Grigory Antipenko, biography, news, photos

Childhood and youth

Georgy was born in Moscow into a family of engineers. While studying at school, Gregory most liked subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology. From an early age the boy dreamed of long journeys.

I loved reading various encyclopedias. Grisha also attended the “Candle” theater group, but at that time he didn’t even think about becoming an actor.

After finishing nine classes, the young man went to study to become a pharmacist at a medical school. Having received a pharmacist diploma, Gregory began working in his specialty.

But the young man quickly became bored with the monotonous work of a pharmacist, and he decided to change his field of activity. At first, he couldn’t decide on a profession: he worked either as a manager, or in an advertising agency, or as a social worker and as a fax copy maker at Mosfilm.

Gregory's desire to become an actor appeared after he began working as a stage assembler at the Satyricon Theater. The young man worked in this position for two years. Then I decided to try myself in a creative profession.

Since 1999, Grigory has been studying acting skills at the Shchukin School in the workshop of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2006) Rodion Yuryevich Ovchinnikov (born in 1960). Already in his fourth year, the young man began acting in films. Also, during his studies, he appeared on various theater stages (the Mayakovsky Theater and the Cool Theater).

Since 2003, the artist continued his studies at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors.

Everything / Grigory Antipenko

• Antipenko's first specialty is a pharmacist. Before entering Shchukinskoe, he graduated from pharmaceutical school.
• From his youth he studied in a theater studio. He entered the Shchukin Higher Theater School in 1999 at the age of 25 (workshop of R. Yu. Ovchinnikov). I came to the Shchukin School by chance, thanks to Konstantin Raikin, when he worked as a stage editor at Satyricon.
• For some time he worked at the Cool Theater. After graduating from college in 2003, he was accepted into the troupe of the “Et cetera” theater.
• One of my main hobbies is mountaineering.
• He has a son, Sasha, from his first marriage.
• Gregory has two sons from a civil marriage with actress Yulia Takshina - Ivan (06/28/2007) and Fedor (07/03/2009)

Biography
Born on October 10, 1974 into a family of engineers in Moscow. As a child, he lived on Mosfilmovskaya Street, opposite the film studio of the same name, where his mother worked as a process engineer. From an early age he was interested in biology, from the age of 8 he studied encyclopedias, memorizing the names of animals in Latin, and dreamed of travel. Reptiles, and especially snakes, are the most beloved representatives of the fauna.

After graduating from school, he enters a pharmaceutical school with a specialty as a pharmacist. However, he does not work for long in his profession, getting tired of the monotony. Grigory looked for himself in various directions: he completed accounting courses and preparatory courses for a law school, for a short time he managed to work in an advertising agency, as a social worker, as a manager, and also as a manufacturer of facsimile copies (copies of museum exhibits) at Mosfilm: “It was an incredibly interesting period, I earned pennies, literally saved on food,” Gregory says about this period of his life. But he quickly realized that all this was not his: “I believe that every person should look for himself, as they say, to the last. It’s better to look for yourself and not find it than to settle on something mediocre and, as a result, not get any pleasure from life and work.”

Even in his youth, he studied at the Svecha theater studio at the Savyolovsky District Palace of Culture, but did not seriously think about the acting profession until, at the age of 22, fate brought Grigory to Satyricon, where he worked for 2 years as a stage assembler. After watching many performances and seeing the inside of the theater kitchen, Grigory gradually came to the idea that he needed to look for himself in a creative environment. In parallel with this work, he began studying in the preparatory group at the Moscow Art Theater School, trying his hand as an actor. And in 1999 he entered the Shchukin School, the workshop of Rodion Ovchinnikov. Already in his fourth year, Antipenko made his film debut, starring in an episode of the series “Code of Honor”, ​​and for some time played in the “Cool Theater”, the Mayakovsky Theater. After graduating from college in 2003, he was accepted into the troupe of the “Et cetera” theater, where he was involved in the plays: “Parisian Romance”, “The Secrets of Auntie Melkin”. For his roles in the play “Parisian Romance” at the Et Cetera theater in 2004, Antipenko was nominated for the annual Moscow Debuts theater award. Participated in the plays: “Beautiful People”, “Fasicky Horses”, “The Old Son with Enormous Wings”, “Don Quixote of La Mancha”.

At the same time, Gregory began to successfully act in films. Despite the fact that his hero Platon Amelin in the series “Talisman of Love” is a negative character, the actor has the first fans of his work. But general fame comes during the filming of the series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful,” where he plays the president of the Zimaletto fashion house, Andrei Zhdanov. Grigory and his hero have nothing in common, however, he played his role simply brilliantly, having studied and worked through all aspects of his character. As the actor says, this role became a real school of skill for him: “I had to understand my character, understand a person who has no problems. Therefore, it was interesting for me to “make” this hero.” In 2006, for the role of Andrei Zhdanov, Grigory was awarded the Ukrainian People's Award "TV Star" as the best television actor of the year.

