Artem Suchkov (actor from the film Gogol) - biography and personal life, photo of the artist

Biography

Artem Suchkov is a young Russian theater and film actor who has played minor and episodic roles in dozens of popular films and TV series.

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Artem Suchkov in 2020
He also has bright images that made the artist a memorable performer: the role of Tesak from the Gogol trilogy and the image of Gashik from the series about rap musicians Bonus. In the second film, Suchkov managed to show off his vocal abilities - the film features a musical composition performed by him.

Policeman from Rublyovka

On July 26, 2020, filming began for the series “Policeman from Rublevka,” which is a prequel to the series “Policeman from Rublyovka.” Ilya Kulikov (director and screenwriter) did not resort to rejuvenating Burunov, so the role of young Volodya Yakovlev will be played by Artem Suchkov.

The audience has high hopes for the actor and hopes that he will cope with the task and play with dignity.

Childhood and youth

Artem Suchkov was born and raised in Nizhny Novgorod. As a teenager, I was seriously interested in cinema, although more as a spectator. He studied piano at a music school and managed to learn the guitar on his own.

After graduating from high school, the young man decides to get closer to what he loves and enters the Nizhny Novgorod Theater School named after Evgeniy Evstigneev in the drama department. Until he graduated from college in 2012, his creative director was Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Vasilyevich Murisep.

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Artem Suchkov in his youth
After receiving his diploma, Artem Suchkov moves to Moscow and gets a job at the Hermitage Theater, whose artistic director is Honored Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Levitin.

During the 2 years of work in this theater, Suchkov was involved in many performances, but most clearly showed himself in the productions of “The Kapnist There and Back”, “The Fate of the Drummer”, “The Fiend” and “Courage”. Later, on the recommendation of Levitin, he entered the Russian University of Theater Arts GITIS to receive a second acting education.

Movies

Since 2013, the young actor has been involved in many Russian TV series, at first playing mainly the roles of teenagers and schoolchildren. But later the artist grew taller (his height was 183 cm and his weight was 85 kg), and Suchkov’s creative arsenal expanded: he played the role of a “gopnik” in the television drama “Second Chance” and took part in a promotional video in the image of a Tibetan monk.

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Actor Artem Suchkov
In the film comedy “Mixed Emotions,” Artem played a friend of the main character, DJ Phil Kalatozov, who, after an electric shock, begins to experience common emotions with a complete stranger. This was the actor's first major role. Artem begins to regularly appear in popular films and TV series, but only in minor and episodic roles. Suchkov often had the opportunity to play nameless characters.

In 2013, the actor played in episodes of the popular anti-glamor sitcom “Real Boys”, the mystical detective “The Fifth Estate” about the everyday life of a detective agency in which vampires and other evil spirits work, and the comedy “Luck Island”. Also in 2013, the multi-part lyrical comedy “Between Us Girls” was released, in which Artem Suchkov participated. He also played in the melodramatic mini-series “And the Ball Will Return.”

Artem Suchkov (still from the series “Pyatnitsky. Chapter Two”)

In 2014, Artem appeared in the comedy series “Growing Up Dad,” the comedy “Love in the City – 3,” the fantasy comedy “Easy to Know,” and the melodramatic series “Beautiful Life.”

In December 2020, the actor appeared on screens as Vanya in the Russian science-fiction action film Mafia: Game of Survival. The plot of the film is based on the principle of the famous party game "Mafia". In a dystopian future, the game has become a global show. The intensity of the game has also increased: the winner will receive a huge cash prize, and the losers will die.

Artem Suchkov is also involved in the filming of the fantasy thriller “Eternal Cold”. He plays the role of one of the hockey players who ends up in a museum where, instead of exhibits, mythological creatures and humanoid entities are kept.

