Actor Pavel Derevyanko. Biography, filmography, personal life

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Pavel Derevyanko fell in love with the audience for his cheerful disposition and the ability to easily transform into any characters. It is easy to see that Derevianko is a versatile actor by looking at his impressive and diverse filmography.

Pavel Derevyanko: photo, short biography

Derevianko was born in the city of Taganrog. Before becoming an actor, Pavel tried a lot of professions, including a show ballet dancer and a hairdresser. In the end, Pavel Derevyanko, whose biography began far from the Russian capital, decided to try his luck and went to enter the theater in Moscow.

This time the young man was lucky: he was admitted to GITIS, to the workshop of Leonid Kheifets. Pavel's charisma could not go unnoticed, so already in his second year he was noticed by the director - Alexander Kott. It was he who gave the actor the green light in the cinema, inviting an unknown boy to play the lead role in his comedy Two Drivers Drove right away. Since then, it's gone and gone: Derevyanko annually starred in 3-4 projects.

Pavel Derevianko, whose personal life has long been in the public eye, is distinguished by a speciallove of love: the names of all his girlfriends are as difficult to list as the number of professions that the actor tried to master in his youth. And yet, one woman gave birth to Pavel's daughter, Barbara. However, Derevianko never married the mother of his child.

Pavel Derevyanko - filmography: the series "Plot"

The actor is not a star of the first magnitude in Russia, but he is loved by viewers for his characteristic and memorable characters. For example, in one of the best TV series on Russian television, Uchastok, Pavel Derevyanko played the role of paramedic Vadik.

Derevyanko, despite being a versatile actor, prefers comedies more. So this time his character came out very comical. Slender, with disheveled hair, Pavel got used to the role of a rural boy who tries in every possible way to fulfill his duties as a doctor, and therefore often gets into funny situations. Derevyanko's character turned out to be so cute that many viewers admit that the actor sometimes took laurels from the main character of the series, Sergei Bezrukov.

Sergei Bezrukov, Alexei Buldakov, Tatyana Dogileva, Yuri Kuznetsov and others became Pavel's stage partners in the series "Plot"

Comedy "Love Me"

Pavel Derevyanko, whose filmography by 2005 included more than 15 films, embodied on the screens another wonderful image in Vera Watchdog's New Year's comedy Love Me.

This time Derevyanko's character - the artist Shurik - got into oneone of the most common comedy situations in cinema: he had to dress up as a girl, Mara, in order to ingratiate himself with his boss. At the same time, the boss Kira (Alena Babenko) cannot stand Shurik in a male guise, but trusts him and loves him in her own way when he appears to her in the form of a housewife. The whole film is filled with sparkling humor, the plot is supported by a good game of actors. Derevyanko worked in his usual role as a comedian, so the New Year's film was a success.

In addition to Alena Babenko and Pavel Derevyanko, the film stars Mikhail Efremov, Ilze Liepa, Garik Sukachev, Olga Prokofieva and others.

Shadowbox Action

Who hasn't watched in Russia the sensational action movie "Shadow Boxing" about a Russian guy who made a great career in boxing. The main character - Artem Kolchin - was played by Denis Nikiforov in this film. Pavel Derevyanko took part in the first two parts of the film "Shadow Boxing" and embodied on the screens the image of a friend devoted to Artyom Kolchin - Timokha.

It is Timokha where Artyom and his girlfriend Vika are hiding when they rob a bank in the first part. Timokha then meets Kolchin at the gates of the camp, after the young man has served time for his crime.

Shadowboxing has always done well at the box office. The first part collected $8,262,833 in Russia, the second - $12,859,418. Together with Pavel Derevyanko, such actors as Denis Nikiforov, Elena Panova, Andrey Panin, Dmitry Shevchenko, Ivan Makarevich were involved in the film. Derevyanko's participation in suchcommercially successful project only strengthened his position in the domestic cinema.

Historical drama "The Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno"

In 2006, Derevyanko's "finest hour" came - he was entrusted with the main, moreover, a serious dramatic role in the TV series "The Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno". Pavel Derevyanko, who was previously known as a first-class comedian, got into the kings and proved to everyone that he was able to play different characters.

Nestor Makhno performed by Pavel turned out to be extremely natural, truthful, causing human sympathy and at the same time admiration. Despite the fact that Makhno was considered an anarchist, Derevyanko managed to show the main thing - that this man was endowed with outstanding leadership qualities and fortitude, which is already worthy of respect.

Director Nikolai Kaptan took a big risk, trusting a similar role to an established comedian, but his trust was justified: the audience warmly received both the series and Derevyanko himself as Nestor Makhno. Together with Pavel, Ada Rogovtseva, Daniil Belykh, Anna Slyu, Kirill Pletnev and many other TV stars also played in the film.

War film "Brest Fortress"

Actor Pavel Derevyanko, after the release of the historical drama about Nestor Makhno, began to receive roles of serious characters in films from time to time. One of the main roles of a dramatic nature went to him again in 2010, when the film "Brest Fortress" was filmed.

Regimental Commissar Yefim Fomin performed by an actorbecomes one of the leaders of the defense of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked by German troops in June 1941. Fomin is a real character who really participated in the defense of the legendary fortress, was captured, then was exposed as a traitor to the Soviet Union and shot.

The film "Brest Fortress" is very tragic, especially given the reality of all the events depicted in the plot. The cast was carefully selected by director Alexander Kott, and Pavel Derevyanko among his colleagues - Andrei Merzlikin, Evgeny Tsyganov and Alexander Korshunov - looked very organic.

Satire "Rzhevsky against Napoleon"

The film "Rzhevsky against Napoleon" can rightfully be considered a satirical comedy and a comedy of the absurd at the same time. The film was directed by Marius Weisberg, who is known to film fans for the Love in the City franchise, 8 New Dates and many other youth comedies.

Pavel Derevyanko again shone in the title role - second lieutenant Rzhevsky, who is sent to the formidable Napoleon (Vladimir Zelensky) as a lady in disguise in order to seduce and neutralize a dangerous enemy. As you can see, the plot is filled with absurd situations and even some kind of phantasmagoria. In this comedy, everything is upside down, everything is turned upside down. And this is what makes the viewer laugh throughout the whole picture. By the way, Derevianko again had the opportunity to dress up as a woman, which he did very funny.

As a result, the film caused a real sensation, but did not pay off inbox office.