Sergey Nikonenko is one of the most famous people in the domestic film industry. It is difficult to overestimate his contribution to the development of Russian cinema. He established himself as a talented and diverse actor, a gifted film director, a man with an interesting creative biography and a solid life position. You will learn about the life path of this wonderful artist from this article.
Birth
Sergei Nikonenko was born in 1941, on April 16, in the city of Moscow in a working class family. The boyâs dad, Pyotr Nikanorovich, worked as a driver, and his mother, Nina Mikhailovna, worked as a glassblower at a lamp factory. The Nikonenko family lived in a communal apartment on the Arbat. A family of five was hardly located in a small room: Sergey's parents, himself, his brother and grandmother. In total, twenty-five people lived in a communal apartment. However, such living conditions were typical of that time and did not bother anyone.
The future actor spent all his free time in the courtyard, where, together with neighboring boys, he played Cossack robbers, napkins and bast shoes. Nikonenko loved fist fights, in which he often competed with his friends. These battles had their own firm rules. The boys fought to the first blood, never beat a recumbent, etc.
Passion for philately
For the future actor, the construction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of the most vivid childhood memories. After the construction of the building was completed, Sergey helped the local janitor clean the snow for two winters. For this, the boy got the opportunity to rummage around in the garbage can of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which for all others was locked. Nikonenko, like many of his peers, was a passionate philatelist as a child. Rummaging through the garbage in the ministerial courtyard, the boy found real treasures from which he collected a solid collection of stamps.
Creative skills
At school age, Sergey showed creative inclinations. He took part in competitions of readers and singers, brought home medals and diplomas. The boy learned to play the accordion at a local music school.
At thirteen, in a pioneer camp, Nikonenko fell in love with a girl who attended a local drama club. To more often see the subject of his feelings, Sergey himself enrolled in the actors. Returning to Moscow, the boy, along with his lover, began to study in a theater studio in the city Palace of Pioneers with a teacher E.V. Galkina. Passionate about acting, children began to actively attend the capital's theaters. Moreover, Sergei went to one of them for free, because he had learned to masterfully counterfeit performances.
The future actor studied very badly, the diaries were full of deuces, so the guy had to get a certificate at a working youth school. For this, Nikonenko got a job as a conductor. At the end of the tenth grade of evening school, Sergey fulfilled his old dream - he went to study as an artist.
Education
Sergei Nikonenko failed the exams at four theater universities and without much hope passed documents to the fifth - the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography. However, the selection committee saw creativity in the feeble boy. Sergey was sent to the acting course of VGIK under the leadership of Tamara Makarova and Sergey Gerasimov.
According to Nikonenko, he is infinitely grateful to fate for the fact that she identified him in this educational institution. Sergey studied with Larisa Luzhina, Nikolai Gubenko, Lidia Fedoseeva, Galina Polsky and Evgeny Zharikov, Nikolai Eremenko. University teachers turned out to be true masters of their craft. On the stage of the training theater, Nikonenko had the opportunity to play almost the entire classical repertoire, including the famous Hamlet.
Sergey graduated from VGIK in 1964. His diploma performance "Arthur Wu Career" became a cultural event in theatrical Moscow. Having listened to the advice of his friend and mentor Vasily Shukshin, in 1971 Nikonenko underwent a training course with the same teachers, Makarova and Gerasimov, and received a directorâs diploma.
Theater work
Sergey Nikonenko, whose photo you see in this article, played a little in the theater in his youth. After graduating from a theater university, he entered the troupe of the Theater of Film Actor, where he served 10 years. In 1974, the actor left him to devote himself to a film career.
In 2000, Nikonenko returned to the theatrical stage, where he played the main role in the production of "Chapaev and the Void" based on the work of Victor Pelevin. Since then, Sergei has been involved in several enthralling performances, such as âEverything Passesâ, âWhen My Husband Caught Codâ, âTrap, or Pranks of the Old Thiefâ, âNinaâ, âGlass Dustâ, âNameless Starâ.
Sergey Nikonenko. Filmography
The actor began acting in films as a student at VGIK. His first work was the role in the educational film Mikhalkov Nikita "And I'm Leaving Home" in 1958. Sergey's debut on the big screen took place in 1961 in the films "The Heart Does Not Forgive" and "Life First". Before graduation, Nikonenko managed to appear in several more films, among which "It happened in the police", "People and animals", "Shura chooses the sea."
In the late 60s, the actorâs track record already included more than thirty roles. The artist is loved and remembered from the shootings in the films âThey Call, Open the Doorâ, âNikolai Baumanâ, âJournalistâ, âWhite Explosionâ, âCrime and Punishmentâ, âLiberationâ, âUnconsciousâ, âStrange Peopleâ, âWarâ and the world "," Stars and soldiers "," White explosion "," Noble's nest "," Sing a song, poet "," Crime and punishment "," Unfinished play for a mechanical piano "," Walking through the throes "," While crazy dream "," Winter evening in Gagra "," Tomorrow was the war "," Stalingrad "," Vivat, Midshipmen! " and many others.
