Lydia Velezheva understood at first sight that Alexei Guskov was her destiny. Family secrets of actor Alexey Guskov
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Alexey Gennadievich Guskov was born on May 20, 1958 in the Polish city of Brzeg, in the family of a military pilot. Alexey lived in Poland until he was six years old, and then his family moved to Kyiv. A year later, my father died in the line of duty. All family concerns fell on the shoulders of Alexei’s mother; she remained the only breadwinner of the family and, as the actor recalls, did everything so that her son would not need anything.
The actor has Pomeranian roots. Often the son and mother visited Arkhangelsk, where the grandparents on his mother’s and father’s side lived. Later, when Alexey Guskov became a famous artist, during a tour to Arkhangelsk he found his family tree, compiled from church books.
Alexey Guskov photo
As a child, Alexey was an active and athletic guy. He studied at a football school and was fond of weightlifting, rowing and basketball. The words of his mathematics teacher, a passionate theater fan, made the boy think about a career as a professional artist. It was she who noted the special talent in the sixteen-year-old student and somehow casually advised him to try himself as an actor. The idea was warmly supported by my mother, who adored the theater. The guy began to participate in various school productions, and also attend extracurricular activities in theater arts.
After graduating from school, Alexey Guskov went to Moscow and entered the Higher Technical School named after N. E. Bauman. But the passion for theater did not go away, and the stage beckoned with irresistible force. The student was studying, and in free time He played in student plays and regularly visited the capital’s theaters, where he watched with admiration the performances of professionals.
One day Alexey Guskov attended a performance by Alexey Petrenko. His talent impressed the guy so much that he decided to leave Baumanka in his fifth year and try to enter a theater university.
Alexey Guskov managed to enter the Moscow Art Theater School on his first try. Here he improved his skills on the course of Viktor Monyukov, who played a huge role in future fate artist.
Alexey Guskov in the play "Eugene Onegin"
The professional biography of Alexei Guskov began at the Pushkin Moscow Drama Theater, where he worked from 1984 to 1986. In 1986, the young artist moved to the theater on Malaya Bronnaya, where he worked for two years. For another three years he played on the stage of “Detective” and two at the Gogol Theater. Only in the late 1990s did the artist find the place where he worked most comfortably: the State Academic Theater named after Evgeniy Vakhtangov.
Since 1994, Alexey Guskov has been President and CEO animation studio "F. A.F. Entertainment.”
Movies
The actor's theatrical career developed successfully. But nevertheless, his talent manifested itself most clearly and fully in cinema, although at first Alexei Guskov’s film acting biography was somewhat one-sided. The fact is that after a successful debut work in the film “Personal File of Judge Ivanova,” Guskov was invited to play the role of a bandit in the film “Wolfhound.” Having done this job brilliantly, the artist became very popular. But such fame also had back side: For several years, Guskov was offered roles reminiscent of his character from the film “Wolfhound”.
Young Alexey Guskov in the film "Wild Beach"
Trying to somewhat move away from the boring “gangster” role, Alexey Guskov even left cinema for some time. This break lasted until the end of the nineties. The breakthrough was the role of a talented billiard player in the film “Classic”, where the directors finally saw Guskov from a slightly different perspective.
Many fans note that the artist’s talent was truly revealed in the film “Border: A Taiga Romance.” This tape Alexanderra Mitta It is also notable for the fact that Alexey Gennadievich also worked on its creation as a producer. The negative role of the scoundrel Nikita Goloshchekin in “Border” brought the actor the State Prize of the Russian Federation. In this film, Alexey Guskov brilliantly portrayed love triangle With Olga Budother And MaraTom Basharov.
Alexey Guskov in the film "Border: A Taiga Romance"
From that moment on, the artist’s career took off sharply. The two thousand years were the best in his creative biography. During this period, Alexey Guskov often appeared in films and on television, and also tried his hand as a producer. The most striking works of this period were the films “The Scavenger”, “The Diary of a Murderer”, “The Enchanted Site”, “The Turkish Gambit”, “The One Who Puts Out the Lights”, “Saboteur 2: End of War” and many others.
For his work in "Scavenger", where the actor played excellently in tandem with Olesey SudzIlovskaya, at the Venice Television Film Festival he was awarded Grand Prize"For Best Actor"
Alexey Guskov in the film "Garbage Man"
During his long and eventful career, Alexey Guskov performed more than seventy roles, each of which was remarkable and interesting in its own way.
For his many years of service to art in 2001, the actor received the State Prize of Russia, and six years later - the title People's Artist RF.
In 2012, Alexey Guskov pleased his fans with his brilliant work in the action-packed Russian-Ukrainian series “Dragon Syndrome” by Nikolai Khomeriki, where he appeared in a star company Ekaterina Klimova, Leonida BeeChevina, Alexey Serebryakova And Andrey Merzlikina.
