Biography
From early childhood, Denis Vasiliev played football. This hobby completely occupied the boy until theater appeared in his life.
At the age of 12, Denis was invited to the Moscow Youth Theater of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev. It all started with a cameo role, and in high school the young actor already played Romeo. By the end of school, the young man had a very solid baggage of theatrical roles behind him, which left no doubt about the choice of his future profession.
Denis Vasiliev went to the Shchepkinsky School and entered there the first time, taking the course of Viktor Korshunov.
Childhood and youth
Denis was born on May 12, 1987 in Moscow, into a family of doctors. As a child, he was fond of football and swimming.
Childhood photo of Denis Vasiliev
Vasiliev's parents separated when the boy was about 5 years old. Subsequently, the child's father did not take much part in raising his son. Soon, Vasiliev’s mother married a second time and gave birth to Denis’s sister Elena. Now the actor’s mother and sister live in Germany.
Theater
After graduating from theater school in 2008, Denis got a job at the Mayakovsky Theater. Later he took part in theater performances. In 2013, he was accepted into the troupe of the S.A.D. Theater.
In 2008, the young actor received his first theater awards: First Prize at the Annual Student Writing Competition and the Golden Leaf in the Best Actor nomination for his role as John Buchanan in the play Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams.
Theater productions
Moscow Youth Theater of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev:
- “Romeo and Juliet” (based on the play by William Shakespeare, director Vyacheslav Spesivtsev) - Romeo
- “Captains of the Sand” (based on the novel by Jorge Amado, directed by Vyacheslav Spesivtsev) - Brandao
- “Two from the Main Road” (based on the play by Viktor Merezhko, director Vyacheslav Spesivtsev) - The main character in his youth
- “A Seagull Named Jonathan Livingston” (based on the story-parable by Richard Bach, director Vyacheslav Spesivtsev)
- “Time to Love” (based on the play by Vyacheslav Spesivtsev, director Vyacheslav Spesivtsev)
- “My Favorite Game” (based on the play by Vyacheslav Spesivtsev, director Vyacheslav Spesivtsev)
- “Love Italian Style” (based on the play by Eduardo de Filippo, director Vyacheslav Spesivtsev)
- “Blouse” (based on the play by Mikhail Zadornov, director Vyacheslav Spesivtsev)
- “The Pit” (based on the story by Alexander Kuprin, director Vyacheslav Spesivtsev)
Diploma performances:
- “Summer and Smoke” (based on the play by Tennessee Williams, directed by Natalya Petrova) - John Buchanan
- “Our Circus” (director Vladimir Sulimov) - Little Man
- “The School of Scandal” (based on the play by Richard Sheridan, directed by Vladimir Sulimov) - Harry Bumper, Charles’s guest
- “Love is a golden book” (based on the play by A. N. Tolstoy, director Alexander Shuisky) - Zavalishin, the queen’s aide-de-camp
- “Days of the Turbins” (based on the play by M. A. Bulgakov, director Alexander Korshunov) - First Officer
Theater:
- “LoVe” (based on the play by Murray Shizgal, directed by Dmitry Zenichev) - Milt Manville
- “Basterds” (based on the play “Players” by N.V. Gogol, director Dmitry Zenichev) - Ikharev
Theater S.A.D.:
- “Arcadia” (based on the play by Tom Stoppard, directed by Irina Pakhomova) - Septimus Hodge
- “Balagan” (based on the play by Charles Maury, directed by Irina Pakhomova) - Henry Mills
Cinema
Denis Vasiliev made his film debut in 2006 - in the film “Flowers for the Snow Queen”. Later he played in “Daddy’s Daughters,” the short film “Make a Gainer,” and the melodrama “Dove.”
In 2010, the actor was invited to play the main role - operative Andrei Klimchik - in the detective story "Sheriff".
Three years later, Denis was offered to play the main character in the melodramatic film “Serious Relationships” based on Anna Berseneva’s novel “Flirting Seriously.”
In 2014, the actor took part in Nikita Mikhalkov’s full-length film “Sunstroke” - a love story between a lieutenant and a beautiful stranger who hit them like a sunstroke. The film was based on the story of the same name and the diaries of Ivan Bunin, “Cursed Days.” Denis Vasiliev played the role of one of the students.
