Actor Vladimir Gerasimov: biography and filmography

He is known not only in person, in his roles in the movies, although they have enough. He has been dubbing for many years and "gave" his voice to Bruce Willis and John Travolta. In the list of the films they sounded "Jane Eyre" and "Helen and the guys", "Octopus" and "X-Files." Can you guess who is talking about? Yes, it's him, a wonderful and talented actor Vladimir Gerasimov.

Childhood of the descendant of the Shishilins

Little Volodya was born on the last day of the departing summer of 1950. His father at that time was 44 years old (1906). He died when his son went to the sixth grade. Mom had to work almost around the clock, so the future actor grew up quite an independent child.

On my mother's line both grandfather and great-grandfather Volodya were hereditary Muscovites with the beautiful name of Shishilina. After their death they were resting on the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

As a child Vladimir Gerasimov was engaged in singing. First in the kindergarten, and then in the school, where he actively participated in any stage productions. The boy even visited a drama club.

Study and work path

Since he already had some experience of acting (though unprofessional), he decided to devote his life to the art of cinematography.

The first two attempts at admission did not result in a successful outcome. In the first year he was "cut off" on the first round. In the second year - the third. But another attempt was very successful. After overcoming all the tests related to admission, the young student was assigned to the teacher Tatyana Kopteva, who after many years remembered Gerasimov very warmly.

Efros or Zakharov?

The Theater School named after Shchukin the future actor graduated in 1973. After Vladimir Gerasimov, whose photo can now be seen on the pages of various glossy publications, received a diploma, he decided to get a job at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. He really wanted to be under Anatoly Efros. He repeatedly came and showed his skills, but he was never enlisted in the troupe of the theater. A little later Vladimir Gerasimov, whose films occupy an impressive niche in Soviet cinema, was invited by Mark Zakharov to play on the stage of the Theater. Leninist Komsomol. There he played small roles.

Steps to popularity

Gerasimov Vladimir Evgenievich Began his journey in cinema in 1969, when he studied in the second year. The debut small role happened in the film "Liberation". The first step was overcome with ease and quite successfully. The acting career begins its active development. During this time in his filmography there were interesting works. He played in the film of the legendary Leonid Bykov "Aty-bata, the soldiers were walking"; In the picture of Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich in a fairy tale about shoes that had gold buckles (and this was the main role - Ivan the Fool); Worked with Valery Rubinchik in the film about the last summer of childhood; Filmed in Julia Feith in the story of the borderline dog Al. Unfortunately, this period did not last long.

From Khudruk to understudy

For two years (1986-1987) he served in the theater-studio "Angazhement" Vladimir Gerasimov. His biography is not so common on the Internet and in print media. Therefore, there is not as much information about this artist as about many of his other colleagues in the acting department. It is known that in the theater-studio Gerasimov worked with the director Evgeny Liskonom, who was a graduate of the Shchukin school and the artist of the Vakhtangov Theater. First they worked in tandem, and when Liskonogs left, Vladimir Gerasimov took his place and became artistic director.

In the play, based on the play "Adam and Eve" (author Bulgakov), he played the main role - Adam.

In the movie there were many more interesting roles: Genka in the "Merry Kaleidoscope", the director of the school Taras Semenovich in the film "Malyavkin and the company", Bogdan Savchenko in "Aurora", Yura in "The Last Summer of Childhood", witness Alexei Demin in "The investigation is conducted by ZnAtiKi ".

And what an emotional tension in his role in 1976! Leonid Bykov's film "Aty-bata, the soldiers were walking" tells of a small group of Soviet soldiers who were given the task not to miss the enemy. Vladimir Gerasimov played the role of junior sergeant Mjatnikov. What is one of his phrases said to the character of Vladimir Konkin: "A simple Ryazan guy is lying and looking up into the sky with blue eyes!"

This lasted for several years. And then he expanded the field of his activities. A little later, the main component of his work was the work on dubbing foreign films and serials. At one time he was one of the employees of the Im. Gorky, then worked in a team of employees of "Mosfilm". Lots of Vladimir Gerasimov (actor) was engaged in television voiceover dubbing. He mainly collaborated with Channel One and Ren-TV.

The voice of the Duke of Anjou

Once he was invited to work on the scoring of a film consisting of six series. It was the legendary movie "Countess de Monsoro". In many countries, for a couple of decades, Alexander Dumas's immortal novel was screened . But, strange as it may seem, one of the best was the Russian version. Gerasimov was offered to voice the Duke of Anjou, a royal son. The character is not easy, with rather complicated intonational moves.

Then Vladimir Evgenievich Said words that seemed unusual to him, peculiar and a bit out of place. The management voiced the idea of whether it is not too much in the picture of Alexander Belyavsky? It was very necessary to find some actor with a similar voice.

But a little later, Belyavsky returned to the set. In tandem, Gerasimov and Belyavsky worked later, when it was necessary to duplicate the television series loved by millions of Russians about Captain Corrado Catani's life "Sprut".

When the difficult nineties came, Vladimir Gerasimov worked on dubbing various films at the studio "Varus-Video". In recent years he has been very busy at the Pythagoras studio, voicing Hollywood's movie sharks - John Travolta and Bruce Willis.

Sometimes he acts as a dubbing director himself. One of the most interesting and well-known examples is the "Supernatural" television series that appeared on our screens. In it, he duplicates for the Russian viewer John Winchester and several minor characters.

2006 brought him a new appearance on the screen in the series Yuri Kuzmenko "Hunting for a genius."

Quiet family harbor

The family life of the actor is very simple. He has been married for a long time. His wife is an ordinary woman Rimma Igorevna. They have a son Anton. Spouses have already become grandparents of charming girls - Anechka and Nastenka.

Vladimir Gerasimov is proud of his family. He always talks about his household: they are all his back, his base, his great love. They are for him those dear to the heart of the people for whose sake the actor lives in this world.