Alexey Guskov and Ekaterina Guseva in the film "Thin Ice"
In 2016, the favorite of millions gave viewers a new wonderful film - the Russian dramatic television series by Alexander Frankevich-Laye “Thin Ice”. In it, Alexey Guskov appeared together with EkateRina Guseva, Egor Beroevth And AndreI eat Rudensky. The actor got the key role - an authoritarian construction magnate who dictates the will and imposes his rules of life on everyone, including his wife, brilliantly played by Ekaterina Guseva. The artist’s wife also appeared in the series, playing a child psychologist.
The film received warm reviews from film critics and praise from television viewers. Alexey Guskov and Natalia Rudova visited Ivanand Urganta and on his project “Evening Urgant” they shared with the audience some secrets of their personal life. They also answered questions about whether they, like their characters from the melodrama “Thin Ice,” had ever encountered betrayal and used the services of a psychologist.
In the same year, Sergei Snezhkin’s fascinating biopic “The Way the Stars Aligned” was released. This picture is the final part of the film epic “The Leader’s Path”, dedicated to life path first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan NazarbEve. Guskov appeared in the character BoYeltsin's rice, surprising his fans.
Another notable project of 2016 is the detective series “Investigator Tikhonov,” based on the novels of the Strugatsky brothers. Guskov was seen in the short story “A Visit to the Minotaur”: he reincarnated as People’s Artist of the USSR Lev Polyakov.
In 2017, the actor will again delight a huge army of admirers of his talent with excellent work in films. Viewers will see a fascinating 12-episode project “Mata Hari”, in which he will play Georges Lada, and the series “ Leo Itires. Goalkeeper of my dreams”, in which Alexey Gennadievich will appear as coach Mikhail Yakushin.
Personal life
The actor was married twice. He first tied the knot while still a student at the Moscow Art Theater School. His wife was the girl Tatyana, whom Alexey met on the street. Tatyana had nothing to do with the art of acting, but she fit in wonderfully with Alexei’s company and came to all the student performances. From this marriage, Guskov has a daughter, Natalya, with whom Alexei maintains a warm relationship.
Alexey Guskov and Lidiya Velezheva photo
Guskov's second wife has been an actress of the Moscow Vakhtangov Theater for many years. LeadIya Velezheva. This is a strong marriage that has passed all tests. There are two growing up in a family talented sons- Vladimir and Dmitry. Volodya graduated from the Shchukin School, became an actor and now plays at the Vakhtangov Theater. In 2016, Vladimir and his wife gave their happy parents a granddaughter, Stefania. Dima studies at VGIK. He dreams of following in his father's footsteps and becoming a producer.
Personal life
The first wife is Tatyana.
Daughter - Natalya (born 1983). Granddaughter Elizabeth.
The second wife is Lidia Leonidovna Velezheva (born 1966), actress of the Evgeni Vakhtangov Theater, TV presenter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
In 2009, he graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute in Moscow with a degree in Drama Theater and Film Actor (course of Professor Galina Petrovna Sazonova), after which he entered the troupe of the Moscow academic theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky, where he currently serves.
On July 22, 2015, he won the theater award of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper (season 2014/2015) in the category “Beginners” in the nomination “Best Supporting Actor” for his performance of the role of Alexander in the play “The Last” directed by Nikita Kobelev on the stage of the Mayakovsky Theater .
Alexey Guskov with his family photo
The personal life of Alexei Guskov, who often plays heartthrobs and heroic lovers, is always in plain sight. But gaze The paparazzi were never able to spot anything reprehensible or compromising the family of Alexei and Lydia. They say that it is the demand for Guskov and Velezheva in the profession that is another guarantee strong marriage. In this family, both spouses are accomplished, famous people, who have passed the tests with dignity through years of hardship, formation and glory.
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0cb496d62c824cb33a99add82c592b05 The well-known actor Alexey Guskov became a grandfather
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:53 ()
Alexey Guskov, well known for his roles in cinema and theater, shared a joyful event in his life. But the actor did not boast about his new role, but said that he had become a grandfather for the first time.
Alexey announced the addition to the family in passing, talking about the activities of his children. “My wife and I thought that the younger one would follow this path, and the older one would do something else. But Dmitry went to VGIK to study at the production department, and the eldest, Vladimir, became an actor. Works at the Mayakovsky Theater. I also have a daughter from my first marriage. I recently became a grandfather, my granddaughter is two years old. Natalya wanted to go to acting, I immediately said that I could help her with admission, but I was not going to be responsible. As a result, my daughter graduated from linguistics. There is definitely no cronyism in my profession, I know this from my own example. Chance, yes, but not cronyism,” the Interlocutor quotes Alexei Guskov.
They met while playing in the same play. “One day I was running up the stairs in the theater, and a girl was sitting on the steps and smoking. I didn’t have any matches, so I asked her for a light. Having lit a cigarette, he automatically put the box in his pocket and ran away. At the rehearsal, Lida, as it turned out her name was, looked at me for an hour and a half. I thought I liked it, but at the end she asked: “Are you going to return the matches?” After some time, we settled in a small room in a communal apartment, and our first child was born. Then we bought a second and third room - and it turned out to be a wonderful family nest,” said Guskov.
