Andrey Smolyakov: Human passions are a very seductive thing

Biography

Andrei Smolyakov's family was far from art.
His father is a fireman, his mother is a physics and mathematics teacher. He spent almost all his free time as a child at his father's fire station. The ground floor housed a garage for cars, and the families of firefighters lived on the second floor. The favorite pastime of Andrei and his friends was to wait for their fathers to return from their trip and wash the car with a fire hose. However, he did not intend to follow in his father’s footsteps: his main dream was to become a neurosurgeon. For a long time, Andrei even attended the specialized club “Young Doctor”. But plans to enter medical school were dashed by one newspaper article, which talked about the beginning of enrollment of students at the theater school. Andrey decided to try his hand at the entrance exams. Despite the fact that by this time Smolyakov had never been to a drama theater in his life, he passed the test with honor, and in 1975 he was enrolled in the Theater School. B. Shchukina. After the third year he transferred to GITIS. The reason for this decision was the young actor’s great desire to work with the recognized master of Soviet cinema - Oleg Tabakov, who just taught at GITIS. Thus, in 1978, Smolyakov became a student in Oleg Tabakov’s workshop.

Personal life of Andrey Smolyakov

The first wife of Andrei Smolyakov was ballerina Svetlana Ivanova. They met completely by accident, but something told the actor - she was the one in front of him! After six months of romantic meetings, the young people got married. Soon their son Dmitry was born.

Andrei Smolyakov's first wife is a ballerina and choreographer

Over the years of marriage, the actor gained the reputation of an exemplary family man who was sensitive to his wife’s hobbies, to the hearth and to raising his son.

Andrei Smolyakov's son, Dmitry Smolyakov, became a film producer

However, after twenty years, the relationship between the spouses faded away. Currently, Andrei Smolyakov is married to his second marriage. His new chosen one is the famous Russian fashion designer Daria Razumikhina, founder of the fashion brand Razu Mikhina.

Andrei Smolyakov's second wife, designer Daria Razumikhina

Theater

In 1978, while still a student, Andrei began performing on the stage of Oleg Tabakov’s theater studio. It was here that he performed his first roles, “Goodbye Mowgli!” and "Two Arrows", which brought him popularity. Oleg Tabakov, in one of his interviews, called Andrei Smolyakov an actor who does not need to prove anything. “Nature gave him many gifts, a clear stage presence, excellent plasticity. He does not need to defend his position in the theater. They are strong and reliable."

After graduating from the institute, he performed on the stage of the Moscow Gogol Drama Theater for several years, and then in 1982 he moved to Arkady Raikin’s Satyricon Theater. In 1986, he returned to Oleg Tabakov’s theater, where he played roles in the plays “Crazy Jourdain”, “The Hole”, “Nord-Ost”, “Fathers and Sons”, “The Inspector General”, “Biloxi Blues”, “ Overstocked Barrels”, “Sailor’s Silence”, “Mechanical Piano”, “Passion for Bumbarash”, “At the Bottom”, “The Last”, “Running” and others. Over the years, he also participated in productions of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater (“Shining City”, “The Cabal of the Holy One”, “The Siege”, “The Cherry Orchard” and “Three Sisters”). At the Praktika theater, Smolyakov played in “Honeymoon” and “Celestials”.

Andrey Smolyakov now

In 2020, the premiere of the series “Jackal” took place on Russian television screens, where Andrei Smolyakov played the main role - police major Cherkasov, who is investigating a dangerous case of a series of major thefts. Together with him, Marina Alexandrova, Ekaterina Klimova, Vadim Andreev, Alexey Bardukov starred in the multi-part film.

Andrey Smolyakov as Major Ivan Cherkasov

Also, Andrei Smolyakov was supposed to appear in the large-scale historical drama “Viking” in the role of Prince Rogovold, the fantasy film “The Martian” together with Yuri Tsurilo, as well as the tragicomedy “Temptation” together with Fyodor Dobronravov, Kirill Zhandarov and Ravshana Kurkova.

