Viktor Sukhorukov: I’m not gay, I’m not impotent and I’m not shell-shocked!

Biography

Viktor Sukhorukov was born on November 10, 1951 into an ordinary family in the city of Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Region. “Parents are factory people. Mom is a weaver, father is a car cleaner. A gray, tedious, tedious life, and that’s how they spent it all. I decorated my world, drew, fantasized, painted, composed, invented. I was a home child. I sat at home, made outfits for dolls from candy wrappers, and drew them with chalk on the asphalt of houses. Mom wanted me to be an assistant foreman in a factory or, at worst, a mechanic. She told me that the acting world is not our world. It’s all about connections there.” In 1970 he graduated from gymnasium No. 14 in Orekhovo-Zuevo. Served in the Soviet army. He worked for several years at the Orekhovo-Zuevskaya weaving factory. In 1974 he entered GITIS. In 1978, Viktor Sukhorukov graduated from GITIS (course of V.P. Ostalsky, teacher - L. Knyazeva).

After graduating from GITIS, at the invitation of Pyotr Fomenko, he went to Leningrad to the Comedy Theater named after N.P. Akimov, where he was approved for the main role in the play “Good, Okay, Good” based on the works of Vasily Belov. “I was Fomenko’s favorite. He loved and tolerated me. Head the troupe ran after me with a bottle shouting: “Drink ammonia!”, and I, running away, shouted: “I won’t, I’m already sober!” Ammonia drank only from the hands of Pyotr Fomenko. When Pyotr Naumovich left, they kicked me out for drunkenness, dismissing me under the “wolf” clause - without the right to get a job for six months. I had to go to work outside my profile. He was a dishwasher, a loader, and a bread cutter. It was a long time ago - in 1982. Then I wandered, fornicated, drank, and became a parasite.”

After 25 years, Viktor Sukhorukov left St. Petersburg, the actor returned to Moscow. “I left St. Petersburg, went nowhere, abandoned everything, got scared. He went to his place in Orekhovo-Zuevo. Menshikov found out that I had quit the academic theater, got hold of my phone number somewhere, called and invited me to work. I’m back where I’m most needed today.”

Early years, childhood and family of Viktor Sukhorukov

Viktor Sukhorukov was born on November 10, 1951 in the town of Orekhovo-Zuevo near Moscow. Already in childhood, our today's hero began to show interest in creative professions. He strived for self-realization, and therefore began performing on the theater stage at the age of 12. At first, he participated in school productions, as well as in semi-amateur performances that were staged in the acting studio, which he attended at that time. However, very soon Viktor Sukhorukov began to dream of more serious heights.

As a fifth-grade student, our today's hero first came to Moscow, where he took part in the first screen tests in his life. That time the role went to some other guy. However, the young actor did not even think of giving up.

Viktor Sukhorukov spent his childhood in the Moscow region

Three years later, having just finished eighth grade, he applied to the circus school and successfully passed the entrance examination. But they still didn’t take him to study, suggesting that he come to the casting two years later, after receiving complete secondary education. However, Viktor Sukhorukov no longer appeared at this educational institution.

Having finally received the coveted high school diploma, our today's hero again went to Moscow. But he returned home again disappointed. Due to his not the most artistic appearance, Sukhorukov was not accepted to study at the Moscow Art Theater School. Therefore, the young actor had to go into the army for two years.

During his military service, Victor took an active part in the activities of the local amateur soldiers' club. Performing on stage continued to give him great pleasure, but the hope of entering a theater university continued to slowly melt away in the soul of the young actor.

Having served his term, Viktor Sukhorukov returned to Orekhovo-Zuevo, where he got a job at a local weaving factory. In this place, our today's hero spent another two years of his life. The painstaking and monotonous work did not give the actor much pleasure. Every morning he woke up with the thought that he would very soon leave his unloved job. However, despite this, he waited, waited, waited, waited...

Viktor Sukhorukov managed to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an actor only in 1974. Without really hoping for anything, the actor prepared his favorite excerpt from the play and went to take exams at GITIS. The competition, as always, was simply huge. But the talented guy still managed to get in.

He was accepted into V. Ostalsky’s course, which our today’s hero graduated from several years later.

