Actor Ivan Volkov: biography, filmography and personal life

Biography

Ivan Volkov faced a difficult fate. Since childhood, he has been on tour with his famous mother, and he first met his father at the age of 18. Ivan realized himself as a theater and film actor. And he established himself as a talented composer. The artist himself has said more than once that he loves to learn and improve himself. And if he ever says that he knows and can do everything, then you need to hit the man with a stick, because it won’t be him.

Ivan Nikolaevich Volkov belongs to the famous acting dynasty. The artist’s talented parents, Olga Volkova and Nikolai Volkov, are known and loved by millions of television viewers throughout the post-Soviet space.

Actor Ivan Volkov

Olga and Nikolai did not officially register their marriage and did not live together for long after the birth of their son. From her first marriage, the people's artist has a daughter, Katya, Vanya's older sister. After breaking up with Nikolai Volkov, Olga Volkova took her son and went on tour. The next time Ivan saw his father only at the age of 18.

According to Nikolai Volkov, Ivan has two brothers and a sister.

Ivan, who was born in August 1974 in Leningrad, has a choice in the question of “who to become?” did not have. He grew up behind the scenes. Mom often took her son with her on tours. The famous BDT turned into a second home for Volkov, where he knew every corner.

Ivan Volkov

It is not surprising that Ivan continued his acting dynasty. True, at first he showed musical abilities. For 8 years, the future actor studied in the boys' choir. In addition to vocals, Ivan learned to play the piano and flute. Then he graduated from the Leningrad Variety School. But in 1994, Ivan Volkov realized that he needed to continue his education.

He went to Moscow and entered GITIS. In the capital, Vanya lived with his father Nikolai Volkov, with whom his mother had a short unofficial marriage. Ivan became close to his dad and Nikolai Nikolaevich’s new family.

Actor Ivan Volkov

Two years before moving to Moscow, the young man was visiting the capital with his mother. Once the guy had a chance to meet his father, but they were both not ready for the meeting. But then father and son developed a warm relationship.

early years

The artist was born in 1974, on August 14, in Leningrad. Ivan is the son of the popular actress Olga Volkova and her second unofficial husband Nikolai Volkov Jr. Because he spent his entire childhood on tour with his mother, his future choice in favor of the acting profession was obvious. At the same time, Ivan was seriously interested in music, having studied for 8 years in an academic choir for boys and mastered playing the flute and piano.

After school, he became a student at the variety school in Leningrad. After graduating from the educational institution, the aspiring actor Ivan Volkov moved to the Russian capital and entered the RATI (acting department, workshop of A. Borodin). He lived in the house of his own father and his new family, with whom he developed good relations. By the way, a couple of years before this, Ivan met with Nikolai Nikolaevich, but the long-awaited meeting then ended in nothing.

Movies

The creative biography of Ivan Volkov began in 1997. The artist first appeared on stage at the Vyacheslav Polunin Clown Theater. In the same year, he, together with his colleague Nikolai Roshchin, formed the acting and directing theater community (A.R.T.O.). Over time, it grew into a state institution called the Moscow Theater “A. R.T.O."

Ivan Volkov in the series “UGRO. Simple guys-1"

In 2001, Ivan Volkov appeared on the stage of the legendary Sovremennik, where he successfully made his debut in the production of Three Sisters, playing the role of Andrei Prozorov.

Ivan Nikolaevich considers himself more of a theater artist than a film actor. Capital theatergoers remember their work in the productions “School of Jesters”, “Philoctetes”, “Sava. Ignis sanat" and many others.

His passion for music resulted in fruitful work: Ivan Volkov is known as a composer. He writes music for theatrical performances.

The actor’s cinematic biography began much later than the theatrical one. In the first decade after GITIS, Volkov appeared in one film role - he played the main character of Yevgeny Serov’s musical film “New Year’s Adventures”. It is noteworthy that in this film, Ivan first met his mother on the set, who played the aunt of Vanya’s character.

The next major role went to Ivan Nikolaevich Volkov in 2006. Spectators and critics warmly received the actor in the image of astronomer Pyotr Yablokov in the melodrama “We'll Be on You.” After this film, offers to act in films rained down on the artist like from a cornucopia.

