Biography of Alexey Grishin
Alexey Grishin is a Russian theater and film actor, who gained popularity thanks to his roles in the films “Friday” (2016) and “Mafia: Game of Survival” (2016), as well as in the TV series “Yesenin” (2005), “Wasp” (2013- 2014), “The Eighties” (2011-2016), “Raid” (2017), etc. The artist is a rather non-public person, rarely communicates with the press and rarely shares moments from his life with fans, so there are a lot of blank spots in the actor’s biography.
In the photo: Alexey Grishin
Alexey Grishin - film actor
Grishin was invited to the cinema when he worked at the O. Tabakov Theater. This was in 2000. The first role was episodic, in the famous film “Brother-2” by A. Balabanov. After some time, Alexey was again invited to shoot films that later became popular and famous: “Silver Lily of the Valley” by T. Keosayan and “Truck Drivers” by Y. Kuzmenko.
Alexey, like many actors, began his film career playing episodic and supporting roles. Now Alexey Grishin has more than fifty films in his acting collection, including leading roles in films. The photo presented in the article shows Alexey Grishin as police captain Pernitsky in the popular TV series “Freud’s Method.”
But the actor doesn’t yet have a favorite role; all the best is still ahead of him, including the role that will be Alexey’s favorite.
Childhood and youth
Alexey Yuryevich Grishin was born on July 24, 1974 in Tashkent, the capital of the Uzbek SSR. In one of the interviews, the actor admitted that in his youth he was faced with the problem of choosing a profession: “fermentation” began inside him, it began to seem to him that he was unlikely to be able to find any prospects in Tashkent.
Alexey Grishin was born in the capital of the Uzbek SSR
After serving in the army, he was drawn to Moscow to enroll in a theater university. Arriving in the capital, he was struck by the unusually lively gaze of random passers-by and realized that he had made the right choice. Alexey managed to enter the Moscow Art Theater School, and Oleg Tabakov became the student’s mentor.
Alexey Grishin in his youth (left: still from the TV series “Truckers”)
Work in the theater
Subsequently, Oleg Pavlovich invited the young man to work in his theater. Alexey Grishin worked there for several years. According to the actor himself, working in this theater was like a serious exam for him. At the O. Tabakov Theater, the actor gained very good experience and learned a lot.
Work in “Tabakerka” took up all the time; rehearsing just one role took about four months. The theater had to give itself entirely, and family and friends could suffer from this. Not everyone can withstand such stress and deep immersion into the character and life of their heroes.
Alexey decided to go to another theater, and his choice settled on the Mossovet Theater. Since 2012, Alexey Grishin has worked there as a guest artist, continuing to devote most of his time to his favorite work. The actor himself says that he is engaged in a profession that he loves, and that work must necessarily bring joy. Alexey Yuryevich, by the way, also played at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.
Theater
During his years of study, Alexey was able to establish himself as a promising actor, so Oleg Pavlovich, without hesitation, invited the graduate to his “Tabakerka” - a young theater that had existed by that time for 11 years under the direction of the master. Alexey worked at the theater until the mid-2000s.
Alexey Grishin played in Tabakerka for 11 years
Since 2012, Grishin has been a member of the Mossovet Theater troupe. Now he can be seen in performances based on the works of A.P. Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" (the role of Gaev) and "Three Sisters" (Prozorov). The director of both productions is Andrei Konchalovsky, and Grishin shares the stage with Yulia Konchalovskaya, Yulia Khlynina, Galina Bob, Alexander Domogarov, Pavel Derevyanko and other popular actors.
Alexey Grishin© Elena LapinaGraduated from the Moscow Art Theater School.
V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1998 (course of O. P. Tabakov). From 1998 to 2006 - actor at the Studio Theater under the direction of O. Tabakov. He played in the plays: “More Van Gogh?”, “Sailor’s Silence”, “Old Quarter”, “Dinner”. Since 2012 - actor of the Mossovet Theater.
He played in the plays: “The Seagull” (Treplev), “Long Journey into Night” (Edmund Tyrone), “Polonaise, or An Evening of the Absurd” (The Visitor, Salinger, Irakli). Participates in performances of the current repertoire:
- Cherry Orchard (Gaev)
- Richard III (Hastings)
- Three sisters (Prozorov)
He played in the theater's play on Malaya Bronnaya “Miss Julie” (Jean).
He starred in films and television films: “Brother-2”, “Truckers”, “Silver Lily of the Valley”, “Idiot (film-play)”, “The investigation is being conducted by experts.
