Childhood and family of Ivan Dobronravov
Ivan Fedorovich Dobronravov was born on June 2, 1989 in Voronezh. Later, his father, Fyodor Dobronravov, had previously received an invitation to join the troupe of the Moscow Satyricon Theater. Thus, Ivan ended up in the Russian capital at an early age, where, in fact, he spent most of his life. Ivan has an older brother, Victor, also an actor.
Actor Ivan Dobronravov in the TV series Kadetstvo
Ivan began to get involved in acting at an early age. From childhood, he often attended theatrical productions in which his father participated, and later he himself began to perform small roles on stage. Often his characters had no words, some of his heroes appeared on stage only for a few moments - but the very fact of performing was a huge achievement for the young guy. He could grow and improve in a creative environment, and therefore later this became an excellent help in his creative career.
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Another production in which young Ivan was able to demonstrate his talent is “Servants and Snow.” In this performance, Vanya got the role of the foundling Mickey. These, albeit very tiny roles, were an excellent experience for the young actor in playing on the theater stage and became the beginning of his artistic career.
In the photo: Ivan Dobronravov with his father
Despite such an early introduction to the theater, Ivan was faced with the problem of choosing a future profession - in high school he became so interested in drawing that after school he was going to study to become a designer, but genes, and perhaps the instructions of his parents, won out, and he applied at the Theater School named after. Shchukin, where his older brother Victor studied.
Ivan Dobronravov with his brother Victor
By the time he graduated from theater school, Ivan Dobronravov had already accumulated sufficient experience working on the theater stage and film set. During his studies, he played in two plays - Ostrovsky's play "On a Lively Place" and the production of "Procession" based on Joseph Brodsky.
After university, Ivan worked at the Lekur Theater Agency, the Valery Lansky Creative Center, and the Theater named after. Anton Chekhov.
The first films with Ivan Dobronravov
Already in his teens, Ivan Dobronravov played a fairly large role as a foundling boy in the production of “Servants and Snow,” where he appeared on the same stage with his father.
A little later, he also played one of the roles in the play “City of Millionaires,” where Inna Churikova and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan became his partners on the set. At the age of twelve, our today's hero also appeared on the set for the first time. The young guy’s first screen work was the mini-series “The Searchers,” in which he got a relatively small role. A year after this, Ivan Dobronravov also starred in the series “Taiga. Survival Course,” where he got a much larger role as a smart guy named Maxim, the son of one of the central characters.
Dobronravov Ivan Fedorovich
Theater and film actor. Known for the films “Kadetstvo”, “Gagarin. First in Space", "Labyrinths of Fate", "Wonderland". Representative of the famous acting dynasty of the Dobronravovs. Winner of the Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr" in the category "Best Actor".
Ivan Dobronravov was born on June 2, 1989 in the city of Voronezh. When in 1990 his father, the famous comedy actor Fyodor Dobronravov, was called by Konstantin Raikin to the famous Satyricon Theater, the whole family decided to move to Moscow.
The boy became interested in acting from early childhood and, as soon as he grew up a little, began to take part in theatrical productions with his father. In the play “Servants and Snow,” Vanya played the role of the foundling Mickey, and while playing in the play “City of Millionaires,” he found himself on the same stage with such stars as Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Inna Churikova. Often, he received small and even without words, but each of them was a kind of “brick” in the career of the young actor.
In the ninth grade, Dobronravov became seriously interested in drawing and even wanted to enroll in the design department after school, but acting genes still prevailed and, having received a certificate of secondary education, the young man became a student at the Boris Shchukin Higher Theater School. The actor received a higher education diploma in 2011, but by that time he already had considerable experience in filming on a film set.
Actor Ivan Dobronravov first appeared on screen in the TV series “The Searchers” at the age of twelve. Vanya got to audition completely by accident, thanks to his father’s acquaintance with the director. The filmmakers were looking for a ten-year-old boy. Then he got a relatively small role, but a year later he starred in the serial film “Taiga. Survival Course,” where he played the son of one of the main characters. It’s interesting that the artist also got to the shooting of “Taiga” by accident: he was bored sitting alone at home, and went with his father to “Mosfilm.” There the child caught the eye of the acting assistant and unexpectedly successfully passed the audition.
One of Dobronravov’s most striking works was his role in the film “Return,” released in 2003. The director of the film, Andrei Zvyagintsev, entrusted the 14-year-old boy to embody on the screen the image of one of the main characters. As a result, the film was a success at the Venice Festival, where Fr. In addition, the film received the Nika and Golden Eagle awards.