The actor was increasingly invited to the first roles. So he played the main characters in the films: “Obsession”, “Threads of Fate”, “The Talion Principle”, “Three Queens”.
In 2018, the melodrama “Live to Love” with the participation of Denis Vasiliev was released. According to the plot of the film, Liza Volkova, who grew up without a mother, dreams of happiness with a young man Andrei and is going to marry him. But all plans crumble to dust when her father, who raised and educated his daughter, goes to prison, and then also loses his business.
Lisa learns that responsibility for the horror that befell her family lies with a certain Arina Melnikova, the owner of the largest construction company, a powerful and wealthy woman. Arina is used to playing with people's lives, and Lisa is determined to take revenge on her, restore justice and return everything that was so dear to her.
Lisa decides to get as close to Melnikova as possible. Having exchanged love for revenge, she abandons her future happy life with her fiancé and fictitiously marries Arina’s son, Alexei. Alexey has his own scores to settle with his mother. Arina destroyed his life too, not allowing him to marry the woman he loved. Now Lisa and Alexey decide to take revenge together. But over time, Lisa realizes that everything she so sacredly believed in is a lie...
Denis Vasiliev now
In 2020, the actor was busy filming the 12-episode melodrama “The Cruel World of Men” by Roman Nesterenko about the struggle for a place in the sun of the young financier Kira Arefieva (actress Ravshana Kurkova). In addition to Denis, Igor Vernik, Dzhemal Tetruashvili, Linda Lapinsh and Sergei Chonishvili will appear in the series. Denis Vasiliev with his daughter Taisiya At the same time, filming of the Russian mystical thriller “Oracle: Game of Darkness” continued, which pleasantly surprises with the cast: Eric Roberts, Alexander Golovin , Michael Madsen, Alexey Chadov, Stephen Baldwin, Polina Grenz, Oded Fehr, and Denis Vasiliev.
The film tells the story of the adventures of an American journalist in Russia and his participation in an attempted coup. The film will be presented in English in 50 countries in the spring of 2020. The thriller was directed by Alexander Izotov (“Time for Change”).
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Personal life
Denis Vasiliev met his future wife, actress Irina Tarannik, at the Shchukin School. The young people studied on the same course. Now Irina works at the Russian Academic Youth Theater, but sometimes she plays in plays with her husband.
The future spouses spent quite a long time testing their relationship. The wedding took place in the summer of 2014. A year later, Denis and Irina had a daughter, Taisiya, whom both parents doted on. The social network accounts of the Vasilyeva-Tarannik family have many happy photos together with their daughter.
Film career
When did Denis Vasiliev first appear on TV screens? The actor began acting while still studying at Sliver. The first film in which the aspiring actor appeared was called “Flowers for the Snow Queen.” It came out in 2006. Denis played Artyom, Emilia's fiancé. Filming in this film did not bring him fame, but it gave him invaluable experience working on camera.
In 2007, three films with the participation of Denis Vasiliev were released. Among them, one can highlight the television series “Daddy’s Daughters,” where the actor appeared in the image of Dima (Masha Vasnetsova’s boyfriend).
Since 2010, our hero began acting in TV series. The images he created were vivid and believable. Real success came to the young actor in 2012. It was then that he played the main role (Sasha Chernyaev) in the film “My Only Sin”.
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After this, producers and directors began to literally inundate Denis Vasiliev with offers of cooperation. Listed below are his most striking and memorable film works from 2012 to 2016:
- “Sheriff-2” (2012) – junior lieutenant Andrey Klimchik;
- “Serious Relationships” (2013) - Gleb Stankevich;
- “Resort Police” (2014) - Alexander Malikov (nicknamed Maloy);
- “Almond flavor of love” (2015) Vitalik;
- “Obsession” (2016) – Artem Losev;
- “Threads of Fate” (Ukraine) (2016) – Vadim.
Student, lieutenant, waiter, trainee - Denis Vasiliev tried on all these images in different films. His filmography continues. In 2020, he will play the main role in two films – “Three Queens” and “Bachelor Party”.
