Biography
While still a student at the Shchukin Theater School, Ivan Mulin learned the order of his teachers - “Don’t lie!” Now it has been supplemented by its own rule, developed over time - to do what you want, what your soul is about.
Actor Ivan Mulin
If you don’t like what you’re doing, quit, don’t waste your time. And if something doesn’t work out in what you love, try to change it.
Childhood and youth
Ivan Mulin is a Muscovite, born on July 6, 1992 into a family that had nothing to do with cinematography. The actor’s father is a driver, his mother taught literature and Russian at school. Vanya grew up as an ordinary boy who loved the company of his peers and often got into fights, which resulted in repeated broken noses and bruises. In addition, he chose brutal sports for himself - boxing, football, archery.
In elementary school, Ivan Mulin accidentally visited a theater studio, which was organized for schoolchildren by a rhetoric teacher. He liked the classes so much that soon the boy turned out to be one of the most diligent and capable students of the studio.
Ivan Mulin became interested in theater at school
The young actor made his stage debut in the role of a fairy-tale robber. The feeling of happiness and miracle that overwhelmed Ivan before going on stage was so strong that he then realized that his whole life would be connected with the stage.
After the 6th grade, Ivan Mulin changed schools, but after a couple of years he returned to acting again - he began attending the Moscow theater studio on Vernadsky. At the age of 12, he played a page in the production of Cinderella. In this role, the guy appeared on stage for a whole year. At the age of 13 he becomes a student at theater school No. 123. Students of this educational institution, along with studying general education subjects, studied vocals, dances, and improved acting and stage skills. Sometimes classes lasted 10 hours straight.
Ivan Mulin
After graduating from school, Mulin entered the Shchepkin Theater School without any problems. Here the young man studied at the acting department in the workshop of Rimma Solntseva.
Movies
While still a student at Sliver, Mulin played in the productions “Times Are Changing,” “The Vigilant Guard” and “Zoyka’s Apartment.”
The cinematic biography of Ivan Mulin began with the film “Elena”. This famous film by Andrei Zvyagintsev became not only his debut, but also very educational for the young first-year artist. It was a small but bright role. In 2012, he played a minor role in the multi-part social drama “ChS (Emergency).”
Ivan Mulin in the TV series “ChS (Emergency)”
In his 4th year, Ivan Mulin received an offer to star in the TV series “Molodezhka”, produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The film was released in 2013. Since the release of the series on television, the young actor has received incredible fame. Ivan admits that he did not even expect such popularity and is still not used to fame. The project was among the four most popular Russian TV series.
The hero of Ivan Mulin is daring and explosive. The artist in an interview says that this type is close to him because it reminds him of his childhood in the yard. This role required enormous physical effort from Ivan, as well as from other colleagues in the series. After all, the guys have to play on real ice and demonstrate good athletic shape. Only in some scenes the actors are replaced by stunt doubles. Therefore, the choice of actors was also influenced by the physical characteristics of the candidates, including height (Mulin’s height is 187 cm - a common indicator among hockey players) and attitude to sports.
Ivan Mulin in the TV series “Molodezhka”
In parallel with the sports series in 2020, Mulin appeared in the 4-episode melodrama “Take Me Back.” The actor played the main role of Kolya Sokolov. The plot of the film revolves around the writer Ella, who, after her husband’s betrayal, is left without a family and a home. She moves in with a friend for a while and falls in love with her young son, whose role was played by Mulin. The main female character was embodied by Alisa Priznyakova.
Also in 2020, the actor appeared in an episode of the youth series “Concerned, or Love is Evil.”
In 2020, Ivan Mulin played in the short thriller “He Was His Friend” about a maniac who, after an unsuccessful suicide, switches to those around him. In the same year, the actor starred in the crime series of Channel One “Second Sight” in the company of Pavel Trubiner, Alexander Galibin and Maria Shumakova. Also, the guy with Nikita Yelenev took part in the youth drama “So He Loves,” which talks about the generation of 20-year-olds and their dreams that are shattered by the realities of life.
Ivan Mulin in the film “He Was His Friend”
In 2017, the story about young hockey players continued. In the series “Molodezhka. Adult Life”, a team of guys ends up in the Major Hockey League, where different laws and a harsh reception from experienced “old men” await them. Ivan Mulin, Vlad Kanopka and Ilya Korobko were joined by Vladimir Yaglych, Pyotr Kislov, Maxim Drozd and Sergey Gorobchenko.
Ivan Mulin: now I love snowboarding no less than hockey
Ivan Mulin Actor Ivan Mulin is known for his role in the famous TV series “Molodezhka”. In life, Ivan is the same as his movie hero - open, cheerful and a little eccentric. Mulin spoke about his love for winter sports, active recreation, as well as his future creative plans in an exclusive interview with Argumenty Nedeli.
