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Konstantin Khabensky was born in Leningrad. His father was a hydrological engineer, his mother a mathematics teacher. In 1981, he and his family moved to Nizhnevartovsk, where he lived for 4 years. The Khabensky family returned to Leningrad at the very beginning of perestroika. At the end of the eighth grade, Konstantin entered the technical school of aviation instrument making and automation, but after the third year he took away the documents, realizing that the technical specialty was not for him. He worked as a floor polisher, a janitor, and a street musician. Then he got a job as an assembler at the theater-studio “Subbota”. It was there that he became interested in theater and as soon as the opportunity arose, he went on stage as an extra. “I got into acting only, probably, because of some stubbornness. I worked both as a watchman in a theater and as an assembler - I decided to try to see if I could get in? And I could. Then I decided to try - can I finish my studies? Finished my studies. But while I was still an assembler, combining going on stage and my main job, that’s when, probably, I first felt some kind of buzz from the stage,” said Konstantin Khabensky in an interview with the “Cinemania” program. In 1990, Khabensky entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK) in the workshop of Veniamin Filshtinsky, who was considered the best among the masters of the acting school in the country. During the years of study, he played a number of major roles: Lomov in the vaudeville "Jokes" by A.P. Chekhov, several roles in the production of "The Time of Vysotsky", tightrope walker Matto in "The Road" by Federico Fellini, Chebutykin in "Three Sisters". Khabensky’s graduation work is Estragon (Gogo) staged by Yuri Butusov “Waiting for Godot”. The play was shown at the Golden Mask festival and received awards in two categories at once - “Best Director’s Work” and “Critics Prize”.

Khabensky - lover of our time

“Kostya should become a mathematician!”

Khabensky’s parents did not believe that acting, their son’s childhood hobby, would become his calling

Parents

Kostya’s mother Tatyana Khabenskaya (her maiden name was Nikulina) was born in Yoshkar-Ola, the capital of the current Mari El Republic. Here she graduated from school with a silver medal. As her classmates recall, she did not receive a gold medal only because she wrote her graduation essay with a 4. That, however, did not prevent her from easily entering the Leningrad Institute...

Tatyana’s school friend Svetlana Shirshova (Vasilieva) recalls:

— We lived in house number 105 on Volkova Street. The Nikulins are on the first floor, and we are above... Kostya’s grandmother Lidia Ivanovna worked as a dentist at the Polytechnic Institute, next to the school, she helped out if, for example, we were shirking our lessons, she wrote out certificates... And Kostya’s grandfather, Uncle Gena, an engineer, said hello so polite. Always wearing a gray suit with white stripes...

Tanya, the only child in the family, grew up so pedantic, considered the main thing in life to be study and adored physics... And in Leningrad, at the same university, at the Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering, where she entered, Tatyana met Yuri, the only man in her life and Kostya’s father. The same lover of exact sciences.

On January 11, 1972, the first-born son, Kostya, appeared in the family. After graduating from university, Yura and Tanya Khabensky left to build a state district power station in Nizhnevartovsk. And by the time the family, having saved up enough money for an apartment, returned to St. Petersburg, Kostya already had a sister, Natasha. And my mother got a job as a teacher at a school.

...Last year, almost all of Tanya’s former classmates gathered in Yoshkar-Ola for the 40th anniversary of graduation. Tatyana Khabenskaya could not come from St. Petersburg - in those days Kostya’s father was seriously ill. Soon he was gone...

Childhood

In the first grade, Kostya’s parents sent him to Yoshkar-Ola to live with his grandmother. Here young Khabensky began going to the school drama club - after school. And once, in a sanatorium on Lake Yalchik, where his grandmother assigned him in the summer, he went on stage - with a guitar in his hands, sang something from Vysotsky and, barely finished singing, ran backstage...