Filmography: Actor
- This Summer and Forever (2019)
- Everything could have been different (2019), TV series
- Most Favorite (2018)
- Live to Love (2018), TV series
- Dinosaur (2018), TV series
- Common-law wife (2018)
- Bachelor Party (2017)
- Black Cat (2016), TV series
- Three Queens (2016), TV series
- Fate Called Love (2016)
- The Talion Principle (2016)
- Threads of Fate (2016), TV series
- Obsession (2016)
- Almond Flavor of Fate (2015), TV series
- Mother-in-law's Diary (2015), TV series
- Survive After-3 (2015), TV series
- Sunstroke (2014)
- Ambulance (2014), TV series
- Moscow Greyhound (2014), TV series
- Resort police (2014), TV series
- Serious Relationship (2013)
- Mirrors (2013)
- Sheriff-2 (2012), TV series
- Triple Life (2012)
- Once upon a time in Rostov (2012), TV series
- My Only Sin (2012), TV series
- Cornflowers (2012)
- Poor relatives (2012), TV series
- Fights (2009-2011), TV series
- Dove (2011), TV series
- Sheriff (2010), TV series
- Shooting Mountains (2010)
- Make a Gainer (2009), short film
- Savva (2008)
- Two Love Stories (2008)
- Daddy's Daughters (2007-2011), TV series
- Nostalgia for the Future (2007)
- Together (2007), short film
- Flowers for the Snow Queen (2006)
Movie
Denis began acting in films in his third year at the institute - Vasiliev was invited to shoot the New Year’s film “Flowers for the Snow Queen.” Denis got a small but bright role of Artem, Emilia’s fiancé (actress Ksana Radchenko), while the main roles were played by Olesya Sudzilovskaya and Igor Vernik.
Before the end of “Sliver” in 2008, Vasiliev managed to appear in episodic roles in five more domestic TV series and films, among which was the famous television epic “Daddy’s Daughters.” In it, Denis played Dmitry, Masha’s (Miroslava Karpovich) gentleman.
In 2010-2012, the actor received more significant, although still minor, roles. The viewer could see Denis in the detective series “Sheriff” (in the role of Lieutenant Andrei Klimchik), the melodramatic series “Dove”, which takes place in the late 1950s in a military town, the family saga “Poor Relatives” about life in the post-war period and 4- serial melodrama "Cornflowers".
In 2012, Vasiliev played his first leading role in the series “My Only Sin” directed by Karine Foliyants. According to the plot of the melodramatic saga, Denis’s hero, Sasha Chernyaev, falls in love with his father’s young wife (actress Elena Kalinina) and experiences a difficult life choice.
Before the launch of the series, Vasiliev visited the “Good Morning” program on Channel One and told viewers about his character and the series as a whole.
In the same year, another series was released with Denis in the title role - this time a detective story, but also from Karine Foliyants - “Sheriff”. In the series, Vasiliev played junior lieutenant Andrei Klimchik, a subordinate of the Moscow opera Sergei Sharonov (Nikolai Dobrynin).
In 2013-2014, the young actor appeared in leading roles in the series “Serious Relationships” and “Resort Police”, and also played the prominent role of waiter Okunev in the crime series “Moscow Greyhound”.
In October 2020, the TVC channel launched a new series of Ukrainian production, “Ambulance,” in which Denis played the main role - trainee Artem Nechaev. According to the actor, his hero is “green,” naive and too kind, experiencing a huge amount of stress at his new job. The most memorable moment of filming for Denis was the birth scene. This story was filmed for four whole days, after which Vasiliev realized that “doctors are simply superhumans.”
Three Queens (2016)
In the same year, Vasiliev played a key role in the family saga based on Maria Metlitskaya’s bestseller “The Diary of a Mother-in-Law,” and also appeared in the melodramatic series “Almond Taste of Love.”
2016 was a truly victorious year for Vasiliev. Three TV series and one film were released in which Denis starred: “Obsession”, “Threads of Fate”, “The Talion Principle” and “Three Queens”.
After the premiere of “Threads of Fate” with Mila Sivatskaya and Evgenia Rozanova in the lead roles, the popularity of the young actor reached a new level - he gained numerous fans, he began to be recognized on the streets.
Also this year, Vasiliev could be seen in the historical series “Black Cat”, which was shown on the Russia-1 TV channel.
In May 2020, Maxim Boev’s comedy “Bachelor Party” was released, in which, in addition to Vasiliev, Anastasia Zadorozhnaya, Ruslan Yagudin and Dolph Lundgren starred.
