Childhood
Rising cinema star Konstantin Strelnikov was born in Ufa on January 31, 1976. While still a child, he attended various sports clubs, as well as a theater studio.
It was thanks to this hobby that since childhood he dreamed of performing on stage and in high school he firmly told his family about his desire to enter a theater university in his hometown.
Interesting fact: none of his parents have anything to do with this creative field.
Childhood and youth
Konstantin Strelnikov was born on January 31, 1976 in Kumertau. He was raised by his mother, an employee of an aircraft factory, who in her youth dreamed of becoming an opera singer or screenwriter.
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Already in childhood, the boy was distinguished by his developed imagination. In his dreams, he became a test pilot, intelligence officer, actor and artist. The last profession attracted the guy the most, despite the fact that Kostya paid a lot of attention to sports - he went to boxing and judo sections.
After the 9th grade, the talented young man decided to get an education at the Orenburg Art School, but after the 2nd year he returned to school and completed his studies for 2 years.
A certificate of secondary education gave him the opportunity to enter the directing department of the Ufa Theater Academy in the workshop of Pyotr Shein. In 1998, Strelnikov got a job at the Russian Drama Theater. He was given small supporting roles, but this was not enough for the young actor. In parallel with his main job, Konstantin got a job as a DJ in a local restaurant.
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Strelnikov went to Moscow for new impressions. On his first visit to the capital, the guy was going to conquer the admissions committee of the Shchukin School, but he failed: the applicant caught measles, after which a long period of rehabilitation was required. In 2000, he returned to Moscow and enrolled in Sergei Prokhanov’s course at GITIS.
The beginning of the path to acting
Immediately after graduating from school, he decided to enter the directing department of the Theater Academy in Ufa, which he graduated in 1998.
Already during his student days he performed on the stage of the State Drama Theater in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The actor worked there for four years until 2000, playing minor roles.
This state of affairs did not suit him, and he decided to try his luck in the capital, and after some time he moved to Moscow, having only a small baggage of small roles behind him.
A great desire to be a famous actor led him to the Russian Institute of Theater Arts, to the course of Sergei Borisovich Prokhanov, which he graduated in 2003.
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At the same time, the marital relationship between the actors did not last long - four years after the wedding, Konstantin Strelnikov’s family broke up. Polina and Konstantin chose to remain friends. Currently there is only one artist.
The actor prefers to spend all his free time spearfishing, diving and fishing. He also likes to relax in the company of his friends, visiting local cafes, entertainment complexes, etc. From time to time he visits Moscow theaters, as he is interested in the work of his colleagues. The famous actor's favorite pastime is swimming with dolphins, whom he considers to be very kind and intelligent creatures.
On the Internet you can find photos of the actor in which he is captured in the company of his ex-wife. Photographs also often appear where the filmmaker appeared before the public in one or another stage image.
First works
After graduating from GITIS, he began working at the Moscow State Theater of the Moon, which was founded and later managed by his mentor, S.B. Prokhanov.
In the theater he gets small roles, although thanks to his textured appearance he is very memorable to the audience. He was especially memorable in the role of Neznamov, in the famous play based on the play “Guilty Without Guilt” by A.N. Ostrovsky. He also participated in the productions of “Romeo and Juliet” and “The Thunderstorm”.
Simultaneously with his work in the theater, he begins to receive invitations to act in films. At first these were minor, episodic roles. The debut film for the actor is the film “Under the North Star” ; this was the first work of the young actor.
Formation of a film career
Sergei Alexandrovich Strelnikov began acting in films in the early 2000s. At first he played an inconspicuous role in the film “Bourgeois's Birthday 2”, then he announced himself in the Ukrainian TV series “European Convoy” and “Slackers”. Sergei’s more striking work was the role of policeman Kolya in the serial film “Guardian Angel”. Here he appeared in the same frame with such famous artists as Daria Poverennova, Vladislav Demchenko, Anatoly Rudenko, Lev Durov, Alexey Panin, Viktor Verzhbitsky and others. On the way to success, actor Sergei Strelnikov was involved in countless TV series, among which were: “Poor Nastya”, “The Return of Mukhtar”, “Witchcraft Love”, “Love on the Asphalt”. In the war film “No Third Place” he played Chekalin, and in the serial crime drama “Demons” he played Shtepsel. Most viewers remembered Strelnikov from his work in Valery Shalyga’s series “1941.” Here Sergei played the role of the Red Army soldier Igor, healed by Alena, who later turned out to be a traitor and deserter. After the release of this project, many noted the bright performance of the actor: if at the very beginning of the film his character evoked sincere compassion among the audience, then in the end - justified indignation.
