Igor Botvin: filmography and details from his personal life

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

Igor Botvin is the famous heartthrob of Russian cinema. Yes, and the actor himself admits that he had an interest in intimate life in kindergarten. Nevertheless, Botvin boasts not only outstanding external data, but also some kind of acting skills. In what films did the artist with an irrepressible temperament star and what roles did he get?

Early years

Igor Botvin was born in the Vologda region in a small village. In his interviews, the actor is not shy about telling how his favorite pastime in kindergarten was "playing with the family".

Seriously fell in love with a guy for the first time in eighth grade. And not in anyone, but in a math teacher. And he was terribly jealous when older rivals courted her.

And then Igor decided to turn his body into an ideal "tool" that no girl can resist. He played sports and tried to build muscle, guided by the examples of famous bodybuilders. And soat the end of school, the young man already weighed 110 kg. Without hesitation, the young man went to serve in the army and ended up in the Moscow special forces.

Study at SPbGATI and first roles

Igor Botvin got into the theater only at the age of 24. He suspects that he owes his income to exceptional external data. According to him, the artistic director of the course just needed such a type.

Botvin had a hard time at the institute, because he had a Vologda accent, which teachers had been eradicating for a long time. Moreover, he was the oldest in the course. Subjects like rhythm and plasticity were especially difficult, because the increased muscle mass does not guarantee the flexibility and mobility of the body.

Training did not go quite smoothly, also because Igor Botvin skipped a lot. But closer to the last courses, the young man took up his mind and received a diploma.

Even while studying at the theater, Botvin did not fail to try his hand at cinema. For the first time on the screen, he appeared in an episodic role in the series "Streets of Broken Lights". He then had a larger role in the TV series The Hunt for Cinderella starring Amalia Mordvinova. Then Botvin's career took off sharply.

Igor Botvin: filmography. Feature Films

In 2001, Botvin got one of the main roles in Timur Bekmambetov's film Gladiatrix. Then the actor appeared in the film in all its glory in front of the astonished spectators. His stage partners were two Playboy stars, Karen McDougal and Lisa Dergan.

Then there was a whole series of serials. And in 2007, Igor Botvin, whose filmography is quite large, gets the main role in the melodrama "Shawls", where Ekaterina Guseva ("Brigade") becomes his partner. Then the film by Igor Kalenov “Alexander. Battle of the Neva”, in which Botvin plays the role of a warrior Ratmir.

In 2008, the actor plays in the detective melodrama "The Devil" together with Evgeny Sidikhin and Anastasia Melnikova. In the same year, he appears in the drama with Alexander Lykov "It's hard to be a macho".

In 2010, Botvin appeared in the Ukrainian-made drama The Circle of the Sun as an archaeologist. Exactly one year later, he gets into another melodrama called "Waiting for Love." And in 2013, the actor appeared in the touching melodrama Father Reluctantly.

TV series

Botvin is most in demand in television long-running projects. He has many leading roles in TV series.

Back in 2001, the actor received a major role in the serial film "NLS Agency". The series had many fans, it was broadcast not only on Russian television, but also on the channels of the countries of the Near Abroad.

In the same year, Igor Botvin got the role of an episodic role in the series "Slaughter Force-2" with Konstantin Khabensky in the title role.

Then he participated in "Special Forces-2", "National Security Agent-5", "Game on-line". In 2004, the actor got the lead role in the serial film "Gentle Winter", in which he played an unsuccessful actor.

In 2005 on the screensthe crime film "Re altor" was released, where Botvin again got the main role - Arkady Voskresensky. Then a series of historical television series began: first, the main role of Grigory Potemkin in the TV series The Favorite, then the role of Marcello in His Majesty's Secret Service.

But the actor has the most roles in crime films: "Sonya the Golden Pen", "Secret Errands", "Sniffer", "Culinary", etc.

Igor Botvin's personal life

Often the focus is not even on Botvin's work, but on his turbulent personal life. Actor Igor Botvin calls himself a womanizer who loves romance.

Most of all, Botvin's loving nature suffers from his partners on the set. For example, while filming Gladiatrix, the actor fell head over heels in love with Playboy model Karen McDougal. But the girl did not reciprocate.

When the NLS Agency was filmed, Botvin met with most of the models that appeared in the frame. The actor leads this lifestyle to this day: despite the fact that he is already 41 years old, he has never been married and has no children.

However, Igor Botvin admits that he would like a family. Once he even suggested to his friend that he give birth to a child, but without marriage. The girl did not like this idea, and the actor was upset. Although 41 years old for a man is not old, and still may even be.