After completing the filming of “Don’t Be Born Beautiful,” Antipenko begins to actively act in films: in the ironic detective story “The Man Without a Gun,” in the comedy “Luna-Odessa,” in the historical film “Conspiracy,” in the melodrama “Razluchnitsa,” in the drama “This Evening the Angels Cried.” ", for which at the Sergei Gerasimov festival "Loving a Person" in Chelyabinsk, Grigory was awarded the prize for "Best Actor".

My main hobby is mountaineering, but not as a sport, but as a way of perceiving life, which helps me realize myself and think about eternal values. He visited the Caucasus, Tien Shan, Altai and other remarkable places. For the first time, in 1998, he made his first ascent alone in the Caucasus to test himself and overcome his own fears: “From there I want to return, but not for the sake of leaving, but to share. Because emotions are overwhelming. You get out of there and want to kiss people because they are all wonderful. You forgive them in advance all their sins, anger or any shortcomings. The problems of vanity that exist in the human world are immeasurably small compared to the feeling that appears there,” Grigory shares in an interview with Vadim Vernik’s “Who’s There” program. In 2010, he conquered the Khan Tengri Peak (northern Tien Shan Tengritag Range) (7070m), in 2011 he conquered Lenin Peak (Pamir) (7134m), in 2012 - Korzhenevskaya Peak (Pamir) (7105 m).

In addition to filming films, Gregory plays Professor Higgins in the enterprise play “Pygmalion” directed by. P. Safonov based on the work of the same name by B. Shaw. For its bold creative experiment, the performance was awarded a special prize by the jury of the Amur Autumn festival in Blagoveshchensk in 2007. He also took part in the performances “The Result is Obvious”, dir. Zhitinkin and the play “Orpheus and Eurydice”, dir. P. Safonov.

In 2012, Antipenko became a student at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors.

In the summer of 2013 Antipenko was enrolled in the troupe of the theater. Vakhtangov.

Performances with the participation of Grigory Antipenko have repeatedly received the international theater audience award “Theatrical Star”. In 2012, the play “Odessa 913”, directed by. R. Yu. Ovchinnikov. In 2013, the play “Two on a Swing”, dir. A. A. Kiryushchenko. In 2014, in the category “Best Musical Performance” - “Othello”, director and choreographer A. Kholina.

Personal life

• First wife Elena Antipenko.
• Son - Alexander.
• Actual marriage with actress Yulia Takshina, whom he met on the set of the television series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” After six years of marriage, the couple broke up.
• Sons - Ivan (June 27, 2007) and Fedor (July 3, 2009).

Books

• He voiced the short story “Amok” by Stefan Zweig.

Theater roles
"Et cetera"

• "Parisian Romance"
• “The Secret of Aunt Melkin” - Carlo
• "Horses are picky"
• “An old, old lord with enormous wings”
• "Beautiful people"
• "Don Quixote of La Mancha"

ANO "Theater Marathon"

• "Pygmalion" - Professor Higgins

Theater agency Gagarin Production

• "Panic. Men on the verge of a nervous breakdown" - Johnny, TV presenter

Producing Group "THEATRE"

• “The result is obvious” - Alfred

Another theater

• "Orpheus and Eurydice" - Orpheus

Vakhtangov Theater

• "Medea" - Jason
• "Othello" - Othello
• "Smile on us, Lord" - "Palestinian"

Ermolova Theater

• "Odessa 913" - Benya Krik

Modern enterprise theater

• "Two on a Swing" - Jerry

Theater on Malaya Bronnaya

• "Cyrano de Bergerac" - Cyrano de Bergerac

Awards

• 2006 - People's Award "TV Star" (Ukraine) in the category "Best TV Actor of the Year"
• 2008 - Best actor at the festival “Loving a Person” named after Sergei Gerasimov

Professional activity

After graduating from theater school, the young actor began serving in the troupe of the “Et cetera” theater (2003-2004). Among the outstanding performances in which Gregory could be seen are the following productions: “A Parisian Romance” and “The Secrets of Aunt Melkin.”

Since the summer of 2013, the artist began working at the Vakhtangov Theater, on whose stage he plays to this day. He can be seen in such productions as Othello, Medea, Cyrano de Bergerac and many others. The artist also plays in enterprise performances: “Two on a Swing” and “Odessa 913.”

Grigory prefers to work more often on the theater stage than on the film set , since he believes that serving in the theater allows him to improve his acting skills every day.

The artist became a national favorite after the release of the top-rated TV series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful,” where Grigory played the role of the main character, Zhdanov.

