Actor Ivan Nikolaev: the beginning of the journey
The star of the series “Club” was born in Moscow. This happened in February 1983. Actor Ivan Nikolaev was born into a family of engineers. As a child, he was seriously involved in sports, preferring acrobatics and athletics. Vanya also took ballroom dancing lessons; teachers noted his ability to sense rhythm.
Nikolaev actually spent his childhood on the street. The sociable and active child had many friends with whom he happily skipped school. Catching up, Cossack robbers, football - these were the entertainments of the future star.
Capabilities
Vanya did well at school. His favorite subjects were physical education, music and drawing. Several times a week the boy attended sports sections - acrobatics and athletics. The coaches predicted a bright future for him. And at first Ivan was thinking about a sports career. But at some point, my love for the stage took over.
Vanya also went to ballroom dancing lessons. Few people know about this. Teachers noted the boy’s plasticity, ability to move beautifully and feel rhythm.
One day, at the school where our hero studied, a casting was announced. The ORT team came there in search of new faces for a television project. The first person they chose was Vanya Nikolaev. The tall, green-eyed guy ticked all the boxes. His job was to interview Russian pop stars. Ivan coped with the task 100%.
Choosing a life path
Actor Ivan Nikolaev did not immediately decide on his choice of profession. Relatives suspected that the child would become a veterinarian. The fact is that Vanya constantly brought home stray animals that needed treatment.
For some time, Nikolaev thought about a sports career. The coaches had no doubt that a bright future awaited the talented young man. Ivan also thought about becoming a dancer, since ballroom dancing and music were an important part of his life.
As often happens, chance decided everything. Once the ORT team held a casting; the search for fresh faces for the “100%” project was carried out among schoolchildren. Unexpectedly for himself, Ivan was able to pass the qualifying round. He took part in the project and acquired his first fans.
Studies
Thanks to his participation in the show, future actor Ivan Nikolaev realized that he liked to be in the spotlight. Thoughts about the acting profession came naturally. On his first try, the capable young man managed to join the ranks of VGIK students. He was accepted into the course taught by Anatoly Romashin. Ivan enjoyed learning the secrets of his chosen profession under the guidance of this talented teacher. Unfortunately, a tragic accident cut short Romashin’s life.
Nikolaev got another mentor; Vitaly Solomin took on this function. After the change of manager, Ivan’s performance crept down. As a result, the young man was expelled. The following year he managed to enter GITIS, where he placed himself in the hands of Teplyakov and Chomsky.
Personal life of celebrities.
The start of Ivan Nikolaev’s acting career was given at the moment when he became the host of the show “100%” on Channel One. At one time, this program was very popular and existed until its producer Sergei Suponev died. Ivan was so passionate about the idea of becoming an artist that after school he entered VGIK, from where he was expelled for poor academic performance, and then entered RATI GITIS. Personal life of Ivan Nikolaev
changed immediately after he was invited to one of the roles in the film “9th Company”, after which the young actor began to be recognized, and he acquired many fans.
And after he starred in the series “The Club,” his popularity began to go off scale, and the MTV channel received incredible ratings after the series was released. It's a nightlife movie with lots of music and good-looking young actors. Ivan had to play the role of a rich young man who does not like to work, but loves to have fun and waste his life. This existence is provided to him by a wealthy parent who is not at all against his son’s lifestyle. In this film, many famous actors and performers became Nikolaev’s partners on the set, including Anna Semenovich, Valeria, Zhanna Friske and many others. There are a lot of rumors and gossip about Ivan Nikolaev’s personal life, in particular about his difficult character. It didn’t cost him anything to fight with his best friend Dima Bilan or start a scandal over some little thing.
In the photo Ivan Nikolaev and Milla Jovovich
Nevertheless, friends are of great importance in Ivan Nikolaev’s personal life. He has fairly close relationships even with such famous figures as Milla Jovovich, Ekaterina Rednikova, Yulia Snigir, whom he visited when he came to Hollywood. In memory of these meetings, he had many photographs that he posted on social networks.