In 2006, Dobronravov successfully auditioned for the role of Suvorov soldier Levakov in the TV series “Kadetstvo”. The actor had to combine filming with final school exams and enrollment in a university, but despite all the difficulties, he still did not abandon the project. Until 2008, there was a break in Ivan’s career, and then a creative upsurge began.
During his student years, thanks to his filming in dramatic films, Ivan Dobronravov became known as a character actor. Viewers remembered his work in the films “Short Circuit”, “Truce”, “Elena” and the TV series “Poor Relatives” and “Labyrinths of Fate”. The main role in the film “The Truce” brought the young artist a new surge of popularity: at the Kinotavr festival the film was awarded two prizes. Also, the audience remembered his work in the projects “Poor Relatives”, “Legends of the Circle”, “Love in a Million”, “Labyrinths of Fate”.
In 2013, Dobronravov appeared in Pavel Parkhomenko’s biographical drama “Gagarin. First in Space,” where he played cosmonaut Boris Volynov. The following film was also a resounding success: “Catherine,” which premiered in 2014 and the actor starred in the role of Metropolitan Pimen. The following year, the artist pleased fans with his work in the psychological thriller “Method”, together with the main characters performed by Konstantin Khabensky and Paulina Andreeva, he appeared in the role of Pavlik Tolmachev.
In 2020, Ivan appeared on television screens in the 16-episode spy detective series “Hunting the Devil,” where he brilliantly played the role of a specialist in European languages, Andrei Koltsov. The main role in the series went to Sergei Bezrukov. In 2020, Dobronravov appeared on screens in Dmitry Cherkasov’s melodrama “Free Letter,” where he played Boris. At the end of the same year, Yuri Moroz’s crime drama “The Gambler” was released, about a talented graduate student who came up with a scheme to beat the casino. Ivan, along with Maxim Matveev, Artem Tkachenko, Alexandra Rebenok, Nikolai Kozak, joined the main cast.
In 2020, the premieres of the new series “Mutiny” and “THREAT: Trepalov and Wallet” took place, in which Dobronravov Jr. is announced as a performer of bright roles. The following year, 2020, the artist appeared in two projects: “Has anyone seen my girl?”, “From sadness to joy.” In the latter, in the center of the plot: the story of the strong, friendly Trifonov family, the story of an entire working dynasty that works at the local city-forming enterprise, the helicopter plant. Volodya Trifonov: head of the family, leader of labor, participant and winner of factory amateur art competitions. Everything is good in the family, until trouble comes, the youngest son Pashka falls in love with a woman from the paint shop, much older than himself, and with three children at that!
Family of Ivan Dobronravov
Father - Fyodor Viktorovich Dobronravov, actor. He starred with his son in the TV series “Kadetstvo” as the father of Suvorov soldier Perepechko. In the Ukrainian television series “Matchmakers 4,” Ivan Dobronravov, as a policeman, detains Ivan Budko, played by his father. Mother - Irina Dobronravova, worked as a teacher in a kindergarten.
Older brother - Victor, actor.
Wife - Anna Dobronravova (marriage since December 24, 2017). Daughter - Veronica (born 2018).
Awards of Ivan Dobronravov
Winner in the category “Best Actor” (jointly with K. Lavronenko and V. Garin) at the International Film Festival in Gijon (Spain) for his role in the film “The Return”.
Winner of the Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr" in the category "Best Actor" (2010, film "Truce").