Alexey first tied the knot in his second year at the Moscow Art Theater School. Right on the street, a young student approached a nice girl named Tatyana to meet him. Soon they became husband and wife. But, as the actor himself now says, love quickly faded away. The interests and habits of the spouses categorically did not coincide, and besides, the young wife had not the slightest relation to the acting profession.
“We have been married for 10 years,” says Guskov. – You see, it’s just that the difference in professions and interests makes itself felt sooner or later. This greatly affects relationships, especially at a young age. I think that when people of different professions come together in adulthood, then this is a completely different matter. And when you are building your life, and your partner is simultaneously building some of his own, it gets in the way. You don't understand your other half, and she doesn't understand you. This is all much more serious than, for example, some kind of domestic dispute over a closed or open window.”
From his first marriage, Alexei Guskov has not only unpleasant memories of misunderstandings with his wife. His and Tatyana’s daughter Natalya is already thirty-four years old. The actor also has a granddaughter, in whom the famous grandfather dotes. But, as it turned out, Alexey Guskov could have crossed paths with his current life partner, actress Lydia Velezheva, back in childhood. After all, they lived on the neighboring streets of Kyiv.
“When my family and I moved from Poland to Kyiv, I was seven years old,” continues Alexey. - I went to school. And my future wife had just been born at that time and then lived next door - on the other side of the railway. It’s necessary that we only met in Moscow. When this was found out in the first stages of our communication, it was, of course, surprising.”
Lydia Velezheva and Alexey Guskov met in the theater at a joint rehearsal. “Lida and I have a boring, banal, vulgar relationship between an actor and an actress, which has grown into family life. I was sitting on the stairs in the theater. A beautiful girl ran past me. She turned out to be a smoker. There were no lighters then, so she asked me for matches. I didn’t refuse - I gave. The girl brazenly put them in her pocket and ran away. And then it turned out that we came to the same rehearsal. I looked at her intently. I thought whether she would give me the matches or not. And she is happy, sits and thinks: “Why is he looking at me like that?! I guess I’m good!” recalls Guskov.
This is such a funny story. “As soon as I looked at Alexei, I immediately realized: this is my destiny,” Velezheva says in turn. - I don’t know what it was. Maybe some kind of premonition. But I looked at him at rehearsals and for some reason I knew that I would live with this man, he would be my husband.”
Lydia Velezheva and Alexey Guskov have been happily married for about thirty years. They have two sons: 28-year-old Vladimir and 22-year-old Dmitry. Last year, the eldest son gave his parents a beautiful granddaughter, Stefania. And it’s okay that before the family of Guskov and Velezheva became truly happy, they had to endure a number of trials: a communal apartment, a lack of money due to the lack of demand for artists, because of which, they even say, Guskov began to drink. But be that as it may, now the actor looks like a completely happy and accomplished person.
“I experienced my main life crisis at about 35 years old,” shares Guskov. – Before this, everything was kind of at random, lucky or unlucky. And after thirty-five I became a fatalist. My advice to everyone: you need to listen to life, it always offers us something. You just need to be able to make the right choice.”
Alexey Guskov is a famous Soviet and Russian actor, winner of many awards and holder of the title of People's Artist of Russia. Despite his advanced age and impressive list of merits, he continues to actively act in films, remains popular with viewers and is included in the list of the most sought-after actors in Russia.
As for the personal life of Alexei Guskov, he regularly recalls his first wife, thanks to whom he reached such heights and who left a big mark on his biography.
Alexey Guskov
Alexey Guskov is a native of the Polish People's Republic. He was born on May 20, 1958 in the small town of Brzeg. His father was a military pilot, so the family had to change their place of residence often. When the boy was 6 years old, their family moved to Kyiv.
Unfortunately, Alexey Guskov lost his father very early. He died soon after they moved to Kyiv, while performing his official duties. For the whole family, this loss was a huge tragedy. They decided not to tell the boy the sad news. However, Alexei himself found a telegram in which the news was printed that his father had tragically died.
Alexey Guskov in his youth
The mother tried to do everything so that her son would not feel lonely. The Guskov family often visited the Arkhangelsk region, visiting relatives and organizing family celebrations.
The future actor’s mother instilled in him a love of art and sports. They often went to the theaters. Since childhood, Alexey has been involved in various sports. First it was football, then weightlifting, rowing and even basketball.
Carefully preserving the memory of his beloved father, Alexey Guskov dreamed of becoming a test pilot. This desire did not leave the boy until the 9th grade. The choice of profession was influenced by an incident that occurred in a mathematics lesson. The teacher of this discipline noted the young man’s texture and advised him to go to drama school.
Alexey Guskov and actor Alexey Kravchenko
These words made a great impression on the young man, and he decided to connect his life with theater and cinema. Alexey’s mother never interfered with such an unexpected choice, but still advised her to first acquire a profession and only then engage in acting.
Student years
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Guskov goes to Moscow to receive higher education. He successfully enters the Moscow Higher Technical School named after. Bauman. During his studies, he often visits the capital's theaters, carefully monitoring all premieres. The world of theater fascinates young Alexei. He actively participates in the creative activities of his educational institution. He himself writes scripts for holidays and special events, and plays in sketches. His talent is noted by absolutely everyone who observes his work.