Ten years later”, “Sleuths-2”, “Russian Medicine”, “Yesenin”, “One of Our Own”, “Demons”, “Madhouse”, “Taxi for an Angel”, “Dark Instinct”, “Gloss”, “Gift” God”, “Other”, “Canned Food”, “Love on the Edge of a Knife”, “Turkish March. Season 4”, “She Said Yes”, “Web-1”, “The Last Reproduction”, “Everyone Has Their Own Movie”, “White Canvas”, “Airborne Dad”, “Cruel Business”, “Revenge”, “Plato” , “Palm Reader-2”, “Reflections”, “Pirate and Pirate Woman”, “Number Forty-Third...”, “Bodyguard-2”, “Alibi for Two”, “Gangs”, “Demons”, “House of Exemplary Maintenance”, “The Only Man”, “The Last Minute”, “Time for Two”, “Medicine Man-2. Hunting without rules”, “Three days of Lieutenant Kravtsov”, “Wild-3”, “Freud’s method”, “True love”, New Year’s wife”, “Unfasten your seat belts”, “Happy New Year, moms!”, “Mom detective “, “Lie if you love”, “OSA”, “Youth”, “Temporary Worker”, “Labyrinths of Fate”, “Freud Method-2”, “Abolition of all restrictions”, “Peter-Moscow”, “Teachers”, “ Bloodhound”, “Roof of the World”, “Mafia. Game of Survival”, “Decent People”, “Sasha + Dasha + Glasha”, “Family Business-2”, “Snow and Ashes”, “Beauty Standards”, “Beauty Standards. New Love”, “Eighties”, “Two Lives”, “Cossacks”, “Cuba”, “Friday”, “Raid”, “Not Together”, “Zero”, “Schubert”, “Cop”, “Psychologists-2 “, “Five years later”, “Weddings and divorces”, “Galka and Gamayun”, “Wait for me”, “Kitchen. War for the hotel." Photo album: Links:
- SHADOWS OF MISOGYNY, Grigory Zaslavsky
, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, [20-04-2005] - Soaped place, Irina Alpatova
, Newspaper “Culture”, [17-03-2005] - The story of Miss Julie, who loved..., Elena Yampolskaya
, “Russian Courier”, [15-03-2005] - Kill the Canary, Dina Goder
, Newspaper. RU, [14-03-2005] - Lady with a Dog, Oleg Zintsov
, Vedomosti, [14-03-2005] - Living and Dead, Maria Khaliseva
, Evening Club, [29-01-2004] - There is nothing to make a focus out of, Dina Goder
, Russian Journal, [27-01-2004] - Protestants in the “Tabakerka”, Alena Karas
, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, [27-01-2004] - To the cemetery and back, Marina Shimadina
, Kommersant, [27-01-2004] - Set fire to your own mother, Olga Egoshina
, New News, [26-01-2004]
Film roles
Alexey Grishin received his first film role after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater, but he still remembers this work with trepidation. The actor played in the legendary film by Alexei Balabanov “Brother-2” (2000), appearing as a steward in the famous scene on the plane.
Alexey Grishin in the film "Brother-2"
The phrase “Boy, you don’t understand. Bring us some vodka, we’re flying home” became popular, and the young actor – even after such a short scene – began to be recognized on the streets. “Brother-2” (Episode “Boy, you don’t understand. Bring us some vodka, we’re flying home”) Alexey didn’t get major roles for a long time. But the role of Osip Mandelstam, one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century, was worth the wait. On the set of the Channel One series “Yesenin” (2005), he met the entire cinematic elite - Sergei Bezrukov (in the role of Sergei Yesenin), Gosha Kutsenko (terrorist Yakov Blyumkin), Konstantin Khabensky (Leon Trotsky). His mentor Oleg Tabakov also played in the series as General Simagin.
“Yesenin”: Alexey Grishin as Osip Mandelstam
In 2007, Grishin was twice lucky enough to act with director Andrei Konchalovsky, with whom he subsequently worked in the same theater. Alexey appeared in his comedy melodrama “Gloss” about a provincial girl in a fashionable metropolitan society and in the almanac “Everyone Has Their Own Cinema,” which included 34 film stories by world-famous directors from 25 countries.
Grishin got his first leading role in 2008 – in the crime series of the Ren-TV channel “Cruel Business”. However, the series “Alibi for Two” (NTV, 2010), in which the actor played Lieutenant Colonel Guzin, and “Gangs” (Channel One, 2010) - in which Grishin appeared in the image of a criminal authority - caused a much greater resonance.
Alexey Grishin. Showreel Alexey had a lot of work in those years - both in the theater and in cinema. But if he only strengthened his position on the theatrical stage, then after the release of the series “The Freud Method” (2012) he achieved demand as an actor of leading roles.
Alexey Grishin in "Freud's Method"
It is noteworthy that Grishin played the most diverse characters: an ambitious producer in the good-natured comedy “Teachers” (2014), a drug addict in the serial detective story “Snoop” (2015), a seasoned prisoner nicknamed Crooked in the science fiction film “Mafia: Game of Survival” (2016) etc.
