Recently, the still unknown actor Kirill Andreyevich Zaitsev was born in Volgograd on August 16, 1987. He is a theater actor in Russia and Latvia, he is also found in some famous films.
Childhood and school
Since childhood, little Zaitsev Kirill was fond of dancing, music and sports sections, especially basketball. Parents were not related to theatrical life. Both were involved in athletics and graduated from the gym academy.
He studied at the gymnasium number 1 of the city of Volgograd. Friends always advised him to go to a theater school, at literature lessons he could get used to the image being discussed, those around him even then appreciated the makings of a young artist.
Adulthood
Having walked off graduation in 2005, the young man went to St. Petersburg and entered the State Maritime Academy named after Admiral S.O. Makarov. He chose the Faculty of Navigation. During the training, he had the opportunity to start practice and travel to European countries. Even then, Zaitsev Cyril understood that he did not like boring everyday life at all. All the time I was looking for a place for creativity, but the captain landed it, focusing on the main work. In parallel, the student was studying in the United States.
In 2011, Kirill Zaitsev completed his studies at the academy and left for Riga. There he begins his acting career. By coincidence, he finds an announcement by Igor Konyaev and Elena Chernaya about recruiting an acting course at the Riga Russian Theater. M. Chekhov. Having decided nevertheless to try himself in a new field of activity, but so close to his soul, he successfully passed the selection and began training.
Already in 2014, actor Kirill Zaitsev graduated from the Academy of Culture in Latvia, a course by I. G. Konyaev and E. And Chernoy.
The main works of the actor in the Riga Russian Theater in 2013
It:
- "Forest Glade";
- "Forest";
- "Although the meeting took place, but ...";
- "Lord's comedian";
- "Teenager";
- "Two gentlemen from Verona";
- "Princess Mary";
- "The Snow Queen";
- "Sashka";
- "The blessing of love";
- "Notes of the hunter";
- "Good man from Cezuan";
- "King Lear".
Since 2016, the actor begins acting in films, the Chronicle of Melania becomes the debut film, in the film he got the role of the Sarma enkavadista.
The peak of popularity - "Upward Movement"
Then he receives one of the main roles in the famous film "Upward Movement". The film was shot on the basis of real events, based on a book by S. Belov. His actor also portrayed a player of the basketball team in the USSR. After the release of this film, Cyril's acting career went up rapidly.
He thoroughly prepared for the shoot. He spent all his free time playing basketball, shaking his legs to increase his jump. His goal was to score the ball from above in a ring, the height of which is 3.05 meters. The growth of the actor himself with hard training allowed to make such a jump. With his 75 kilograms, the actor has 194 cm of growth.
To get maximum similarity, the actor became a brunette and grew a spectacular mustache, but to get the perfect look for the main role, this was not enough. Then Cyril began to improve his body and skills.
To achieve his goal, the actor constantly watched instructional videos, Belov's master classes and various video compilations with tricky elements. Cyril constantly spent time on the basketball court, playing anywhere no matter with whom.
Having starred in the movie "Upward Movement", the actor was at the peak of popularity. The tape became the leader of the rental. All invested funds paid off literally two weeks after reaching the big screens. He was equated with such projects as The Crew and Legend No. 17, which were shot by N. Mikhalkov’s studio along with the Rossiya channel.
You can see below in the photo of Kirill Zaitsev in the image of the protagonist of the film "Upward Movement".
The premiere of the film did not go smoothly and without force majeure. The widow of Alexander Belov filed a lawsuit against the Mikhalkov film studio. She claimed that the images of the actors did not match the real heroes. But the conflict was settled, and the film was successfully released and made popular the actors, whose names had not been known to many before.
Kirill Zaitsev: films
After graduating from the academy, the actor worked for 3 seasons in the troupe, since a contract was signed with the theater. Then he moves to a permanent residence in Moscow, and returns to his native walls and to the stage only upon invitation to the performance.
The actor has a lot of fans, especially the feminine. Fans just started tearing up Cyril’s phone and storming social networks. Soon there will be new works in which Zaitsev also takes part.
In 2017, starred in the small series "Trinity", directed by Konstantin Statsky. On the set, Kirill worked together with such famous actors as Konstantin Khabensky and Olga Sutulova, in this film Zaitsev gets the role of Fedi Raskolnikov.
After the film "Upward Movement" was released, the shooting of which took place in 2016, the actor actively starred in new projects in which he was fully involved. During the preparation of the film for the premiere, he manages to take part in several large projects: the film "Gogol" and the series "Trotsky" and "Cope".
Then the actor invites Sergei Bezrukov to the Provincial Theater to play the role of Tsar Nicholas I in the theatrical production of Pushkin.
Personal life of Kirill Zaitsev
The young man carefully hides his personal life. In social networks, Cyril only shares work moments and personal photos from travels. So, it is still unknown whether Zaitsev’s heart is free or not. Loving fans are trying in every way to contact the actor, through social networks or the phone, and want to meet with him personally in the hope of continuing communication.