After 4 years of study, Alexey Guskov decides to leave the Moscow Higher Technical School named after. Bauman and enter the theater institute. He successfully passes the entrance examination to the Moscow Art Theater School. He is enrolled in V. Monyukov’s course. Alexey Guskov was very lucky with his teachers.
Alexey Guskov: photo
Such famous personalities as Oleg Efremov, Evgeny Evstigneev, Sofya Pilyavskaya shared their experience and skills with the artist. Guskov received a classical acting education, based on many years of traditions and accumulated knowledge.
Personal life with his first wife was a bright moment for Alexey Guskov, which was noted in his biography. They tied the knot during their student years, but this decision was rash. Despite everything, they had a daughter, who is the reason for the warm relationship between them. Today Guskov is married for the second time and has three sons. The very friendly and creative Guskov family regularly delights fans with joint photos.
Theater career
In 1983, the actor completed his studies at the Moscow Art Theater and received the qualification of “Dramatic Theater and Film Actor”. Almost immediately after graduation, he received an offer from the Moscow Drama Theater. Pushkin. In this theater he makes his stage debut in the title role. He participates in the production of the play “I am a Woman.” Guskov plays the role of a girl in love with the main character, played by Vera Alentova. Then follows a series of other successful roles performed by Guskov. The actor worked in this theater for 2 years.
Then the actor moves to another famous theater, on Malaya Bronnaya. In it, for the first time he tries himself not only as an actor, but also as a writer, screenwriter and director. Guskov himself wrote the script and staged the play based on the work of L. Andreev. This performance was a very great success. However, Alexey Guskov did not work in this theater for very long.
Actor Alexey Guskov on the theater stage
Already in 1988, the actor moved to the experimental theater "Detective". Guskov worked there for 3 years. In 1991, he changed his place of work again, moving to the Theater named after 3 years. Gogol, and then returned to the Moscow Dram. the theater where he began his career. Guskov explains this frequent change of theaters by his reluctance to take breaks from work. If there were no suitable roles for an actor in one theater, he easily moved to another.
Photos of his wife, children, personal life and biography of Alexei Guskov are the information that interests the media most. They want to learn as much as possible about him, and Alexey is always open to communication. Almost everything about his fate is known to fans today. The most important thing for him has always been his family, which helped him become a famous actor and creative person.
Since 2011, the actor began to be invited to interesting roles in the theater. Vakhtangov. He played the role of a timber merchant in the play “People as People”, Ray Mortimer in the comedy play “Ordinary People”. In 2013, he was officially accepted into the troupe of this theater, where he works to this day.
Film career
Despite the demand for an actor in the theater, Alexey Guskov is traditionally considered a film actor. After all, it was thanks to his brilliant works in films that Alexei Guskov received national love and recognition. The biography of Alexey Guskov is integral to his career and personal life. The Actor himself has repeatedly said that he reached such heights thanks to the support of relatives and close people. Currently, due to his age, he cannot actively act in films.
Alexey Guskov in the film “Classic”
His film debut took place back in 1985. The actor was noted for his supporting role in the film “The Personal File of Judge Ivanova.” The first large-scale role was in the film “Wild Beach”.
However, Alexey Guskov was remembered by the viewer for his image of a bandit in the film “Wolfhound”. The audience and directors liked this image so much that the actor was literally bombarded with offers to play bandits.
Alexey Guskov and Marat Basharov in the film “Border. Taiga novel"
After this, the actor acted in criminal roles several more times. Soon this image began to interfere with Guskov’s development of his career, because apart from such roles, nothing else was offered. The actor had to reject many offers from directors, including foreign ones. In the period from 1995 to 1998, Guskov left cinema altogether, continuing to work only in the theater.
A new round in his career begins after filming the film “Classic”. In this picture, Guskov gets a completely different image. He plays a talented billiard player. After this picture, directors began to look at the actor completely differently. It is not surprising that soon after the premiere of the film he began to receive new interesting offers.
Alexey Guskov in the film “Thirst”
This was followed by work in Alexander Mitta’s film “Border: A Taiga Novel.” We can safely say that after the release of this series, Alexey Guskov woke up famous. His talent was fully revealed by the director. The actor received a special award for the role of Nikita Goloshchekin. This series is still very popular. The pattern is periodically repeated along the central channels.
Photos of Alexey Guskov are very common on social networks; many media outlets have written about his personal life and biography. He devoted a huge amount of time to cinema, since it was also of great importance for the actor. The actor has more than 70 prominent roles to his credit.
Alexey Guskov in the film "Garbage Man"
He starred in several very popular films:
- "Garbage man"
- "Turkish gambit"
- "Hunting for Red Deer"
- "Street Racers"
- "Saboteur 2. End of the War"
- "Dragon Syndrome"
- "Thin ice"
- "Mata Hari"
For the film "Scavenger" the actor will receive the prestigious Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actor. In 2013, the actor was invited to shoot an Italian film, where Guskov played the role of Pope Paul John II. In 2007, the actor was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia.