“Mafia”: Alexey Grishin as Krivoy
Alexey is able to recreate any image, be it a dramatic role or a comedic hero. The classic type of appearance allows the artist to calmly transform into both bandits and generals. So, having played a lot of crime bosses, Grishin appeared as the rector of the institute in the 6th season of the STS comedy series “The Eighties” with Alexander Yakin, Maria Aronova and Alexander Polovtsev.
Still from the series “The Eighties”
Alexey also starred in the comedy “Friday” (2016). According to the plot of the film, his hero, the owner of a nightclub, enters into an unusual argument with a representative of the golden youth, Mikhail (Danila Kozlovsky): the “major” must become a waiter for several hours and bring a substantial tip in order to receive the keys to an expensive car.
“Friday”: Alexey Grishin and Danila Kozlovsky
In 2020, Grishin could be seen in the crime series “Raid” with Vladimir Mashkov and Denis Shvedov. The plot of the series takes place in a pre-trial detention center in Kaliningrad, where Major Ryzhov (Andrei Smolyakov), accused of a crime he did not commit, commits suicide.
Still from the TV series “Raid”
Film career and theater path
In 1980 I went to school, was first a pioneer, and then a Komsomol member. After some time, his family moved to Moscow. When, after graduating from school, Alexey decided to become an actor, his parents were not particularly happy with this decision.
After school, the young man served in the army. Returning from service, he entered the Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Art Theater School on the first try . Alexey Grishin studied in the workshop of the People's Artist of the USSR (1988) and Russia (1997) Oleg Tabakov, who immediately noticed the talented student.
In 1998, Alexey Grishin graduated from a theater university. After graduating from university (Moscow Art Theater), Alexey was invited to join the troupe of Oleg Tabakov’s Tabakerka Theater.
From 1998 to 2006 he worked in theater productions, including: “The Old Quarter”, “More Van Gogh”, “Dinner”, “Sailor’s Silence”. Since 2012 he has been working as a guest actor at the Mossovet Theater. He took part in the performances “The Seagull”, “Long Journey into the Night”, “An Evening of the Absurd” and others.
He played in the production of “Miss Julie” at Malaya Bronnaya, and is also an actor at the Andrei Konchalovsky Foundation.
Alexey began acting in films for the first time two years after graduating from theater school. In 2000, he played a cameo role as a flight attendant in the Russian crime action film Brother 2. After filming, directors began to invite him, mostly playing minor roles.
He became famous thanks to his work in TV series; they became the main genre in his filmography. Viewers remember him for such works as: “Yesenin” (2005), “Cruel Business” (2008), “Gangs” (2010), “Freud’s Method” (2012, 2014), “Wasp” (2013-2014) and many others , in which the actor created memorable images.
Alexey has starred in various serial films: The Eighties, “Cuba” (2016), “Cossacks” (2016), Two Lives (2016), “Raid” (2017), “Friday” (2017), “Standards of Beauty” (2017) . In 2018, the series Schubert was released, in which the actor plays one of the roles.
Today, Alexey’s filmography includes more than 80 films, where the talented actor has created a wide variety of roles, from tragic to comedic. Continues to work at the Mossovet Theater.
Personal life of Andrey Grishin
Alexey Grishin prefers to keep his personal life under seven locks. All that is known is that Alexei has a wife and two children. The actor's wife's name is Olga, she works as an artist in the theater. The actor has a pet, the cat Vasily. In the summer of 2020, Grishin was in a serious accident. He and a friend arranged an ATV race on a highway near Moscow, near the village of Lugovaya. The vehicle overturned, Alexey received multiple bruises and fractures. The actor's friend died from his injuries. Report from the scene of the accident by Alexey Grishin
Theater career
Alexey Grishin is an actor with a capital A, a kind, sympathetic, active person who always performs in the most striking images. As mentioned earlier, it was the theater that did a lot for the career of the young actor. The theater helped me to express myself, to realize and, in the end, to take me to a completely new level.
After graduating from the Moscow Art Theater, Grishin’s mentor offered him a role in a play at the Tabakov Theater, naturally, he agreed, because such a chance could not be lost.
At the Tabakov Theater, the actor played the main role in the play “The Idiot” based on Dostoevsky, and participated in the productions of “Soldiers”, “Dinner”, “Old Quarter” and others.
After this, for eight years, Alexey Grishin gained experience in his acting career, and at the same time he was offered various roles in Russian cinema.
Since 2012, the actor moved to the Moscow Council Theater, where he played in performances based on A.P. Chekhov (“Three Sisters”, “The Seagull”, etc.), Konchalovsky, Tyrone.