Starting a successful career
The turning point for the career of the young, still almost unknown, actor was the film, a mystical melodrama, “A Second Before...” . It was after this work that his career took off. In this film, he played the role of a very successful businessman who leaves his pregnant girlfriend because he is not ready to accept a child.
Here the mystical component of the picture manifests itself - Oleg practically dies in an accident, but higher powers save him, and now he is an angel who must atone for his sins with good deeds.
After this role, offers from directors rained down on the once unknown theater actor. The total number of projects, films and TV series in which he participated is 56. Among the most famous films with his participation:
- “Intrigues of Love” (2005), serial film, melodrama.
- “Lenin's Testament” (2007), historical serial drama.
- “Bottlenose Dolphin's Leap” (2009), a film based on real events.
- “Doctor” (2010), serial film produced in Russia and Ukraine.
- “Brother for Brother” (2010), serial crime film, drama.
- “Live” (2010), drama, thriller.
- “Bombed.” Continuation" (2013), serial crime drama.
- “Wind in the Face” (2014), four-part drama.
- “Sleepers” (2017), detective, spy film.
- “Brilliant Career” (2018), melodrama of Belarusian-Ukrainian production.
This is only a small part of the projects in which he participated.
An interesting fact: the actor often has to try on the roles of police officers, law enforcement officers, and intelligence officers.
Movies
Sergei Strelnikov began acting in films while still a student. True, the first roles in the famous serial films “Bourgeois Birthday 2”, “Poor Nastya”, “Saboteur” and “European Convoy” cannot be called significant. The actor was more noticeable in the series about the everyday life of the police “The Return of Mukhtar”, to which the artist returned in each season, and in different roles. And Sergei’s first success was brought by the image of Nikolai Kamenev in the melodrama “Guardian Angel”.
Sergei Strelnikov in the film “Guardian Angel”
Among the subsequent works, the melodrama “Thirst for Extreme”, the Israeli-produced thriller “Debt”, the war film “No Third Place”, and the family saga “Faith, Hope, Love” stood out. Strelnikov also starred in the French film “Land of Oblivion.”
The star work for Sergei’s creative biography turned out to be the role of Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev in the drama about the hero of the Civil War “The Passion of Chapai”, thanks to which the artist became a laureate of the prestigious annual film award “Teletriumph”. Sergei prepared thoroughly for the role: he studied horse riding, wielding a saber, and also studied literature about Chapaev.
Sergei Strelnikov in the film “The Passion of Chapai”
During his acquaintance with the image, Strelnikov developed a sympathy for his character, which helped the actor to truthfully and uniquely recreate the image on the screen. To achieve an external resemblance, the actor had to glue on a mustache every day, which led to severe irritation by the end of the filming period. During the filming there were some funny things to happen. For example, the actor sometimes had to act out explicit scenes in which Sergei Strelnikov and Olga Pavlovets, who played the role of Anna Steshenko, took part without a partner, which amused the film crew.
After this picture, the actor was noticed not only by the audience, but also became in demand among directors, who began to offer leading roles in new projects.
Sergei Strelnikov in the TV series “Moon”
Over the following years, Strelnikov's filmography was replenished with dozens of films and TV series. The historical drama was followed by a role in the film adaptation of “Kuprin” with Mikhail Porechenkov in the title role. Sergei played Senka in the first film “The Pit”. In the crime series “Trap,” Strelnikov embodied on the screen the image of a negative hero nicknamed Atom, an assistant to the mafioso Valuev (Anatoly Khostikoev). In a purely male story about the division of power between criminal groups, Strelnikov’s partners on the site were Sergei Gazarov, Igor Botvin, Ivan Oganesyan, Maxim Drozd.
The role of young Grigory Orlov went to Sergei in the 2014 TV series “Ekaterina”. The young man convincingly played the role of a brave officer, the lover of young Catherine (Marina Alexandrova). In parallel with the historical project, the actor starred in a series for the STS television channel - the mystical detective story “Moon”, where he played the hero Roman Sokolov.