The actor regularly and actively stars in various feature films and TV series. His filmography currently includes more than 40 film projects. Interesting works in Gregory’s film career are:

• “I’ll give my wife in good hands” (Evgeny Nikitin);
• “This evening the angels cried” (Ivan Nikitin);
• “Acceptable victims” (Maxim Slutsky);
• “45 seconds” (Andrey Matonin);
• “I believe” (Ivan Guryev).

Gregory has experience in scoring animated films, including “The Lost City”, “Ted and Jones” and others.

The last two films in which Grigory took part were: “She Shot Down the Pilot” (Valery Pavlov) and “Torgsin” (Viktor Serebrov). The artist starred in both projects.

Theater career

As a teenager, Grisha did not think seriously about the acting profession, but fate brought him to the Svecha theater film studio. He worked there for some time, after which he moved on and began working as a stage assistant at Satyricon.

The young man spent the next two years observing stage actors, after which he had a desire to try himself in a new image. All previous experience influenced the decision to show my creative potential and enter the Shchukin School for Ovchinnikov’s course in 1999.

The student’s fourth year of study ended with a debut episodic role in the series “Code of Honor.” After receiving his education, the actor continues his creative endeavors in the Et cetera theater. The following years are full of various productions, among them:

• "The Secrets of Aunt Melkin";
• "Parisian Romance".

In 2012, Grigory entered the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors.

In the summer of 2013, the actor continued his career in the troupe. Vakhtangov. During this time, Grigory was nominated and received awards in prestigious competitions, among them “Moscow Debuts”. Since 2013, Gregory has played in a play at the Theater. Vakhtangov's "Othello", which was excluded from the repertoire in 2018.

In the play "Medea" the actor reads a half-hour monologue. This is a rather difficult role; for this reason, the actor refused to appear in TV series and films for a while.

2019 delighted Antipenko’s fans with his role in the production of the drama Cyrano de Bergerac. In this film he plays one of his most beloved characters - a poor poet. The hero and the actor have the same inner state of mind and are similar in their uncompromisingness and morality.

One of the actor’s last roles was in the play “Two on a Swing” at the Odessa 913 theater. During his theatrical career, Gregory played in many plays and productions, including:

• "Orpheus and Eurydice";
• "The result is obvious."

Now Gregory continues to develop himself as a theater actor.

Personal life

Today Gregory is divorced. The actor's first wife was a girl named Elena. The young people had known each other since their youth. Their marriage lasted seven years. In this relationship, a son was born, who was named Alexander. Gregory's second common-law wife was actress Yulia Takshina.

The artists met during the filming of the series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” Their family had two sons: Ivan (2007) and Fedor (2009). In 2012, after living together for six years, Gregory and Yulia broke up. The artist continues to participate in the life and upbringing of children.

Later, Grigory was in a relationship with actress Tatyana Arntgolts. The artists officially announced their relationship in 2014. Grigory lived with Tatiana for some period and raised her daughter (from her first marriage). The union of artists also did not last long, and they separated. Without love, an artist is not interested in living (admitted in an interview).

In the fall of 2020, the actor announced on his social networks that he had another son. He called it the main event of the year. It is not known who the mother of the actor’s child is.

Successes off the set

How are things going in the personal life of Grigory Antipenko? The first wife was a girl named Elena. He met her in his youth, when Gregory did not even think about an acting career. We lived together for more than five years. From this union a child was born. The son was named Alexander. The reasons for the separation are unknown.

After the collapse of the relationship, Grigory began dating a colleague on the set. Grigory Antipenko and Yulia Takshina met while starring in the popular television project “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.”

In 2010, a child was born. The son was named Ivan. A few years later, a second child was born. The happy parents named their son Fedor. After 6 years of marriage, the actors decided to separate. There was no divorce, because Grigory and Yulia did not formalize their relationship. For a long time there were rumors that the separation occurred when Gregory learned about Julia’s past. She was dancing a striptease. However, the actress herself denied the information, saying that Gregory always knew about it.

A few months later, Grigory Antipenko announced his relationship with Tatyana Arntgolts. They met while working on the theater stage. But this relationship did not last long - the passion passed and the couple broke up.

A few months later, information appeared that Grigory and Yulia Takshina decided to start all over again. The couple did reunite, but only temporarily. Only to take the child to 1st grade. Gregory loves his children and tries not to miss important events in their lives.

In addition to working in the theater, Grigory Antipenko enjoys rock climbing. For more than 15 years, Gregory has been constantly conquering new heights. Hobby helps you forget about problems, work and difficulties.

