This man is well known to the Soviet and Russian audience. And not only because he is the son of a great actor - Arkady Isaakovich Raikin. Konstantin Arkadyevich is a talented actor, director and a very interesting personality.
Childhood
Raikin Konstantin was born in early July 1950 in the northern capital. His father is the artistic director and actor of the Theater of Variety Miniatures (Leningrad) Arkady Raikin, and his mother is Ruth Markovna Ioffe. Parents were constantly on tour. They often visited the capital, so the family had a permanent room in the Moskva Hotel, where little Kostya was “handed over” to his grandmother.
Endless absences from classes associated with the tour of his parents did not affect Konstantin's progress. He did well in math school. In his spare time, Konstantin Raikin, whose photo you see in our article, was enthusiastically engaged in gymnastics. These activities were not always without injury. Once Kostya, doing exercises on uneven bars, even broke his nose.
In his school years, a young man seriously studiedbiology and zoology. He dreamed of a biological faculty, and his acting career did not interest him at all. But time put everything in its place.
Youth
During the entrance exams to Leningrad University, Konstantin suddenly, unexpectedly for himself, decided to play roulette with fate. Arriving in Moscow, he in the full sense of the word starved out the admissions committee of the theater school. Schukin. The future actor selflessly read poetry, famously danced, represented various animals. The amazed and stunned teachers included his name in the lists immediately for the third round of the interview.
Raikin Konstantin easily passed general education subjects, and was enrolled in the course of the famous actor and talented teacher Katin-Yartsev. It should be noted that all this happened without the knowledge of the parents. At that time they were on tour in Czechoslovakia. And only when they arrived in Leningrad, they learned that their son had entered the Shchukin school. Arkady Isaakovich admitted that he always knew that Kostya would choose this path.
Study
It was not easy for a talented guy at the school. Fellow students considered Kostya "Raikin's son", and therefore perceived his success through the prism of a brilliant father. It is necessary to pay tribute to Konstantin - he quickly managed to prove that such a perception of his work is erroneous.
But the teachers highly appreciated his talent, as well as strict discipline - it was completely unthinkable for him to be late for a rehearsal. And the guy’s performance amazed even the teachers who had seen a lot. How are theythey recall, there was a feeling that several Raikins were studying at the same time on the course. He was everywhere - he made costumes, applied makeup, took part in the creation of scenery, but paid special attention to working on roles.
Already in those days, many noticed not only the acting, but also the organizational talent of the young man. It became clear that he could make an excellent leader of a creative team. Raikin Konstantin knew the theater from the inside since childhood, and he devoted 24 hours a day to the theatrical life.
Sovremennik Theater
Having successfully graduated from the Shchukin School (1971), Konstantin immediately receives an invitation from Galina Volchek to the famous Sovremennik Theater. I must say that the young actor faced a difficult task - he needed to find his own way, get out of the shadow of a great father, gain independence and recognition of his own talent.
In Sovremennik, Konstantin was lucky to play many small and large roles. The audience remembered him for the performances of Twelfth Night, Valentin and Valentina, Balalaykin and Co. and many others.
During ten years of work in the famous theater, Raikin became a recognized master, but most importantly, the audience less and less associated him with his father. A young, talented, bright actor appeared on the stage - Konstantin Raikin. Reviews of theater critics and critics increasingly noted his outstanding abilities, the ability to get used to the image. They began to talk about him as an original actor, having his own style.games. He became recognizable and loved by the audience.
Satyricon
In 1981, Konstantin made a difficult decision for himself and transferred to the Theater of Miniatures (Leningrad), which was directed by his father. The following year, the cultural institution was transferred to Moscow. Now it is known as the State Theater of Miniatures, but in 1987 it had a different name - "Satyricon". At that time, Kostya, together with his father, worked in wonderful performances, among which the following can be distinguished: "His Majesty the Theater" (1981) and "Peace to your home" (1984).
Four years later, in 1985, the program “Come on, artist!”, created by Konstantin, went on the air. In the same year, the actor was awarded the high title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Satyricon Manual
After the death of his father, Raikin Konstantin became the head of the Satyricon. It was he who was to continue the work of his father. And I must say that Konstantin copes with the task with dignity. He effectively combines acting and directing activities in the Satyricon.
In 1995, his work in the play "Transformation" (the role of Gregor Samza) was awarded the national theater award "Golden Mask". He received the second such award in 2000 for his participation in the solo performance "Contrabass". The third "Golden Mask" was awarded to the talented actor in 2008 for his brilliant work in the production of "King Lear".
No less fruitfully Raikin Konstantin works in the "Satyricon" and as a director. His original productions are Butterflies So Free (1993), Mowgli(1990), "Quartet" (1999), "Romeo and Juliet" (1995) impressed critics and audiences. The reviews noted the depth of reading the play, the spectacle, the originality of the embodiment of events on stage.
Working in movies
And Konstantin Raikin achieved considerable success in the cinema. The filmography of the actor began to take shape, even when he was a student. In 1969, the artist made his debut in the film "Tomorrow, April 3rd …", where he played a very small role. The first significant work can be considered the image of Pelle, which he embodied in the popular television play "The Kid and Carlson", which was released in 1971. Then there was a small role in the film "Commander of the happy" Pike ", the work of N. Mikhalkov in the film" A friend among strangers, a stranger among his own. But the main role in the musical "Truffaldino from Bergamo" (1976) brought a special, one might say, resounding success to the actor.
Gorgeous Natalya Gundareva with her delightful game perfectly set off the work of Konstantin. Talent and the art of reincarnation allowed Konstantin Raikin to appear before the audience in two images at once - the Scientist and his Shadow in the film adaptation of Schwartz's play "Shadow, or Maybe Everything Will Work Out". Is it worth saying that the artist coped with his task perfectly? In 2002, Konstantin Arkadyevich managed to create an organic image of Hercule Poirot, the legendary detective in the TV series Poirot's Failure.
Konstantin Raikin: personal life
For the first time, the actor married Elena Kuritsina, a student at O. Tabakov's studio. The marriage lasted only three years andended in a difficult and painful divorce for both spouses.
In 1979, when Konstantin was still married, he accidentally met an old acquaintance - Alagez Salakhova. His father and the girl's grandmother lived in the neighborhood. Forgotten feelings flared up with renewed vigor. Constantine at that moment was not embarrassed that each of them had a family. But even in this marriage Konstantin Raikin was not happy. Personal life did not work out.
He found happiness only when he met actress Elena Butenko in his native Satyricon. In 1988, the family of Konstantin Raikin increased - the happy parents had a daughter, Polina. She continued the acting dynasty - she graduated from the Shchukin School, works in the theater. K. S. Stanislavsky, but at the same time actively cooperates with the Satyricon.