My mother’s classmate Lyudmila Konyuchkova (Popova) recalls how grandmother Lidia Ivanovna introduced her grandson who had arrived from St. Petersburg - just like an adult: “The thin teenager of about twelve bowed so nobly, politely noted that he was glad to meet me, and sat down on the sofa only after me . I think this good manners and respect for people were inherited by him...”

Later, when Kostya started talking about an acting career seriously, mom and dad were skeptical about it. It seemed to them that their son should follow in their footsteps: become a scientist, a third-generation physicist and mathematician!

At the insistence of his parents, after eight years of school, Kostya Khabensky entered the Leningrad College of Aviation Instrumentation. I studied three courses, and then entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography.

Now Tatyana Gennadievna, of course, had to come to terms with the idea that her son was an actor, and a popular one at that. But she still doesn’t like to be frank with strangers about her son.

...Konstantin Khabensky has not been to Yoshkar-Ola for a long time. There are no relatives left here. My mother took my grandmother to St. Petersburg, my grandfather died. And in the 11th school where he studied, there were no teachers left who remembered him.

- Oh, we didn’t know who this boy would grow up to be, we would have taken autographs and taken pictures together! - Tatyana Gennadievna’s friends from Yoshkar-Ola laugh...

Yana ZVEREVA. (“KP” - Cheboksary”).

Khabensky has a lot of bright roles behind him - the television series “Deadly Force” alone is worth it! And the first “Night Watch”?! That is, viewers noticed him a long time ago...

But here’s an interesting line that can be followed: from the hardworking “cop” Plakhov, step by step, little by little, Kostya turned into a universal hero-lover! In almost every film, Khabensky’s heroes play tricks - casually, seriously, with one or even several partners in one film! Even with a quick review, we counted

10 mistresses whom he managed to conquer - and this is clearly not a complete list...

Affairs

It started with the film “Women’s Property,” where Kostya played a freshman in love with an elderly teacher (Elena Safonova), thanks to whom he entered the university. And after her death, he found solace with a pretty accountant (Amalia Mordvinova at that time).

In the performance of the Moscow Art Theater. In Chekhov’s “Duck Hunt,” Zilov, the hero Kostya, has a mistress, but he doesn’t want to let go of his wife (Marina Zudina) either... The actor explained this in one interview:

- This is a normal male feeling towards women... Some extinguish all feelings in themselves and do this day after day and turn into a machine, while others do not want to extinguish and make life richer for themselves.

Khabensky was caught twice with the sexy Oksana Fandera. Both times - in the films of her husband Philip Yankovsky. Moreover, the hero of the film “On the Move” cheats on Fandera’s heroine with Anastasia Kalmanovich’s heroine. And the hero of “State Councilor” is with the heroine Maria Mironova.

And in “Caligula,” a performance by the St. Petersburg Theater. Lensovet, carried away by the love affair of his hero, he played so hard that he once even fell into the aisle between the rows in the auditorium!

Faithful husband

But in life Kostya is completely different. Just as he married, he remains faithful to his wife Anastasia.

It was love at first sight - they met in a cafe near the theater. Kostya simply approached two girlfriends and invited the one he liked to the premiere of that same “Caligula”. How did it end? Wedding. Moreover, the lovers, without unnecessary ceremony, appeared at the registry office in jeans and sweaters...

...But where there are family idylls, there are spiteful critics. About five years ago, someone started a rumor that the third child of actress Evgenia Dobrovolskaya was from Khabensky. But the nonsense was forgotten. Fortunately, evil tongues did not destroy the peace in the Khabensky family.

And with what a scandal he drove away a fan who broke into his dressing room after the play “The White Guard”! I don’t know about that fan, but my wife must certainly appreciate this...

Elena LAPTEVA.

FROM THE HOURS

What Khabensky himself says...

...about first love:

“I don’t even remember her image, let alone her name.” It was in Nizhnevartovsk. There is snow there almost all year... And against the backdrop of all this whiteness, snowdrifts, sleds, there was the “flight of the soul of a first-grader,” wrapped in all kinds of fur coats and hats!

