Actor Alexander Yatsenko: biography

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Alexander Yatsenko is a famous domestic theater and film actor. Recently, he often plays in popular films and TV shows. In 2016 he became the owner of the prestigious Russian film award "Nika".

Actor biography

Alexander Yatsenko was born in Volgograd in 1977, on May 22. He graduated from high school there. He began to receive higher education at the State Institute in Volgograd, at the Faculty of Radiophysics. But he quickly realized that the exact sciences were not his speci alty.

So he dropped out of school and moved to Tambov. At the Tambov State University named after Derzhavin, he entered the directing and theater department. He took an active part in student productions.

Since 2000, he studied at GITIS, in the creative workshop of the People's Artist of the USSR Mark Zakharov.

Movie debut

For the first time Alexander Yatsenko appeared on the screen while still a student. In 2003, he played in the comedy drama Bakhtiyor Khudoynazarov "Chic". This film was a loose retelling of Ray Bradbury's classic story "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit".

The main characters are three friends from a small seaside town. One of them namedPin and played by Alexander Yatsenko. One day they see a chic branded suit in the window of an expensive store. For them, it becomes the meaning of life and an obsession. It seems to them that if they get it, their life will change dramatically, and all their dreams will come true.

The first cinematic experience was considered successful, but the hero of our article failed to graduate from GITIS. A few months before his final exams, he was expelled for fighting.

But I didn't have to grieve for long. In 2005, his work in the comedy drama by Andrey Proshkin was awarded the Best Actor award at the prestigious Moscow Premiere festival.

And in 2006, already at the Kinotavr, Yatsenko, together with Rinata Litvinova, received awards for the best acting work in Alexei Balabanov's melodrama It Doesn't Hurt Me. This is a story about three friends who have everything for a successful life - talent, energy, skill. There is just no money. They come to an expensive house to offer their design services to the hostess Natella, who is already bored with life, despite her youth. Misha, Yatsenko's character, helps her feel the taste of life again. But the future is not as bright as they first thought.

Actor of the Year

In 2012 Alexander Yatsenko was at the peak of his fame. The authoritative GQ magazine named him Actor of the Year.

At that time, he was remembered by the audience for the drama of Nikolai Khomeriki "Hearts of the Boomerang", the historical drama of Andrei Proshkin"Horde", Boris Khlebnikov's comedy "Until the Night Separates", Alexander Kott's mystical detective series "The Other Side of the Moon".

In 2016, the actor was awarded the Best Actor Award for his work in Alexander Kott's drama "Insight". He played a young man named Pavel Zuev who suddenly lost his sight. He has to learn to live in this world almost from scratch. The married nurse Nadezhda, played by Agrippina Steklova, helps him in this.

One of his last roles - work in Boris Khlebnikov's drama "Arrhythmia". For her, he received a prize for best male role at Kinotavr-2, as well as at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. This is a story about a talented doctor who is going through a personality crisis. He rushes from one patient to another, trying to save everyone. his family and career fade into the background. The wife files for divorce, a new head physician comes to the hospital with methods and requirements incomprehensible to the protagonist. At Kinotavr, this picture also received an audience award.

Private life

Little is known about Alexander Yatsenko's marital status. The personal life of the actor is developing successfully. He is married. The wife's name is Maria, she works as a make-up artist. In May 2015, their first child, a son, was born.