Five women in the life of Vladimir Vdovichenkov: the path to the artist’s personal happiness turned out to be winding and difficult

Biography

Vladimir Vdovichenkov was born in the city of Gusev, Kaliningrad region.
His father is a mechanic by profession, and his mother is an economist. Vladimir was the second child in the family - he has an older sister Irina and a younger brother Kostya. As a child, Vladimir practiced boxing. And after finishing the eighth grade, he tried to enter the Tallinn nautical school, but failed. But later he successfully passed all the exams at the Navy naval school in Kronstadt. Then there was service in the Northern Fleet.

When Vladimir returned home, he changed more than one profession: he worked as a fireman, tinsmith, waiter, head waiter... In 1996, Vladimir went to Moscow to enter VGIK. But the enrollment of students had already ended. A year later, Vladimir passed all the entrance exams and was enrolled in Georgy Taratorkin’s course, which he graduated in 2001.

Childhood and youth

The biography of Vladimir Vdovichenkov originates in the small town of Gusev. The future actor was born on August 13, 1971. The family raised three children. Father and mother worked at a lighting fixtures factory.

Vladimir Vdovichenkov in his youth / Woman's Day

At a young age, Vdovichenkov was a fan of Jean-Claude Van Damme and played sports. He received his secondary education at the Kronstadt Naval School. In 1989 he graduated from school and joined the ranks of conscripts. He performed his army duty in the Baltic and North Seas for 4 years. After the navy, Vdovichenkov tried to find himself.

He started working as a waiter in one of the restaurants, then became a head waiter, and then completely retrained as a cook. When the kitchen got boring, Vladimir decided to earn money by ferrying cars from Poland.

Theater

For some time, Vladimir Vdovichenkov worked at the Mossovet Theater. And in 2003 he joined the troupe of the Evgeni Vakhtangov Theater, where he performed on stage in the following plays:

• "The Tsar's Hunt" - Count Orlov,
• "Deep Blue Sea" - Freddie Page
• “The truest legend of one block” - Denny,
• "Uncle Vanya" - Astrov,
• “The wind rustles in the poplars” - Gustav,
• "Eugene Onegin" - retired hussar.

Vladimir also participated in such productions of other theaters as Hamlet for a Quarter of an Hour, King Lear, Cyrano de Bergerac, Don Juan and others.

Movie

Vladimir began acting in films while still studying at VGIK. True, then he received episodic roles.

In 2002, the TV series “Brigada” was released, which brought fame to the actor. There he appeared in the image of Phil - Valery Filatov - one of four friends played by Sergei Bezrukov, Dmitry Dyuzhev and Pavel Maikov. In one of his interviews, Vladimir noted that he does not approve of his hero and his position in life, but he can be respected for his devotion to loved ones and loyalty to his ideals.

In parallel with his work in the “Brigade”, Vladimir Vdovichenkov also starred in the series “Citizen Chief”.

Next was the role of Kostya Kot in the films by Pyotr Buslov “Boomer” and “Boomer. The second film,” which secured the audience’s love for the actor.

To date, Vladimir Vdovichenkov has already played several dozen different roles in films. For example, in the film “Taras Bulba” he appeared in the image of Ostap, in the series “Once Upon a Time in Rostov” - the leader of a gang of Rostov “phantomas” Vyacheslav Tolstopyatov, in the film “August. Eighth" - the President of Russia.

The role of Dmitry Mikhailovich Seleznev in Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film “Leviathan,” released in 2014, was also significant. The film received many prizes, including the Golden Globe (for best foreign film), which became a big event in Russian cinema. Vdovichenkov’s partners on the set were Alexey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Anna Ukolova.

"Salyut-7"

One of the latest works is in Klim Shipenko’s drama “Salyut-7”. The actor got the main role - cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov. The film, based on real events, tells the story of the most heroic page in the history of space exploration.

1985 The Soviet space station Salyut 7 suddenly stops responding to signals from the mission control center. The fall of the station, the pride of Soviet science and cosmonautics, could result not only in the loss of the country’s image, but also in a tragedy with human casualties. To prevent a disaster, it is necessary to send specialists into orbit who can determine and eliminate the cause of the accident. For the first time in history, the crew had to dock in space with an uncontrollable object. The flight to the Salyut-7 station is still considered, from a technical point of view, the most difficult in the history of world astronautics.

20 minutes of outer space, 40 minutes of zero-gravity filming - this has never happened in any film before. Unique zero-gravity filming technologies were developed specifically for the film by cameraman Sergei Astakhov.

The ex-wife of Vladimir Vdovichenkov - Olga Filippova

They met in a theatrical environment and immediately liked each other. The amorous Vdovichenkov, who was always used to getting his way, began to court Olga. They dated for some time, and then a new stage began in their lives - Filippova’s pregnancy.

In 2005, she gave birth to a daughter, Veronica, but then something switched in Vladimir’s head, he had already married so many times and still to no avail. Shouldn't they live in a civil marriage? Apparently it was a cliche, since the couple lived together for 10 years, and then the actor left the family again. The ex-wife of Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Olga Filippova, is still offended by her former common-law husband, because he cheated on her.

