Actor Yevgeny Tkachuk: the beginning of the journey
The performer of the role of Mishka Yaponchik was born in Ashgabat, this happened in July 1984. From the biography of Yevgeny Tkachuk it follows that he was born into a creative family. The boy's father was a theater actor, so his childhood was spent behind the scenes. The child was barely seven years old when he first appeared on stage. Of course, his first roles were episodic.
When Evgeniy turned ten, the family moved to Syzran. The boy's father joined the team of the Syzran Drama Theater, and he himself founded a children's musical theater. As a teenager, Tkachuk did not lose interest in the art of transformation. He headed the school drama club and threw himself into rehearsals and performances. This had a negative impact on Evgeniy’s grades, but he was not worried about it.
Biography
Evgeny Tkachuk was born in sultry Ashgabat in the family of actor Valery Tkachuk. Much of his childhood was spent behind the scenes, as befits an actor's child. He began appearing on stage at the age of seven, playing small episodic roles.
When Evgeniy was ten years old, the family moved to the city of Syzran, Samara region. Here the young actor entered the professional stage of the Syzran Drama Theater named after A. Tolstoy, where he played many roles.
After graduating from school in 2002, Evgeny Tkachuk entered the RATI GITIS in the directing department, acting department (course of Oleg Kudryashov).
Currently he works at the Moscow Youth Theater, the Theater of Nations, and acts a lot in films. In addition, he tries his hand at directing.
Student years
From the biography of Evgeniy Tkachuk it follows that after graduating from school he continued his education at GITIS. The young man was accepted into Oleg Kudryashov’s course. My student years flew by unnoticed, as studying was interesting.
Even while studying in his fourth year, Evgeniy managed to attract public attention. The aspiring actor brilliantly coped with the role of Hippolytus in the play “Phaedra. Golden ear." His role was awarded by the Moskovsky Komsomolets publication. Graduation productions with Tkachuk's participation also deserve attention. The performances “Swedish Match” and “Bullfinches” were a great success. In the production of “The Nose,” Evgeniy managed to show all the facets of his comic talent.
Awards and nominations
- 2006 - winner of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper award in the category "Best Debut" - for the role of Hippolytus in the play "Phaedra.
The Golden Ear" directed by Andrey Zholdak on the stage of the State Theater of Nations . - 2007 - laureate of the People's Artist of the USSR M.I. Tsarev Prize of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation "For successful achievement of the profession of 'actor'."
- 2013 - special jury prize “For the best acting” at the XXI Russian film festival “Window to Europe” in Vyborg - for the role of Lyokha in the film “Winter Retreat”
[17][18][19]. - 2014 - winner of the "White Elephant" film award of the Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics of Russia in Moscow in the category "Best Supporting Actor" for 2013 - for the role of Lyokha in the film "Winter Retreat"
[20][21]. - 2014 - nomination for the national cinema award "Nika" in the category "Best Actor" for 2013 - for the role of Lyokha in the film "Winter Retreat"
. - 2014 - Leonid Obolensky Prize “For overcoming the screen boundaries of the real and the surreal, for the audacity of creative expression” of the Leonid Obolensky Film Education Center at the II All-Russian Festival of Author Cinema “Full Arthouse” in Chelyabinsk - for the role of Lyokha in the film “Winter Retreat”
. - 2017 - nomination for the Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Actor on Television" for 2020 - for the role of Grigory Melekhov in the television series "Quiet Don" (2015) directed by Sergei Ursulyak
. - 2017 - special jury prize “For Best Actor” at the XXV Russian Film Festival “Window to Europe” in Vyborg - for playing the leading role of Vitka Chesnokov, nicknamed “Chesnok”, in the feature film directed by Alexander Hunt “How Vitka Chesnok carried Lyokha Shtyr into the house” disabled people" (2017)
[22]. - 2017 - special jury prize “For the acting ensemble of the film” (together with Alexey Serebryakov) at the VI Moscow Film Festival “We Will Live” - for playing the leading role of Vitka Chesnokov, nicknamed “Chesnok”, in the feature film directed by Alexander Hunt “How Vitka Chesnok carried Lyokha Shtyr” to a home for the disabled" (2017)
[23]. - 2017 - prize "For Best Actor" at the XXV Russian Film Festival in Honfleur (France) - for playing the leading role of Vitka Chesnokov, nicknamed "Chesnok" in the feature film directed by Alexander Hunt "How Vitka Chesnok took Lyokha Shtyr to the nursing home" (2017 )
[24][25]. - 2018 - nomination for the national cinema award "Nika" in the category "Best Actor" for 2020 - for playing the main role of Vitka Chesnokov, nicknamed "Chesnok" in the feature film directed by Alexander Hunt "How Vitka Chesnok took Lyokha Shtyr to the nursing home" ( 2017)
. - 2018 - laureate of the international film award “The Golden Unicorn Awards” at the “Russian Film Week” in London (UK) in the category “Best Actor” - for playing the leading role of Vitka Chesnokov, nicknamed “Chesnok” in the feature film film directed by Alexander Hunt “How Vitka Chesnok took Lyokha Shtyr to the nursing home” (2017)
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Theater
The biography of Evgeny Tkachuk indicates that after graduating from GITIS, he got a job at the Moscow Youth Theater, but did not stay there for long. The actor also had the opportunity to collaborate with Oleg Kudryashov’s workshop and perform at the Shalom and Praktika theaters. Now Tkachuk plays mainly on the stage of the State Theater of Nations.
From time to time, Evgeniy, of course, “betrays” his theater. For example, the actor took part in the “Crystal World” project by Viktor Pelevin. In this production he convincingly portrayed the cadet Nicholas.
