Sergey Koshonin: biography and creativity

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

There are many actors who we remember for their roles in TV shows. At the beginning of the 2000s, thanks to his participation in several seasons of Lethal Force, the St. Petersburg actor Sergei Koshonin became famous. His first shooting took place back in the late seventies, but he received popular love only after this series. Since then, he has often been invited to shoot, but the main roles are no longer offered.

Career start

Since childhood, Sergei Koshonin dreamed of becoming a military man. To do this, he wanted to enter the Gorelovsky school, but in the end he passed the competition for the theater. Despite the lack of preparation, his talent was noticed and the young man was enrolled in the ranks of students. It is worth noting that at that time he already had minimal experience in the acting path - he played Igor in the film "The Diary of a School Director". At that time, he was in the 8th grade and got on the set quite by accident - the director liked it. Oleg Borisov, who was busy in this film, persuaded Sergei to enter GITIS.

V LGITMIKKoshonin Sergei Anatolyevich entered quite by accident. He went to the institute out of interest, decided to see what was needed for admission. He deliberately did not prepare anything, which distinguished himself from other applicants. Instead of a musical number, he played a simple melody on aluminum spoons. His course was strong enough, along with Sergey on the student bench, Igor Sklyar and Andrey Krasko were sitting.

Deadly Power

You can't talk about Sergei's biography without mentioning his most famous role. Sergei Koshonin came to the set with his friend. For a long time the director could not decide how to distribute the roles between them. Sergei was originally supposed to get the role of Zhora Lyubimov, but again everything was decided by the case - Verigin's costume did not fit his partner in the series and friend - Evgeny Ganelin. He parted with partners in the series as friends, but the dialogues with the producers were not always peaceful - due to a small scandal, Sergei was not even taken to shoot in South Africa and America.

Around the same time, the actor starred in other TV shows about law enforcement agencies. In 2010, together with Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev (played Shishkin in Lethal Force), he visited the Kalashnikov factory, the story of this gunsmith became the basis for the TV series I Have the Honor, where he took part.

Private life

Koshonin Sergey (actor) is married. His life partner Lolita takes care of the household and brings upson Ivan. They met at Lenfilm, where she worked as a prop decorator. The actor has repeatedly noted that he was very lucky with his wife. To ensure that the family did not need anything, he made every effort. At a time when salaries were very small, he even worked part-time as a private driver after his main job in the theater, and later became a businessman.

Some time ago, gossip began to spread about the actor's family. Information appeared in the media that Sergey Koshonin is the father of the daughter of his colleague Anastasia Melnikova (starred in "Streets of Broken Lights" as investigator Abdulova). It is not known what caused the speculation, but the actor's family endured this scandal. It probably happened due to the participation of actors in the play "Scandalous Incident …", where Sergei played Anastasia's lover. In the same performance, he acted as a producer.

Why Sergei left the theater

One of the most beloved actors is Sergey Koshonin. Films with his participation are recognizable by the people, but recently he has begun to appear on the screens less and less. The fact is that recently he has become more and more interested in business. He became a fairly successful producer. He did this before, just now he began to devote more time to promoting performances and performers.

“Go into business” he was forced by need. The actor did not want his family to be in need, so he first took up the promotion of the gypsy group Cabriolet, and later began promoting performances. Producing became the only way for Sergei to stay intheater. For a long time, he was forced to refuse roles in films, as the director did not let him go to the shooting. The theater paid little and was not allowed to earn money on other projects. It was most like a vicious circle, out of which only doing business helped.

It is interesting that in the difficult years for the Koshonins, all its members worked for the well-being of the family. Son Ivan followed in his father's footsteps and at the age of 13 he played his first film role. He voiced many American cartoons, which often earned more than his father. Perhaps it was the example of the child that prompted Sergei to decide to quit the theater. However, as an actor, the scene has not lost him, he continues to do what he loves while producing.