His roles in theaters brought real awards: “For Best Supporting Actor” in the play “Long Journey into Night,” where the actor played a minor role.
Moreover, Alexey always says that his work truly brings him joy and pleasure, because this is what he lives for. According to the actor, it is important that there is a desire to work, and work contributes to this. This is exactly what happens in his life, no matter how difficult the schedules and filming may be, he would not trade his profession for anything.
Alexey Grishin now
Alexey Grishin is one of the most sought-after actors in modern Russian cinema. At the end of May 2020, he could be seen in the new Channel One series “Cop”. At the center of the story is an American policeman (Kirill Zaitsev), who flies to Russia as part of an experience exchange program. Grishin played a negative character in the series - the arrogant Merkulov.
“Cop”: Alexey Grishin as Merkulov
Alexey will also appear in the series “Weddings and Divorces” with Elena Nikolaeva and Anton Khabarov (premiere: June 3, 2020 on Channel One) and will play in the NTV detective historical series “Bezsonov” about a talented detective (Denis Nurulin) in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century.
On the set of the series “Bezsonov”
Filming continues for the military-themed series “Wait for Me” about the rear theater actress Shurochka (Valeria Lanskaya), who cannot choose between the brave Cossack Gromov (Artur Ivanov) and the Leningrad poet Koltsov (Alexei Demidov).
In addition, Grishin will appear in the NTV series “Bailiffs”, the main characters of which will be the head of the bailiff department Yegor Grachev (Alexey Chadov), his colleagues and employees of the anti-corruption department.
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On Sunday, July 30, theater and film actor Alexei Grishin overturned his ATV on the 5th kilometer of the Gerasimikha-Rakhmanovo highway in the Moscow region. With his injuries - according to media reports, he broke his collarbone and suffered numerous bruises - the actor was taken to the hospital. The police are conducting an investigation into the incident.
Grishin is known for his episodic roles in the films “Mafia: Game of Survival”, “Happy New Year, Moms!”, “Plato”, “Gloss” and “Brother-2”, where he, as a flight attendant, appeared in the scene of the return of the main characters from USA to Russia.
Alexey Grishin. Photo: Channel 5 Frame
Alexey Grishin was born on July 24, 1974 in Tashkent (Uzbek SSR).
In 1998 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (course of Oleg Tabakov).
Collaborates with the theater on Malaya Bronnaya.
From 1998 to 2006 he worked at the Studio Theater under the direction of Oleg Tabakov. He also works at the Mossovet Theater as a guest artist.
In 2009, Grishin became a laureate of the VII International Theater Forum "Golden Knight" in the category "Theater - Small Form": "For Best Supporting Actor". He was awarded the award for his role as Edmund Tyrone in the play Long Journey into Night.
Roles in the theater
"Snuffbox":
“Another Van Gogh?” “Sailor's Silence” “Old Quarter” “Dinner” “Idiot” “Soldiers”.
Theater named after Mossovet:
Treplev - "The Seagull", A.P. Chekhov (dir. Andrei Konchalovsky) Edmund Tyrone - "Long Journey into Night" The Visitor, Salinger, Irakli - "Polonaise, or Evening of the Absurd" (dir. Sergei Yursky) Andrei Prozorov - "Three sisters”, A. P. Chekhov (dir. Andrei Konchalovsky).
Theater "On Malaya Bronnaya":
Jean - “Miss Julie” (dir. Andrei Konchalovsky)
Filmography
“Brother 2” “Truckers” “Silver Lily of the Valley” “The Investigation is Conducted by Experts” “The Passion of Bumbarash” “Detectives 2” “Russian Medicine” “Yesenin” “The Myth of the Ideal Man” “The Most Beautiful” “One of Your Own” “Demons” “ Madhouse" "Taxi for an Angel" "Dark Instinct" "Gloss" "Gift of God" "Other" "Canned Food" "Love on the Edge of a Knife" "Turkish March 4" "She Said "Yes" "Last Reproduction" "Everyone Has Their Own Cinema ""White Canvas" "Landing Father" "Cruel Business" "Revenge" "Plato" "Palm Reader 2" "Reflections of Pirate and Pirate Woman" "Forty-Third Number" "Bodyguard 2" "Alibi" for Two" "Gangs" "Demons" “House of Exemplary Maintenance” “The Only Man” “The Last Minute” “Time for Two” “Medicine Man 2: Hunting Without Rules” “Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov” “Wild-3” “Freud’s Method” “True Love” “New Year’s Wife” “ Unfasten your seat belts” “Happy New Year, moms!” “WASP” “Teachers” “Freud Method 2” “Decent People” “Mafia: Game of Survival” “Snow and Ashes” “Family Business” “Roof of the World” “Eighties” “Snoop” “Cuba” “Raid”
