Actor Sergei Smirnov: biography, photo

Repeatedly reviewing foreign series, many of you probably paid attention to the quality of Russian-language dubbing. As it turned out, speaking with a foreign actor's voice is not as easy as it might seem at first glance. For this it is necessary not only to get accustomed to the role, but also to master the manner of the hero's behavior, to thoroughly study his character, the features of speech, etc. All this is easily achieved by professional dubbing actors, one of whom is Sergey Smirnov.

Brief biographical information about the actor

Sergei was born in mid-November 1982 in the city of Kimry, located in the Tver region. At the end of high school, the young man was so obsessive about his acting career that he did not hesitate. He immediately went to conquer the capital: passed the exams and in early 1998 entered the school. Shchepkina actor's faculty.

During his studies at the university, Sergei Smirnov did not miss the opportunity to implement the theory studied in practice. So, he gets to Zelenograd "Vedogon-theater", where he plays his first roles.

Combining acting career and military service

At the end of the specialized educational institution, in 2003, a young actor with a sense of his own importance enters the team of military actors. From this moment Sergey is given an excellent opportunity to play in the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army, which allows him to easily combine acting experience and military service.

Exactly one year later, when the artist's life was coming to an end, he was invited to the main staff of the TSATRA. It is here that Sergei Smirnov has been working for more than 10 years.

Work in the sphere of dubbing and dubbing

In early 2009, Sergei make an unexpected proposal. He is asked to voice a short film. Without a second hesitating, the actor immediately agrees. According to him, voice-over has become for him a new step in his creative career.

Surprisingly, he liked it. Sergey Smirnov (photo can be seen below) was happy when he was offered similar works. After a number of successful projects, he was talked about as an excellent actor of dubbing and dubbing.

The most famous movies with the voice acting of Sergei

At the moment in the working coin box of Sergei mass of foreign films and serials. For example, the actor voiced Edward Norton from the film "Kingdom of the Full Moon", dubbed Chris Hamsforth from the "Hut in the Forest". He also took part in the soundtracks of such films as:

• "Captive".
• "The Passion of Don Juan".
• "The Cannon of Death: The City of Bones."
• Fast and the Furious.
• "Very scary movie 5".
• "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D."
• "Armor of God 3: Mission of the Zodiacs".
• "Keepers of dreams".
• "Welcome to the trap".
• "American Pie: Everything is assembled."
• "Second uprising of Spartacus."
• "Mission Impossible: The Phantom Protocol," and others.

In total, Sergei Smirnov (actor) dubbed and voiced about 68 films and serials.

Work on the "Mission"

Many films, dubbing and voice acting of which the actor was engaged, in his own words, made an incredible impression on him. For example, the most memorable was the work on the film "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol", where the actor dubbing worked on the voice of Renner.

In his opinion, this part has become one of the most beloved, since it not only has a lot of special effects, but also there is a lot of comedy moments. In addition, Sergei Smirnov is admired (his biography is in this article) and the work of the actor himself - Jeremy Renner.

His acquaintance with the creativity of this artist took place while watching the film "The City of Thieves". Later, he saw him in The Lord of the Storm. As Sergey himself says, he is not a big admirer of Renner, but he always admired his incredible male charisma, his peculiar piercing gaze, confident plasticity of his body, calm and confident speech.

During the scoring of "Mission" Sergei Smirnov was afraid to make a mistake, because this film was for the actor one of the show. And it was for him to assess his acting qualities.

According to Smirnov, in order for the voice to be worthy, he needed three times to review the films with Renner's participation and for a long time to study his manner of speaking.

Sergey Smirnov, actor (photo): work on the "Magnificent Century"

Another project, on which worked Smirnov, is a Turkish series called "The Magnificent Age." In it, the actor had to work on the dubbing of one of the main characters - Symbhulya Agi, whose role was played by the popular Turkish actor Selim Bayraktar. According to Sergei, he liked to work on the series, where he found much in common between himself and the character.

As Sergey Smirnov (Russia) says, there is a special cunning in his character, which is also found in Siumbuly Agi. Sergei, like him, can be soft and tough. He always knows when to be more demanding of himself and others, and when it's all to go down on the brakes.

What are the difficulties with scoring and dubbing?

During dubbing, according to the actor, there can be certain difficulties. For example, it is very important to work not for resistance, but to be able to correctly convey the intonation and character of the voiced character. In this case, it is extremely necessary to make everything so that your words and phrases coincide with the real facial expression of the character displayed on the screen.

We must make every effort to convey the image and the very meaning of the game. And it should be remembered that duplication and scoring is a collective effort. All actors are links of one big chain. Therefore, in any way, one of them should not be allowed to malfunction. Otherwise, the mistake of one will simply cross out the activities of the whole group.

Sergey Smirnov, an actor of dubbing, asserts that when working on foreign series and films, not only difficulties of translation can arise in the setting of dialogues, difficulties are often associated with the scoring of titles. For example, when he was working on the dubbing of the Turkish TV series, some of the names and titles were so difficult that it was possible to break the language.

In addition, many foreign heroes have a specific hoarse voice or a special timbre of voice, which also needs to be adjusted. But there are also sounds that are simply impossible to repeat. In such cases, says Sergei, they have to be left in the original.

Famous actor and namesake

The surname of Smirnov is considered one of the most widespread. Consequently, it can often be heard along with the Ivanovs, Petrovs and Sidorovs. Therefore, meeting namesake, the actor of voice-over and dubbing is not upset at all. On the contrary, many people with a similar surname are famous and very successful. For example, one of these is the actor Sergei Smirnov - the father of Svetlana Martsinkevich.

The first namesake was born in October 1949 in Sverdlodarsk. At the end of 1975 he graduated from the theatrical school in Kazan and immediately began to work in the administration of the theater of the young spectator. Later, he began to hold the post of deputy director of the Kachalov Theater, located in Kazan. Among the most famous works of the actor can be identified the play "Windy City" by V. Kirshov, where he played General Bakhmetiev, "To Be or Not to Be" by U. Gibson, "The Inspector General" N. Gogol and others.

Life of Smirnov today

Currently, a young dubbing actor plays in the theater, is working on several projects in the cinema and dreams to meet at least one of the foreign artists whose heroes he was fortunate enough to voice.