Saminin Andrey is a Ukrainian theater and film actor. He starred in such films as "Squad", "How the Steel Was Tempered", "Dog", "Champions from the Gateway" and many others. Serves at the Theater on the left bank of the Dnieper in Kyiv (performances "Guests are coming at midnight", "Cuckold", "Three sisters"). Since 2016, Saminin has been awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Childhood and youth
The actor was born in 1974, April 26, in Zhytomyr. His mother was a theater artist, so Andrei chose his future profession at an early age. Together with classmates, he tried to organize a school theater. Having received a secondary education, Saminin moved to Kyiv and became a student of the course of M. Rushkovsky at the KNUTKiT named after. I. Karpenko-Kary.
Stage roles and TV work
After graduating from university, the aspiring artist joined the troupe of the Kyiv theater on the left bank of the Dnieper, in whose productions he still plays today. The first performances with the participation of Andrei Saminin were "Princess's Caprice" (role - soldier), "Ideal Husband" (deNanzhak), “You need me, gentlemen!” (Kurchaev) and "Eternal Husband" (Lobov). Then the actor played Veslovsky in the production of "Anna Karenina", Yura in "Freaks", Nick in "Who's Afraid?" and Michael in "Sea, Night, Candles". Saminin is also involved in the performances "Our Town" (role - George Gibbs), "26 Rooms" (M. Khrushchev), "Romeo and Juliet" (Tyb alt), "Three Sisters" (A. Prozorov), etc.
In 2009, the artist, together with director A. Kobzar, staged a play based on the play "Playing Chonkin", which he wrote based on the novel by V. Voinovich. Since 2011, Andrey Saminin has been playing Don Juan in the production of The Guests Are Coming at Midnight and Mikhail Rakitin in The Highest Good in the World.
Besides this, the actor often voices cartoons and feature films in Ukrainian and Russian. So, Melman speaks in his voice in Madagascar, Puss in Boots in Shrek, Gilbert Hawk in The Incredibles and others. He can also be heard in Sanctum, Inglorious Basterds, Young Victoria, Law Abiding Citizen, Babysitter on Call, Risk Limit, Special Squad Cobra 11, Curly Sue, Bachelor Party in Vegas" and "Police Academy". Almost always, actor Andrey Saminin dubs Johnny Depp's characters into Ukrainian ("Macho and Nerd", "Tourist", "Johnny D.", "Jack and Jill", "Dark Shadows").
Selected filmography
For the first time, the artist starred in a movie in 1994 in the student film "Winds". Five years later, Andrey played the key character Pavka Korchagin in the Ukrainian-Chinese film adaptation of How the Steel Was Tempered. The drama was filmedFilm studios. A. Dovzhenko to the 50th anniversary of the PRC. Then Saminin appeared in the TV series “The Spirit of the Earth” (the role is the head physician Vladimir), the detective story “Doll” (journalist Igor Vasin) and the film adaptation of the work of E. Voynich “The Gadfly” (Cesare Martini). In 2004, the actor played the main character Alexei in the melodrama Polka Dot Sky.
The next works of Andrey Saminin were Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Kupriyanov in the detective story "Golden Boys" and programmer Ignat Brazhnikov in the film adaptation of "Special Purpose Girlfriend". In 2006, the artist played the key character Valery Lositsky in the drama The Secret of St. Patrick and Denis in Strange Christmas. Then Saminin's filmography was replenished with the film "Thirst for Extreme" (role - Dmitry), the mystical series "Witch Love" (Stepan) and the melodrama "Not Alone" (Alfred).
In 2008, Andrey played the key character Sanin in the Russian-Ukrainian action movie "Squad". In the detective story "Abduction of the Goddess" he got the role of the Czech police officer Matthias, and in the melodrama "Shark" - Boris Korn. In 2010, the artist starred in the crime drama "Brother for Brother" and the film adaptation of "Plato Angel". In 2011, Andrey Saminin played Pavel in the mini-series "Indian Summer" and Yasha in the sports film "Champions from the Gateway".
Also, the actor can be seen in the melodrama "The Fireplace Guest", the detectives "Mute" and "Gunpowder and Shot". In the 2013 film "Credence" Saminin appeared in the image of the protagonist Orestes. Then he starred in the melodrama "Greek Woman" (role - Gosha) and the military tape "Haytarma" (Vovk). premiered in 2015comedy detective "Dog", in which Andrey played Alexei Leonidov - one of the key characters. The fourth season of this series is currently being filmed. In 2016, the artist appeared in the title role of the 4-episode melodrama Thunderstorm over Tikhorechye.
Private life
Saminin Andrey is married to actress Lesya Samaeva. The couple studied at the same university, then began to serve together in the theater, but a romantic relationship between them began while working on the film How the Steel Was Tempered. In 2002, Samaeva gave birth to a girl and named her Maria. The daughter of the artists has already managed to appear in commercials and read a monologue in the play "My little darlings". The Saminin family spends a joint vacation at the dacha, where the actor has his own workshop.
