Dmitry Zolotukhin was recognized by the audience as the best film actor of the USSR in 1981, at that time he was only 23. After that, he repeatedly starred in famous films, and also acted as a director of two interesting projects.
And recently, after a break of as much as 30 years, the film “Crew” was released, in the credits of which the name and surname again flashed: Dmitry Zolotukhin. The actor, whose biography is presented below, decided, as they say, to shake off the old days, and was very successful in this. Despite the fact that his role in the new Russian disaster film is episodic, those who have already seen the film believe that not a single Russian artist could play the insolent tyrant oligarch so convincingly. What a wonderful actor Dmitry Zolotukhin is!
Biography, family
The future performer of the role of young Peter the Great in the famous film by Sergei Gerasimov was born in 1958 in Moscow. His father, Lev Fedorovich Zolotukhin, is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR. He starred in about 40 films, including “The Christians,” the debut directorial work of his son Dmitry. Thanks to his charismatic appearance, Zolotukhin Sr. was often invited to play the roles of famous military leaders, politicians, investigators and scientists. Viewers remembered him for his films “Hot Snow”, “The Captain’s Daughter”, “Sunday”, “They Conquer the Sky”, etc.
As for Dmitry Lvovich’s mother, her life was connected with the theater, and she worked as an actress for many years, although she did not achieve such success as her son and husband.
Studies
Actor Dmitry Zolotukhin, whose biography, personal life and career in recent years have extremely rarely become the subject of discussion in the press, by his own admission, does not really like theater. And this despite the fact that he himself grew up in an acting environment!
After graduating from school, he studied Eastern culture and philosophy for 2 years and was even planning to apply to the Institute of Asia and Africa. However, the young man’s plans were thwarted by his father. One day he told his son that Professor Viktor Monyukov, who was then teaching at the Moscow Art Theater School, wanted to audition him.
The experience turned out to be successful, and soon Dmitry was already a student at this famous metropolitan university. During his studies, he embodied several classical characters on stage: Trigorin in “The Seagull” by A. Chekhov, Olenin and Oblonsky in dramatizations of works by L. Tolstoy, as well as Bobyrev in the production of “Shadows” by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin.
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The relationship between Golub and Zolotukhin gradually began to fade away despite the fact that these two students of the theater institute were undoubtedly a beautiful and bright couple. Almost nothing is known about the further personal life of Dmitry Zolotukhin. According to available information, the man has neither a wife nor children.
The artist is still associated with television, but he has focused on producing programs that are related to the field of digital technology. Apparently, the artist is so busy with work that he does not have enough time for his personal life.
“I really want to have a family, children, but sometimes I don’t even have enough time to work. If I get married, my wife will soon leave me, since I will not devote as much time to her as every woman would like. Yes, maybe I should have thought about it earlier, but, again, there was simply no time.”
Dmitry Zolotukhin still does not seek to give interviews and still does not favor publicity, remaining one of the most mysterious personalities now not of Soviet, but of Russian show business.
On the Internet, it is impossible to find photos in which the artist would be captured with some mysterious stranger or lady of his heart, whom he tried to hide from the public for so long. At the same time, there are enough photographs on the Internet where the artist appeared before fans in one or another stage image.
Film debut
In 1980, the famous director S. Gerasimov decided to make a film based on the famous historical novel by Alexei Tolstoy. He invited his students to play most of the roles, but among them there was no one who could play Peter the Great. Sergei Apollinarievich realized that his search was crowned with success when the made-up Dmitry Zolotukhin appeared before him.
The actor, whose biography until that moment was not particularly noteworthy, coped well with all the tasks assigned to him. The image of the young reformer king in his performance turned out to be more than convincing, and he himself won the hearts of thousands of girls in all corners of the USSR.
Such a stunning success of his debut role did not turn Dmitry’s head, although he was only 23 years old at that time. Critics and experts immediately began to predict a stellar career for the young man, but fate decreed otherwise.
Filmography
What was Dmitry Zolotukhin doing? The actor (biography presented in this article) played in the following films:
- “At the beginning of glorious deeds” (1980, Peter I).
- “Young Russia” (1981, Peter the Great).
- "Vasily Buslaev" (1982).
- “Comet” (1983, Nikolai Bogdanov).
- “Come Free” (1984, Aslanbek Sheripov).
- “Know ours!” (1985, Ivan Poddubny).
- “Lermontov” (1986, D. A. Stolypin).
- “Bambi’s Youth” (1986, Bison).
- “Dark Eyes” (1987, Konstantin).
- “Stronger than all other commands” (1987, Yu. N. Golitsyn).
- “Crew” (2016, VIP passenger).