— Ivan, you recently returned from a trip to the ski resort in Sochi - have you ever been there before? What impressions did you have from the trip?
— Yes, I already went there a couple of years ago, but the trip was short. This time the vacation was eventful: I went snowboarding, did crossfit, and went paragliding... And I also managed to miss the transfer to the airport. Well, my friends helped out - they picked me up in a car, so I eventually caught the plane. True, the car was a convertible, my suitcase did not fit in it, so I had to hold it on my lap the whole way. Because of this, they couldn’t let go of the convertible’s roof, so they drove with the top open - when it’s cold outside, it’s even more fun! But it was fun and there is something to remember! (Laughs).
— Do you generally like winter sports?
— To be honest, before this trip, I loved hockey from winter sports - during the filming of “Molodezhka” we were trained so much that now in my free time I enjoy playing with the guys. But when I got on a snowboard, I, as they say, fell in love with it. At first I wasn’t sure that I could skate, but on Rosa I realized that I felt confident enough on it - I maneuver, control the speed, drive where I need to go... Apparently, my skating skills affected - I’ve been skating on it for many years. So now I want to continue training. You get pleasure from sports when you do it, when you spend time on it. My friend, Denis Bonus - one of the most famous pro-riders in Russia - has his own school, so I plan to come to him in the near future to take a couple of lessons. I don’t have my own board, but I want to buy one, even if not a new one, but a used one.
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— In general, how do you like to relax? Actively or with a book on the beach?
— I believe that vacation should be different! You can’t rush around the sights for a whole week - you need to lie on the beach with a book so that your feet get sunburned. Because without burnt legs, what kind of vacation is this? (Laughs) But seriously speaking, I don’t like just lying on the beach and sunbathing. In principle, I don’t like sunbathing.
— Can you go on vacation alone or do you definitely need a big noisy company for a good rest?
— Somehow it turns out in my life that I never went on vacation alone - it was always trips either with my girlfriend or with friends. Either I was carrying someone or me! (Smiles) I remember there was a period in my life when I didn’t go on vacation anywhere for six years. Somehow, within myself, I came to terms with this circumstance and didn’t even think about changing my geolocation. It’s good that my friends finally pulled me out of the house!
— Can you currently call yourself an avid traveler? Or do you travel more for work - filming, touring?
— I would like to call myself an avid traveler, but so far I have only been to five countries: Thailand, the Czech Republic, Spain, Latvia and Indonesia. I planned to go to Spain again this spring, to Barcelona. I dreamed about it since childhood, and when I arrived there last year, it turned out that my ideas and fantasies about it completely coincided with reality! To say that I liked it there is to say nothing! It seemed to me that my heart simply merged with this city, I felt its rhythm and pulse... Since I have a valid Schengen visa, I wanted to go to Barcelona again this year, but because of the coronavirus, naturally, I won’t fly anywhere. Well, of course, I travel around Russia a lot for work.
— Do you quickly get into a working rhythm after returning from vacation? Especially if it's a long trip?
— Previously, when I was young, this happened almost instantly for me, but with age I felt that the acclimatization process was still necessary. So, for example, after returning from Bali, it took me three days to just lie in bed, get used to Moscow time, the weather, get into a working mood...
— When choosing a country for a holiday, what do you pay attention to first?
— Since I, by and large, have never been anywhere, any country is suitable for me purely from a research point of view. Countries that I will never go to do not exist for me. I am not afraid of poverty or any everyday inconveniences - the more extreme, the better! So that in old age you will have something to remember!
— When you returned to Moscow, what did you do? What new works can fans of actor Ivan Mulin expect?
— I finished filming the projects “Be My Kirill” and “Dyatlov Pass” - the dubbing process is now underway. I play with the guys from Molodezhka in the play “Biloxi Blues”. As a DJ, I am sometimes invited to play my favorite music in clubs or restaurants. There are some other plans regarding music, but I won’t reveal all the secrets just yet - you’ll soon find out for yourself! (Smiles)
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Personal life
The decline in popularity and crowds of enthusiastic fans are pleasant for the young artist, but they have not yet affected Vanya’s personal life. For a long time, the actor did not have a permanent girlfriend. According to Mulin, he is not yet ready to have a wife and children. The artist lives with his parents and has no intention of moving to a separate apartment.
Ivan Mulin and Maria Pirogova in the TV series “Molodezhka”
“Molodezhka” brought Ivan not only popularity, but also new friends, who became his colleagues in the series Ivan Zhvakin and Ilya Korobko. In addition, Mulin was credited with an affair with Maria Pirogova, also a colleague from Molodezhka. The actress played the role of Olga, the girlfriend of the hero Mulin. But the on-screen relationship did not continue outside the set.