Artem Suchkov (still from the series “Hotel Eleon”)

In September 2020, the actor appeared on screens in the episodic role of a bellhop in the comedy “All About Men” with Dmitry Nagiyev and Anna Khilkevich in the lead roles. At the end of 2016, Suchkov played a cameo role as a bandit in the popular sitcom Hotel Eleon, a spin-off and continuation of the acclaimed culinary comedy Kitchen. The actor also played a supporting role in the romantic comedy “City Birds” about the lives of three friends who are looking for happiness and love.

In 2020, the artist played a minor role in the comedy Kilimanjara about the adventures of an abandoned bride in Baku, where the girl, accompanied by friends and acquaintances, is looking for her missing groom. Stars of Russian cinema appeared on the screen - Pavel Priluchny, Irina Starshenbaum, Timofey Tribuntsev, Maxim Vitorgan and others. The comedy film was released only in mid-2018.

Artem Suchkov (still from the film “Gogol. Terrible Vengeance”)

In August 2020, the premiere of the adventure thriller “Gogol” took place. The Beginning,” an artistic variation on the theme of the biography of the famous writer. Set in 1829, the thriller shows the youth of an insecure writer. Young Gogol persuades a famous detective passing by to take the writer with him to the mysterious Dikanka, where mystical events take place. In the film, Artem played the role of Tesak.

A year later, the premieres of the 2nd and 3rd parts of the mystical trilogy took place, which were called “Gogol. Viy" and "Gogol. Terrible revenge."

Actor Artem Suchkov became the main fireman of “The Last Hero”

Fans of “The Last Hero” have finally waited for the start of the new season, where actors and psychics fight among themselves. The team of actors includes many celebrities, including Nizhny Novgorod resident 26-year-old actor Artem Suchkov, who played Tesak in the Gogol trilogy, who came to the uninhabited Philippine island. He became the only one of the actors who was able to produce fire. True, this did not happen right away. Both teams started the fire in the same way - with quick movements they rubbed the stick against the wood. And if the psychics managed to do this quickly enough, then the actors had to sweat, and on the first evening of their stay on the island they were left without fire. However, in the morning Artyom resumed his attempts again, and after much effort he managed to light a fire. After which the Nizhny Novgorod resident immediately received the nickname of fireman.

A tribe of actors. Photo: TV-3

The first days on the desert island were not easy for both teams. The psychics could not agree among themselves and could not build a home, and therefore the first night they slept on the beach, wrapped in clothes and were very cold. After which the two participants ate the entire small supply of rice that the show organizers provided them with and quarreled with the rest of the team.

At the same time, the actors acted very harmoniously. They agreed on everything very quickly, things went wrong between them, and they erected the hut very quickly. In addition, they cooked and ate together and discussed their future lives. The only fly in the ointment was Artur Smolyaninov, who was offended by his team and pointedly went to live alone.

Tribe of psychics. Photo: TV-3

However, internal relations had no effect on the results of the competition. The psychics won the first serious fight. True, they succeeded in this as a result of the injury that Ilya Glinnikov received, as a result of which the team lost a lot of time.

Sergey Pakhomov. Photo: TV-3

According to the terms of the game, the losing team must kick out one of the players. And Arthur Smolyaninov became him, although before the council, everyone seemed to make peace, and Arthur even sailed alone to the neighboring island and, when it was already dark, brought fruit to the whole team. But it was his torch that was extinguished at the general council.

Personal life

The actor’s personal life is connected with one chosen one. Artem Suchkov dated actress Lydia Panferova for several years. The young people met while studying at a theater university. The relationship did not stop even after the start of the performer’s creative career.

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Artem Suchkov and his wife Lydia Panferova
In 2014, the artists officially got married. The wife took Artem's surname. The couple dreamed of children. In 2020, the Suchkovs became parents - a son was born into their young family.

The actor's main hobbies are horse riding and traveling. An Instagram account is registered under his name, where he posts photos and videos from everyday life and often takes selfies.