Theater

Leningrad State Academic Comedy Theater named after N.P. Akimov (1979-1983) “Good. OK. Good” V. Belov - Kuzma Egorovich; “Characters” V. Shukshin - Andrey Erin; “Terkin in the Other World” A. Tvardovsky - soldier; “The Tale of the Forest of Arden” Y. Kim - Guillaume; “There will be no Trojan War” by A. Giraudoux - Eunuch; “Mill of Happiness” V. Mereshko - second brother; “Clavier for those starting a career” M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin - Svistikov; “My Cherry Orchard” A. Slapovsky - Viktor Rozov; “Lovers” by C. Goldoni - Ridolfo.

Leningrad State Theater named after. Lenin Komsomol (1987-1993) “Toastmaster” A. Galin - Uncle Mitya; “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” opera extravaganza by S. Banevich and N. Denisov - Mole; “The Marriage of Belugin” A. Ostrovsky and N. Soloviev - Prokhor; “Dragon” E. Schwartz – Cat; “Children of Paradise” J. Prevert - Theater Director; “Long live stupidity!”; “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare - Corinne the Shepherd.

Leningrad State Drama Theater “On Liteiny” (1994-1995) “Kremlin chimes, or Come to us some years later...” A. Tigai - New Man.

State Academic Comedy Theater named after N.P. Akimov (1995-2000) “ Clavier for those starting a career” M. Saltykov-Shchedrin - Svistikov; “My Cherry Orchard” A. Slapovsky - Viktor Rozov; “Give me America!!!” (“Elephant”) A. Kopkov - Ivan Davydych; “Lovers” by C. Goldoni – Ridolfo; “The Country Wife” W. Wycherley is a healer.

Theater agency "BOGIS" (2000) " The Little Prince" by A. Saint-Exupery - pilot, king, ambitious, drunkard, businessman.

Theater Partnership 814 (2002) “ Players” N.V. Gogol - landowner Michal Aleksandrovich Glov and official from the order Zamukhryshkin.

Vakhtangov Theater (2003) “ Lear” by W. Shakespeare - a jester.

Theater agency "BOGIS" (2003) " The Man from the Restaurant" by Ivan Shmelev - waiter Skorokhodov.

Mossovet Theater (2010, 2014) “ The Kingdom of Father and Son” based on A.K. Tolstoy - Tsarevich, then Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich; "R. R.R.” (based on the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”) - Porfiry Petrovich; “Roman Comedy (Dion)” after L.G. Zorin - Emperor Domitian.

Theater on Malaya Bronnaya (2011) “ Tartuffe” (based on J.-B. Moliere) - Tartuffe (holy saint).

Theater (2012) “The Eldest Son” by A. Vampilov - Andrey Grigorievich Sarafanov.

Green serpent

Since 1987, Victor was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Comedy Theater. Sukhorukov moved to the capital of culture and art and became one of the best actors. His most successful and striking works on the stage were roles in the plays “Characters”, “The Mill of Happiness”, “Good. OK. Fine.". There were many roles, he was recognized and loved during four years of work, but alcohol ruined everything.

Since 1982, the actor began to regularly miss rehearsals because his mind was in a hazy state of alcoholic intoxication. Thus, he was expelled from the troupe and his career was in jeopardy.

Actor Viktor Sukhorukov, whose filmography began in 1983, starred in tiny cameo roles to earn money for food. But the income was not enough, so he quit filming and got a job washing dishes in a cafe, as a loader in a store, and as a bread slicer in a bakery.

When the man realized that he was simply wasting his life in vain, he quit drinking and began attending auditions for theaters. Our hero was accepted into the Lenin Komsomol Theater, and in 1995 he even managed to get back onto the stage of his first comedy theater.

Movie

For more than ten years (from 1978 to 1989), the artist appeared in episodic roles. Only in 1990, Viktor Sukhorukov was invited to play the main role in the comedy “Sideburns.” This film received the Fipressi IFF prize in San Sebastian. In 1991, he played in Alexei Balabanov’s parable “Happy Days.” After this, the actor filmed more than once with the famous director and screenwriter Balabanov. Real fame came to Sukhorukov after the release of the crime film “Brother” directed by Alexei Balabanov. The artist got the role of the older brother of the hero Sergei Bodrov Jr. - the hired killer Viktor Bagrov. In 2000, the sequel to the cult film “Brother-2” was released.