Movie

In total, during his career, Andrei Smolyakov played about a hundred roles in various feature-length and television films. Playing mostly positive characters in his youth (“Father and Son”, “They Don’t Change Horses in the Crossing”, “Andrew and the Evil Sorcerer”), later he plays negative roles much more often (“The Legend of Kashchei, or In Search of the Thirtieth Kingdom”, "Recruiter"). The actor admits that he finds it more interesting to play villains: “I’m interested in playing such roles. Negative people are more interesting because every negative character is focused on negative actions. And they need to somehow motivate themselves so that the hero doesn’t turn out to be a total bum. After all, every person was once breastfed by his mother, and he clearly reached the negative point on his own. So I’m interested in finding out why he became this way.”

In general, among the actor’s outstanding works one can name his roles in the films: “Viy: The Return”, “Stalingrad”, “Dubrovsky”, “Executioner”, “Escape”, “Greetings from the Front”. He worked with such stars as Valery Zolotukhin, Alexey Chadov, Agniya Ditkovskite, Valery Nikolaev, Alexey Serebryakov and others.

Back in the mid-80s, Andrei Smolyakov began acting in TV series, and since 2000, several projects with the actor’s participation are released annually. The most famous films were the series “White Guard”, “Zhurov”, “Lost the Sun”, “Birthday of the Bourgeois”, “Isaev”, “Bay of Fear”, “Ashes”, “Penal Battalion”... “I don’t watch many of my films at all , but I am responsible for the quality of my work,” says the actor.

One of Andrei Smolyakov’s latest works is the detective series “Crime,” which is scheduled to be shown in July 2020 on the Rossiya TV channel. The plot of the film is an investigation into the murder of a young girl, where each of the characters in the series is a suspect. The drama touches on issues of universal human values ​​that concern everyone: betrayal, revenge, kindness and compassion, truthfulness and sincerity, central among which is the value of human life. The film also stars movie stars: Daria Moroz, Igor Kostolevsky, Alena Khmelnitskaya, Lyudmila Artemyeva, Vladimir Yumatov, Pavel Priluchny.

On December 28, 2020, the action drama “Moving Up” with the participation of Smolyakov was released. In this film, the inimitable Vladimir Mashkov starred as the coach of the Soviet basketball team, which beat the “invincible” US team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

The team players were played by young talented actors - Ivan Kolesnikov, Kirill Zaitsev, James Tratas, Kuzma Saprykin, Alexander Ryapolov.

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As you know, the couple does not think at all about putting official marriage stamps in their passports. According to the actor, there is absolutely no need for two very adult people to inform the state about their marriage. There is complete mutual understanding in the family, no one tries to challenge the primacy.

Andrey Smolyakov and his son Dmitry

Andrei, by personal admission, can go for months without a book or work, but he cannot give up sports. Smolyakov plays tennis and volleyball. In his opinion, sport is life. The actor doesn’t like social networks, but Andrey’s photos often appear on fans’ pages on Instagram. In photographs he is usually captured in the company of colleagues and friends.

Titles and awards

• Honored Artist of Russia (1994)
• People's Artist of Russia (2004)
• Oleg Tabakov Prize (1996)
• Award from the newspaper "Moskovsky Komosomolets" in the category "Best Actor" for the role of an Actor in the play "At the Lower Depths" (2000)
• International Prize named after. K.S. Stanislavsky for the role of Bruskon in the play “Litsedey” (2002)
• State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of theatrical art for performing roles in classical and modern repertoire (2004)
• Golden Eagle Award in the category “Best Actor on Television” for the film “The Executioner” (2016)

Based on materials from the sites: kino-teatr.ru, Tele.ru, kinopoisk.ru, vokrug.tv, 7 Days, Uznayvse.ru, Sobesednik.ru, Ok-magazine.ru, RIA Novosti, website of the Moscow Theater p/r O. Tabakova