...about “Day Watch”:

— My image in “Day Watch” has become more lyrical. In the first film, my Anton was more of a warrior, but here he fell in love...

...about fidelity:

- One woman is not enough, roughly speaking, for one woman, he switches to another, a fifth and a tenth, and the other does not have enough life to love one and only one. One doesn’t have enough life, while the other doesn’t even have five minutes. It all depends on your character.

...about his wife Anastasia:

— My wife treats my popularity with understanding. Just like any wise woman.

(From the actor’s interview with various media).

VIEW FROM THE 6TH FLOOR

Awards we would give to an actor

If we break down the “Year of Khabensky” into nominations, we get something like this:

Classic of the year - Claudius (Hamlet, staged by Yu. Butusov at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater).

Fraudster of the Year - swindler Edik (“Poor Relatives” by Pavel Lungin).

Surrealism of the year - Chichikov (Pavel Lungin’s series “The Case of Dead Souls”).

The villain of the year is the terrorists in “State Councilor” (dir. - F. Yankovsky) and “Death of the Empire” (dir. - V. Khotinenko).

“Cranberry” of the year - Trotsky (V. Bezrukov’s series “Yesenin”). This time, the actor’s taste in choosing the role somewhat let him down. But even in this controversial project, he looks quite convincing.

The atrocity of the year is the dubbing of the full-length Hollywood cartoon “Madagascar”, where animals from the zoo act.

The wizard of the year is the magician Anton Gorodetsky in “Day Watch” (dir. - T. Bekmambetov), ​​which appeared on the screens on the night from last to this, new year.

When Konstantin Khabensky appeared to a wide circle of moviegoers in the film “Women’s Property,” it already became clear: he would go far. They thought about the same about young Menshikov after the Pokrovsky Gate. And their type is similar - not a brutal male, but a very sexually attractive, well-mannered young man. And they both build their careers by advertising not the events of their lives, but their mystique - I don’t give interviews, I hang out only at the highest-ranking parties, I don’t comment on rumors, and in general I’m superstar, don’t look how young I am...

And here is the result - the past year can be called the year of Khabensky. He played all the roles in notable film and theater projects of notable directors. Each one is worthy of some kind of award (see our proposals above).

In general, some actors will not play as many meaningful roles in their entire lives as Khabensky has done in the last year. All that remains is to congratulate both him and the audience.

Olga BAKUSHINSKAYA.

PRIVATE BUSSINESS

KHABENSKY Konstantin was born on January 11, 1972 in St. Petersburg.

Graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK).

Married, no children yet.

In addition to working in the theater, he films a lot. Among the most notable films with his participation:

“Khrustalev, car!” “Women’s Property” “Peculiarities of National Policy” “State Councilor” “Night Watch” “Day Watch” Series in which Khabensky starred: “Deadly Force”, “National Security Agent”, “Empire Under Attack”, “The Case of Dead Souls” "

Theater

In 1995, after graduating from LGITMiK, Konstantin got a job at the Perekrestok Experimental Theater, but only served there for a year. At the same time, Khabensky performed on the stage of the Lensovet Theater, where he played the title role in the play “Caligula”. Among the actor’s other works in the Leningrad City Council: Karl the Fool in “Woyzeck”, Valentine in “We’ll Wait and See.” At the same time, he worked on regional television as a leading department for music and information programs. In 1996, the actor moved to Moscow and began to serve under Konstantin Raikin. In Satyricon, Khabensky was mainly employed in supporting roles. Among the works of that time were roles in the plays “Cyrano de Bergerac” and “The Threepenny Opera”. Khabensky's theatrical life continued at the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. He, along with Mikhail Porechenkov, was invited to the famous stage by Oleg Tabakov himself. The director specially came to St. Petersburg to look at the young actors. At the Moscow Art Theater he played the main roles in “Duck Hunt” and “The White Guard”. He is also involved in the performances “Hamlet”, “The Threepenny Opera”, “Double Bass”.