Among these films, a special place is occupied by the film “Dark Eyes” by Nikita Mikhalkov, where his partner was the world famous Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni. Although Dmitry Zolotukhin’s role in this film was secondary, he, by his own admission, gained invaluable experience from watching the play of the great maestro.
Work in the field of directing
Until 1987, everyone knew that Dmitry Zolotukhin was an actor. Biography, family, wife, children (and whether he had them at all) - few people were interested in all this. However, he did not intend to limit himself to an artistic career and entered the directing department of VGIK. His graduation work was the film “Christians,” in which M. Kononov, L. Polishchuk, V. Ivashov and others starred.
After 7 years, the actor presented the film “Lube Zone” to the audience, where Dmitry acted not only as a director, but also as a scriptwriter and producer. N. Rastorguev, A. Serebryakov, I. Rozanova, V. Garkalin and others took part in the filming. The film was a success and in 1995 received a prize from the Renaissance Foundation.
Biography of Dmitry Zolotukhin
The biography of the future artist began on August 7, 1957 in the capital of Russia. It seemed that from childhood, Dmitry Zolotukhin’s career was predetermined, since his parents were involved in acting. But the boy himself, both in his childhood and in his youth, treated the theater very coldly, showing no interest in this creative direction.
After graduating from a general education institution, Zolotukhin was actively preparing to enter the Institute of Asia and Africa, but at the last moment his father insisted on his heir’s admission to the Moscow Art Theater.
During his studies, Dmitry appeared in such productions as “Anna Karenina”, “The Seagull”, etc. After receiving a diploma of higher education, Dmitry Zolotukhin did not immediately manage to get into the frame. Initially, he worked on the theater stage, gaining acting experience. Only 4 years later he was invited to play a role in the film “The Youth of Peter”. For this role he was awarded the title of best actor in 1981. Later, the actor began to be actively invited to other films.
Zolotukhin’s professional portfolio includes not only acting, but also directing. His first film was the short film “Christians”. It was this work that became my diploma. In 1994, the actor filmed the film “Lube Zone”. This film subsequently earned several honorary awards at film festivals in the Russian Federation.
Family matters
Within the framework of the topic “Dmitry Zolotukhin (actor): biography, family, wife, photo,” we should also dwell on the artist’s personal life. And very little is known about her. According to friends, during his student years the hero of our story had an affair with Marina Golub. The young people were madly in love with each other, but when the girl became pregnant, she was forced to either have an abortion or leave the university. Marina chose a career, which put an end to her relationship with Zolotukhin.
After that, no more information appeared in the press about the actor’s novels. Apparently, Zolotukhin is not married to this day. Apparently, he has not yet managed to find a woman to whom he would want to say “Let's get married!”
Personal life of celebrities.
Dmitry Zolotukhin grew up in an acting family, so having seen enough of the actors’ lives from the inside, he had no intention of devoting his life to this profession. However, the father persuaded his son to audition for the Moscow Art Theater School, and, unexpectedly for himself, Dmitry became its student. Fame came to him already in his student years, when Sergei Gerasimov invited him to play the main role in the film “Peter’s Youth”. From this moment on, the personal life of Dmitry Zolotukhin
changed under the influence of his popularity. The young actor began to receive mountains of letters from fans, which inspired him even more.
However, having played several more roles in films and tested himself as a director of the film “Lube Zone,” Zolotukhin suddenly became interested in a completely different topic - the development of digital networks. Perhaps Dmitry stopped acting for another reason - after the role of the young tsar, directors no longer invited him to their films, because they did not see him in a different image. However, Dmitry Zolotukhin has another successful role to his name - in Nikita Mikhalkov’s film “Dark Eyes”, where he was lucky enough to play with Marcello Mastroianni.
After such films, Zolotukhin doesn’t want to act in modern TV series at all, and, oddly enough, he doesn’t like theatre, despite the fact that he himself comes from an acting dynasty, although he played at the Moscow Art Theater for three years after graduating from the Studio School. But the actor doesn’t like theater not from a professional point of view, but from a personal one. He doesn’t like the relationships that develop within the troupe, intrigues and the like. He had seen enough of this since childhood, which is why he developed a somewhat negative attitude towards the theater.
Cinema is much closer to him, so he always gladly devotes his time to it, even if only as a spectator. Despite the popularity and adoration of fans that fell upon the actor, no changes occurred in the personal life of Dmitry Zolotukhin. True, during his student years he had an affair with classmate Marina Golub, and their relationship was very serious, to the point that Marina was going to give birth to a child from Dmitry, but the strict laws that reigned at the theater university, which threatened a student who gave birth to a child with expulsion, forced Marina Golub to have an abortion. Since then, their paths have diverged. Despite the fact that Dmitry Zolotukhin has not yet connected his life with any woman, he does not consider himself an inveterate bachelor and does not exclude the possibility that a fateful meeting awaits him ahead.
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