Ivan Volkov in the film “The Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka”

Until 2012, he added several films to his filmography, the most striking of which are the mystical film “Other,” the drama “The Life That Never Was,” and the detective series “UGRO. Simple Guys-1,” the thriller “Dead Daughters,” the popular melodramas “Tatiana’s Day” and “The Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka.”

Over the years, Ivan Volkov becomes like his own father: in appearance and in the manner of his play. He is thoughtful and detached from the bustle of the world. The actor's role is decent, slightly sad philosopher heroes. In this capacity, viewers saw Volkov in new films - the melodrama “Mom is Getting Married” and two action-packed series “The Executioner” and “Spider”, where he played a KGB major.

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Olga Volkova’s creative biography began with minor roles, then she began playing the main characters and very quickly became the best student in the group. Despite the fact that by the time she graduated from the studio, many theaters became interested in the talented young actress, she rejected their invitations and remained at the Youth Theater.

It was a time of happy changes not only in the career, but also in the personal life of Olga Volkova - she married cameraman Leonid Volkov.

Personal life

Attention to the personal life of Ivan Volkov is explained by his marriage to actress Chulpan Khamatova. They married young. But this student marriage lasted 7 years. In 2002, the couple separated. This happened immediately after the birth of her daughter Arina.

Ivan Volkov with his mother and Chulpan Khamatova

Ivan met Chulpan at GITIS. The young people studied on the same course. In the second year of study, Ivan proposed to the girl, to which she agreed. The young couple celebrated their wedding twice: in Moscow and Kazan.

The family had no children for a long time, and in 2002 the couple had a daughter, Arina. Ivan did not have time to learn how to swaddle the girl, since Khamatova left her husband and rushed off to filming in Germany. A year later, the public learned that Chulpan became a mother for the second time: she gave birth to a daughter, Asya. The girl's father was dancer Alexey Dubinin.

Ivan Volkov

The actress met Alexei on a tour of the Sovremennik Theater, but then she was married, although she had no children. They say that the couple started an affair, but Khamatova chose to keep the family together. After Arina’s birth, the artist realized that her feelings for Dubinin had not gone away. She left the baby with her mother, and she went to Germany, where she met Alexei.

Some sources indicate Ivan Volkov as Asya's dad.

Now Ivan and Chulpan maintain good relations. The actor does not like to remember the details of his divorce from Khamatova and does not comment on this issue.

Actor Ivan Volkov

Ivan Volkov’s personal life improved in 2003. He married his former classmate Olesya Yakovleva. Rumor has it that some romantic spark slipped between the couple back in their student days, but Ivan chose Chulpan. And in 2003, when Volkov and Yakovleva went on tour to Germany with the production of “The Beekeepers,” the spark that had been lit for a long time suddenly flared up. This marriage produced a son, George. However, the couple separated after 5 years of marriage.

In 2011, Volkov married for the third time. And again on the actress. Lyudmila Kharitonova gave birth to her husband’s second daughter, whom the couple named Alexandra.

Ivan Volkov and Lyudmila Kharitonova

After the wedding, Lyudmila officially took her husband’s surname. In the credits, the artist is sometimes referred to as Volkova.

For some time now there have been rumors that the couple are living separately. But there were no statements regarding divorce from the actors.

Unlike many celebrities, Ivan did not create a personal account on Instagram. But the actor’s wife maintains a microblog, where she shares photos and videos with subscribers.

Mistakes of Chulpan Khamatova's youth

When the actress was bullied by classmates for “having a long tongue,” only one man stood up for her

When the actress was bullied by classmates for “having a long tongue,” only one man stood up for her

On August 14, Ivan VOLKOV turns 40 years old. He is not only a talented actor, but also a composer who writes music for films and plays. At the beginning of his creative life, Ivan was haunted by the shadow of his famous relatives. At first they talked about him as the son of wonderful actors Nikolai VOLKOV, Jr. and Olga VOLKOVA. Later they began to call him “the husband of Chulpan KHAMATOVA.” Little is known about that student marriage of GITIS classmates. Ivan’s stepmother, teacher Vera Viktorovna, his father’s last wife, spoke about unknown pages in the lives of Vanya and Chulpan, whom she also considers family.

