Danila Dunaev: biography, family

About him, you can say without exaggeration that he is a real creative person. This person has absolutely not in vain chosen for himself an acting profession, since films with his participation madly like the domestic audience. However, Danila Dunayev is known not only for his roles in the cinema. He successfully teaches actor's skills to the participants of the popular project "Toch-in-the-Whit", which appears on the First Channel, and he also composes music quite talently. Noteworthy is the fact that in his youth Danila Dunayev did not plan to perform professionally on stage in front of a wide audience, but dreamed of doing sports. However, this sphere of activity turned out to be "overboard", and the young man decided to study for a social psychologist. But fate has prepared for him another "mission."

Years of Childhood

Russian actor Danila Dunaev is a native of Moscow. He was born on July 15 in 1981. The boy, becoming a little older, was proud that he was Danila Dunaev. His family was known for his father, who at one time won the honorary title of world champion in fencing.

The mother of the future movie and television star worked as an economist. Father since childhood began to inculcate his son's love for fencing, but Danila did not succeed very much in this occupation, but interest in "great art" he woke up by himself. The boy composed scenarios and was happy to put on performances, of course, at home. Seeing such a creative beginning in the son, the parents decided to develop the ability of the offspring in this direction: they gave Danila a ballroom dance and wrote it to a music school (accordion class). However, his son discovered another hobby - sport. He was fond of swimming, martial arts and after a while began to show interest in professional basketball. However, in the upper grades, it was necessary to determine as precisely as possible the choice of future specialty. The young man understood how unstable the career of an athlete could be, therefore, after consulting with his parents, he decided to enter the Moscow Aviation Institute, the graduates of which had good chances to find a highly paid job.

MAI

Becoming a student of a prestigious university, Danila Dunaev very quickly realized that lectures and seminars make him bored.

But the institute's KVN attracted him like a magnet. Having initial experience in improvisation and possessing a certain artistry, the young man, after a while, organically merged into the ranks of the most extraordinary "cheerful and resourceful". Gradually, attending classes and taking exams fell into the background. At the last courses Danila Dunaev, whose photo is often seen in glossy magazines, finally decides to enter the theater.

"Pike"

The young man successfully passed the exams at the Shchukinsky Theater School, later hitting the course of the famous actor Yuri Shlykov.

Comprehending the basics of acting, Danila, like many students of the theater university, left his resume at the studio "Mosfilm", but suddenly luck will smile! And after a while she really smiled at him.

Dunayev was offered to pass the selection of actors to the popular film of the historical genre "Secrets of palace coups", which the well-known Svetlana Druzhinina filmed.

The debut on the set

Danila successfully passed the casting: he got one of the colorful roles - the image of Senator Peter Sumarokov. His partner on stage was the famous singer Alsu. Soon, the beginning of the student is noticed by other directors. In 2007, director Oleg Fomin approves him for the role of Kreia in the film "The Young Wolfhound", and then he appears in the image of Philip Sarovsky in the criminal drama "Montecristo".

Work in the theater

Graduation work of the young actor became images of Don Martin in the comedy play "Don Gil Green Pants" and Ivan Vasilyevich in the comedy "Theatrical Novel."

Having received the coveted diploma, the young actor goes to work at the Mayakovsky Theater. On the stage of this temple, Melpomene, he has roles in plays for children. However, at the end of the zero Dunayev changes direction in his career, giving more time to work in the cinema.

Working in a movie

In 2009, Danila is invited to take part in the film of the adventure genre "Return of the Musketeers". High growth, acting charm, ability to own a sword made Dunayev an ideal candidate for the role of Raul (the son of Athos). And the work in this film unexpectedly revealed another facet of Danila's talent. Together with the actor Anton Makarsky he came up with a composition that formed the basis of the plot of the film. This musical creation was given a non-trivial name "Musketeer Rap".

After the undoubted success of the tape about the musketeers, the actor takes part in the creation of the comedy "The Best Day - 2", which is shot by Oleg Fomin. Danila brilliantly parodies director Nikita Mikhalkov. Then he is claimed to be the Scythian king in the serial film "Gold of the Scythians" (directed by Vladimir Nakhabtsev Jr., Sergey Lyalin, 2009).

Further Svetlana Druzhinina again invited the actor to participate in the continuation of the "Palace coups". Shooting in the movie "Two Knights or Hunting the Princess" (Sumarokov's role) again proved successful for Danila.

In 2012, he took part in the shooting of the popular TV series "Novosti", playing journalist Gleb Chernoff. In this project, Dunayev appeared in a new image. His main character, who is successful in his profession, falls into a coma after finding out the relationship with his boss.

The series was waiting for real success, after its release on the screen, the directors began to offer Dunayev the main roles. In particular, we are talking about the films "Divorce" (Roman Gerasimov), "May rain" (Mark), "Glaciers" (Marat Safarov).

In 2013, Daniel starred in the series "Mom-Detective", in which Mikhail Weinberg approved him for the role of actor Solntseva. Then there was the work in the series "Profession - Obstetrician", where Dunaev appeared in the image of an impressive expert in the field of artificial insemination.

Music

After the triumph of the composed song for the film "The Return of the Musketeers", Danila continued his development in musical creativity.

He began composing songs, some of which were heard in the TV series "Novosti." The actor created the band "Danila Dunaev Band" and even made several clips for their compositions.

Participation in other projects

In addition to filming in the movies, Danila is engaged in teaching activities. In particular, he teaches the basics of the acting skills of children who are engaged in the theater "Domizolka", and also helps to reincarnate in the images of pop stars to the "Toch-to-the-Whip" project participants.

Personal life

About his life outside the profession, the graduate of the "Pike" prefers not to spread. It is known that for the first time he bound himself by marriage, even when he was a student. Family idyll came to an end in 2007. And until now Danila Dunaev with his wife, who was already a former, maintains friendly relations. The second chosen actor, who is Elena, is a photographer by profession. He loves her madly and does not get tired of stressing that there is much in common between them. It's no exaggeration to say that Danila Dunaev and his wife, whose photos you rarely see in the press, are a real happy couple. In 2012, Elena gave birth to an actor daughter Elizabeth. Are there any more children of Danila Dunaev? Yes, in his first marriage, his sons Feodor and Innokenty were born.

Today, the actor is full of creative ideas and, more than ever, in demand in his profession.