In 2003, the actor starred in two historical projects: “The Golden Age” and “Poor, Poor Pavel.” The role of Pavel brought the artist three awards at once: two for Best Actor and one in the Best Actor category.

In the drama “The Island” (2006) by Pavel Lungin, Viktor Sukhorukov played one of the main roles - Father Filaret. In the series “Furtseva” (2011), the actor appeared in the image of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev. In Stanislav Govorukhin’s psychological detective story “Weekend” (2013), the actor took on the role of investigator Viktor Ivanovich Makovsky.

The actor’s filmography includes more than a hundred works. One of the latest is a role in the drama “Paradise” by Andrei Konchalovsky.

The difficult path to a diploma

After graduating from eight years of school, Viktor Sukhorukov, whose filmography he had already dreamed of everywhere, applied to study at a circus school.

The entrance exams were easy for him, but the management, looking at the document on incomplete secondary education, refused to accept him. They told me to come back in a couple of years, when I have my certificate in hand.

But two years later, Viktor Sukhorukov went to Moscow to get an acting rather than a circus education. The administration did not like the applicant’s appearance; they said that a different type was needed to play in films and on stage. This was a real blow for Victor - is the path to the world of cinema and spotlights really closed for him?

After a short period of idleness, he was drafted into the army. There the soldier and born actor Viktor Sukhorukov again appeared on stage. He played in all army productions, delighted and made the audience laugh.

After the army I had to get a job. The place of work was a weaving factory in his native town near Moscow, where Victor stayed for two years. At night he realized that he hated his job, and, waking up early one morning, he went to Moscow. He had long ago prepared an excerpt of the play for the entrance exam to the theater institute.

Arriving at GITIS, Sukhorukov did not hope for luck, he simply decided to test his strength for the last time. But to Yuri’s surprise, he was accepted without any hint of plastic surgery! It was in 1974, and Victor was already 23 years old.

Interesting Facts

• Viktor Sukhorukov learned to embroider on a hoop many years ago. “When I quit smoking, it was the most difficult stage in my life. I collected my thoughts for two years, filled the mouthpieces with cotton wool, and when I was ready to quit, I suddenly grabbed this hoop, bought floss threads and began to embroider buttercup flowers.”
• In the winter of 2002, he was invited to England to play the role of one of the villains in the twentieth James Bond film, “Die Another Day,” but was forced to refuse, since the filming schedule offered to him conflicted with the schedule of Oleg Menshikov’s play “The Players.”​
• Viktor Sukhorukov is an honorary citizen of his hometown. On September 9, 2020, to mark the 65th anniversary of the People’s Artist, a bronze monument to the famous fellow countryman was erected in Orekhovo-Zuevo.

Sukhorukov admitted that he is not gay and not impotent

Despite the fact that Viktor Sukhorukov made his debut on the silver screen exactly 20 years ago, he became known to a wide audience only in the late 90s, after starring in the films “Alchemists”, “Antikiller”, “Brother” and “Brother-2” with Sergei Bodrov. He was not in demand in Soviet cinema. He was not even allowed on the threshold of Lenfilm. He is not like everyone else - a black sheep. They called me to Hollywood, but I refused. But now he is one of the most fashionable and sought-after actors and an indispensable participant in all fashionable film parties. Sukhorukov is a particularly frequent guest in Yalta. For an interview, we met with him in the lobby of the Yalta Intourist Hotel. Having settled down in soft leather chairs, we began a conversation, which was interrupted every now and then by local priestesses of love. The girls asked the star for an autograph, handing him dollar bills.

- I can envy you. Perhaps only US presidents and you easily leave their own pen strokes on dollars.

“I tell them: “There is a bad sign - there will be no money!” And they laugh: “They will!” They will!” Yes, in general, this city of Yalta is expensive.

“During a drinking session, Makovetsky pawned me”

- Victor, are you taking care of yourself? Admit it, how do you manage to stay in great shape?

— I work, and most importantly, I love my profession. I know that I am needed, in demand, interesting. I want to correspond to the time, the rhythm of time, I want to be needed by people - and this mobilizes everything. Then I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t take the elevator!

- I do not drink? And I heard that at one time they really liked to kiss the bottle?