“I met Vanya when he was already an adult,” recalls Vera Volkova . — He is incredibly similar to Nikolai Nikolaevich’s and my children (all of them also received creative professions: Dmitry is a director, Kolya and Alexandra are actors. The latter, for example, played the role of the prima donna Gala in the recent TV series “Courage.” - G.U.) . Vanya immediately entered our family, began to live with us, coming from St. Petersburg to Moscow and entering GITIS. For me, he is absolutely my child. Once I even told his mother, Olga Volkova : “It seems to me that I gave birth to him, and not you.”

According to Vera Viktorovna, our hero took after his father in the manner of speaking, both are very musical: - Vanya is a philosopher, thinks about the global problems of humanity, and about my husband Nikolai Nikolaevich, I always said that he is a Central Russian gentleman. I would sit, think, draw, collect rent. Vanya is just as old-fashioned, and it suits him very well. When Nikolai Nikolaevich died 11 years ago, Vanya became a greater support for me than my own children. I was at a loss then, and he, together with the theater, organized the funeral, told me what to do and where to go.

Legalized sex

Now Ivan Volkov is married for the third time. Talking about Vanya’s relationship with his first wife Chulpan, Vera Viktorovna notes that they got married like two young pioneers.

“We can say that these two yellow-throated chicks simply legalized sex,” the interlocutor smiles. — We got married in our second year. And this was preceded by an unpleasant conflict situation at the institute that happened to Khamatova . I don’t remember the details, but it seems that she made public an ugly story that other fellow students tried to hush up. Everyone considered this a betrayal, they say, there is no need to grind your tongue.

According to other rumors, students, taking up arms against Khamatova after her outburst, wrote a collective letter to the rector and demanded her expulsion.
The harassed girl was afraid to even spend the night in the hostel. But she had nowhere to go. And suddenly a defender was found - Vanya decided to bring her to the Volkovs, where he lived. - Of course, Chulpasha was very scared! And Ivan led her by the hand, despite the sidelong glances of her classmates,” says Vera Viktorovna. — The feeling when the whole world is against you is terrible. Khamatova is actually a very fragile and gentle person, for all her apparent masculinity. Having gone through all these tests, when from time to time it is no longer the course, but a crowd of people who take up arms against her, she steadfastly withstands the blow. Returning to that situation, I’ll add that Chulpan moved into the room with our daughter Shurka. In their relationship with Vanya, at first everything was very chaste. And yet, after some time, the news that the daughter had moved into the boy’s house came to Kazan, to Chulpan’s mother. And she, like any Tatar woman, began to insist that it was wrong for a girl to live on a man’s territory. I then joked, saying, “Vanya, now you, as an honest person, are obliged to get married!” And he answered in all seriousness that he also thought so, and two months later they became husband and wife - they signed at the Meshchansky registry office. The marriage of Khamatova and Volkov lasted seven years, and included a daughter, Arina. Although, after receiving their diplomas, the spouses did not see each other as often as they would like. Chulpan disappeared on the set, and Ivan worked in the clown theater of Vyacheslav Polunin . After his divorce from Khamatova, Volkov married a classmate at GITIS Olesya Yakovleva , and they had a son, Georgy. But this union also fell apart. And three years ago, Volkov entered into a third marriage - with actress Lyudmila Kharitonova , who gave him a daughter, Shurochka. Khamatova now also has a third husband and three children.

“The children of Vanya and Chulpan study at the School of Cooperation on Taganka, where I teach,” continues Vera Viktorovna. — Every Sunday Vanya gathers all the relatives and their children into one big group, organizes games and trips to interesting places. It’s just a pity that Sasha Shane , Khamatova’s current husband, doesn’t come here. He doesn't like all this, or he's just not sociable. And things didn’t work out with Lesha Dubinin , Chulpan’s previous husband. They disagreed with scandals. It’s good that Vanya supported them, became involved in their lives, and took the children at every opportunity. Previously, we only dreamed that Vanya and Chulpan would be together again, we imagined what wonderful times would come. But everything is in the hands of the Lord...