Interesting Facts

• His favorite job always saves him from failures in his personal life. Calls himself an esthete. Prefers women with personalities who carry a mystery throughout their lives. It is very important for him that his woman is passionate about her work and strives for excellence. He believes that when a woman devotes herself entirely to her family and home, she often stops in her spiritual development and becomes an attachment to a man. In such cases, men always look for variety on the side.
• Constant communication with family and friends for Gregory is a great emotional burden. Therefore, the artist often likes to retire, going to the mountains for a month, where he lives in difficult conditions. Regularly rises to heights of more than 5000 meters.
• He likes to work at night so that no one will disturb him. Privacy for an actor is a necessity. Does not like social networks, considering them a waste of time. Values ​​the quality of communication, prefers to rarely meet with friends, but in person. He is a perfectionist. The artist was never drawn to having fun, hanging out and having fun in the company. He doesn’t know how to respond to rudeness with the same coin. Therefore, he prefers to endure condescendingly or simply, in such cases, leaves.
• Gregory is a very attractive and charismatic artist.
• His height is 185 cm, weight – 83 kg.
• The actor enjoys rock climbing. Regularly conquers various peaks.
• The artist has an official website where you can find out all the information about the actor. Fans of Gregory’s talent also maintain his account on Instagram.

MOVIE

The actor made his film debut in 2002, playing a cameo role in the series Code of Honor. After this there were works in the films “Against the Tide”, “Head of a Classic”, “Talisman of Love”.

Real national fame came to Antipenko after her role in the TV series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” The actor played the role of general director Andrei Zhdanov, and Nelly Uvarova became his partner. Grigory admits: “This series and experience are especially valuable to me. It's like a lottery ticket that I managed to draw by luck. Usually actors play in the theater, and only then get into films. And for me, filming the series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful” became a kind of pass into the world of theater.”

The actor starred in the films “A Man Without a Gun”, “This Evening the Angels Cried”, “Provincial Girl”, “M+F”, “Acceptable Victims”, “The Way Back”, “Saving My Husband”, “Cornflowers for Vasilisa”, and others .

In 2020, the melodrama “She Shot Down the Pilot,” directed by Artem Nasybulin, was released, in which Grigory Antipenko played the role of pilot Valery Pavlov. Despite the apparent prosperity, the life of the main character of the film is far from a fairy tale. Tired of constant quarrels and outbursts of jealousy, Valery leaves home on a motorcycle. He still doesn’t know what fate has in store for him...

The actor’s partners in the film were Anna Nevskaya, Anastasia Ukolova, Pyotr Barancheev, Valery Afanasyev, and others.

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Movies

Since 2004, Antipenko began to act more actively in films. The actor is invited to play the role of a villain in the series “Talisman of Love”. After this role, Gregory begins to be recognized, and his first popularity comes. But Antipenko became a popular favorite after the main role in the TV series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” Here he plays a representative of the “golden youth”, the irresponsible son of rich parents, who gets his father’s company - a large one. And everything would be wonderful if, under his management, the company did not begin to fail.

Nelly Uvarova and Grigory Antipenko in the series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful”

Zhdanov is helped to rectify the situation by his smart but terribly unattractive secretary Katya Pushkareva (Nelly Uvarova), with whom the hero Antipenko eventually falls in love. For the role of Andrei Zhdanov, the artist receives the Ukrainian People's Award "TV Star" and becomes mega-popular in the vastness of the former Union.

After the completion of the telenovela “Don’t Be Born Beautiful,” Antipenko began acting in films and TV series even more actively: “The Homewrecker,” “Conspiracy,” “This Evening the Angels Wept,” for his role in this film the actor received the award for “Best Actor.”

Grigory Antipenko and Olga Lomonosova

Antipenko starred in a number of films and with his partners in “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” Grigory has been friends with Olga Lomonosova, who played the role of businesswoman Kira Voropaeva in the famous series, since the Shchukin School. Together with Lomonosova, Antipenko starred in the melodrama “45 Seconds.” In addition, Olga is a close friend of the Antipenko family; she became the godmother of their eldest son Ivan. With Nelly Uvarova, who masterfully played Andrei Zhdanov’s lover Katya Pushkareva in the series, Antipenko starred in the drama “M+F.”

In addition to cinema, Antipenko does not forget about the theater stage. For the main role in the production of “Pygmalion” based on the play of the same name by Bernard Shaw, Gregory was awarded a special prize from the jury of the Amur Autumn festival. During this time, the artist played in various performances: “Orpheus and Eurydice”, “The Result is Obvious”, as well as in many other productions.

Grigory Antipenko in the play “Cyrano de Bergerac”

In 2012, Antipenko decides to continue his studies and enters the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors. Since the summer of 2013, the actor has been enrolled in the troupe of the Vakhtangov Theater. In this role, Grigory received many international awards: “Best Enterprise”, “Best Musical Performance”.

In addition to working in theater and film, the actor several times voiced children's cartoons, including Ted and Jones and The Lost City. Grigory manages to skillfully combine theatrical performances, filming new TV series and films, and his personal life.