Sergei Strelnikov in the TV series “Vladimirskaya, 15”
The actor has worked in the films “Ambulance” and “Patziki”. With the participation of the artist, the melodrama “The Trickster” was released in 2020, where Sergei appeared in the leading role. The film was about the life of stuntmen, employees of the Mosfilm film studio. As part of their work, young guys have to perform unimaginable stunts, and the romance of the profession involves affairs with the first beauties of cinema. The acting ensemble included Leonid Bichevin, Marina Konyashkina, Yulia Galkina, Viktor Dobronravov.
This was followed by work in Kyiv on the role of a policeman named Dikiy, a former ATO participant, and now a law enforcement officer in the crime series “Vladimirskaya, 15.”
The artist's private life
The actor met his future wife, Polina Syrkina , on the set of the film “At Noon on the Pier,” which was released on television in 2011. In the film, their characters were in love, and soon their feigned sympathy grew into real, and then into a deeper feeling.
Former partners in the film spent more and more time together. The actor was 10 years older than his chosen one, but this did not become an obstacle to their love. The couple got married without too much publicity, quietly having a wedding in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, not even all the couple’s friends knew about it.
We found out about this much later, when Polina Syrkina changed her last name to her husband’s last name and this was noticed in the credits for one of the films with her participation.
The couple divorced in 2020, also without publicity. The couple did not have children, because both were still completely immersed in work and filming.
Theater
Strelnikov's acting career began while still studying. Since 1996, he has played on the stage of the State Academic Russian Drama Theater of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Ufa), where he received leading roles in four productions.
In 2000, Strelnikov was offered to work at the St. Petersburg State Academic Comedy Theater named after. Nikolai Pavlovich Akimov. Arriving in the northern capital, Konstantin began to get acquainted with the city and its theaters. Having received an invitation to three theaters in St. Petersburg at once - Alexandrinka, Komisserzhevka and the Baltic House, he went to Moscow for a couple of days and stayed.
In the capital, Konstantin was admitted to RATI-GITIS for the course of Sergei Prokhanov, where he received, in addition to the director's degree, a diploma in acting education. Then he served for two years in the Theater of the Moon, headed by a mentor.
Theater works:
- “Romeo and Juliet” by W. Shakespeare – Juliet’s Father
- “Guilty without guilt” - Neznamov
- "Thunderstorm" A.N. Ostrovsky - Boris
- “Running Wanderers” - Dmitry
- “Everything will be fine” - Fly Agaric
- “Golden Cockerel” - Voevoda Polkan
In conclusion
Today, Konstantin Strelnikov is a sought-after actor. He has a memorable texture and good physical fitness, which allows him to do some of his own stunts on the set.
His creative work is dominated by such film genres as melodrama, drama, and crime drama. The heroes he represents are always strong, persistent, and courageous people. Perhaps this somehow reflects the character of the actor.
His works always receive high marks from the public, his acting is remembered for a long time, and his characters evoke a variety of emotions. The actor was even given the unspoken title of one of the most charismatic representatives of cinema in Russia.
Breakthrough into cinema
Being very young, Polina managed to create such a vivid image of the secondary heroine Anna in Vitaly Dudin’s film “Cadet” that there was even talk about the possibility of renaming the film. The young star is a very serious girl; she takes a responsible approach to working on her role, which has won the love of Russian directors. One of them is Dmitry Orlov. He will always be considered the main teacher in her life. Orlov managed to discover the actress’s talent, giving her a role in the film “The General’s Daughter.” And she received her first award - the Diploma of the Public Jury - for this film.
The beginning of the journey in acting
A young man grew up in the city of Ufa. His parents are very simple people ; they have no connections with creativity. They devoted their entire lives to simple professions. Therefore, the childhood of the popular actor at that time was no different. He was a simple and fairly ordinary teenager, so he was no different from his peers. During school, the boy devoted a lot of time to sports.
Many predicted a career for him in this field. But around high school, he began to become interested in acting.
This hobby became a part of his life almost immediately. It was during this period that a young and promising guy enrolled in an acting studio, where his creative career began, which continues to this day. He chose his future profession when he realized that it was this activity that brought him the maximum amount of pleasure and enjoyment.
A couple of years later, when he was already in high school, he decided to tell his parents that he intended to enroll in the acting department and himself in his hometown. He began to receive his education, and at the same time he worked in the drama theater , where he received the first big roles in his life. But the young guy's ambitions were much broader. He dreamed of entering the capital and starting his acting career there. And then he, having made up his mind, enters GITIS.