Ivan always wanted to choose projects that he liked, but even if the actor doesn’t like everything about his new role, he tries to bring something of his own into it in order to adapt it at least a little for himself. Possessing a bright and impressive appearance, Ivan Nikolaev is not afraid to become her hostage. Directors value him not only for this quality and trust him with a variety of roles. In addition to work, the actor plans to engage in charity work to give help to those who need it, and to do this not occasionally, but constantly.
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First roles
Actor Ivan Nikolaev, whose photo can be seen in the article, first appeared on the set while studying at GITIS. The newcomer made his debut in the series “Tea, Coffee, Let's Dance...”. In this television project he got the role of a minor character named Zhenya. Then the aspiring actor starred in the military drama “9th Company”, doing an excellent job with the image of Gray.
Nikolaev felt the taste of real fame thanks to the television project “Club”, which was shown on the MTV channel. For three years, Ivan played the role of Major Victor. His hero is a playmaker who has fun with the money of his oligarch father. He allows himself to treat with disdain the people around him who are not part of the circle of “golden youth”. The television project appealed to thousands of viewers, and Nikolaev overnight became a star, like other leading actors.
Movies
At the beginning of his studies at GITIS, luck turned to the young artist again and the actor was able to successfully begin his cinematic biography. Ivan Nikolaev was cast in Fyodor Bondarchuk’s new project “9th Company”. The film, which immediately became a cult following its release, became the actor’s first successful step in his career ladder. The second step soon becomes the popular youth series “Tea, Coffee, Let’s Dance.”
But real popularity fell on the artist after the release of the acclaimed film “The Club”. This series was broadcast on MTV for 3 years, starting in 2003. Ivan Nikolaev appeared in the image of Major Vic, a young man wasting his life for the money of his oligarch father, who encouraged his son’s lifestyle. The film contains a lot of humor, music and bright actors. The series was doomed to success, as were all the participants in the filming.
During the filming of “The Club,” the actor was distracted from the light genre of youth films to the serious one. Nikolaev was involved in work in the “End of the World” project. This is a film dedicated to the energy crisis of 2005. Due to the ambiguity of the plot and the economic problems involved, this 3-hour project never made it to the screens, but managed to collect a number of awards at festivals and screenings.
But the next project, in which Ivan Nikolaev took part, was broadcast on Channel One. This is the painting “Cinderella.ru”. The film “Time of Happiness,” where the artist played a starring role, was also a success. In the full-length film “Mermaid” by Anna Melikyan, Ivan got, although not a large, but bright role. And the film itself was awarded a number of awards, the most notable of which was the film critics' prize at the 58th Berlin Film Festival.
The project called “S.S.D.”, in which Ivan Nikolaev appeared as a security guard, is called the first Russian film in the horror genre. Filming took place in difficult conditions and took a lot of energy from the actor, because he had to film for 16 hours a day. The film was a success with viewers and film critics. The role of Nikolaev turned out to be quite atypical and new for the artist. But the audience was able to see the versatility of the actor’s talent and ability to play in different roles.
After some break, taken by Nikolaev for a break from the grueling work at S.S.D., he appeared in 3 new projects that were released almost simultaneously. This is a 48-episode film “City of Temptations”, filmed at the request of the NTV channel and the films “Moon-Moon” and “Veselchaki”.
In the film “Moon-Moon” Ivan Nikolaev starred together with Konstantin Kryukov, Elizaveta Boyarskaya and other famous young stars of Russian cinema. This is a film about the fate of the children of the USSR political elite during the events of 1991, about the rapid changes in the life of the country, against the backdrop of which a personal drama occurs in the relationships of the characters.
But the greatest success among viewers and critics was the film “Merry Men” by Felix Mikhailov. Although this project received a very modest budget, it brought in considerable box office receipts. The plot of the film tells the story of 5 drag queen actors. The film was awarded at the Berlin Film Festival and was translated into French.
