Tolokonnikov biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR and laureate of the Platinum Tarlan Award was remembered by millions of Russians primarily as the hero of the film “Dog heart”. In the photo: Vladimir Alekseevich Tolokonnikov, due to specific external data, far from generally accepted standards of male beauty, Vladimir was not accepted for a long time to theatrical universities, but it was thanks to the very unusual appearance in adulthood that he became famous.

During tests for the role of Sharikov, he conquered the director Vladimir Bortko from the very first double, and then more than one generation of spectators. The future actor was born on June 25 in Alma-Ata, who was a shelter for wounded soldiers and evacuated civilians in those years. One of these fighters, who housed the future actor in the mother’s house, became his father.

Having corrected his health, the soldier left, leaving the woman before the birth of his son. Vova grew up in poverty and hunger. His mother worked at the biofirebill, receiving a very modest salary. The son, what he could, helped her, at least in the house they always had perfect cleanliness and order. He painted remarkably, dreamed of becoming a pilot, like many Soviet boys, and also came up with a heroic father, telling friends of different fables about him.

In his young years, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, in principle, was a big dreamer, even then showed artistic makings and spoke with brilliance at school evenings. When he read the stories of grandfather Proskar from Sholokhov's “Raised”, the hall literally sobbed with laughter. It was clear to everyone that the place of the guy on the stage. In high school, he visited the drama circle, who worked under the guidance of director and teacher Mikhail Azovsky, by the way, simultaneously with Alexander Filippenko and Lev Temkin.

A long way to the profession after school, despite the basics received by acting and training, he did not manage to enter any theater school of the capital for three years. But the young man no longer thought of himself in another profession-he played in the productions of the youth studio at another famous theater figure in the republic-Yuri Pomerantsev, performed on television, appeared in the mass scenes of the performances of the Alma-Ata Drama Theater named after Vladimir Tolokonnikov in his youth then Vladimir was drafted into the army and served in the missile forces in the GDR, not stopping dreaming of the stage, participating in amateur performances in the unit.

After 3 years of service, he again went to Moscow, submitted documents to VGIK, and again did not accept him, explaining that because of a peculiar appearance he would hardly be in demand. The young man was very upset, but did not break and did not refuse a dream - he got a worker at the Kuibyshev Youth Theater, now Samara, and a year later he became a student at the acting faculty of the Yaroslavl Theater School.

Vladimir Tolokonnikov was not accepted at VGIK because of a kind of appearance in the year, having received a diploma a week before the Letnik, the artist returned from Yaroslavl to his hometown and began to work in a local Youth Theater. A year later, he was invited to the Republican Academic Drama Theater. In the beginning in his repertoire there were small episodic roles, then the main ones appeared.

And in, the day after the release of the painting “Dog heart”, the film adaptation of Bulgakov’s story, he, as they say, woke up famous. Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the film “The Dog Heart” by the film by Vladimir Borto for a long time could not find the necessary acting for the role of Sharikov - with a low forehead, huge protruding ears and a large mouth, until he saw a little -known summer actor from a provincial theater.

I come to the studio in the morning. I am girls: "The actor of the local shift, of course, but look at least." I open the door to the office and close it right away. Because there is a dog in a jacket in a chair there. But not only the appearance of Vladimir impressed the director already during the trial, but also the depth of penetration into the image. He was not mistaken in choosing.

The artist managed to brilliantly solve the super -task - to reveal the mysterious psychology of the dog, which has become a man, and make a lot to think about. Thanks to his contribution to the overall success of the Dog Heart, he entered a hundred great films of the twentieth century, and he himself fell into the Bulgakov Encyclopedia. On the set of the film "Dog heart" by the way, in parallel Tolokonnikov, they approved the role of Sharikov in the performance of the Alma-Ata Theater.

According to the audience, who was lucky enough to compare the cinema and theater character, the actor turned out to be completely different. At a minimum, the actor himself played the ball of the ball, and not the real dog, as Bortko had. The acting ensemble of a two -part picture, which was successful not only in his homeland, but also in many countries of the world, besides him, included People's Artists Evgeny Evstigneev, Sergey Filippov, Nina Ruslanova, Boris Plotnikov.

Vladimir Tolokonnikov about the creation of the image of Sharikov in the film “Dog heart” included the role of the artist in the history of the cinema, brought popular love and official recognition - Gospremi them. But at the same time, she became a kind of stigma, somewhat complicated his subsequent acting.The press was not interested in his other works, the directors saw exclusively Sharikov in him, and on the street they turned to him only “Polygraph Polygraph”.

Further career in the artist’s creative baggage was other interesting and significant works, but as loud as the “dog heart”, it no longer happened to him. When the excitement around the film subsided, Tolokonnikov returned to Alma-Ata, began to build a house, spent a happy watch with his family, worked on local television and sometimes starred in a movie. Vladimir Tolokonnikov. My hero in him talentedly embodied the colorful image of Filomeev in the tragicomedy of Nicholas the “cloud-ray”.

