Balakirev Konstantin: promising supporting actor

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Balakirev Konstantin is a young promising Russian actor. During his eight-year career, he managed to play in 29 films and gain popularity with the audience.

Biography Facts

A bit of information is known about the actor's family and childhood. He was born in Moscow on May 25, 1980. After leaving school, he joined the army. He fought in Chechnya, was awarded an order for courage. In 2001, Konstantin Balakirev decided to master acting and entered the B. Shchukin Theater Institute. Studied on the course of Yuri Shlykov. In 2006, after graduating from the institute, Aleksey Balabanov turned his attention to a promising young graduate.

The actor does not talk about his personal life, practically does not give interviews, rarely appears at social events, he is completely captured by the magic of cinema. This is not surprising, for 8 years of his career, Konstantin played in twenty-nine films. His filming schedule is very tight, despite the fact that many of his roles are secondary.

Start at the movies

In 2007 Alexey Balabanov's ambiguous picture "Cargo 200" came out. This story is based on real events, so the author spurred interestto your masterpiece. As Balabanov himself assures, all these events were in real life, he personally encountered something, friends told something. He "blinded" them into one movie. Many talented megastars of Russian cinema refused to participate in the film, but the script did not alienate the young Konstantin Balakirev, but, on the contrary, touched it with its scandalousness. He was invited to the role of Kolya Gorbunov, the corpse of a soldier from Afghanistan, brought in a zinc coffin. The young actor played it so believably that many viewers and critics thought it was a mannequin.

In 2007, another picture was released with the participation of Balakirev. This time, he was approved for the episodic role of Kepka in Valery Todorovsky's film "Vise".

The next picture became a star for the young actor. Director Valery Todorovsky decided to shoot the musical "Dandies". Balakirev Konstantin enchantingly transforms into the reckless Dryn. His character was remembered by the audience, and the actor began to be recognized on the streets.

Work in series

Balakirev Konstantin Nikolaevich is mainly involved in the series. Fortunately, the domestic film industry produces them in huge quantities. So, in 2007, the actor played the character of Okhryatin in the mega-popular series "Liquidation".

In 2008, the role of Gesha Vagin in the TV series "Nobody But Us" followed. In the film "Isaev" Balakirev brought to life a small episodic role of a border guard. From 2007 to 2014, the actor took part in more than twentyserials. His roles were episodic, but ambiguous and colorful. Konstantin in each of them tried to reveal his hero as much as possible. In 2013, the actor played Andrei Petrishchev in the Ashes series.

In 2014, in the series "Bear Grip" Balakierev Konstantin played a supporting role. Soon the series will be broadcast on one of the country's channels.

Territory

Konstantin Balakirev is an actor who has not yet revealed his potential. Despite numerous roles, his big screen debut is yet to come. In 2014, the actor was lucky enough to play in one of the most significant projects of 2014 - the film "Territory". The picture tells about the work of geologists and the search for gold in the Far North. Balakirev masterfully embodied the role of a gold digger named Kefir. A year and a half in extreme conditions, the shooting of a new Russian film masterpiece based on the novel by Oleg Kuvaev lasted. Actors in their own skin felt all the delights of life in the cold. Filming took place even in those reserved places where no human foot has set foot.

As Konstantin himself admits, working with such a galaxy of Russian film stars has become an invaluable experience for him. He did not play his character, but lived.