Aleksey Kravchenko: filmography and biography of the actor

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Popular Russian actor, well known to viewers. Created many bright and original images in the national cinema.

Childhood and adolescence

On October 10, 1969, an ordinary boy was born in the city of Saratov, who was destined for an amazing fate.

Father left the family early, so Alexei was raised by one mother. She had a hard time with him. The boy liked to play pranks. Suffice it to say that already in the first grade, Alexei Kravchenko learned to smoke, and then dragged his friends into this activity. True, he later got rid of this bad habit, unlike his friends - they could not cope with it.

Aleksey was not handsome in the classical sense, but girls were always drawn to him. He often fell in love himself. At first, he was terribly shy in front of the object of adoration, he could not say a word. Then it passed. In the tenth grade, Alexey Kravchenko became seriously interested in bodybuilding. As the actor recalls, he did this primarily in order to prove to himself that he could change something, improve something in his body.

He could be an athlete, but he didn't aspire to be. When a few years before himthe question of choosing between the sports podium and the stage seriously arose, Alexey chose the second option, having lost forty kilograms for this.

First film role

At school age, Alexei Kravchenko, whose filmography is huge today, starred in his first film. This is, without a doubt, one of the strongest domestic films about the war. Elem Klimov's drama "Come and See" tells about a sixteen-year-old boy who experienced all the horrors of the punitive action of the Nazis, after which he not only grew up, he grew old and turned gray. Until now, critics are amazed that at such a young age, the actor Alexey Kravchenko was able to let through himself and show the viewer all these emotions.

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After graduating from school, and then vocational school, Alexei was drafted into the army, and not just anywhere, but in the Navy in Vladivostok. For three years of service, Alexei learned all the "charms" of army life: hazing, the quirks of officers, etc. Later, becoming a famous actor, Alexei Kravchenko often played the military, but this is not the merit of the army. However, he did not take any offense or negativity from his service, he simply established himself in the opinion that the army in the country should be professional.

Restructuring

Honestly repaying his debt to the Motherland, Alexei returned home, and then went to Moscow and entered the Shchukin Theater School on the course of Alla Kazanskaya, which he graduated in 1995. For almost six years, Alexey Kravchenko served in the theater. Vakhtangov. However, the novice actor of large roles was not trusted, therefore, the opportunity to be realizedwas practically zero. The situation was no better with film roles. Alexei graduated from college during the stagnation in the national cinema. Films were shot very little, and those of very low quality. Only by the end of the nineties there was a slight positive shift.

From 1999 to 2000, films with Alexei Kravchenko began to be released. He played major and minor roles.

Series period

At the beginning of the 2000s, Russian television was gripped by an "epidemic" of serials that came out with enviable regularity. Crime action films were especially popular. At this time, textured Alexei Kravchenko, whose biography is inextricably linked with cinema, became very popular. Kravchenko had experience in shooting action films, but the TV series “Special Forces” and the role of Captain Vyazemsky brought him real fame. Outstanding actors worked together with Alexei in this project: Mikhail Porechenkov, Alexander Baluev, Vladislav Galkin, Vladimir Turchinsky - a truly stellar team.

The crime saga "Brigada" was no less successful. In this film, Kravchenko played the role of the FSB officer Vvedensky.

Severity of Role

One day Alexei decided for himself that he would no longer play in big TV shows. He wanted to get rid of the role of the "cool" man. It was not at all easy to do this. Even in feature films, he was still offered the role of the military.

New roles

Gradually the situation began to change. In 2008Alexey played the role of a truck driver in the drama The Fly. Fans of Kravchenko's work were surprised to learn that deep dramatic roles are up to their favorite actor. Alexey Kravchenko, whose filmography mainly consisted of action movies, began to appear in melodramas and comedies. The actor surprised admirers of his talent with the role of Harald in the historical film “Yaroslav. A thousand years ago. We are all used to the fact that the heroes of Alexei are positive, and in this picture he got a character that is sharply negative. An important detail - for this role, Kravchenko had to learn how to ride a horse. And he did it in one (!) day.

However, Alexei will not be able to get away from roles in action movies. True, today he is very selective in choosing roles in films of this genre. It is very important for him that his character has a character, so that the viewer sees a personality in him. He refuses to act in primitive "shooters".

MKhAT

When the actor was accepted into the troupe of this illustrious theater in 2007, he immediately felt very comfortable. And, above all, because on the stage they don’t see him as an exclusively action hero. Kirill Serebrennikov has repeatedly told Alexei that he is not a militant, he is different. Thanks to this, Alexey brilliantly performs the roles of Brown in The Threepenny Opera, Pavel Golovlev in The Golovlev Gentlemen, Neil in The Philistines and others.

Music

Not many people know that Alexey is a great lover and connoisseur of music. In the 2000s, the actor created the Guarana group, which performs rock. To this dayday Kravchenko is its leader. The team successfully performs at mass events.

Private life

He lived with his first wife Alisa Kravchenko for almost 18 years. At first, everything went very well, two sons were born in the family - Alexei and Matvey. But gradually the relationship lost its former brightness, some tension appeared. As a result, the marriage fell apart.

It was at this time that Nadezhda Borisova appeared in the life of the actor - an actress, the daughter of an outstanding actor Lev Borisov. She is ten years younger than Kravchenko.