A year later, he appeared in the role of Ivan in the militant "Ghost", where the main character was played by Nikita Vysotsky, the son of the legendary bard. Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the film “Cloud-Ray” in him reincarnated in Adam Kozlevich in the Russian-French comedy “The Dreams of the Idiot”, shot according to the novel by Ilf and Petrov “The Golden Calf”. Vladimir Tolokonnikov and Stanislav Lyubshin in the film “The Dreams of the Idiot” in the film was published 4 film projects with the participation of the artist.

Among them, the Kazakh series “Crossroads”, which made it very popular in his homeland, and the drama “Shanghai”, in which he became the performer of the key role of grandfather Stepanych, should be distinguished. It was this work, along with the “dog’s heart”, was the most familiar and loved by American spectators, which became clear during the artist’s touring trip to the USA in an interview with Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the actor could be seen in the comedy action movie “Heaven in Diamonds” as the President of Russia.

He played a small role of the forensic expert in the diverse project “Citizen Chief”, where Yuri Stepanov, Yegor Beroev, Nadezhda Markin were his colleagues on filming. At the same time, the artist worked on the television of Kazakhstan as a host of the program “In the kitchen with Tolokonnikov”, meeting and talking with guests, touring stars of the screen, and in partnership with Gennady Balaev in the GG.

Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the series “Enchanted Plot” in the year, the artist was chosen for the role of Uncle Sasha in the series “Slaughter Power 5”, which included many stars - Konstantin Khabensky, Andrei Fedortsev, Juliano Di Kapua, Gerard Depardieu, etc. Then he brilliantly played a minor character, accountant Julukin in the series “Plot” Sergey Bezrukov, in-the protagonist, a gin-computer ace in the adventure comedy "Hottabych", becoming an idol of the audience of a new generation and receiving the MTV film ahead in the "Best Comedy Role".

Interview without makeup. Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the year the series “Soldiers” was released on the screens, where he was involved in the role of uncle of the ensign Shmatko. Then - the miniserial "Gromov", in it he got the role of Pakhomych. He appeared in him in the image of Partizan Andreev in the military television series “Disappeared”, shot according to I.

Bulgarin and V. Smirnov "There is no feedback." In the same year, for a great contribution to the development of the art of cinema, he was awarded the Order of Friendship. Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the film “Enhanced” by the last years of his life in E, despite his solid age, an artist who is able to amazely embody diverse images on the screen and scene, continued to actively and successfully act in films and series.

In with his participation, six film projects were released, five. Basically, these were comedies, with a low rating, but a large audience: “Mixed feelings”, “Corporate”, “Grandma of easy virtue” came out a month after the death of Vladimir.

There were more serious projects, for example, the drama "Grandfather" and "The Spirit of the Baltic", in which Tolokonnikov played the main roles. Vladimir Tolokonnikov in the film “The Spirit of the Baltic” in him appeared in the family comedy picture “Super Bob”, playing one of the key roles of the head of the family, whose members gained incredible qualities after a meteorite entered their house.

In particular, he himself became immortal, his son -in -law received the ability of teleportation, and his granddaughters - among other things, the ability to fly. As his son Rodion recalled, the actor often received proposals in advertising in the image of Sharikov for a lot of money, even promised an apartment in Moscow, but he remained adamant and did not want to exploit his most successful role.

The personal life of Vladimir Tolokonnikov is an artist, who, according to colleagues, a man of rare inner beauty and charm, soft and very intelligent, was married to a physics teacher Nadezhda Nikolaevna. She gave her husband two sons. In their firstborn Innocent appeared in, after 8 years - Rodion. Having matured, the sons moved to Moscow. The youngest followed in the footsteps of his father, graduated from VGIK and became an actor.

The family of Vladimir Tolokonnikov Vladimir Alekseevich was a passionate gardener who bred roses. He greeted them in the morning, talked, and cutting the stems, apologized, considering them alive. One of his most beloved writers was Bulgakov. Vladimir Tolokonnikov was a passionate gardener who bred roses death in the year, when the boys received diplomas and healed an independent life, Nadezhda died.

Before her death, the woman ordered Vladimir to live for a long time and be sure to find her grandchildren. Vladimir tried to fulfill his last will. No matter how sad he was, he did not get tired of repeating: "Sons remained, my happiness, my continuation." But the age made it possible, health began to deteriorate. Vladimir Tolokonnikov with his sons during the filming of the second part of the Super Bobs comedy into the famous actor was completely bad, but did not lose heart according to Pavel Derevyanko, the artist of the central role of Oleg.

The heart of the scene master stopped in Moscow at the age of 74 during an exacerbation of a chronic disease. Vladimir Tolokonnikov was buried in the Troekurovsky cemetery of the capital before death, he brilliantly played the main role of the lone old man Mikhalych, who was in the morgue, in the drama "Grandfather". She became one of his last vivid works and was awarded a prize for the best male role at the film festival "Film".

The son Rodion received the award of the departed father. Rodion Tolokonnikov continued the case of Father Rodion continued the acting dynasty of Tolokonnikovs. Father taught him a responsible attitude to the chosen path. The best films.