Actor Oleg Graf. Biography, film and theater career, death

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Oleg Graf is a famous film and theater actor, as well as a talented theater director. He became famous playing supporting roles. But all viewers remember his diverse and unique characters in many famous and popular TV shows. The actor died quite early, he was not even 50 years old.

Biography

Oleg Graf was born on July 12, 1968 in the capital. Nothing is known about the parents of the talented actor. After graduating from school, he, on hesitation, entered the theater studio, which was located at the Crimean Drama Theater. Oleg got on the course of the outstanding teacher Stretch. In 1991, he successfully completed his studies and began his work in the theater.

It is known that after that he also entered the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography at the faculty of directing and acting. In the workshop, his teacher was Surikov. In 2014, he successfully completed this training as well. Oleg Graf's mastery was recognized by his acceptance as a member of the Guild of Actors of Russian Cinema.

Theatrical career

In 1991, the theatrical biography beginsactor. Oleg Graf played in many theaters. So, on the stage of the theater on Butyrka, he played the king in the play "By the Pike's Command." And on the stage of the Central Academic Theater, he played the role of Nicholas the First, and the role of a robber, and the role of a convict in the play "Saint Doctor Haaz" directed by Viktor Surikov.

At the same time, Oleg Graf was studying at the Higher Directing Courses. During his studies, he played in the workshop of Vladimir Menshov, Vladimir Tumaev and Natalia Ryazantseva Yusov in the play "Profitable Place" directed by Alexander Saliychuk. In the workshop of Vladimir Khotinenko, Pavel Finn and Vladimir Fenchenko, he played the role of Maxwell in the play "The Stockbroker's Romance" directed by Tengiz Asitashvili.

After graduating from directing courses, Oleg Graf, whose films are interesting to the audience, appeared on the stage of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater, where he played the role of the Hungarian hussar Laszlo in the play "The Condemnation of Faust" directed by Peter Stein.

Movie career

Oleg Graf made his first film appearance in 2013. He played mostly secondary roles, although the filmography of a talented actor includes more than 50 films. For the first time on the screen, he appeared as a specialist in a construction company in the film "Neformat". But the role was so small that his name is not even mentioned in the credits. In addition to this film, in the same year he starred in twelve more films. So, this is the role of a gendarme in the film "Secrets of the Institute of Noble Maidens", the role of pathologist Vilen Usov in the film "The Fifth Guard", the role of a traffic police officer intelevision series "Web - 7", the role of Eduard Rogov in the film "The Case of Doctors" and others.

In 2014, the talented actor Graf starred in 20 films. So, the most significant roles during this period are the role of Pankeev in the fourth season of the television series Sklifosovsky, although his last name is not mentioned in the credits, the role of Kravtsov in the documentary film Life after Vanga, the role of Grigory in the television series Univer. New hostel", which was broadcast on TNT, the role of a TV presenter in the film "Traffic Light" and others.

In the same year, he played in some films such small episodic roles that his name was not even mentioned in the credits. For example, he played a doctor in a sanatorium, a radiologist, and then an emergency doctor and the role of an operating doctor, the role of an officer, a police captain, a card player, a forensic expert and others.

It is known that in 2015 the talented actor Oleg Graf played in 11 films. So, these were such roles as a senior police lieutenant in the film "School of Survival from a Single Woman with Three Children in a Crisis", traffic police inspector Trofimenko in the film "Theory of Improbability", an official in the film "How I Became Russian", a school security guard in the movie "The Village Teacher", the President of America in the documentary "Liberation of Europe" and others.

The very next year, the audience remembered him and fell in love with him for his small role as a Chekist in the famous series "Penal Box", for the role of Nicholas I in the documentary film "World Zero" and others.

In 2017, actor Graf starred in four films. Yes, heplayed the role of Felix Cowgill in the documentary Kim Philby. The Secret War”, the role of Oleg Baron in the film “It Takes a Leader”, the role of the director of the psychology center in the film “Psychologists” and others. And the very next year, he managed to star in three films: "Two Comrades Served", where he plays Mishan, "The Curse of the Sleepers" and in the second season of the series "Practice".

Private life

Oleg Graf, an actor who became famous after starring in the TV series Sklifosovsky, did not like to talk about his personal life. Therefore, there is simply no information about whether he is married and whether he has children.

Death of an actor

Oleg Graf, an actor whom the whole country knows and loves, unexpectedly died on March 12, 2018. It happened in Moscow. The talented actor was only 49 years old. According to the mother, the cause of death was cancer. The actor tried to hide it for more than a year and a half.