- It was so long ago! 1997-98. It was on the set of Alexei Balabanov’s “About Freaks and People.” The picture he took between "Brothers". He first directed “Brother”, then “About Freaks and People”, and then “Brother-2” appeared. This film is about vice. It's very stylish and very pornographic - there was a lot of scandal around it. It is about the fact that every person is subject to vice: of any class, religion, culture. So I played a rare scoundrel. I HATED the role so I started drinking. I came to the site, poured vodka into a kefir bag and walked around drinking it all day. Everything was very serious. I ended up in a psychiatric clinic, the famous Bekhterevka, and from there I went to filming. But that was a very long time ago, and today it’s not so interesting to me. This problem does not exist for me today. Unfortunately!

- Unfortunately?

- Because drunkards are more interesting to you. By the way, do you know who pawned me? (smiling.) Makovetsky . No one would have guessed how drunk Sukhorukov got.

And Makovetsky took me and pawned me. Here, of course, I was stupid because I was drunk: I started stirring the kefir with a spoon. And when they asked me: “Why are you bothering me?” I answered: “Tea,” everyone was surprised: “What kind of tea, you have kefir there” (laughs). That's how it got burned.

“Mom wanted me to become a mechanic”

— In my opinion, you are an actor not by vocation, but by life. How did you become an artist - a boy from Orekhovo-Zuevo, and suddenly become an actor...

“You can call me both a black sheep and an ugly duckling, because I was not my mother’s son.” Nothing in the house, and in my upbringing, and in life, and in my city - nothing disposed me to become an actor. Everyday, gray, factory, drunk. Parents are factory people. Mom is a weaver, father is a car cleaner. A gray, tedious, tedious life, and that’s how they spent it all. I decorated my world, drew, fantasized, painted, composed, invented. I was a home child. I sat at home, made outfits for dolls from candy wrappers, and drew them with chalk on the asphalt of houses.

Mom wanted me to be an assistant foreman at a factory or, at worst, a mechanic. She told me that the acting world is not our world. It's all about cronyism, there's debauchery, there's fucking, there's drugs.

— Was she right?

- I don’t think so, I haven’t encountered this. This has never happened in my life. My alcoholism has nothing to do with this theatrical and cinematic world. I drank beyond this world. And, by the way, I learned this at one time in Orekhovo-Zuevo, of course.

— Have you been dabbling in alcohol since childhood?

- Why since childhood? I started drinking late - after the army. I was a non-drinking child. I was not a quiet child, I was artistic. I dressed up, played tricks, and read poetry on a stool. All my characters and images were invented by me: the ears of one character, the nose of another. I animated and voiced these characters myself.

When I entered GITIS, my mother cried a lot. I couldn't stand it either. But she forgave me for my stubbornness. She was against it until the last moment. She did not support my aspirations, did not give me money for the train to Moscow. When I brought her a certificate from the institute that “Vitya Sukhorukov is enrolled in the first year of the acting department of a Moscow university,” she began to cry. I think it was her weakness, her failure. With these tears she agreed that my dreams have the right to life. She even said a phrase when I exclaimed to her: “Here, mother, read - I’m a 1st year student!” - “Finally, f... your mother, it’s high time!”, and she began to cry. She didn't see my success. She died of stomach cancer when I was in my second year. She didn’t even see me as a student, because when I went to Moscow to study, I very rarely came to Orekhovo, although it was very close - 95 kilometers along the road that Venechka Erofeev in his book “Moscow-Petushki”.

“When Fomenko left, I was fired from the theater”

— How did life bring you from Moscow to St. Petersburg?

— By distribution, or rather, by invitation of the great director Pyotr Fomenko . The then rebel, dissident, fighter. He was offered the position of chief director at a comedy theater, and we came as students with bales on our shoulders to show off our talents. He paid attention to me and sent a telegram that he was inviting me to the main role. I, a 26-year-old guy, is offered the main role of old man Yegorych based on the works of Vasily Belov . And I'm in the HR department. He outsmarted everyone, deceived him, took his diploma and left for a city he had never been to.

I was Fomenko's favorite. He loved and tolerated me. Head the troupe ran after me with a bottle shouting: “Drink ammonia!”, and I, running away, shouted: “I won’t, I’m already sober!” Ammonia drank only from the hands of Pyotr Fomenko. When Pyotr Naumovich left, they kicked me out for drunkenness, dismissing me under the “wolf” clause - without the right to get a job for six months. I had to go to work outside my profile. He was a dishwasher, a loader, and a bread cutter. It was a long time ago - in 1982. I then wandered, fornicated, drank, parasitized.

