Vyacheslav Baranov: the life and death of a famous actor

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:44

Vyacheslav Baranov is an actor whom the whole country knew and loved in Soviet times. He has dozens of roles in cult films. Do you want to know where he was born, with whom he lived and how the actor built his career? The article details all this.

Short biography

Vyacheslav Baranov was born on September 5, 1958 in Chisinau (Moldova). His childhood was spent in the Far East. But even there the Baranov family did not stay long. Soon the boy moved to Moscow with his parents.

As a schoolboy, our hero began acting in films. In 1978, Slava received the lead role in the film What's Happening to You? He brilliantly got used to the image of the 6th grader Mitya Gromov. Director Vladimir Sarukhanov made a bet on him and did not lose.

Student years

Having received a certificate of secondary education, Vyacheslav Baranov went to enter VGIK. He easily passed the exams and was enrolled in the course of Tatyana Lioznova. After 5 years, he was issued a diploma of graduation from the university. Where did Vyacheslav Baranov go to work? Actorcontinued to act in films. Many of us remember him for the role of Mishka Kvakin in the film "Timur and his team".

Career

Real success came to Vyacheslav Baranov in 1983 after the release of the film "Cage for Canaries". Then the actor was 25 years old. The guy was noticed and invited to the shooting by the famous director Pavel Chukhrai. Baranov successfully got used to the image of the bad guy Victor.

One of the most striking film works of the actor can be called the role of fighter-translator Andrey Bulygin in the military drama "Twice Born". Critics praised Baranov's performance. For this role, he even received the award of the Youth All-Union Festival, held in 1983.

The 1980s brought our hero many bright and interesting roles. Among them, the following images can be distinguished: Ptakhin in the film “It was the fourth year of the war”, Lieutenant Eroshin (“Battalions ask for fire”), Mitya Berezin in the detective story “Broken Circle”.

Further destiny

In post-perestroika times, Vyacheslav Baranov, like many Soviet actors, experienced difficulties. He rarely appeared in films. Back in the 1980s, our hero tried his hand at voicing foreign full-length films, cartoons and serials. This worked well for him. But in those days he was busy filming, so dubbing remained just a hobby. But in the 1990s, everything changed. And Baranov fully devotes himself to dubbing work. The voice of Vyacheslav Baranov was spoken by: Jackie Chan (he was considered his official voice), Brad Pitt ("Interview with the Vampire"), Jim Carrey("Ace Ventura") and others. For eight seasons, the actor voiced Bart Simpson in the acclaimed and loved by many animated series.

In the early 2000s, the actor returned to the film industry. He was invited to star in several TV series ("Ranetki", "Children of the Arbat", etc.). He also voiced the films The Avengers and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

In 2009, Baranov starred in the film "Ivan the Terrible". There he tried on the image of Vasily Shuisky.

Private life

The first wife of Baranov was the actress Evgenia Dobrovolskaya. Their acquaintance took place on the set of the picture "Cage for Canaries". The novel of two young and talented artists developed rapidly. Soon their wedding took place. For the first 3 years, the couple moved from one rented apartment to another. As a result, they managed to obtain their own housing.

In 1986, the couple had a son, who was named Stepan. Vyacheslav was in seventh heaven with happiness. In his free time, he fiddled with the baby, played with him and sang songs to him. Unfortunately, a common child did not help save the family. A few years after the birth of the baby, Vyacheslav and Evgenia divorced. Soon Dobrovolskaya started an affair with Mikhail Efremov. Vyacheslav and his mother were involved in raising Styopa's son.

When the boy grew up, Evgenia took him away. The actress decided to change his last name. Today the guy is known as Stepan Dobrovolsky.

A few years after the divorce from his first wife, Vyacheslav Baranov met another woman. Irina Pavlenko had nothing to do with cinema and theater. AlmostFor 6 years she lived in a civil marriage with a famous artist. In 2000, Vyacheslav and Irina broke up. At the same time, they continued to communicate as good friends.

Vyacheslav Baranov, actor: cause of death

In recent years, our hero was very sick. Many believed that his old addiction - smoking - was to blame for everything. But the problem turned out to be much more serious.

20 June 2012 Vyacheslav Baranov left this world. The cause of death is kidney cancer. Only close people knew about his inhuman torment. Unfortunately, he was unable to defeat the insidious disease.

In conclusion

Today we remembered another famous actor who made a great contribution to the development of Soviet (Russian) cinema. May the earth rest in peace to him…