Cinema

To date, Konstantin’s track record of film roles is quite solid: more than a hundred. For the first time, attentive moviegoers could notice the young actor Konstantin Khabensky in 1994. He played the first, small role in the film “Whom God Will Send.” Soon, Khabensky starred in several films. In the detective melodrama "Natasha", in the melodrama "Women's Property" and in the drama "Khrustalev, car!" Then operative Igor Plakhov appeared in “Deadly Force.” The series made Khabensky famous. Later in an interview, the actor admitted that he was “offered to star in the series at a time when he didn’t have any special acting biography, so there was nothing to spoil.” This is quick and easy success. But, as often happens in such cases, it is important not to become a hostage to one role. This did not happen to Konstantin Khabensky: his filmography is extremely diverse. In 2004, the first Russian blockbuster “Night Watch” appeared on the screens, and in 2005 – “Day Watch”. The artist was entrusted with the image of Anton Gorodetsky. This hero became one of the actor's most famous roles. In the same year, the Russian historical and artistic film directed by Andrei Kravchuk “Admiral” was released. The film story tells about the life of the polar explorer, naval sailor, admiral, former commander of the Black Sea Fleet, who led the White Movement after the 1917 revolution, Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak. Kolchak, played by Khabensky, is a talented and brave officer who knows how to maintain dignity and restraint in any circumstances. In 2008, Konstantin’s film career reached a new level: in the film “Wanted,” he starred alongside Hollywood stars Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie. And in 2010, fate brought him together with another world celebrity, Milla Jovovich. Together with her, the actor starred in the leading role in the film “Freaks” directed by Levan Gabriadze.

“The geographer drank his globe away”

In 2013, a film with the participation of Konstantin, “The Geographer Drank the Globe Away,” based on the novel of the same name by Alexei Ivanov, was released. His hero is geography teacher Viktor Sergeevich Sluzhkin. The film took part in the competition program of the XXIV Open Russian Film Festival “Kinotavr” in Sochi and received the Main Prize of the festival. The film also won three Golden Eagle Award categories: Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. He also received the Nika Award for the best film of the year and four more awards: for best director, for best actor, for best actress and for best music. The main male role, so highly praised by critics, was played by Konstantin Khabensky.

"Christmas trees 1914"

Next, the actor starred in the New Year’s comedy “Yolki 1914” with Ivan Urgant and Sergei Svetlakov. Continuation of the most popular Russian film franchise. Four years later, Timur Bekmambetov again acted as one of the directors of the film. It was he who decided to move the action 100 years ago, the events will unfold on December 24, 1914, on Christmas Eve according to the old style. The artist’s next notable work was the detective series “Method”. He reincarnated as investigator Rodion Viktorovich Meglin, who, together with his partner played by Paulina Andreeva, is investigating the most complicated serial murders. In 2020, Konstantin Khabensky and Evgeny Mironov starred in the film “Time of the First” about the first manned spacewalk. The role of cosmonaut Pavel Belyaev was played by Khabensky, and Leonov by Mironov. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the main character of the film, acted as a consultant during the filming.

Then the actor created the image of another historical character - Lev Davidovich Trotsky - in the serial film “Trotsky”. The story tells about the life of Lev Davidovich in the political arena.

"Selfie"

In 2017, the thriller “Selfie” directed by Nikolai Khomeriki was released, where Konstantin’s character, writer and TV presenter Vladimir Bogdanov, finds himself in a strange situation. Suddenly, Bogdanov has a double who takes away the man’s job, wife, mistress and fame. Moreover, he copes with Vladimir’s responsibilities much better than the original. And only the daughter wants her father to come back. The artist’s partners on the set were: Yulia Khlynina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anna Mikhalkova, Severiya Janusauskaite. Konstantin Khabensky played the main role in the military drama Sobibor. His movie character is officer Alexander Pechersky. A soldier ends up in a death camp. In three weeks, a man raises people of different nationalities to revolt.