Filmography: Actor

• Coach (2018)
• Crime (2017), TV series
• Phoenix (2017)
• We won't say goodbye (2017)
• Myths (2017)
• Dead Lake (2017), TV series
• Moving Up (2017)
• The Martian (2017)
• Raid (TV series 2017)
• Selfie#Selfie (2016)
• Potapov's problem (2016)
• Bet on Love (2015)
• Homeland (2015)
• Spider (2015), TV series
• Orlova and Alexandrov (2015), TV series
• Lesson (2014)
• Executioner (2014), TV series
• The Godfather (2014), TV series
• The Inquisitor (2014), TV series
• Star /Star/ (2014)
• Sinner (2014)
• Champions (2014)
• Gregory R. (2014), TV series
• Viy (2014)
• Ashes (2013), TV series
• The Martian (2013)
• On Wings (2013)
• Slum Children (2013)
• Transaction (2013)
• Stalingrad (2013)
• Courier from Paradise (2013)
• Vysotsky. Four Hours of Real Life (2012), TV series
• Mosgaz, series (2012)
• Sonnentau, TV series (2012)
• Fairy tale. Yes (2011)
• Breakaway, TV series (2011)
• Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive (2011)
• Run (2011), TV series
• Witness protection (2011), TV series
• Tula Tokarev (2010)
• Fairy Tale - XXI (2010)
• Zhurov (2010), TV series
• House of Exemplary Maintenance (2010)
• Viy (2010)
• Isaev (2009), TV series
• Ordered to destroy. Operation Chinese Box (2008)
• The One Who Turns Out the Lights (2008)
• Papa Carlo's Favorite Daughter (2008)
• Cossacks-robbers (2008), TV series
• Canned Food (2007)
• Contagion (2007)
• Fear Bay (2007), TV series
• Group "Zeta" (2006)
• Andersen. Life without love (2006)
• Friend or Foe (2006), TV series
• Patrol (2006)
• In the rhythm of tango (2006), TV series
• Barbie's Wedding (2005)
• Adjutants of Love (2005), TV series
• Two destinies-2. Blue Bloods (2005), TV series
• Escape (2005)
• Icon Hunters (2004), TV series
• Lost the Sun (2004)
• Saboteur (2004)
• Children of Arbat (2004), TV series
• Dad (2004)
• Shtrafbat (2004), TV series
• Moth Games (2003)
• Lethal force-5 (2003), TV series
• Father and Son (2003)
• Antikiller-2 (2003)
• Ice Age (2002)
• The investigation is being conducted by Experts. Ten Years Later (2002), TV series
• Birthday of Bourgeois-2 (2001), TV series
• Still waters (2000)
• Bourgeois's Birthday (1999), TV series
• Thin Thing (1999)
• Hamilton (1998) Sweden
• Sinful Love (1997)
• Hello, fools! (1996)
• Tribunal (1995) Sweden
• Passion for Angelique (1993)
• Russian Ragtime (1993)
• Kumparsita (1993)
• The Smell of Autumn (1993)
• Funeral on the Second Floor (1991)
• Nude with a Hat (1991)
• Recruiter (1991)
• Take Me with You (1990)
• The killer's place is vacant... (1990)
• Day of Love (1990)
• Dubrovsky (1989)
• Stalingrad (1989)
• At the End of the Night (1987)
• The Hitcher (1986)
• State border. Year forty-one (1986)
• The Stand (1985)
• Obstacle Course (1984)
• Greetings from the front (1983)
• You Can't Choose Parents (1982)
• Gypsy Happiness (1981)
• About You (1981)
• At the Beginning of the Game (1981)
• Andrew and the Evil Sorcerer (1981)
• They don't change horses in midstream (1980)
• The Dawns Kiss (1978)
• Father Sergius (1978)
• Near Distance (1976)