Andrei Sharkov - theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. And although during his life he did not happen to play the main roles, the wide audience the artist was very remembered and fell in love with his funny and sincere episodic roles. The main series, which made Andrei famous, is considered a multi-part film "Secrets of the Investigation." However, it should be noted in fairness that, in addition to this work, Andrei worked in other Russian series.
Biography
Sharkov Andrey was born in January 1958 in the north, in cold Murmansk, in a family where father Anatoly Afanasevich and mother Zoya Ivanovna were doctors. Parents predicted the same way for their son, but Andrei, although he did not feel disgust for medicine, decided differently. A predisposition to colloquial art and a love for the theater manifested in him back in school years.
Andrei attended the
theater club and loved spending time in the company of friends. In general, he was always a merry fellow, he liked to tell funny stories and jokes, for a word he never reached into his pocket and loved to be in the spotlight. Perhaps genetics played an important role here, since the actor’s mother also received a theater education at the time, however, she did not make a career as an actress.
After leaving school, Andrei decided to enter the theater university of St. Petersburg, however, did not pass the exams and went to try his luck in Sverdlovsk. Fate smiled at the actor; he was admitted to the Sverdlovsk Theater School. However, a year later the young man was expelled - attendance at his classes left much to be desired.
The beginning of the creative path
This fact did not prevent Andrei from continuing on his way to his goal - he went to Nizhny Novgorod and entered the local theater school, and immediately to the second year.
This city brought the man to his future friend of life - Eugene Dvorzhetsky, who later became a theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, a well-known personality on television in the late 90s. Unfortunately, Evgeni Dvorzhetsky died in 1999 tragically.
In 1979, Andrei Sharkov completed his studies and went to Latvia - in Riga he had a room that he had got from his mother. However, here the young man was waiting for serious trials. He could not find a permanent job in the profile - he was not taken to any theater in the city. Sometimes it came to the point that Andrei was not able to just eat normally.
However, soon the black streak ended, and the future
famous actor began to receive one theatrical offer after another. Moreover, the man constantly had a choice - where to work and on what conditions - for several years, Sharkov managed to work in eleven theaters in various cities of Russia. He changed the stage, to a greater extent because he was looking for an ideal place to work, comfortable - one where justice and talent rule.
Fulfillment of desires
In 1994, Andrei Sharkov stopped his search in St. Petersburg. Once in his childhood, as a boy, he dreamed of living in this beautiful city, with an enchanting atmosphere. A childhood dream came true - work was found, but not somewhere, but in the Bolshoi Drama Theater under the direction of Tovstonogov. At first, for Andrei, the theater seemed like a house in which everything is sublime and not like everywhere else. However, later, he realized that this place was not perfect - behind the scenes of any theater, intrigues in the acting environment are the norm.
In general, speaking of the theater, Andrei warns that he does not like unprofessionalism. And with great annoyance, she sometimes observes a situation where the truly interesting roles are bypassed by truly talented people. And in theatrical life, in his opinion, this happens quite often.
Today, looking back on past years, Andrei is not sure of the correctness of his professional choice and does not know if he would choose the acting profession again, if he had the chance to live life again. He believes that this is a difficult profession, and among the many talented children entering the theater course, only a few get the opportunity to express themselves in the theater profession.
Oh theater!
Be that as it may, Andrei Sharkov adores his work and loves forever. With a theatrical tour, he traveled all over Russia, most of the European countries. The actor likes the road, he loves traveling and is doubly pleased that it is the work that allows you to translate your personal desires into reality.
The number of theatrical productions in which Andrei Sharkov is engaged is not great. The biography of his work has the following roles:
- "Macbeth" by W. Shakespeare (Andrew plays the 1st witch);
- “Forest” by A. N. Ostrovsky (role of Milonov);
- "Thomas" by F. M. Dostoevsky (played by Obnoskin);
- “Mother Courage and Her Children” B. Brecht (Italian soldier Feldfebel);
- Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare (the role of Brother Lorenzo);
- Pickwick Club by C. Dickens (Tapmen);
- The Ballad of the Sad Zucchini by E. Albee (Merley Ryan);
- “Boris Godunov” by A. S. Pushkin (role of hegumen);
- "Masquerade" by M. Yu. Lermontov (Shprikh).
And it doesn’t matter that these roles are not the main ones, because a well-played episode can bring in the work no less satisfaction than a major role. And this is proved by the life of many talented actors, whom viewers know precisely as masters of small roles.