And 25 years later I left St. Petersburg. Rather, even I did not leave St. Petersburg, I returned to Moscow. All these 25 years I lived as if out of suitcases. I have not become attached to St. Petersburg. Maybe that’s why I was recognized by St. Petersburg, but not treated kindly. He accepted me, but did not register me.

— Where did you live in St. Petersburg?

— I lived in a communal apartment. The last 10 years in a one-room apartment in the center. I didn’t play much, but I was a prominent figure in the city. My life outside of St. Petersburg - in Moscow and in cinema - developed rapidly, violently, unexpectedly for me.

— Have you ever had depression in your life?

- Never! I was a grated roll. A man tired of life, overboard, but hardened! Although no, there were. True, it is not dangerous. I am not a suicidal person, because I love life. I never planned to commit suicide and consider it a sin and the most stupid thing to do. This will not surprise anyone, but will only cause irritation and contempt. These qualities can also be evoked in a living form. True, you know, I'm more of a masochist than a sadist. Probably it’s nature, I love to suffer, but tormenting others is criminal for me. I'm a Scorpio chewing on myself. So, they knocked me off the question - they asked a question and did not let me answer it.

- We talked about St. Petersburg...

- A-ah-ah! I left St. Petersburg, went nowhere, abandoned everything, got scared. He went to his place in Orekhovo-Zuevo. Menshikov found out that I had quit the academic theater, got hold of my phone number somewhere, called and invited me to work. I'm back where I'm most needed today.

“When I quit smoking, I learned to embroider”

— Menshikov also helped you with housing, got you an apartment?

— I live very well now, in a two-room apartment on Mira Avenue, in good repair. I remember when I first moved in, there was a lot of hype around my apartment. Allegedly, after redevelopment, half the house collapsed in my apartment, which collapsed my retired neighbors below... This is all untrue. I did not alter, damage or break anything. Nothing collapsed. The journalists of one of the publications took revenge on me because I refused an interview.

— Do you support the thesis “my home is my fortress”?

“Home has always been a refuge for me. I believe that every person should have a hole, a refuge, a refuge where he can not be ashamed of himself. For me, my home is a fortress, a refuge, a hut, and a raspberry - all together. Although I don’t indulge in debauchery and noisy orgies!

By the way, I took care of the arrangement of my home myself.. I have a penchant for needlework. Although this is more likely not an inclination - it was a necessity. When I quit smoking, I looked for something to do with my hands. I had a round hoop hanging, which I bought in Chelyabinsk in order to make a photo frame. It didn’t get to the frame - somehow I reached a critical moment. I starred at the Odessa Film Studio in the film “The Lame Do Not Go First” in the early 90s with Mikhail Katz . I arrive in Simferopol and suddenly discover that my sports bag is half filled with Belomor, and the other half with medicines for stomach ulcers. I was then surprised and very indignant that I had nowhere to put the thermos. It was then that I promised myself to quit smoking. And with just this decision I freed my sports bag from both cigarettes and medications. But when I quit smoking, it was the most difficult stage in my life. I collected my thoughts for two years, filled the mouthpieces with cotton wool, and when I was ready to quit, I suddenly grabbed this hoop, bought floss threads and began to embroider buttercup flowers in my little garden. I added more butterflies and birds, and as a result, I managed to get out. Nobody taught me this. It helped! Interesting! Today I do this extremely rarely - only on December 32nd. I still have my first picture hanging in a frame at home when I started. I look at her with pleasure, and everyone is surprised that I did this. It looks like a candy wrapper.

— Are you also an expert in cooking?

- Well, probably not now. I used to love doing this. Probably from a hungry childhood. I loved to fantasize about leftovers. One egg, half an onion, a spoonful of vermicelli - what can you make from this? I modeled the most complex dishes. It turned out delicious.

- You are already over 50, and you are all single...

— Between acting or marriage, I would choose the first. It happened... I have never been married, although I am not gay, impotent or shell-shocked. Or maybe both and the third - but again, this is a topic for another conversation. Everyone has the right to think this way precisely because I live a little abnormally. Of course, I planted a tree. Maybe my little boy with my eyes is running around somewhere. Maybe not alone. But in the civil, public understanding, in the normal understanding - “like people” - it did not happen. And who knows how to do it. Maybe my life is that norm, only someone came up with the idea that I should have a wife nearby... What if I don’t like it when people snore, fart and push their heels?!

