An actor who has played roles in more than 50 films, a loving husband, a good father, and a happy grandfather is Anatoly Vasiliev. The biography of the artist began to interest viewers for the most part after the TV series about four fun relatives called “Matchmakers” appeared on television. But the first success came to him much earlier, with a role in the film "Crew".
Biography: Anatoly Vasiliev
On November 6, 1946, a boy was born in Nizhny Tagil, whom his parents called Anatoly. Little is known about the childhood of the future actor. With confidence, only it can be argued that he showed artistic abilities quite early. In his youth he was an activist, organized various concerts and youth parties and participated in them himself, played the guitar and sang the songs of the legendary “Beatles”.
After graduating from school, Anatoly Alexandrovich entered a technical school for training in mechanical engineering, but realized in time that he had chosen the wrong path, and turned on his way. He took a ticket for the Moscow train and the first time he entered the Moscow Art Theater School, which he graduated in 1969. And so began his cinematic biography.
Anatoly Vasiliev: first roles on the stage
The first refuge of the actor was the Satire Theater, where he worked for 4 years. In 1974, he began to play in the theater of the Soviet Army. It could be easily noticed and remembered for a long time thanks to a beautiful male figure, a deep voice and charisma. Full of diverse roles, his acting biography.
Anatoly Vasiliev played the first character in the Mossovet Theater, where he was invited by the head - Pavel Chomsky. In a fun French comedy “School of defaulters”, Anatoly Alexandrovich played a rogue and a rogue, and both the leaders of the performance and the audience were satisfied with his work. Since then, he is an indispensable actor in the comedy genre.
He played Peter Lamb in Brecht’s play “Mother Courage and Her Children”, Adamov in the play “Men on the Weekend,” Anthony Anderson in “The Devil’s Disciple”. Vasiliev was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of Russia for high achievements in the field of theatrical art.
Biography: Anatoly Vasiliev in the movie
Filmmakers also drew attention to an interesting actor. His first film role was Mikola Dymov (Sergei Bondarchuk's film "The Steppe") in 1977. The straightforwardness, lack of spirituality and persistence of the hero Vasiliev were so pronounced that others criticized this role.
The film “Crew” brought true success to the artist, in which he starred in the role of the suffering soft, sensitive pilot Valentin Nenarokov. The stereotype was broken: rigidity and decisiveness in such a male profession is not the main thing. The hero also aroused the sympathy of the audience with his weakness in front of the bitch-wife, with whom he could not cope. After this picture, everyone learned that the undoubtedly talented Anatoly Vasiliev is an actor.
His biography is rich in roles in such films: “Beloved Woman of the Mechanic Gavrilov” (played Glory), “The Corps of General Shubnikov” (the main role is Shubnikov), “Ladies Tango” (the role of Fedor), “Adventure Firm” (as Commissioner Garda) , “Hope and Reliance” (played by Fomin). And he also acted as the father of the protagonist in the film "Mikhail Lomonosov."
In the 1990s, Anatoly Vasiliev appeared in an unexpected embodiment, his hero was a vampire aristocrat in the film "Your fingers smell like incense."
Anatoly Vasiliev in “Matchmakers”
In the whole series he loved, the actor played the role of Yura's grandfather. But in the fifth season, on television, viewers did not see him. According to one version, Anatoly left the set due to a conflict with Fedor Dobronravov (second grandfather). As he himself says, he wanted more seriousness and drama, he was tired of being a clown.