Prizes and awards

• 2013 - Winner of the “Theatrical Star” award in the category “Best Supporting Actor” for the role of a retired hussar in the play “Eugene Onegin” (Vakhtangov Theater).
• 2012 - Honored Artist of Russia.
• 2012 - Moscow Mayor Prize in the field of literature and art.
• 2007 - winner of the Idol Award for his role in the film Boomer.
• 2006 - prize for “Best Leading Actor” at the XIV International Film Actors Festival “Constellation” for his role in the film “Time to Collect Stones.”
• 2006 - Honorary resident of the city of Gusev.
• 2003 - diploma for acting in professional cinema at the XXIII International VGIK Festival for his role in the film “Boomer”.

Direct speech

ABOUT MYSELF: “I have always played people who strive to change their lives at all costs. What am I? Quite calm. I can swim with the flow for a long time, but only to see the shore that I can go to. I think it's pointless to run up an escalator that's going down. It’s better to wait until he stops and get up.”

ABOUT WOMEN: “A woman should be beautiful. But the main thing is to be wise. She can be smart, educated, charming, even beautiful, but if she is not wise, everything goes down the drain. Wisdom is the ability not to stand in a pose, but to always find the only true path to a loved one, which will lead to creation and not to destruction.”

ABOUT THE ROLES IN “BRIGADA” AND “BOOMER”: “But if “Brigade” is about people who reached heights and paid terribly for it, then “Boomer” is about ordinary soldiers who want to survive. And survive as beautifully as possible. I won’t hide that Pyotr Buslov, the director of “Boomer,” had doubts about whether it was worth filming me after “Brigade.” But I miraculously managed to convince him that these two stories are completely different. True, the heroes end equally tragically...”

Based on materials from the sites: kinopoisk.ru, kino-teatr.ru, vokrug.tv, wikipedia.org, 24smi.org, vdovichenkov.ru, vakhtangov.ru, elle.ru.

Vdovichenkov took his wife away from his uncle

A few years later he died of an overdose

A few years later he died of an overdose

While preparing material for the anniversary of artist Vladimir VDOVICHENKOV, who recently celebrated his 40th birthday, we could not help but recall his life in his native Gusev, in the Kaliningrad region. It turned out that the residents of this city are not particularly eager to talk about their famous fellow countryman. There, Vovdon, as his youth friends called him, became known not only as an inveterate hooligan, but also as a real hero-lover.

“Who knows what would have happened to Vladimir if he had stayed in our city,” said Valentina Bogomolova , the mother of the actor’s friend. “He was not a bandit, but he walked around, on the edge.”

Vladimir Vdovichenkov’s father was a simple worker. After serving time in prison for fighting, he tried to raise his children in strictness. The locals nicknamed the man Beard for his thick facial hair.

“You’ll come to Vovka’s house, and he won’t go out for a walk until he feeds the rabbits,” recalls the artist’s school friend Vyacheslav Bogomolov . - If the homework is not done, it crashes - God forbid! The beard kept everyone in fear. And he died from some unknown disease. Doctors were never able to find out. He himself told the doctors that a rat in the barn bit him.

After the death of his father, his maternal uncle, Vladimir Leonov , became an authority for the future movie star. A professional sailor, he often went abroad, from where he brought fashionable things and fascinating stories.

“The age difference between my uncle and Vdovin was only four years,” shared the actor’s second cousin, Andrei Vdovichenkov . — Outwardly, uncle and nephew were like two peas in a pod. Both are stately, fair-haired. Even their friends often confused them. They did everything together: they drove cars stolen from Poland, and they went to discos.

We once met two charming sisters. And both fell for the eldest - the spectacular Victoria Natalukha .
And the girl could not make a choice between them. I hung out with one or the other. As soon as Vika became an adult, she married Vladimir Sr. But six months later she divorced and became the wife of his nephew.

— It was a troubled time. There were rumors that Limon, as Vladimir Leonov was called by his friends, was addicted to drugs,” said Andrei Vdovichenkov. “Vika didn’t like this very much - like any woman, she needed a reliable man.

Mysterious death

After the wedding, Natalukha and Vdovichenkov went to live in Murmansk - a guy who had by then graduated from the naval profession was assigned to the northern city. When her husband went sailing, Vika was left all alone in the wretched room they rented: there was nothing to eat, there was poverty and dirt all around. One day, tired of such a gloomy life, Natalukha decided to return to Gusev. Arriving home, she started dating Volodin’s uncle again. This is probably why the self-confident Vdovichenkov never recalled in an interview about his first wife, who cheated with his close relative.

“It was such a “Santa Barbara,” says Irina Khvalei , a relative of Natalukha. — Victoria divorced Vdovichenkov and remarried her uncle. She buried him a couple of years later. An examination showed that there was a high level of narcotic drugs in the blood. Some said that he was deliberately injected by local bandits when they were looking for the money that he and his nephew had brought from Lithuania. Others that myself...