Ekaterina Guseva and Alexey Guskov on the set of the film “Thin Ice”
Alexey Guskov is engaged not only in acting. In addition, he works in the promotion of various television projects and is considered a successful producer. The actor often manifests himself as a person with an active civic position.
Since 2006, he has been a member of the General Council of the United Russia party. Guskov actively supports many projects of the current president.
Alexey Guskov as Boris Yeltsin
It will be difficult to find a photo of Alexey Guskov with his first wife on the Internet, since this stage quickly flew by in his personal life and biography. Despite all the experiences, they always supported each other and constantly communicated after the divorce. The person is very loving and positive in all aspects. Currently, all his colleagues in the shop speak only well of Alexey.
Personal life, children
The famous actor entered into legal marriage twice. He got married for the first time during his student years. His wife Tatyana often attended the Moscow Art Theater School, however, she was not a student at this institution and had nothing to do with the acting profession. In this marriage, Alexei and Tatyana had a daughter, Natalya. Soon after the birth of the baby, the parents divorced. But Alexey Guskov never stopped communicating with Natalya. There is a warm and friendly relationship between father and daughter.
Natalya also succeeded as a person. She works as a linguist for a very well-known company. Natalya gave birth to a daughter, Elizaveta. Alexey Guskov was very happy about this event; he became a grandfather for the first time. Alexey Guskov is very happy about his children, who have an important influence on his biography and personal life. Everything he did and continues to do is for children.
Alexey Guskov with his wife, actress Lidiya Velezheva
The second marriage turned out to be more durable. Alexey met his future wife in the theater, before a rehearsal for the play. A charming girl was sitting on the steps of the theater and smoking, and Guskov asked her for a match, but forgot to return it. After the rehearsal, the girl demanded that the boxes be returned. This is how Alexei Guskov and Lydia Velezheva met.
As this couple often notes, the secret of their happy family life is that both actors are successful in their profession. Indeed, both Alexey Guskov and Lidiya Velezheva are popular, and most importantly, sought-after actors, both in theater and cinema. The young family managed to maintain love and warmth in their relationship even in the difficult 90s. Although they often note that it was not easy. The actors, together with their small children, huddled in a cramped communal apartment, there was a catastrophic lack of money, and they were not offered new roles.
Alexey Guskov with his wife and sons
The actors have 2 sons. The eldest is Vladimir, and the youngest is Dmitry. Both young men also chose a creative career. Dmitry Guskov has already graduated from the Theater Institute and is successfully working in the theater. Vladimir Mayakovsky. He managed to star in several films and even received an award, which is awarded to young talents. Vladimir is married, in 2016 his daughter Stefania was born. Thus, Alexey Guskov became a grandfather for the second time.
The youngest son, Dmitry, also chose the field of cinema. He is a student at VGIK. It’s very easy to find photos of Alexey Guskova’s children, information from his personal life and biography on the Internet. The family is very friendly and constantly support each other. Already, many people are talking about their relationship.
Alexey Guskov now
All three men in the Guskov family have a common hobby - karate. Both father and sons have black belts in this sport. Since Alexei Guskov has a daughter from his first wife, he is also interested in her personal life; the actor has photos together with her.
Name: Alexey Guskov
Age: 58 years old
Place of Birth: Brzeg, Poland A
Height: 186 cm
Weight: 91 kg
Activity: actor, producer
Marital status: married to
Alexey Guskov - biography
Actor Alexey Guskov with a purely Russian surname is of completely non-Russian origin. He is a native of Poland, from the city of Brzeg. Talented, smart, charismatic, makes you fall in love with his characters.
Biography of the actor from the beginning
What was Alexey Guskov like as a child, who gave him acting potential and allowed his talent to become accessible to an endless number of fans? Soviet times, the family of a military pilot, the birth of his son Alyosha, moving to Kyiv. This was how Alexei’s childhood and school years were. The boy's father died in the line of duty. Mom hid this bitter news from her son for a long time, trying to raise a real man in him. Sport was an integral part of Alexey’s life; he was attracted to many things: football, basketball, weightlifting and rowing.
How did it happen that the guy chose the profession of an actor? The mathematics teacher was very fond of theater, she saw acting abilities in Alexey and advised him to play several roles in school theater productions. It turned out to be so exciting that high school graduate Alexey Guskov goes to Moscow and enters the Bauman Higher Technical School. Student theater occupies its entire essence. When Guskov watched the performance with the participation, he took the documents, having studied for four years already. He entered another university - the Moscow Art Theater.
Alexey Guskov - theatrical career
The actor's biography is filled with good roles on the stages of various theaters. The end of the Moscow Art Theater coincided with the beginning of work at the Moscow Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin, then he was invited to the theater on Malaya Bronnaya. The actor serves in these temples of Melpomene for two years, then there was “Detective” and the Gogol Theater.
