This artist usually plays supporting roles. But here he manages to show each of his characters in such a way that even after the end of the picture, the audience is under a strong impression for a long time. Actor Afanasyev Valery lives the life of each of his hero as his own. Maybe that’s why these heroes turn out to be so believable and real.
Childhood
On August 20, a hot summer day in 1949, the future people's artist of Russia, actor Afanasyev Valery, was born. As a child, he did a lot of sports. So, just in case, because he was very afraid that the boys from his yard or neighboring courtyards would not only ridicule him, but also give cuffs.
A little later, he found a new dream - he decided to become the world champion in gymnastics. As a child, he often had to stay home alone. At this time, he played and imagined himself to be a real gymnast, trying as best as possible and confidently perform various complex exercises.
School and theater
While studying at school, little Valery Alekseevich Afanasyev began to study in a theater group, although at that time he did not even imagine that he would become an actor many years later. He simply loved to watch the sacrament happen on stage when the performance began. The feelings that the boy experienced in doing so are simply impossible to describe. For him, it was some other, unreal life.
He was a shy boy, so he was not comfortable going to the theater studio. Once, in an interview, Afanasyev shared with journalists a story about how he once thought about joining a music club, because he really wanted to learn how to play the clarinet well, which seemed to him a kind of curiosity.
Valera was constantly thinking about this, and when he went for a walk in the guys, he still had an application for admission to the circle in his pocket. The guys from the yard found this piece of paper, and this served as the basis for a cheerful laugh at the unlucky potential clarinet player. Of course, a fight was inevitable and it took place. But this dream of his future actor Afanasyev Valery never implemented.
Go to the dream!
After leaving school, the guy already knew exactly what he wanted. He decided to become an artist, so he submitted documents to the Shchukin school. In some magical way, he is going through a contest: that year there was a huge influx of people who wanted to study at this theater institute.
For some time, Valery Alekseevich Afanasyev, films with the participation of which will give him the love of the audience a few years later, will work at the Gogol Moscow Drama Theater (MDT). In the same period of his life, he met the director Valery Belyakovich. It is this person who will have a huge impact on the fate of Afanasyev, an artist who has already had a life, and his reputation was known both in the theater and in the cinema. Indeed, thanks to him, Valery eventually leaves the theater. It leaves "nowhere." Leaves - and wins.
Since 1990, the actor Afanasyev Valery part of the troupe Theater in the Southwest. Here on this scene, he managed to reveal his talent in full force. He had a lot of interesting and diverse roles that he had long wanted to play. He is always calm, calm. His voice is surprisingly rare in its multifaceted beauty. Afanasyev has a special gift: he can easily discover the hidden depths of irony and serious drama. But at the same time, it remains recognizable instantly.
A novel with a cinema
In the movie at Afanasyev, too, everything turned out perfectly. His debut film in 1974 was the picture "The hottest month." Since then, he was offered more and more new roles.
True, in his "cinema" piggy bank most often came across supporting roles. He starred in various films: Fedya the diver in "Road to Yourself", Dima-tinsmith in "The Blackmailer", Yagupov in the sensational film of Svetlana Druzhinina about the adventures of the midshipmen, Major Golodny in the "Sanit Zones", refugee Maxim in the second part about love for love -Russian, enclosed Casing in "DDD", Peter Kalitin in "Simple Truths."
Valery Afanasyev worked a lot in the series. What are his roles in The Moscow Saga (the role of Georgy Zhukov), The Best City of the Earth (the role of Altufiev), The Guardian Angel (the role of Fedor Kamenev).
The film adaptive ironic detectives of Daria Dontsova were not left without his participation: “Evlampiya Romanova 2” (character - Rodion Gromov nicknamed Gvozd), “Viola Tarakanova 2” (character - Vasily Nikitich).
He perfectly succeeds in the role of serious men - the military. It creates an absolutely sincere impression that the actor spent at least half his life in uniform. This is confirmed by his play: Colonel Svirsky in Mirror Wars, General Alexei Savin in Russian Medicine, General Zhukov in the Airborne Bat, Lieutenant General Prokofiev in the Kremlin Cadets, General Valentin Polunochenko in Death to Spies .. .
Perhaps a little apart is the series with his participation, released in 2007 - "Fire of Love." In it, Afanasyev played George Bird - a real, strong man who, having met a woman of his dreams at a fairly advanced age, tries to do everything so that she feels like a queen.
His family
Today, the "actor of large and small roles" is married for the third time. With great tenderness and warmth, Valery Afanasyev always talks about his soul mate. Wife almost from the first meeting, she felt that she penetrated his heart. He sincerely fell in love with her. Until now, the couple live together. They do not consider themselves to be an ideal couple, because hot showdowns sometimes do happen. But this does not stop them from storing their hearth.
Valery Alekseevich has three adult sons and five grandchildren.