The grief-stricken widow went to Ukraine to visit relatives. But she didn’t find happiness there and again ended up in Gusev, where she soon married a programmer. Over the years, everything improved for Vika: she gave birth to two children and opened an advertising agency. She doesn’t want to remember Vladimir Vdovichenkov.

Gusevskaya Sharon Stone

After breaking up with his first wife, Vladimir did not grieve for long. At the age of 21 he married Anna Koneva .

“She was a year younger than Vovka,” said Koneva’s classmate Andrei Shimko . - Outwardly she resembled Sharon Stone : large gray eyes and brown hair. The girl is not easy: she could stand up for herself - it was not in vain that she studied judo and athletics at the sports and creative center. Anya was faithful and did not forgive betrayals,” my interlocutor added meaningfully. — The wedding took place at the local Cosmos restaurant. We had fun all night.

A year after the wedding, Anna gave birth to a son, Leonid. For some time, the family lived happily in Koneva’s homeland in Baltiysk. And then sad news came from St. Petersburg - Anya’s grandmother died. According to the will, the housing went to Vdovichenkov’s wife. Volodya did not want to move to the Northern capital. And Anna and her son left. There I met a pleasant young man, the owner of a chain of gas stations. She still lives with him. And Vdovichenkov bought an old car, “put it back on its feet” and sold it for a higher price. With the proceeds he rushed to Moscow.

He pushed around there in various jobs - as a waiter at the Parisian Life restaurant, as a head waiter - and became a student at VGIK. Then he became close to a wealthy young lady, who became his third wife. And Vdovichenkov’s career took off. True, the marriage with Natalya Davydova did not last long.
“As Vovina’s mother told me, one day Natalya reproached her husband for coming home and not kissing her—they said he was starstruck. She literally said: “You forgot that you owe your success to my connections. If it weren’t for me, I would have remained a nobody,” recalls Valentina Bogomolova, the mother of Volodin’s classmate. - At this Vovik slammed the door and left forever.

After some time, he met a new love - actress Olga Filippova , who six years ago gave birth to Vdovichenkov’s daughter in a civil marriage.
Vladimir’s mother, who often comes to visit, helps the busy parents with the baby. The actor’s siblings also moved to the capital. “The last time Vovdon came to Gusev was about four years ago,” says friend Vyacheslav Bogomolov. - What should he do here? Just go to my father's grave. The parents' house is empty. Vovka at one time wanted to rebuild it into a restaurant, but so far he hasn’t gotten around to it. But, I heard that his relationship with his son has improved - at one time they did not communicate at all. Apparently, Anka was against it. Vovka, to celebrate Lenka, even bought an apartment - a gift for her coming of age.

Filmography: Actor

• From the Bottom of the Top (2017)
• Salyut-7 (2017)
• Optimists (2017), TV series
• House for rent with all the inconveniences (2016)
• Two (2016)
• Homeland (2014), TV series
• Departing Nature (2014), TV series
• Running for a Dream (2014)
• Leviathan (2014)
• Goodbye boys (2014), TV series
• Scouts (2013), TV series
• Close (2013)
• No rush (2012)
• Holiday in Lockdown (2012)
• Once upon a time in Rostov (2012), TV series
• White Guard (2012), TV series
• August. Eighth (2012)
• Kaleidoscope of Love /360/ (2011)
• Atonement (2010)
• If I loved you... (2010)
• Man at the Window (2009)
• Taras Bulba (2009)
• Kromov (2009)
• Forbidden Reality (2009)
• Exit (2009)
• Heavy Sand (2008), TV series
• Kink (2008), TV series
• Racketeer (2007)
• Paragraph 78: paragraph 2 (2007)
• Paragraph 78 (2007)
• Mymra (2007)
• Demons (2006), TV series
• The Seventh Day (2005)
• Time to Collect Stones (2005)
• Boomer. Film two (2005)
• Cadets (2004), TV series
• Stargazer (2004), TV series
• Anti-Boomer (2004)
• The Fifth Angel (2003), TV series
• Heaven and Earth (2003), TV series
• Kamenskaya-3 (2003), TV series
• Boomer (2003)
• Hot Saturday (2002)
• Brigade (2002), TV series
• Citizen Chief (2001), TV series
• April (2001)
• Turkish March (season 1) (2000), TV series
• Border. Taiga Romance (2000), TV series
• Artist and Image Master (2000)
• The President and his granddaughter (1999)

Vladimir Vdovichenkov now

In 2016, the artist starred in two films called “A House for Rent with All the Inconveniences” and “Two.” In the spring of 2017, Channel One presented another project with the participation of Vdovichenkov - “Optimists”, in which he played the main character - department head Biryukov.

In the same year, filming of the film “Salyut-7” was completed, in which he got the role of cosmonaut Dzhanibekov. Viewers saw it in the fall of 2017 and appreciated it. The next project with the artist’s participation was the film “Teachers”, where Vdovichenkov’s partners were Dmitry Mazurov, Irina Starshenbaum, Anna Kotova-Deryabina.