Among the most striking projects of recent years, in which Ivan Nikolaev took part, we can note the black comedy “Shattered” by Roman Karimov. This is an arthouse project, very unusual to perceive. It was filmed in the style of the film “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and consists of 3 short stories. One of them starred Ivan Nikolaev, Ravshana Kurkova and Artem Tkachenko. The film was released in 2011.
Films and TV series
By the age of 34, what other films and TV series had actor Ivan Nikolaev appeared in, whose personal life, photos and biography are of great interest to the public? In 2005, he played in the serious film “The End of the World,” but it never reached the audience.
Next, the talented young man played a small but memorable role in the film “Mermaid”, and embodied the image of a doctor in the series “Daddy’s Daughters”. The audience liked the film “Cinderella.ru” with his participation. In this film, his hero is an aspiring singer named Andrei, who dreams of fame and fans. In order to achieve his goal, he is ready not only to leave a small town, but also to part with his girlfriend for the sake of a profitable marriage. In the end, Andrey realizes his mistake. However, he is no longer able to correct the situation.
The chilling horror film “S.” helped the actor consolidate his success. S. D", in which he brilliantly played the security guard Yegor. Working on the film took a lot of energy from him, as sometimes the filming process took up to 16 hours a day. Nikolaev does not regret the time spent, because he managed to try on a completely new role.
Ivan Nikolaev (actor): filmography
Our hero's film debut took place in 2003. He played a small role in the film “Tea, Coffee, Let's Dance.” The young actor got his first experience working on camera.
In 2005, director F. Bondarchuk cast Ivan Nikolaev in his film “9th Company”. The guy managed to convey the character and emotional mood of the character named Gray.
A year later, the third film featuring our hero was released. It was called "The End of the World." The image created by Ivan Nikolaev turned out to be bright, but the audience practically did not remember it.
Real fame came to the young man after the release of the series “Club” on the MTV channel. Actor Ivan Nikolaev took on the image of the glamorous party animal Victor. The series turned out to be so successful and in demand that a total of 8 seasons were filmed.
To date, Vanya Nikolaev has over 30 film roles. Let us list his most striking and interesting works for 2007-2015:
- "Cinderella. Ru" (2007) - Andrey Tsvetkov;
- “Time of Happiness” (2008) – face control;
- “Merry Men” (2009) – main role;
- “Moscow – Paradise” (2010);
- “Wild-2” (2011) – senior lieutenant Levashov;
- “Petrovich” (2012) - gang leader;
- “Murder for 100 Million” (2013) - Alexander Ptitsyn;
- “My Close Enemy” (2014) - Kostya Razumovsky;
- “Step Fates” (2015) - Stas;
- “Rural Teacher” (2015) – pianist.
Personal life
Ivan Nikolaev is an actor whose wife cannot but arouse public interest. The young man has never been officially married and has no plans to get married in the near future. Ivan categorically refuses to discuss his personal life with the press, so he is constantly surrounded by rumors. For example, relatively recently the actor was suspected of having a secret relationship with his colleague Sofia Kashtanova. However, the actors denied this, saying that they were connected only by friendship.
At one time, another rumor was popular, attributing Nikolaev to an unconventional orientation. It appeared after the star of the series “The Club” was spotted in a trendy gay bar. However, Ivan denied this assumption too.
Ivan Nikolaev, actor: personal life
The green-eyed handsome man has never had problems with representatives of the opposite sex. He could approach any girl on the street, meet her, take her phone number and invite her on a date.
The young actor has many “star” girlfriends. Among them is Mila Jovovich. They have been friends since 2006. Several times a year Vanya visits Mila in Los Angeles.
As for the actor’s personal life, he prefers to hide it from prying eyes. At the moment, Ivan Nikolaev (actor) is among the eligible bachelors. A wife should be beautiful, thrifty, kind and faithful - this is what our hero believes. Until a girl appeared on the horizon who met all these requirements. Nikolaev Ivan is not married. He has no children.