I have another example on this matter. If my life as a little guy is not normal, what is normal is when people, after living for 25 years, jump out from under the blanket and get divorced, declaring publicly: “They don’t get along!” This is fine? That's where the depravity is!

- What about a glass of water in old age?

- We'll figure it out! We should wait. Let's drink from our palms.

— At one time you often appeared in public with your nephew...

— I am raising Vanya. He doesn't have a father. He died from drug addiction. He is the son of my dear, bloodiest, most beloved younger sister Galina.

“Negative characters are more interesting to play”

— Isn’t it a shame that before “Brother” you had many roles, but only after this picture did the whole country recognize you?

- What's bad? As it happened, it happened. The main thing is what happened. Tens of thousands of actors and actresses live, remain in obscurity, vegetating in small-town theaters in Mukhosranski, and then the time, place, and situation coincided. I say frankly, without coquetry, this is probably not my merit. I was talented yesterday, and I will remain talented tomorrow - I’m sure of that. There were interesting works before, but it so happened that it was with this painting that I became famous. I'm proud that this happened.

— Has life changed much after “Brother”?

- No, they just learn more and smile more often.

— In your luggage there are mostly negative heroes. Aren't you tired of playing scum and scum?

- Someone has to play them. And I am good at this. I dream of other roles, although I had positive, cute characters, but the films did not receive the same resonance. The negative role of the negative role is discord. Whatever you call it, or shit, it’s more interesting to play such heroes.

— What kind of relationship did you have with Sergei Bodrov?

“We were friends, I can’t say anything more.” When I learned about the tragedy that had happened to him on TV, I locked myself in and didn’t leave the house for three days. Cried, sobbed (smiling.) Didn’t answer phone calls. Every media outlet called me, right down to the Los Angeles Times. Apparently they wanted some words, but I had no right to do so.

- Even when talking about such tragic things, do you smile?

- What tastes better - a sour apple or a sweet one? At one point I understood. Boring, sour, angry, touchy, complaining, no one needs me, I’m not interesting. They will feel sorry for such people, smack their lips, and leave. And when you are cheerful, cheerful, passionate, with humor, when you don’t need anything from humanity, but you are open to it, people are drawn to such people. Such people are needed. I want to be a generator, not a brake on a good mood.

— Isn’t it scary to be different from everyone else?

— My whole life is a brilliant, cool game, and I don’t hide it. Everything that is abnormal is either a disease or a game. I can turn into a buffoon, a fool, an asshole, but I know that this is a show that is interesting and people watch it. I don't want to be a snob or a bore. The only thing I came up with myself in my image was to be honest. Even with your brother, a journalist. Although some people tell me: “Vit, you can suffer from your own frankness and sincerity. Be careful!". “Fuck you...” I answer. If I compose and invent, you will be the first to catch me in my lies and you will whip me with my lies.

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Awards and prizes

Honored Artist of Russia (2002) People's Artist of Russia (2008) Order of Friendship (2011)

Best actor of the year in Estonia (1998, for the role of Lenin in the film “All My Lenins”). Twice winner of the CF “Constellation” (1992, 1994). Prize for the best performance of a male role in the film “Not by Bread Alone” at the XII Russian film festival “Literature and Cinema” (2006). White Elephant Award from the Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics of Russia (For Best Supporting Actor) in the film “Island” (2006). Golden Eagle Award - For Best Supporting Actor in the film “The Island” (2006). Nika Award - For Best Supporting Actor, film “The Island” (2006). Prize “Golden Griffin” - For talent and popular recognition within the framework of the XVI International St. Petersburg Festival of Festivals (2008). Golden Eagle Award - For Best Supporting Actor in the film Porridge (2011).

Based on materials from the sites: kino-teatr.ru, 24smi.org, eg.ru, wikipedia.org, 7days.ru, moya-semya.ru, uznayvse.ru, peoples.ru, iskusstvo.tv, vokrug.tv

Works in cinema

Viktor Sukhorukov, whose filmography could have begun at school age if he had passed the first casting in the fifth grade, persistently and for a long time achieved his desired goal. He was not stopped by a series of failures during admission. Later, cinema nevertheless opened its doors wide to him, and the audience fell in love with Viktor Sukhorukov.