In total, Alexey is looking for comfortable conditions for his work for another five years. GAT named after Vakhtangov became such an ideal place in the late nineties. Guskov writes the play himself. This attempt at writing turned out to be successful, the work saw the light of day on the theatrical stage. The audience received the performance well.
Alexey Guskov - films
The films became a continuation of the creative biography of Alexei Guskov. Already in 1985, the film career of actor Guskov began. The first film and successful debut was the film “Personal File of Judge Ivanova.” Everything turned out great in the film, but the real success was brought by the release of the film “Wolfhound”. Offers began to come one after another.
The roles were offered the same type, the directors saw in the actor the ability to play only gangster elements. Guskov was brilliantly successful in playing the role of an unconventional, subtle scoundrel in the serial film “Border: A Taiga Novel.” This role brought him the Laureate of the State Prize of Russia.
It is enough just to name some of the filmography of Alexey Guskov:
"Garbage man",
Diary of a Killer"
"Enchanted area"
"Turkish gambit",
"Wolfhound"
"Goryachev and others"
"Classic",
"Border. Taiga novel",
"Beyond the Wolves"
"Plot"
"Hunting for red deer"
"White Guard".
Guskov's roles are strikingly memorable. There are more than seventy of them, and not one is like the previous one. 2001 - presentation of the State Prize of the country with the wording “for service to art.” And after six years, the actor receives the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Alexey Guskov - biography of personal life
What about on the personal front? The actor’s personal life was not immediately successful, as well as in his work. My first marriage as a student did not bring real happiness. Having met a girl on the street who was not involved in theatrical art, Alexey Guskov started a family, but did not get the desired result. The actor has a daughter from his first marriage; a warm, trusting relationship has been established and is still maintained between father and daughter.
The second marriage has lasted twenty-five years. His wife is the famous actress Lidiya Velezheva. Lydia and Alexey are strong, purposeful individuals. But Velezheva copes well with the role of Guskov’s wife. The talent for acting on the stage was passed on to the two sons of the star couple. The eldest of them, Vladimir, has already managed to build his acting career, like his parents. He made his mom and dad grandparents. It is likely that granddaughter Stefania will also become a successor to the Guskov acting dynasty.
Explicit scenes in films, according to journalists, in which both Lydia and Alexey were involved were supposed to undermine and weaken the bonds of marriage. But the keeper of the hearth, Velezheva, knows that she lives not for her career, but for her family. Therefore, the test of time of lack of money, filling the meaning of life and the test of fame - the spouses withstood all these stages of strength with honor. A strong and reliable rear is the basis for creativity. Alexei Guskov is now very comfortable going through life: he has found his theater, he is getting roles that his soul is passionate about, and he has his favorite reliable people next to him.
The actor is loved by the audience; he, like his wife, has his own loyal fans. In such families, where trust and mutual understanding reign, truly creative children are born. I would really like to wish the acting family great love and creative success.
Name: Alexey Guskov
Age: 60 years
Height: 186
Activity: actor, producer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Alexey Guskov: biography
By his own admission, Alexey Guskov came to acting by accident. Now I can’t imagine life without a stage and a movie camera. However, the artist does not pursue a variety of roles and the number of points in his filmography. Alexey is quite happy with what he is doing at the moment, because life’s moments are not repeated.
Childhood and youth
Alexey Gennadievich Guskov was born on May 20, 1958 in the Polish city of Brzeg in the family of a military pilot. Alexey lived in Poland until he was 6 years old, and then the family moved to Kyiv. A year later, my father died in the line of duty. All family concerns fell on the shoulders of the mother, who remained the only breadwinner of the family. As the actor recalls, she did everything so that her son would not need anything.
Actor Alexey Guskov
The actor has Pomeranian roots. Often the son and mother visited Arkhangelsk, where their grandparents lived. Later, when Alexey Guskov became a famous artist, during a tour to Arkhangelsk he found a family tree compiled from church books.
In his youth, Alexey was an active and athletic guy. He attended a football school and was interested in weightlifting, rowing and basketball. The words of a mathematics teacher who was a passionate theater fan made the guy think about a career as a professional artist.
The teacher noted a special talent in the 16-year-old student and somehow casually advised Lyosha to try himself in a creative profession. The idea was warmly supported by my mother, who adored the theater. The guy began participating in various school productions, as well as attending extracurricular theater classes.
After graduating from school, Alexey Guskov went to Moscow and entered the Bauman Higher Technical School. But the passion for theater did not go away, and the stage beckoned with irresistible force. The student studied, and in his free time he played in student plays and regularly visited the capital’s theaters, where he watched with admiration the performances of professionals.
One day Guskov went to a performance. The artist’s talent impressed the guy so much that Alexey decided to leave Baumanka in his 5th year and try to enroll in a theater university.
Alexey Guskov managed to get into the Moscow Art Theater School on his first try. Here he improved his skills on the course of Viktor Monyukov, who played a huge role in the future fate of the artist.
Films and theater
The professional biography of Alexei Guskov began at the Moscow Drama Theater, where he served from 1984 to 1986. In 1986, the young artist moved to the theater on Malaya Bronnaya, where he played for two years. For another 3 years he performed on the stage of “Detective” and 2 at the Gogol Theater. Only in the late 1990s did the artist find the place where he served most comfortably - the State Academic Theater named after.