Cinema
Work in the cinema for Andrei Sharkov today is shooting in television series. Actors of Russian cinema are often forced to act in multi-part films in order to maintain a decent standard of living.
I must say that a man got acquainted with cinema quite late - he was already a little over forty. The debut series, in which the actor played a tiny role, was the second season of “Streets of Broken Lights”. Then there were the series “By the name of Baron”, “Mole”, “Agent of National Security”. However, the most popular series, by which the audience actually recognize Andrei today, is the multi-part film "Secrets of the Investigation." The first part was released back in 2001, for the current period 15 seasons of the series have been shot, work is underway on the filming of the sixteenth part.
In "Secrets of the investigation" Sharkov plays a medical examiner Leonid Panov, although everyone calls him Lenya. A very charismatic and charming fun man in a memorable beret, he was loved by the viewer with his cheerful disposition, funny jokes, incredible soulfulness.
In the creative luggage of Sharkov, about eighty roles. He has experience in filming in feature films as well - for example, with his participation, the films “Three Musketeers” (2013), “Return” (2012), etc. were shot. However, these roles, unfortunately the actor, are episodic.
In life, Andrei is the same - a joker, a merry fellow, he has a great sense of humor. On any, even the most tricky question, it cannot be forced to answer seriously.
About everything
Andrei Sharkov is an incredibly pleasant conversationalist who is easy and fun with. He has few friends, some of them are actors of Russian cinema.
When communicating with Sharkov, some warmth and ease breaks through. In addition, he fairly openly answers various questions, not hesitating to give an assessment of some controversial situations.
He can talk about art for hours. He believes that the theater, in principle, is something living, an organism that can die at some point, but later be born again. According to the actor, today the theater is not as popular as it used to be, it is largely replaced by a TV, a computer, but still it remains interesting to people. Although, according to Andrei Sharkov, many viewers who come to the theater lack education at some points - it’s very unpleasant to watch when a mobile phone rings in the middle of the hall when the tension is on stage.
Andrei Anatolyevich loves the city in which he lives and will never exchange it for the capital, although he agrees that today all his life is concentrated in Moscow. The actor’s favorite places in St. Petersburg are Marsovo Pole and Trinity Bridge.
To questions about what the actor can advise today's entrants to the theater institute, Sharkov, without hesitation, answers - think carefully. The artist believes that not always the most talented guys pass all exams and enter the course. And if someone is not ready for failure or for an unfair attitude, it is better to submit documents to the university for some other specialty.
Ufa - the city of childhood
She loves Sharkov to talk about his favorite corner from childhood - the city of Ufa. Here were the actor’s childhood years.
His grandmother lived in this city, where she was evacuated from Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War. In the postwar years, she stayed here to live. The actor’s mother, by the way, was educated in a theater school in the vocal department in this city and worked for some time in the Ufa Philharmonic. However, after marriage, she left for another city. But Aunt Andrei Sharkov, Galina Ivanovna Kidul, is a famous person in the city. She was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Bashkiria. She devoted her whole life to the profession - she worked at the Ufa Opera House.
For Sharkov, childhood in Ufa is the happiest and most carefree time, when you could not think about anything, just go to the planetarium and run to swim at Belaya, while your parents and grandmother were still alive.
Sharkov every time with trepidation in his soul comes to his childhood city. He still has relatives living here, who is very warm about the actor, watching all his work. On holidays, relatives send gifts to their pet.
The actor says that since his childhood, the city has changed a lot, but this only pleases Andrei Sharkov.
Personal life
In the personal life of the actor, everything is fine. Throughout his adult adult life, he walked side by side with his only wife - Tatyana Kapitonova, a colleague in the workshop, an actress in theater and cinema. It can be seen today in television series, for example, in Sea Devils, Cop Wars, in the series Chef and Hounds.
They met while still studying - they were fellow students. Andrei admits that for the first time he drew attention to his future wife not as a female representative, but as a talented actress who gave great promise in the acting profession. He says that he always pays attention to people with inner potential, charismatic and outstanding.
Sharkov was never a ladies man, Don Juan, and women did not pursue him on the heels. However, he is a very attractive man, with him incredibly comfortable and cozy. Andrei jokingly draws parallels between private life and acting fate. He says that in the theater and in the cinema it was not possible to play the heroes-lovers, awe-inspiring the entire female population. But he is very good at playing a friend of the hero. So it is in life.
Unfortunately, this acting couple has no children.