Creativity of Ivan Dobronravov
Filmography
2003 - Return - Ivan, younger brother 2009 - Short Circuit - Shoemaker 2010 - Truce - Yegor Matveev 2010 - Burnt by the Sun 2: Anticipation - episode 2011 - Home - Andrey Shamanov 2012 - Victory Day (short film) 2011 - Connection of Things (short film) 2012 — Champions from the gateway — Bodya 2012 — Judas — Matvey 2012 — Moms, k/a, short story “Parachute” — Peter 2012 — Istalgia / Eastalgia — Bogdan 2013 — Gagarin. First in space - Boris Volynov 2014 - Labyrinths of fate - Pashka 2020 - Moscow Mom Montreal - Anton (short film) 2020 - Wonderland - Sasha, groom 2020 - Man from the future 2020 - Not mine (short film) Vadim 2020 - Buy me - Misha 2020 - Attack of the Dead: Osovets - Second Lieutenant Kotlinsky 2020 - Has anyone seen my girl? 2020 - From sadness to joy - Pashka
Roles in television series
2001 - Seekers - Veniamin Grushin 2002 - Taiga. Survival course - Maxim 2003 - The best city on Earth - episode 2006 - Kadetstvo. Season 1 - Suvorov veteran Andrei Levakov 2010 - Matchmakers 4 - policeman who detained Ivan 2011 - Yalta-45 - Ryabets ("Ryabchik"), shoe shiner, saboteur bandit 2012 - Poor relatives - Mikhail Bondarev 2013 - Passion for Chapai - Nikonov 2013 - Flint. Liberation 2013 - Legends of the Circle - Matvey Zhzhenov 2013 - Sviridovs - Ivan Sviridov 2013 - Love in a Million - Oleg Shishkin 2014 - Ekaterina - Pimen 2020 - Method - Pavlik Tolmachev 2020 - Running from Love - supporting role 2020 - Marry Pushkin - Pasha Surikov, Nadya's husband 2020 - Hunting the Devil - Andrey Alekseevich Koltsov, linguist-tutor 2020 - Freelance - Boris 2020 - Vocal-criminal ensemble - Pasha "Pate" (drummer of the group) 2020 - Player 2020 - Mutiny 2020 - THREAT: Trepalov and Wallet
Theater
Producer
2017 — “Freaks” based on the stories of Vasily Shukshin (dir. Alexander Nazarov)
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The best films of Ivan Dobronravov
However, real fame came to the actor a little later, after Ivan Dobronravov played one of the main roles in Andrei Zvyagintsev’s legendary film “The Return.” Working with the cult director brought the young guy enormous success. The film with his participation was shown in many countries around the world and became especially popular in Italy, France and Spain. In addition, in 2004, the film was presented at the Venice Film Festival, where it subsequently received the main prize. Ivan Dobronravov about the film ISTHALGIA It is very noteworthy that it was then, speaking to European journalists, that our today's hero publicly admitted for the first time that he subsequently plans to connect his life with acting. Not everyone took these words of the fourteen-year-old boy seriously at that time. However, later Ivan successfully proved that he was speaking quite seriously at that time.
New roles of Ivan Dobronravov
After graduating from high school, Ivan Dobronravov submitted documents to the Shchukin Higher Theater School.
At this prestigious educational institution, he began studying under the guidance of the famous teacher R. Ovchinnikov, and also performing on the stage of the student theater. In parallel with this, the actor’s screen career also developed in full swing. In 2006, the young Russian guy received one of the regular roles in the TV series “Kadetstvo”, which later became a new important step in his career. The popular youth series brought new success to Ivan Dobronravov. Therefore, already during his studies at the university, our today’s hero managed to establish himself as a rising star of Russian television.
Champions - Russian trailer for the film with Ivan Dobronravov The actor starred in films with enviable regularity. As a result, only in 2008 there was a short break in the career of our today’s hero. In all other years, Ivan Dobronravov invariably presented to the public one or two of his screen works. In 2009, he starred in the melodrama Short Circuit, and in 2010 he played the main role in the film Truce, which was subsequently awarded two prizes at the Kinotavr festival. In 2011, after a long break, Ivan again took part in the filming of Andrei Zvyagintsev’s new film, playing together with Andrei Semenov and Elena Lyadova in the film “Elena”. It is quite noteworthy that the said film subsequently also received many accolades from critics and was also awarded a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Thanks to a whole string of deep dramatic films, already in his student years Ivan Dobronravov earned the fame of a bright character actor. He starred exclusively in rich and colorful films, and therefore his ability to choose his roles never caused any criticism.
Ivan Dobronravov currently
Actor Ivan Dobronravov with his family: brother, mother and father
In recent years, our today's hero has also been faithful to himself and works only with the best directors in Russia and Ukraine. In recent years, his filmography has included the dramatic films “Judas”, “Champions from the Gateway”, “Home”, as well as the comedy film almanac “Moms”. The Serbian-Ukrainian dramatic film “Istalgia” also stands apart from this list, in which Ivan Dobronravov again got one of the central roles.
At the time of writing this article, the last work in the career of the young Russian actor was the box office film “Gagarin. The first in space." So far, nothing has been reported in the press about new projects with the participation of Ivan Dobronravov.
Childhood
The talented actor Ivan Fedorovich Dobronravov, whose photo is in this article, was born in early June 1989 in Voronezh. His parents are people of creative professions who instilled a love for cinema.
The actor's father, Fyodor Viktorovich, graduated from the Academy of Arts in Voronezh and became a famous actor. Mother, Irina Dobronravova, met the father of the future actor at the Academy of Arts, where she studied with Fedor in the same department. Irina worked in a kindergarten as an organizer of public events. Ivan Dobronravov’s older brother, Victor, also became an actor.
The whole family moved to Moscow in 1990, when Ivan was barely one year old. Even in his childhood, the boy became interested in acting and even took part in some productions in the theater where his father played. As a boy, he played on the same stage with such famous actors as Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Inna Churikova.
