Actor Vladimir Episkoposyan: biography, films and series

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Vladimir Episkoposyan was remembered by the audience for the roles of negative characters. Often this person plays criminals, corrupt law enforcement officers. The directors offer Vladimir such roles because of his rough textured appearance. In reality, he is a sympathetic and calm person.

Vladimir Episkoposyan: the beginning of the journey

The actor is originally from Yerevan, was born on January 21, 1950. Vladimir Arustamovich Episkoposyan decided to become an artist far from immediately. He graduated from high school with honors, then entered the law faculty of Yerevan University. He combined his studies with sports activities. Yepiskoposyan was a member of the Armenian national basketball team and took part in the USSR championship. It is possible that Vladimir would have become a lawyer or an athlete, but chance intervened.

The young man caught the eye of the creators of the film almanac "King Chah-Chakh", dedicated to the works of the Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan. Vladimir was offered one of the key roles. He starred in the short story "Akhtamar". Episkoposyan playeda young man in love, ready for crazy deeds for the sake of his beloved. Every night the hero swims across the lake in order to see the object of his passion.

Education, theater

Vladimir Episkoposyan took part in the filming of the film almanac with pleasure. The young man immediately got sick of studying at the Faculty of Law, he began to dream of a more interesting profession. However, Vladimir still received a law degree. He graduated from the university more for the peace of his parents than of his own free will. For about six months, the young man worked as a legal adviser, finally became disillusioned with his profession, and then entered the Yerevan Art and Theater School.

After college, Episkoposyan got a job at the Yerevan Russian Drama Theater. The actor made his debut in the play "Two Maples" by Evgeny Schwartz. The first character was the Bear. The theater still plays an important role in Vladimir's life. For many years he has been performing on the stage of the Buff Theater. Most of all, the actor likes to play in fairy tales.

Film career

One can talk about the films of Vladimir Episkoposyan for a long time. The artist played one of his first roles in the film "Pirates of the 20th century". He impressed the director with his height and texture. Vladimir played the bandit very convincingly.

In total, Episkoposyan has more than 110 film works on his account, and he is convinced that this is far from the limit. Due to his high growth and textured appearance, Vladimir most oftenplays negative heroes, villains and criminals. Of course, there have been exceptions. For example, Episkoposyan embodied the image of the main character in Don Juan, played the role of emir in the historical film Baybars. Often he creates images of comedic characters in TV series, for example, the TV project "What the dead man said."

The actor played the role of a casino security guard in the acclaimed comedy "Good weather on Deribasovskaya, or It's raining again on Brighton Beach." Vladimir created the image of a Negro from Ethiopia in the film “Seven Days with a Russian Beauty.”

New Age

Which series and films by Vladimir Episkoposyan saw the light of day in the new century?

• "Wedding".
• Border: A Taiga Romance.
• "Maroseyka, 12: Wet business".
• "I am a doll."
• "Throwing games".
• "Holiday Romance".
• "Special Case".
• "Detectives".
• "Ice Age".
• "Son of a Loser".
• Arrow of Love.
• "My border".
• "Operational alias".
• "Friendly family".
• "Everyone will ascend Calvary."
• "About love in any weather."
• "The golden head on the chopping block".
• "Life is a hunting ground."
• Measure seven times.
• Storm Gate.
• "Young Wolfhound".
• "Travelers".
• "Moon - Odessa".
• "Where the sea ends"
• "Adventures in the Thirtieth Kingdom"
• "My widow's husband."
• Black Sheep.
• "Pharmacist".
• "Divisional".
• "Once Upon a Time in the Police".
• "Cool men".
• "Comrade Policemen".
• "Chief of the Miscellaneous".
• "Night of the lonely owl".
• "Juna".
• "Election Day 2".

One of the latest achievements of Vladimir is the role of the owner of the restaurant Khazaret in the rating TV series Fizruk.

Besides this

Episkoposyan constantly takes part in the plots of the newsreel "Yeralash". It is difficult to list all the releases with him. “Who is cooler?”, “Rescuers”, “There, far beyond the river…” are just some of them.

From time to time Vladimir acts in commercials. For example, the actor is involved in the video "Alexander the Great", which promotes the services of the Imperial Bank.

Episkoposyan is known as "the main corpse of the Russian screen". That is what colleagues call Vladimir. According to his own calculations, the lives of his heroes ended tragically in almost 50 paintings. For this reason, the actor called his autobiographical book “The Main Corpse of Russia.”

Behind the scenes

Not much is known about Vladimir Episkoposyan's personal life. For the first time, the actor married his partner in the film "King Chah-Chah". First they played lovers, then feelings arose in life. Vladimir and his first wife lived together for about four years. Despite the birth of a son, this marriage fell apart.

Episkoposyan has not lost contact with his heir. The height of the son went to his father, but he preferred another profession. His work is related to computer technology.

Vladimir met his second wife Svetlana on the street. He was so struck by her beauty that he ventured to approach and get acquainted. Afterseveral years of marriage, Episkoposyan married his girlfriend.