In 2013, news appeared in the press about the actor’s affair with Moscow State University student Nastya Nagaeva. The actor left Anastasia as soon as he achieved fame. The girl was having a hard time with the breakup.
Ivan Mulin and his ex-girlfriend Nastya Nagaeva
Soon, Ivan posted a photo on Instagram showing an unknown brunette, then a screenshot of correspondence with the girl, but quickly deleted the intriguing photos.
The actor runs Instagram under the nickname Uncle Vanya. The account has not been declared official, but the actor’s fan groups confidently provide links to this page, and tens of thousands of subscribers follow the update. Journalists and fans doubt Mulin's new relationship and even suspect that he is playing out a fictitious romance to attract attention.
Ivan Mulin and Vlad Kanopka
Ivan devotes his free time to sports - he plays hockey in an amateur team. In addition, he dances, reads a lot, masters the drums, and dreams of learning to write music. Together with Vlad Kanopka, the actor went on tour with the authors of the “Molodezhka” soundtracks - the groups “Intonation” and “That Side”, and talked with fans before the concerts.
Personal life of actor Ivan Mulin
Ivan is still very young, so he is not thinking about starting a family in the near future. And in general, he prefers not to talk about personal things. One thing is known, he has a girlfriend, only her name is hidden.
Actor Ivan Mulin has not yet gotten married
The guy lives with his parents and after the end of the first season of the series, he plans to go on a trip. He is close friends with Zhvakin and Korobko, young actors from Molodezhka. During filming in Podolsk, they even lived in the same room.
When asked about his future family, Ivan laughs. But he assures that if a son is born, the actor will send him to hockey. The sport of real men. On the set, Ivan met with Vyacheslav Fetisov, a living hockey legend. The lively guy was confused at this meeting and said, “I’ll go and make some tea!” The famous athlete just laughed. This incident became one of the legends of the series.
Ivan Mulin now
In July 2020, the project of an international film crew, the comedy drama “Crystal,” was presented at the Odessa Film Festival. At the center of the story is a girl who dreams of leaving Minsk in the mid-90s for America. When filling out the form, the heroine indicates her place of work - a crystal production plant, and in order not to get caught in deception, she goes to a village near the plant. There she meets a family whose phone number she left at the US Embassy to verify information.
After a 20-year break in the global screening of films, Belarus nominated the film for Oscar 2019. Ivan Mulin and Alina Nasibullina played the main roles in the film.
Ivan Mulin in the 2020 film “Crystal”
In September, the STS channel showed the next season of the series about the sports world, so beloved by viewers. In “Molodezhka. Ice and Fire”, Mulin’s hero still takes to the ice as part of the “Brown Bears”. Only now the club has grown to the level of the Continental Hockey League, and the beloved coach played by Denis Nikiforov risks losing his post, since a professional from Canada is taking on the task of coaching the guys.
The pilot episode of the comedy “Quartet” was shown on the TV channel 3 show “To be or not to be,” where a group of viewers decides whether to make a particular film. The series “Children” with Yana Troyanova and Evgeny Tsyganov received approval. However, according to specialized websites, director Anna Melikyan did not abandon Quartet, and Ivan, as well as Alexandra Bortich, Polina Vitorgan and Alexey Serebryakov continue to star in stories where music is mixed with crime.
Ivan Mulin on the set of the film “Coal”
Post-production of Vladimir Kott’s drama “Coal”, according to preliminary information, will be completed in 2019. The film, starring Ivan Mulin, Andrei Sokolov as the mine director and Victoria Tolstoganova as his wife, talks about the dangers of miners' work against the backdrop of the post-perestroika crisis.
Soon the filmography of the young actor will be supplemented by two more projects - the film “Stash” and the short film “SixTwoEight”. The creators have not yet disclosed the contents of the first; the trailer for the second was shown on Kinotavr. Ivan played a student who found himself between two fires - his girlfriend and his dorm neighbor who was in love with her.
Film roles
Ivan Mulin’s debut was a small role in the film by Andrei Zvyagintsev. And already in his 4th year he was invited to star in the TV series “Molodezhka”. This role brought him real popularity. His hero Antipov from Molodezhka has a daring character. According to the actor himself, this role reminds him of his own childhood.
It is noteworthy that the actors were chosen according to parameters characteristic of hockey players. Ivan Mulin’s height is 187 cm.
In addition to “Molodezhka”, Ivan took part in the filming of other films:
- "Take Me Back";
- "Concerned or Love is Evil";
- "He was his friend."
All roles played were also successful.
