Aleksey Nilov - biography, films, personal life

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

Who living in the post-Soviet space has not watched at least a few episodes of "Cops"? It's hard to find one like that. The viewers fell in love with the heroes of this series, and, as often happens, he calls the actors by the names of their characters. Everyone remembers Selina as Dukalis, Polovtsev is called Amanita, and Alexei Nilov, apparently, will forever remain Larin. It is possible that such associations do not always please artists, but such is the world of TV heroes.

Hostage Larina

Behind every memorable screen image is a very real person with his own destiny. An artist who played a hard worker with golden hands can easily turn out to be a complete clumsiness, having never even hammered the notorious nail in his life. A courageous hero with a square jaw and massive fists in life often turns out to be an absolutely harmless uncle who will not touch a fly unnecessarily. Alexey Nilov never served in the police and did not even think about a career as a law enforcement officer, but fate decreed that he became one of the "typical representatives" of Russian detectives and operas. How did he get to this life?

Famous dad andgreat-uncle

Gennady Nilov, Alexei's father, was also an actor. In the famous very sunny and bright film of the 60s "3 + 2" there was such a character, the physicist Sundukov (and then it was a romantic profession, not like now). A beard, constant jokes, songs - this is how the father of the opera, known to the modern audience, was remembered. There was no need to explain who Pavel Kadochnikov was to the older generation, but now we can say that he is “Larin’s great-uncle”. Time changes accents, some celebrities leave, others appear.

Alexey Nilov is a native Petersburger, he was born in Northern Palmyra in 1964, and he knew about filming not only what those people who go to cinemas know. Dad took him to the playgrounds, and already at the age of five the boy played in the film "The Snow Maiden" directed by Pavel Petrovich Kadochnikov. Apparently, this is how an experienced actor tried to convey to his son the idea that this profession is difficult and not very grateful. The effect, however, was different, just the opposite.

Admission to LGITMIK and the army

After school, Alexei Nilov chose the right thing, deciding to become an engineer in light industry, even went to preparatory courses. But the theater was still more desirable, and my mother, who decided almost everything, allowed me to enter LGITMIK (this intricate abbreviation stands for Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema).

This university is good for everyone, but it also had a significant drawback, namely the lack of a military department, so the young student had to serve in the army. Leavinginto the ranks of the armed forces of the USSR, Alexei Nilov left his "deeply pregnant" beautiful wife at home. A month later, when the "Salabon" haircut had not yet grown, the soldier became the father of Elizabeth's daughter. He did not see her soon, he was not given a vacation for a long time. In 1986, the service was already coming to an end, but there was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and the military unit was transferred from Chernigov to Chernobyl.

The biography of Alexei Nilov as a liquidator was, fortunately, short-lived, and this did not significantly affect his he alth.

Theatre-Studio-87 and Minsk Drama Theater

The theater beckoned even after demobilization. The young actor found a place in the troupe of the Theater-Studio-87 in his native Leningrad. The work was interesting, but paid poorly. The actor worked at construction sites, and after the shift, it happened, and he drank to relieve fatigue. Anna, Nilov's wife, was extremely negative about this habit. Alexei was becoming increasingly difficult to restrain, and the couple broke up. According to his wife, the artist did not take further part in raising his daughter.

Three years spent in Minsk seriously enriched the actor's creative experience. Drama Theater Gorky, where he happened to work, was strong both in the troupe and in the repertoire. The brother and nephew of Oleg Yankovsky, Rostislav Ivanovich and Vladimir, both excellent stage masters, and many other high-level artists served here. Aleksey Nilov also found his role. Personal life also began to improve little by little. He met Susanna Tsiryuk, who worked as a music director, resulting in the birth of his son Dmitry.

90s Cinema

Everything would bejust wonderful, but in 1991 a fateful event happened. At Lenfilm, they launched the film "Labeled", and Nilov was invited to the main role. The actor did not want to refuse such a chance and left for St. Petersburg. Susanna stayed in Minsk, not wanting to leave her favorite job.

The plots of the films of the early 90s are straightforward. Corruption, an honest cop, a conflict with the authorities and the fight against the mafia - that's, in fact, that's all.

Meanwhile, life in Russia was becoming more and more difficult. Theater halls were empty, stupid comedies and action movies were filmed, the actors were out of work and, at best, were happy with any roles, not making out whether the film was good or another “dummy”. Alexey Nilov became an advertising agent. He went to the enterprises and offered to pay for the printing space of one of the Leningrad publishing houses. The shootings in which he managed to take part did not give creative satisfaction, but it was necessary, probably, to go through this as well.

At the same time, a fleeting romance arose, ending with a wedding. Yulia Mikhailova, whom Nilov met on the set of the movie "The Duran Curse", seemed to him a "soul mate", but it soon turned out that it was wrong.

"Cops" and "Foundry"

Then there were "Streets of Broken Lanterns", thanks to which the whole country found out who Alexey Nilov was. The films in which he starred in the first four years of the 21st century did not glorify his name as much as the famous "Cops". The first series became very successful, but mass production sets a certain matrix, and the larger the issue number became,the lower the quality fell, as did the popularity of the picture.

In 2004, a bold attempt was made to "rebrand". According to the concept of the new series, the characters appear on the screen under the names of the actors who play them, and Larin now works in counterintelligence. "Foundry, 4" did not produce a revolution in the cinema.

The biography of Alexei Nilov is rich in events. He had three official marriages, two civil ones, and according to his own calculations, there are 28 more of those that cannot be ranked either among the first or second. In March 2000, the actor almost died due to acute alcohol intoxication.

However, all the women with whom fate brought him speak of "Alyosha" quite positively, which in itself can be called an achievement for any man. It remains only to wish this undoubtedly talented actor creative success.