Viktor Verzhbitsky: biography and creativity

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Successful TV presenter, talented film and theater actor Viktor Verzhbitsky made a decision about what to devote his life to in early childhood. He has more than eighty works in cinema and twenty-five - on the theater stage. The biography of Viktor Verzhbitsky, which is certainly interesting to fans of his talent, will be described in this article. For those who once saw the actor on the screen and wish to continue their acquaintance with his work, a complete list of films and theatrical works with his participation will be given.

Childhood and career choice

Verzhbitsky Viktor Alexandrovich was born in the city of Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on September 21, 1959. Such an aristocratic surname went to the future artist from his great-grandfather, a native Krakow Pole. Most of Victor's childhood was spent behind the scenes of the theater, where his grandmother worked as a costume designer. From an early age, the boy watched how amazingly the actors managed to create believable stories on stage. He also wanted to perform. When it cametime to choose a profession, he already knew exactly what he wanted from life. Becoming a student of the stage design department of the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute named after A. Ostrovsky, Victor took the first step towards his childhood dream.

Career start

At the same institute, at the same faculty as Viktor Verzhbitsky, his first mentor and friend, film director Timur Bekmambetov, studied. It was he who opened the doors to the cinema for the actor, filming him in several commercials and in the film "Peshawar W altz".

Victor's debut on television was the role of Nicholas I in an advertisement for Imperial Bank. Later, he successfully conveyed the image of this hero in the series One Night of Love and Poor Nastya. Many years have passed since the filming of these pictures, but many people still jokingly call Viktor Alexandrovich Your Majesty. Also in the advertisement of the bank "Imperial" the actor appeared in the images of Louis XIV and Alexander the Great. In an advertisement for Slavyansky Bank, Viktor Verzhbitsky played Mandelstam Osip. This role is considered the pinnacle of his creativity in advertising.

First film work

For a long time, Viktor Verzhbitsky starred only in commercials and in supporting roles. Few took the actor seriously. His first notable work was the main role in Timur Bekmambetov's film about the Afghan war "Peshevar W altz". Soon he played roles in such films as "Sinful Apostles of Love", "Kamenskaya", "The Barber of Siberia", "Mom, Do Not Cry", "Stop on Demand", "Criminal Department", "Secrets of Palace Coups", "Three againsteveryone", "Modern game", "Operational pseudonym", "Drongo", "Gladiatrix", "Saboteur", "Dear Masha Berezina", "Code of Honor".

Night Watch

Verzhbitsky's cooperation with Bekmambetov did not end there. In 2003, the film director invited Viktor Alexandrovich to play the role of the leader of the dark forces of Zabulon in the blockbuster Night Watch (based on the novel of the same name by Sergei Lukyanenko). As the actor himself recalls, he wanted to make his hero a living person who calculates situations in advance, understands people. To do this, he got used to the image for a long time, invented real stories for himself, imagining how his hero would act in a given situation. His efforts were not in vain, the work of Viktor Verzhbitsky was highly appreciated not only by supporters, but also by opponents of this film creation. The widely publicized film was a real breakthrough, and Verzhbitsky learned what fame is. The author of the literary work, which became the basis of the film, also spoke positively about the acting of the actor. Despite the fact that the telehero differed from the book one, Sergey Lukyanenko highly appreciated the talent of the actor.

Certificate Record

After the "Night Watch" the actor increasingly began to receive offers from other directors. Now the filmography of Viktor Verzhbitsky has more than eighty paintings.

One of the most striking works was the performance of the role of the oligarch Pokrovsky in the film "Personal Number". As Viktor Alexandrovich recalls, while working on the set of this film, he always drew an analogy between his current hero andZabulon, whom he had played earlier in The Night Watch. As in the leader of the dark forces, the actor tried to wake up a living person in the oligarch, to understand whether he has a conscience, studying more and more facets of his personality.

Another work of Verzhbitsky worthy of attention is the role of the Romanian colonel Lukan in the film "Turkish Gambit" by Janik Faiziev.

Undoubtedly, fans of Viktor Verzhbitsky's work will not be indifferent to his images in such films as "Poor Nastya", "Taking Tarantina", "Day Watch", "Marry a General", "Admiral", "Red Square”, “Keys to the Abyss: Ghost Hunt”, “Kazarosa”.

The viewer's attention is also worth the film "Wolf" with Viktor Verzhbitsky in the title role. Notable works were the roles of composer Lutsky in Primadonna, Barsenko Boris Olegovich in The Adventurer, Dubelt in The Case of Dead Souls, oligarch Gennady Alexandrovich Meshcheryakov in the film Guardian Angel, Igor Vorobyov, an employee of the Presidential Administration in the film Trees.”

Among the last roles of Viktor Verzhbitsky - Lezhava in "Spy", Igor Vorobyov in "Yolki 2", Ryabushkin Viktor Maryanovich in the humorous film "Our Russia. Eggs of Destiny”, Alexander Vasilievich in “Caesar”, head of counterintelligence in “Scouts”.

Despite the popularity that cinema brought to Viktor Verzhbitsky, he considers himself primarily a theater actor and says that the cinema uses the artist, but the theater educates and develops.

Theatrical life

After graduating from the institute, in 1983, Victor got a job at the State Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky in Tashkent. He worked there until 1995. During this time, he played many roles in such performances as "The Seagull" by Chekhov (Treplev), "The One Who Gets Slaps" by Andreev (Clown Tot), "Caligula" by Camus (Scipio), "Zoyka's Apartment" by Bulgakov (Obolyaninov), " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Kesey (Billy Bibbit), "Dear Elena Sergeevna" by Razumovskaya (Volodya), "Sacred Monsters" by Cocteau (Floran).

At the New Drama Theater in Moscow, where Verzhbitsky worked for only a year (from 1997 to 1998), he managed to play the roles of Menshikov in Gnedich's Assembly, Dorant in Moliere's Jourdain, Guatinar in Revenge queens Scribe and Leguwe.

Present

Now Viktor Verzhbitsky is acting in films, playing on the stage of the Moscow Drama Theater named after Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Since 1998, the actor has been playing roles on the stage of the theater "Et cetera", but more recently as an invited guest, and not as a member of the troupe. In 2005, Alexander Kalyagin decided to remove Verzhbitsky from the troupe. He explained this by the fact that the actor began to devote more time to cinema, and not to the theater, and he does not keep “stars” within the walls of “Et cetera”.

Victor Aleksandrovich also showed himself as a TV presenter. In 2011, together with Roma Zverev, he hosted the program "Game" on the NTV channel. In May - February 2013, the TV3 channel broadcast a cycle of programs "Mysticalstories with Viktor Verzhbitsky.”

Viktor Verzhbitsky: personal life

The popular Russian actor is now married for the second time. His first wife and son Alexander now live in Israel. He maintained a good relationship with them, they often visit each other. Viktor Alexandrovich does not reveal the name of his current wife to anyone, it is only known that she is a former actress.