Now Lucy is next to Vanya - she is wonderful, just the way she should be, we adore her. Frankly and incredibly in love, a real caring housewife. Marriage is a matter of luck. Apparently, Ivan needed to go through certain stages of life and come to this woman.

THROUGH THE EYES OF CLASSMATES

Konstantin KARASIK:

— During our studies, we were sent to a student festival in Berlin.
Vanya Volkov turned out to be the only one of us who spoke German.
But, as it turned out, we were the only ones who thought that he spoke the language. In fact, he knew literally a few phrases and sentences and deftly got out of them in all situations. Find out an address, talk about Mozart, ask about the weather - a set of 15 words was enough for him. At some point, we saw through the trick and asked: “Vanya, do you know German?” - "Certainly! You understand everything that I’m translating?” Then he laughed: “Whether this coincides with what they tell me or not, the devil only knows.” Olga LYSAK:

— I lived in a dormitory in the same room with
Olesya Yakovleva , Vanya’s second wife, and in the next room with Chulpan. During their studies, Olesya and Vanya didn’t even have a fleeting romance, even if they wrote about it once. After graduation, I met her once and asked: “Who is your current boyfriend like?” “To Vanya Volkov,” he answers. But it turned out that it was Vanya. After her divorce from Ivan, Olesya moved to St. Petersburg and got married again. Now she and her husband have their own theater.

Ivan Volkov now

Ivan Volkov is in demand in the cinematic environment. He writes music for films and plays. The writer acted as a composer for the productions of “The Bath”, “The Murder of Jean Paul Marat” and “The Last Pope” in 2020.

Ivan Volkov

The release of the multi-part film “Confused” is planned for 2020. A dashing story is built around two families whose children were mixed up in a maternity hospital seventeen years ago. The Morozov family finds out where their own daughter lives. They want to take the girl home. However, another married couple is not going to easily give up the one they consider their daughter.

Ivan Volkov will appear in the television series as a man named Lazarus.

Filmography

Volkov’s debut role was Jörg-Lukas from the 1988 detective film “Physics”. In 2001, he played the main character for the first time. It was Mishka from the two-part film “New Year's Adventures”. At the same time, he appeared as Shurik in the film The Lion's Share. In 2003, the creative biography of actor Ivan Volkov was supplemented by the detective story “Passenger without Luggage” (role: Andrey), which was based on the work of the same name by A. Malysheva.

His next work was as the main character Screenwriter in the comedy thriller Deadline. In 2005, the artist played investigator Anton in the humorous series “Lyuba, Children and the Factory” and Kuprin Jr. in the ironic detective story “Gorynych and Victoria.” Then Volkov starred in the key role of Pyotr Petrovich Yablokov in the melodrama “Let's be on first name terms.” In 2007, the actor played Igor Sazonov in the mystical film “Other,” Max in the horror film “Dead Daughters,” Konstantin Ustinov in the adventure drama “Tatiana’s Day,” and Mikhail Kolchugin in the first season of the detective story “UGRO.”

Then he appeared in the TV series “The Life That Never Was” (role: investigator Viktor Fedorovich Balashov), “The Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka 2” (Dr. Jacques Lupine) and “Group of Happiness” (Peter), as well as in the full-length film adaptation of “Ivanov” ( zemstvo doctor Lvov).

In 2012, actor Ivan Volkov, a photo of whom you can see in this article, played the main character Stanislav in the melodrama “Mom is Getting Married.” At the same time, he starred in the film “I’ll Be There” in the role of Sergei’s adoptive father.

In 2014, Ivan played FSO employee Alexander Koltsov in the action film “Two Legends” and KGB Major Kirill Protasov in the detective series “Executioner” (the artist also appeared in the new seasons of the film, which were called “Spider” and “Jackal”).

The melodrama “Entangled” (role: Lazarus) is planned to be released in the near future.