Biography of Konstantin Khabensky

There were no creative people among Khabensky’s relatives. He was born into an ordinary Soviet family, intelligent, but far from the world of art.

Family: Khabensky's parents

Dad, Yuri Aronovich Khabensky, worked as a hydrological engineer. Mom, Tatyana Gennadievna Khabenskaya (maiden name Nikulina), taught mathematics at school, and when the family left for Nizhnevartovsk, she worked in a construction laboratory as an engineer.

Konstantin Khabensky with his mother

Kostya has an older sister, Natasha. She, like her brother, connected her life with creativity, was a soloist in the Jewish Musical Ensemble of St. Petersburg, and together with her friend performed in the duet “Daisies.”

Khabensky's sister Natalya with children

Natalya Khabenskaya married for the second time and moved to the Austrian city of Loipersdorf. She works in a hotel complex and sometimes takes part in city concerts. Natalya has two children: daughter Anna and son Alexander.

Konstantin in childhood and youth

In Leningrad, Konstantin followed the usual path of a Soviet boy - he went to a nursery, then to a kindergarten, and managed to complete two years of schooling. In 1981, in connection with their father’s work, the Khabenskys left for Nizhnevartovsk and lived there for four years. In 1985 they returned to Leningrad, and Kostya continued his studies at secondary school No. 486.

Kostya Khabensky in childhood

Khabensky received his first stage experience in an amateur theater, which was organized by a foreign language teacher. It was an excerpt from Hamlet with text in English. Kostya played in jeans and a stretched sweater, trying to match the famous image of Vladimir Vysotsky.

Konstantin Khabensky in his youth

After eighth grade, he continued his studies at an aviation technical school, but after completing three courses, he realized that he was not interested in a technical profession. I decided to look for a different direction in life.

Personal life

In 2000, Konstantin Khabensky married journalist Anastasia Smirnova. In 2007, she gave birth to Konstantin’s son, Ivan Khabensky. Soon after the birth of the child, Anastasia was diagnosed with a brain tumor. For a year, the actor fought for his wife’s life, organizing her the best treatment. But the efforts of doctors could not save the young woman. On December 1, 2008, Anastasia died. The death of his wife was a real blow for the actor. The actor’s personal life after this tragedy improved only in 2013: he married a colleague at the Moscow Art Theater, actress Olga Litvinova. In 2020, the couple had a daughter, Alexandra.

Who is Konstantin Khabensky

Russian film and theater actor Konstantin Khabensky became known to a wide audience in 2000 after the release of the series “Deadly Force,” where he played the main role of Igor Plakhov.

Russian actor Konstantin Khabensky

Now he is recognized as the most popular actor in Russia in the first fifteen years of the 21st century, according to an analytical review of Russian cinema according to the KinoPoisk website. His filmography already includes more than 100 works in various projects.