On this stage, Guskov plays in the plays “Eugene Onegin” and “Smile on Us, Lord!”, “False Note” and “People as People.”
Since 1994, Alexey Guskov has been the president and general director of the studio “F. A.F. Entertainment". The company produced the animated film “Dunno on the Moon”, the film “Ragin”, the films “Hot Saturday”, “Narrow Bridge”, “Father” and “Coma”, in which Alexey played the main roles.
Alexey Guskov in the film “Wild Beach”
The actor's theatrical career developed successfully. But still, his talent manifested itself most clearly and fully in cinema, although at first Alexei Guskov’s film acting biography was one-sided. The fact is that after a successful debut work in the film “Personal File of Judge Ivanova,” he was invited to play the role of a bandit in the film “Wolfhound.” Having done this job brilliantly, the artist became very popular. But such fame also had a downside: for several years, Guskov was offered roles reminiscent of his character from the film “Wolfhound”.
Trying to somewhat move away from the boring “gangster” role, Alexey Guskov even left cinema for some time. This break lasted until the end of the 90s.
Alexey Guskov in the film “Classic”
A breakthrough was the role of a talented billiard player in the film “Classic”, where the directors saw Guskov from a different perspective.
Many fans note that the artist’s talent was truly revealed in the film “”. This film is also notable for the fact that Alexey Gennadievich also worked on its creation as a producer. The negative role of the scoundrel Nikita Goloshchekin in “Border” brought the actor the State Prize of the Russian Federation. In this film, Alexey Guskov brilliantly portrayed a love triangle with and.
Alexey Guskov in the film “Border. Taiga novel"
From that moment on, the artist’s career took off sharply. The 2000s were the best in his creative biography. During this period, Alexey Guskov often appears in films and on television, and also tries his hand as a producer. The most striking works were the films “The Scavenger”, “The Diary of a Murderer”, “The Enchanted Site”, “The Turkish Gambit”, “The One Who Puts Out the Lights”, “Saboteur 2: End of War” and many others.
For his work in “The Scavenger,” where the actor played excellently in tandem with, at the Venice Television Film Festival he was awarded the main prize “For Best Actor.” In 2001, Guskov received the State Prize of Russia, and 6 years later - the title “People’s Artist of the Russian Federation.”
Alexey Guskov and Olesya Sudzilovskaya in the film “Garbage Man”
In 2012, Alexey Guskov pleased fans with his brilliant work in the action-packed Russian-Ukrainian series “Dragon Syndrome” by Nikolai Khomeriki, where he appeared in the star company of, and.
The crime drama “Marked” presented the artist in the role of a thief nicknamed Bars, a crime boss who sends another person to prison in his place. The main character was tempted by $1 million and agreed to serve 8 years instead of the prescribed 1 year. He acted as a guide to the intricacies of life behind bars, and acted as the head of the zone.
The film “Four Days in May,” the idea of which belonged to Alexey, caused mixed reviews from viewers. In the film about the war against the fascist invaders, a sniper killed a German teenager in the back; the intentions of Soviet soldiers to use children from an orphanage as human shields and drunken shooting at their own people were demonstrated.
Guskov explained that the creators’ task is to show that the war has neither winners nor losers, the horrors of the massacre are equally reflected on all participants. An angry reaction on the Internet forced the NTV channel, where it was planned to show the film on Victory Day, to make changes to the broadcast schedule and instead release the drama “In August 1944.”
Italian television crews entrusted the Russian artist to portray on screen the role of the head of the Roman Catholic Church, John Paul II. Martin Sheen and Richard Dreyfuss were considered candidates for the lead role in the film He's a Saint, He's a Man. During 27 filming days, Guskov had the opportunity to visit the places where Karol Wojtyla lived.
In 2016, the favorite of millions gave viewers a new wonderful film - the Russian dramatic television series by Alexander Frankevich-Laye “Thin Ice”. In it, Alexey Guskov appeared along with, and. The actor got the key role - an authoritarian construction magnate who dictates the will and imposes his own rules of life on those around him, including his wife, brilliantly played by Ekaterina Guseva. The artist’s wife also appeared in the series, playing a child psychologist.
Alexey Guskov and Ekaterina Guseva in the film “Thin Ice”
The film received warm reviews from film critics and praise from television viewers. Alexey Guskov visited and shared some secrets of his personal life with the audience on the “Evening Urgant” show. They also answered questions about whether, like the characters from the melodrama “Thin Ice,” they had ever encountered betrayal and used the services of a psychologist.
Alexey Guskov in the show “Evening Urgant”In the same year, Sergei Snezhkin’s fascinating biopic “The Way the Stars Aligned” was released. This picture is the final part of the film epic “The Path of the Leader,” dedicated to the life path of the first president of Kazakhstan. Guskov appeared in character, surprising his fans.