Nikonenko Sergey Petrovich, whose filmography is rich in works in various genres, is one of the most successful and sought-after actors in the Russian film industry. Even in the difficult 90s, the actor was constantly busy in several projects at once.
Work is not television
For the first time, Sergei Nikonenko appeared in the television series in 2000 in the Kamenskaya project, where he played the role of Colonel Gordeev. For his creative biography, the actor played militiamen seventeen times, but it was the role of Kolobok in his performance that was recognized as the best. Nikonenko loves and understands his hero. He believes that viewers want to see on the screen smart servants of the law, not bandits and drunks.
Currently, the actor regularly stars in television films. His works are known in the series Impossibly Green Eyes, Star of an Era, Old Colonels, Brothers, Bomb, Right to Truth, Count Krestovsky, Love as Love, Police Comrades "," The death of the empire, "" Homeland awaits "and others. Films with the participation of Sergei Nikonenko are always interesting to the viewer, now the famous actor has 38 works in various television projects. In addition, the artist was involved in the program "Wait for me" in 2000 and 2008.
Director's work
Sergey Nikonenko, whose films the whole country knows, is a talented director. He made fifteen feature films. The most famous works of Sergey: âI want your husbandâ, âTryn grassâ, âDawns kissâ, âGypsy happinessâ, âBrunette for 30 kopecksâ, âI want to Americaâ, âAnnushkaâ, âBirds over the cityâ, "And in the morning they woke up" and others. In all his paintings, Nikonenko is removed himself. He argues that combining acting and directing is difficult, but all problems are resolved in a working order.
Museum
Sergey Nikonenko is a big fan of Sergey Yesenin's work. In 1971, he even happened to play the role of the famous poet. While studying the biography of Yesenin, the actor discovered that in the house in which he was born and lived, there is an apartment connected with the life of this author. However, the premises became a haven for various dubious personalities; there was a real garbage dump in it, even the homeless were afraid to spend the night in.
Nikonenko Sergey Petrovich set himself the goal of making the museum in memory of the poet out of an apartment, the walls of which remember the presence of Yesenin, and after many walks around the courts he achieved his goal. Now in the rooms of communal apartment No. 14 in Sitsovoy Vrazhek there are exhibits covering different periods of Yesenin's life. The room belongs to the Yeseninsky Cultural Center, which was organized by Sergey Nikonenko. All museum exhibits are a personal collection of the actor. He himself loves to conduct excursions and now regularly receives congratulations on Museum Worker's Day, which he is very proud of.
Personal life
Actor Sergei Nikonenko met his wife Ekaterina Voronina at VGIK when he received his second education there at the directing department. The girl was very pretty and impregnable. After long courtship, Catherine allowed herself to kiss, and almost immediately the lovers got married.
In 1973, they had a son, Nicanor, who received a name in honor of his grandfather. As a child, the boy starred in his fatherâs films âGypsy Happinessâ, âDawns Kissâ, âTryn-grassâ. In 2007, Sergei Nikonenko, whose personal life has always been an example to follow, became a grandfather. Since then, the famous actor claims that for him everything in life is measured by his grandson. Family has always been of great importance to the actor. With his wife Ekaterina, they are constantly together - both at home and on the set.
Awards
Sergey Nikonenko, whose filmography includes 210 works in films and TV shows, has repeatedly received awards for creative achievements. In 1971, the actor was awarded the order "Badge of Honor", three years later he received the "Honored Artist of the RSFSR". In 1976, Sergei became the winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize. For services to the development of Soviet cinema, the actor was awarded the title "People's Artist of the RSFSR" in 1991.
At the film festival "Constellation", held in the city of Tver in 1999, Sergey Nikonenko received a prize for his role in the film "Classic". His directorial thesis, the film "Petrukhina last name", was recognized as the best and received a prize at the festival in Oberhausen. The actor was awarded the international literary prize named after S. Yesenin "On Russia, flap your wings ..." in 2010. For a significant contribution to the development of domestic cinema, Sergey Nikonenko was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland (2001) and the Order of Honor (2011). At the third Transbaikal Film Festival in the city of Chita, the actor received a special prize for his huge contribution to Russian cinema.
Strokes to the portrait
In the spring of 2014, Sergei Nikonenko turned 73 years old. This person is simply amazing in its performance and indomitable energy. He is still actively filming. Sergei Nikonenko, whose filmography includes more than two hundred roles in films and series, is not going to stop there. He manages to tour around the country, is currently involved in the performances of the theater company La'theatre Love on the Big Dipper and Free Love.
In his interviews, Nikonenko calls himself a middle-aged man. He claims that he is not proud of his own popularity, considers it perishable, transitory. The actor leads a healthy lifestyle, does not smoke, does exercises. Christian values ââare close to him. He advises everyone who wants to improve their well-being, do good deeds, and commit selfless acts.