But many stars of show business were able to pay their debt to their homeland and at the same time achieve tremendous heights in cinematography. However, in the world there are a lot of personalities who are proud to have once served in the army and were able to learn many important life lessons from there. Which actor served in the army? Among the talents that were in the army, one can single out: Georgy Mikhalkov, Anton Makarsky, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Mikhail Porechenkov, Timur Batrutdinov and Vadim Galygin. To the question, "which actors served in the army?", You can find the answer in this article.
George Mikhalkov
One of the actors who served in the army is Georgy Andreyevich Mikhalkov (01/15/66). He was born into the family of director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky and Natalia Arinbasarova. When the future star was three years old, his parents divorced, and George's father married Frenchwoman Vivian Godet, after which he emigrated to France.
Between 1984 and 1986 the actor served in the cavalry regiment from the Mosfilm studio. In 1988, he enrolled in a prestigious educational institution in the UK, and in 1990 went to a London technical school. In 1992, the actor, in a team with Razerkov, founded the PS TVC advertising studio. Mikhalkov shot more than 150 videos, which included: “Procter and Gamble”, “Mars”, “Bounty”, “Dove”, “Indesit”, “Sony”. In 1994, he successfully defended his master's program at the University of Cambridge, where he unlearned the profession of art critic. In 1999, the first film by Georgy Mikhalkov “Recluse” was released, followed in 2002 by “Antikiller” and “Escape” (2005).
Vadim Galygin
Vadim Pavlovich Galygin is an actor of Belarusian origin. For some time he was a resident of "Comedy Club", speaking on stage in the spoken genre. Galygin was born in May 1976 in the city of Borisov. It was here that Vadim graduated from high school and was fond of orienteering.
Did the actor serve in the army? At the age of sixteen Vadim entered the higher military school in the city of Minsk. After four years, he graduated from the Military School of Belarus, after which he left to serve in the HiFR with the rank of lieutenant. In the armed forces, Galygin served as an officer in the land artillery division. After a while, he transferred to Minsk, and then entered the Military Academy. After the Academy, Galygin resigned while in the officer reserve. During the year spent in the army, Vadim simultaneously worked on a local radio. The actor, who served in the army, began playing in KVN in 1993, and in 1997 his team took part in the eighth Sochi festival. Since 2005, Galygin was a resident of the Comedy Club, but a year later he leaves, starting to pursue a solo career. The actor and singer, who served in the army, is currently the presenter of the program "Anecdote Show", which appears on the network "Classmates".
Anton Makarsky
Anton Aleksandrovich Makarsky was born in November 1975 in a third-generation family of actors. At the age of eight, he took an active part in projects organized by the Penza Drama Theater. At the age of ten, Anton changes his surname to Makarsky (the name of his father is Shagov).
After the actor graduated from the Penza school, he went to Moscow in order to enter several theater universities at once. However, for training among all, the school of Schukin was chosen, where Anton studied from 1993 to 1998. Of several graduation performances, Anton was credited in four, and in examination dances in twelve, and managed to prepare more than five vocal numbers.
Makarsky played in the Rozovsky Theater for several months, after which he decided to leave for service. After a month and a half of service in the convoy company, the command sent the young man to the ensemble of songs and dances at the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Makarsky was in the Academic Ensemble as a coach and staged his own concerts throughout the year. At the end of the contract, the actor was unemployed, however, after he became aware of the casting for the musical, he decided to go to audition, where he was approved by the jury. Since 2003, an actor who has served in the army has been playing in the film project Poor Nastya. In 2017, appeared in the film "Classmates: A New Turn".
Fedor Bondarchuk
Fedor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk is a Russian actor who served in the army. He was born into the family of Moscow actress Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva and director Sergei Bondarchuk. Fedor is the second child in the family, the first is the older sister Alena Bondarchuk. Often a guy raised a grandmother. The young man graduated from art and secondary Moscow school with an English bias. Bondarchuk was never distinguished by exemplary behavior and good schooling, because, as a schoolboy, the guy began to drink, smoke and hooligan. At a young age, the actor became friends with the son of Nikita Mikhalkov Stepa. In 1985, Fedor graduated from high school, and tried to enter MGIMO, but managed to make a mistake about forty times when he passed the entrance test. Thanks to his father, Fedor managed to enter the directing department. In 1986, he received the first role in the drama of his father, who was especially strict with his son.
Start of service and further career
Some time after the institute, Bondarchuk left to serve in Krasnoyarsk. After a while, he was redirected to the cavalry, which was originally created for filming in the drama "War and Peace." After the shooting was over, the cavalry regiment merged with the Taman division. In 1987, the artist returned to college, successfully combining his studies with filming. In 1991, he graduated without a diploma, because it was required to pass the history of the CPSU, and Bondarchuk had his own company and little time. For reasons that arose, the document was handed to the actor in 2009.
Mikhail Porechenkov
Mikhail Evgenievich Porechenkov was born on March 2, 1969 in St. Petersburg. Until the age of five, he lived with his grandmother in the Pskov region. After a while, the actor moved with his parents to live in Warsaw. From 1970 to 1986, Mikhail studied at a boarding school. Between 1986 and 1990 He was a student at the Tallinn Higher Military Political School, but failed to finish the school year. In the process of constant violations of the rules of order, Mikhail was expelled two weeks before completing his studies. In Soviet times, training at a military school was equated with the army, Porechenkov was enrolled as a soldier in the "construction battalion".
An actor who served in the army was among the contenders for the title of boxing champion. The title of master of sports was received by Michael at one of the city championships. After completing the service, the actor settles in one of the local workshops. After a while, he enters VGIK courses, but failed to fully unlearn. In 1996, Mikhail managed to graduate from LGITMiK. After studying, the actor was a member of the Lensovet Theater Troupe. In 2002, he played in the production of Duck Hunt in the guise of a restaurant employee. Since 2003, is a member of the Art Theater.
Timur Batrutdinov
Timur Takhirovich Batrutdinov was born in 1978 in the Podolsk region, located near Moscow. Youth and growing up of Timur unfolded in the Kaliningrad region, in Baltiysk. Relatives of Timur do not belong to the family of artists, being ordinary workers. Father is an engineer, and mother is an economist. At the age of six, the actor went to study in a secondary educational institution. After eleven classes, Timur entered the State University of Finance, the economic department, and graduated in 2000.
Call to service
Immediately after graduation, he was among the guys called up for the twelve-month contract service. However, being in the service, Batrutdinov managed to turn it into a real Club of "Cheerful and Resourceful". After the end of the service, he got a job at the PSA Peugeot Citroën Moscow company as an economist, but after a while he quit because he received an offer to participate in KVN.