Actor Grigory Gladiy: biography, photo

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Grigoriy Gladiy is a talented Ukrainian actor who can be seen in many famous films and series. “X-Men: Days of Future Past”, “Only “Old Men”, “Red Violin”, “Ugly Swans”, “Invictus” are just a few of the famous paintings with his participation. What can be said about the actor besides this?

Grigory Gladiy: the beginning of the journey

The actor was born in the Ternopil region (Ukraine). It happened in December 1954. Grigory Gladiy was brought up in an ordinary family. There are no movie stars among his relatives. The first years of the boy's life were spent in Khorostkov. Already in childhood, Grisha realized that he wanted to connect his life with dramatic art.

After graduating from school, the guy entered the Kyiv Institute named after Karpenko-Kary, received a diploma in 1976.

Work in the theater

Grigory Gladiy played his first roles in his student years. After graduating from the institute, the young man joined the creative team of the Taras Shevchenko Drama Theater, which he soon left for the sake of the Kyiv Youth Theater.

Grigory started with the performance of episodic and minor roles, quickly enough got into the ranks of the leading actors. Then he wanted to test his strength as a director. Gladiy's debut in this area was the play "The Steadfast Prince", the plot of which was borrowed from the work of the famous playwright Calderon. Unfortunately, his first production was not censored and was banned from showing.

The anti-Soviet views of the actor and director led to the fact that he became the object of persecution by the authorities. This forced him to spend several years in Lithuania, where he was sheltered by director Jonas Vaitkus. As a result, Grigory Gladiy ended up in Moscow. He entered GITIS and began performing at the theater of Anatoly Vasiliev. The talented young man had his first fans, but he dreamed of more.

First roles

For the first time actor Grigory Gladiy was on the set in 1973. The young man made his debut in the famous military drama “Only “old men” go into battle. He failed to attract public interest, as he played an unnamed second lieutenant who only appears in an episode.

The actor liked the work on the set, he began to actively act in films. In the film "Dudariki" Grigory embodied the image of the chieftain, in the film "Return of the Butterfly" he got the role of the writer Vasily Stefanik. "From the Bug to the Vistula", "The Life of the Holy Sisters", "Such a Late, Such a Warm Autumn", "Overcoming", "Lost in the Sands" - Gladiy's filmography was actively replenished.

Moving

In the early 90s, the actor visited the Canadian cityMontreal, played one of the leading roles in the play "Invitation to the Execution". G. Gladiy liked life in Canada, in connection with which he refused to return to Russia. A few years later, the actor managed to obtain citizenship.

It cannot be said that Gregory's career went into decline after moving to Canada. The actor flatly refused to change his profession, which he did not have to regret. He began to offer small roles in foreign films and serials. For example, the star can be seen in the television project "Her name was Nikita", in the film "X-Men: Days of Future Past". From time to time, he also starred in Russian and Ukrainian films and TV series. Therefore, he does not have to sit without work.

What else to see?

Grigory Gladiy, whose photo can be seen in the article, starred in many famous films and TV shows. The list of those that deserve attention in the first place is presented below:

• tragicomedy "The Chameleon Game" (1986);
• films "Music for December" (1995);
• sci-fi film "Renegade" (1987);
• melodrama "Memories without a date" (1990);
• military-historical drama "Invictus" (2000);
• thriller "Ugly Swans" (2006);
• fantasy film "Night at Summer Sunset" (2011)

In 2016, the military-historical picture "Occupation" with the participation of the actor was released.