Artem Suchkov now

Today Artem Suchkov is actively promoting his career. In 2018, he took part in the renewed project “Thank God, you have come!”, which is broadcast on the STS TV channel. His colleagues in the cast of the program were Anton Lirnik, Yana Koshkina, Alexander Golovin and others. Sergei Svetlakov was chosen as the judge of the TV show, and Igor Vernik and Alexander Nezlobin were chosen as TV presenters.

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Artem Suchkov in the show “The Last Hero”
At the beginning of 2020, the artist went to the Philippine island to become a participant in another revived reality show “The Last Hero”. The seventh season is called “Remaining Human.” New episodes of the program started in March on the TV-3 channel. Among the participants were Ilya Glinnikov, Natalia Medvedeva, Roman Mayakin, Irina Bezrukova and others. The presenter was Yana Troyanova.

The artist’s filmography is also replenished with big names. The real success in Suchkov’s career was the rap musical “Bonus” about a teenage dream of achieving success, about the difficulties on the path to fame. In the series by Valeria Gai Germanika, which was released in 2020, the actor played drug dealer Gashik, the best friend of rapper Bonus, the main character.

Artem Suchkov (still from the film “Phantom”)

Artem got to the audition completely by accident. He came to the audition with a friend, but, having shown his abilities, he was almost immediately included in the cast. True, initially it was he who applied for the role of Vova Bonus, but in the end it went to the aspiring actor Alexander Sudarev.

In the same year, Suchkov appeared in episodic roles in the rating projects “Policeman from Rublyovka 3.2”, where he played the main character Vladimir Yakovlev in his youth, in the 2nd season of “Only Girls in Sports” and in the 2nd season of the TV series “Balabol”. Also appeared in the short film "Window". The actor embodied the image of a character named Shisha in the Lancet series, where he played together with Pavel Trubiner.

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Artem Suchkov in 2020
In 2020, filming of the disaster film “Epidemic”, in which Suchkov appeared, was completed. The film paints an apocalyptic picture of a world in which several people are trying to survive, fleeing a dangerous virus that has infected humanity. The main characters on the screen were presented by Kirill Kyaro, Victoria Isakova, Alexander Robak, Maryana Spivak.

In addition, Artem played a supporting role in the project “Holidays in Skirts,” as well as in the films “Water of Life” and “Desperadoes.” In September 2019, the full-length film “Chernobyl. Exclusion Zone".

Filmography

2013 – “Island of Luck”
2013 – “Between Us, Girls”
2013 – “Moscow. Three stations"
2013 – “Real boys”
2013 – “The Last Station”
2014 – “Street Laws”
2014 – “Mixed Feelings”
2014 – “Growing Up Dad”
2015 – “Mafia: Game of Survival”
2016 – “All about men”
2016 – “Hotel “Eleon”
2017 – “Gogol. Start"
2018 – “Kilimanjara”
2018 – “Bonus”
2018 – “Lancet”
2019 – “Epidemic”

The first appearances of Artem Suchkov in films

Since 2013, Artem begins acting in various films. He plays small roles in the following projects: “Friends of Friends”; “Between Us Girls” and “Luck Island”; “Real boys” and others (about 10 in total). A year later, Artem starred in the film “Growing Up Dad.”

He also participates in the films “Beautiful Life”, “Love in the Big City-3” and “Easy to Know”. Next year he's playing Mafia: Game of Survival. At the age of 24, he starred in the series “Hotel Eleon”, occupying one of the minor roles (a bandit who is looking for money in the hotel).

The first really big success for the actor was his role in the films “Gogol. The Beginning" (2017), "Gogol. Viy" and "Gogol. Terrible revenge" (2018). The films were made based on the famous works of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. The actor played the role of Tesak and did it with great skill.

Artem also starred in films: “Dangerous Liaisons” (2017) where he played a hacker; "Kalimanjara" and "Lancet"; played the main role in the project “Bonus” (2018). In 2020, he starred in the films “Chernobyl. Exclusion Zone. Final", "Phantom" (performed by Stepan Krivosheev) and "Desperadoes". Now it will be in the new TNT project.