichenkov starred in such series:

• "Optimists";
• "Homeland";
• "The departing nature";
• Goodbye Boys;
• "Scouts";
• “Once in Rostov”;
• The White Guard;
• "Heavy sand";
• "Kink";
• "Demons";
• "Cadets";
• "Astrologer";
• "Fifth angel";
• "Heaven and earth";
• "Kamenskaya-3";
• The "team";
• "Citizen Chief";
• "Turkish March";
• "The border. Taiga novel. "

Now in the box office of Russian cinema there are several dozens of films and series with Vladimir Vdovichenkov. Also, the artist serves in the State Academic Theater. Vakhtangov. He is involved in the productions of “Royal Hunt”, “The Wind Noises in Poplars”, “Uncle Vanya” and “The True Legend of One Quarter”.
Films with Vladimir Vdovichenkov in the title role, always exciting and interesting. The actor does not cease to amaze his fans, so we hope that the new films with his participation will be no less exciting.