Prizes and awards

• Winner of the independent acting award. IN AND. Strzhelchik for the ensemble cast in the play “Waiting for Godot” (1999)
• Award of the Gatchina Film Festival "Literature and Cinema" in the category "Best Actor" for the role of Andrei in "Women's Property" (2000)
• Prize of the 11th festival “Vivat Cinema of Russia!” in the category “Best Actor” for the role of Sasha Guryev in the film “On the Move” (2003)
• Prize of the Kinotavr festival in the category “Best Actor” for the role of Edik in “Poor Relatives” (2005)
• Theater Award "The Seagull" in the category "Villain" (best performer in a negative role) for the role of Claudius in the Moscow Art Theater production "Hamlet" (2005)
• Honored Artist of Russia - for services in the field of art (2006)
• Award of the Russian film press "Golden Aries" in the category "Best Actor according to the results of the popular vote" for the role of Edik in "Poor Relatives" (2006)
• Golden Eagle Award in the category “Best Supporting Actor” for his role as Green in “State Counselor” (2006)
• International Stanislavsky Award in the category “Best Actor” (for roles of recent years) (2007)
• MTV Russia prize in the category “Best Comedy Role” for the role of Kostya Lukashin in the film “The Irony of Fate. Continued" (2008)
• Prize "Golden Sword" of the VI International Military Film Festival named after People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Ozerov in the category "Best Actor" for the role of Kolchak in the film "Admiral" (2008)
• Golden Eagle Award in the category “Best Actor” for the role of A.V. Kolchak in the film “Admiral” (2009)
• MTV Russia prize in the category “Best Actor” for the role of A.V. Kolchak in the film “Admiral” (2009)
• People's Artist of Russia - for great services in the field of art (2012)
• Prize of the Kinotavr festival in the category “Best Actor” for the role of Viktor Sergeevich Sluzhkin in the film “The Geographer Drank the Globe Away” (2013)
• XXII Film Festival “Vivat Cinema of Russia!” (St. Petersburg) – special jury prize “For the best role of the year” in the film “The Geographer Drank the Globe Away” (2013)
• Golden Eagle Award in the category “Best Actor” for the role of Viktor Sergeevich Sluzhkin in the film “The Geographer Drank the Globe Away” (2013)
• Nika Award “For Best Actor” in the film “The Geographer Drank the Globe Away” (2013)
• Prize “For Best Actor” at the Kinotavr festival for the film “Collector” (2017)
• Prague Independent Film Festival – prize in the category “Best Actor” in the film “Collector” (2017)
• 2020 Award from the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers in the field of television cinema for “Best Actor in a Television Film/Series” in the film “Trotsky” (2018)

Filmography:

• Method-2 (2019)
• Fairy (2018)
• Like Children (2018)
• E-sider (2018)
• Moscow Speaks (2018)
• Sobibor (2018)
• Trotsky (2017)
• Selfie (2017)
• Time of the First (2017)
• Good Boy (2016)
• Fly, Maybug (2016)
• Collector (2016)
• Method (2015), TV series
• Fir trees 1914 (2014)
• Black Sea (2015)
• Heavenly Court-2 (2014)
• Adventurers (2014)
• Peter Leshchenko. Everything that happened... (2013), TV series
• The geographer drank his globe away (2013)
• World War Z / World War Z / (USA) (2013)
• White Guard (2012), TV series
• Spy, get out! / Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy / Dame, König, As, Spion (UK, Germany, France) (2011)
• Raspoutine / (Russia, France) (2011)
• Heavenly Court (2011)
• Tricks (2010)
• Stepan Razin (2010)
• Fairy tale. Yes (2010)
• Christmas trees (2010)
• Miracle (2009)
• Happiness (2009)
• Admiral (2009)
• Wanted (2008) /Wanted/
• Brownie (2008)
• The Irony of Fate. Sequel (2007)
• Russian Triangle (2007)
• Rush Hour (2006)
• Russian teacher (2006)
• Lethal force-6 (2006), TV series
• Yesenin (2005), TV series
• Poor Relatives (2005)
• State Councilor (2005)
• Day Watch (2005)
• The Case of Dead Souls (2005)
• Death of an Empire (2005), TV series
• Philip's Cove (2004), TV series
• Ours (2004)
• Night Watch (2004)
• A Woman's Romance (2004)
• Goddess: How I fell in love (2004)
• Lethal force-5 (2003), TV series
• Lines of Fate (2003), TV series
• Features of national policy (2003)
• Lethal force-4 (2002), TV series
• On the Move (2002)
• Lethal force-3 (2001), TV series
• Lethal force-2 (2001), TV series
• Mechanical Suite (2001)
• Empire under attack (2000), TV series
• Lethal force (2000)
• House for the Rich (2000)
• National Security Agent (1999), TV series
• Fan (1999)
• Women's Property (1998)
• Natasha (1998)
• Khrustalev, car! (1998)
• Whom God Will Send (1994)