The actor's filmography includes more than eighty films, so we will not list everything. His main achievements were roles in such films as:

• "Brother";
• "Brother 2";
• "Blind Man's Bluff";
• "Exile";
• “Oatmeal” (for the role of the father of “Stork” the actor received the “Golden Eagle” and “Nick”);
• "Love is Evil";
• "Alchemists";
• "Antikiller";
• "The Binge Theory";
• "Apothegeum";
• "Atonement" and many other films.

This year, a new film with Victor’s participation, “Dima,” was released. We hope that this is not the last work of the actor.

FILMOGRAPHY: ACTOR

• Godunov (2018), TV series
• I'm going to save people (2018)
• Dima (2018)
• Paradise (2016)
• Security (2015)
• Orleans (2015)
• Heavenly Camel (2015)
• Smile on Us, Lord (2014)
• Mystery of the Dark Room (2014)
• The Seventh Rune (2014), TV series
• Dolly the Sheep Was Evil and Died Early (2014)
• Diary of a First Grader's Mom (2014)
• 22 minutes (2014)
• Weekend (2013)
• The path of the leader. Fire river. Iron Mountain (2013)
• New life (2013), TV series
• Apothegeus (2013), TV series
• 22 minutes (2013)
• Kingdom of Father and Son (2011), film-play
• Furtseva (2011), TV series
• Atonement (2011)
• Hearts of Four (2010)
• The best movie-3 (2010)
• Oatmeal (2010)
• Little Hunchback (2010)
• Depth (2010)
• Hamlet (2010)
• Sonny (2009)
• Rockers (2009)
• Pussycat (2009)
• Passenger (2008)
• Guilty without guilt (2008)
• The Best Time of the Year (2007)
• Bold Days (2007)
• Propaganda brigade “Beat the enemy!” (2007)
• Pushkin. The Last Duel (2006)
• Island (2006)
• Satisfaction (2005), TV series
• First after God (2005)
• Ataman (2005), TV series
• Not by Bread Alone (2005)
• Zhmurki (2005)
• Night Seller (2005)
• Players (2005), teleplay
• Goddess: How I fell in love (2004)
• Exile (2004)
• Shiza (2004)
• Shukshin's stories (2004)
• Poor Poor Pavel (2003)
• Theatrical Romance (2003)
• Golden Age (2003)
• Desired (2003), TV series
• The Tale of Fedot the Archer (2002)
• Special forces in Russian (2002), TV series
• Antikiller (2002)
• Truckers (2001 - 2007), TV series
• Brother-2 (2000)
• Binge Theory (2002)
• Alchemists (2000)
• Gangster Petersburg (2000)
• Love is Evil (1999)
• Cops 12 (1998)
• About Freaks and People (1998)
• Brother (1997)
• All my Lenins (1997)
• Town: Town at the Bluff Club (1997)
• Tough Man (1996)
• Operation Happy New Year (1996)
• Castle (1994)
• The Life and Adventures of Four Friends 5 (1993)
• High Security Comedy (1993)
• Prisoners of Fortune (1993)
• Year of the Dog (1993)
• Key (1992)
• Darkness (1992)
• Happy Days (1991)
• Tough Man (1991)
• Austrian Field (1990)
• Sideburns (1990)
• Presumed Innocent (1988)
• Gunpowder (1985)
• Makar the Explorer (1984)
• Jewelry Making (1983)
• Preventive measure (1983)
• Magic Black and White (1983)
• With and without you (1973)

Film "Sideburns"

Director Yuri Mamin invited him to play the main role in the grotesque comedy “Whiskers.” The all-knowing assistant director V. N. Studennikov recommended him “a talented madman about whom no one knows.”

And the film was a success. Bold, bold, funny, with philosophical overtones. Sukhorukov was lucky with the role; he might not have gotten it. After all, Dmitry Pevtsov and Sergei Koltakov abandoned her the day before.

The actor perceives the film “Whiskers” as a milestone in his development. Previously, he had not even seriously considered cinema as a field of his activity.

While filming with director Mamin, Viktor Ivanovich felt his relevance as an actor, his responsibility for his overall work as a professional. There is no trace left of the former laxity. Now he always went on the set charged with creativity, internally collected and sober.