Another notable project of 2016 is the detective series “Investigator Tikhonov,” based on the novels of the brothers and. Guskov was involved in the short story “A Visit to the Minotaur”: he played People’s Artist of the USSR Lev Polyakov.
In 2017, the actor pleased the army of admirers of his talent with new film projects. Viewers saw the fascinating 12-episode project “,” in which Guskov played Georges Lada, and the series “,” in which Alexey Gennadievich appeared as a coach.
Alexey Guskov in the series “Mata Hari”
In the detective story “Identity Not Established,” the artist played a Moscow Criminal Investigation Department investigator who arrived in a provincial town to help a colleague perform. In addition to investigating the crime, the hero will have to find out how closely the local law enforcement agencies, including an old friend, are connected with criminal circles.
Alexey Guskov in the film “Penguin of Our Time”
Whatever character Guskov gets, positive or negative, a person with a strong character, strong-willed and strong appears on the screen. Tall (Alexey’s height is 187 cm, weight is about 90 kg), a charismatic man is able to convey the psychologism of a drama with one movement of his eyebrows, and the comicality or ambiguity of a situation with a smile.
Personal life
The actor was married twice. He first tied the knot while still a student at the Moscow Art Theater School. The girl Tatyana, whom Alexey met on the street, became his wife. She had nothing to do with the art of acting, but easily joined Alexei’s company and came to all student performances. From this marriage, Guskov has a daughter, Natalya, with whom he maintains a warm relationship.
Guskov's second wife has been an actress of the Moscow Vakhtangov Theater for many years. The family grew up with two talented children - Vladimir and Dmitry. Volodya graduated from the Shchukin School, became an actor and now plays at the Theater named after. In 2016, Vladimir and his wife gave their happy parents a granddaughter, Stefania. Dima studies at VGIK and dreams of following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a producer.
The personal life of Alexei Guskov, who often plays heartthrobs and heroic lovers, is always in plain sight. But the gaze of the paparazzi never spotted anything reprehensible or compromising the family of Alexei and Lydia.
They say that Guskov and Velezheva’s demand in the profession is another guarantee of a strong marriage. In this family, both spouses are accomplished, popular artists who have adequately passed the test of years of hardship, development and fame.
On behalf of Alexey, unverified accounts are maintained on Instagram and Facebook, where photos from creative meetings are published and moments from film sets are recorded.
Alexey Guskov now
In 2018, the actor, at the peak of his fame, played a complete antipode. The main character Alexei in the film “The Eternal Life of Alexander Khristoforov” has health problems and does not have good relationships with family members and colleagues at work.
A smart fairy tale for adults in the feel good movie genre, as Guskov called this project, took 5 years - from concept to implementation. The reason for creating the comedy was an online survey on the topic of what people would do if they gained immortality or if they had 2 weeks left to live.
The artist called his participation in the film a gift of fate, appearing in the image of almost God and giving the character Alexei the elixir of eternal life.
The producer of the new film with the participation of Alexei Guskov was Alexander Kotelevsky, who had a hand in the creation of the comedies “From 180 and Above,” “Carrot Love,” and the thriller “Indigo.” A melodrama with criminal overtones, “Port” combined two different stories. In one, a father-boxing coach played by Guskov tries to get his disabled daughter back on her feet. In another, a young man earns his living by fighting without rules. A cripple who has lost his willpower awakens an interest in life when a young boxer appears in the gym.
Alexey Guskov is in demand outside of Russia. The actor starred in “Ideal” and Roberto Ando in “Confession”. In 2018, German filmmakers invited Alexey to the crime comedy Asphaltgorillas about the henchman of a drug lord who started his own game.
Filmography
- 2005 – “Hunting for the Red Deer”
- 2006 – “Tanker Tango”
- 2007 – “Father”
- 2009 – “White Sand”
- 2010 – “Tulsky-Tokarev”
- 2012 – “August. Eighth”
- 2014 – “In the Deep”
- 2015 – “Penguin of Our Time”
- 2016 – “The way the stars aligned”
- 2017 – “Mata Hari”
- 2018 – “Elephant”
- 2018 – “Port”
- 2018 – “The Eternal Life of Alexander Khristoforov”
It all started as a banal connection between actors.
Alexey Guskov will celebrate his 60th birthday next year. He continues to actively act. In all his creative endeavors, he is supported by his beloved wife, actress Lidiya Velezheva, with whom he has been happily married for more than thirty years. However, before meeting Lydia, the actor’s personal life could not be called smooth.
Alexey first tied the knot in his second year at the Moscow Art Theater School. Right on the street, a young student approached a nice girl named Tatyana to meet him. Soon they became husband and wife. But, as the actor himself now says, love quickly faded away. The interests and habits of the spouses categorically did not coincide, and besides, the young wife had not the slightest relation to the acting profession.
« We have been married for 10 years, says Guskov. – You see, it’s just that the difference in professions and interests makes itself felt sooner or later. This greatly affects relationships, especially at a young age. I think that when people of different professions come together in adulthood, then this is a completely different matter. And when you are building your life, and your partner is simultaneously building some of his own, it gets in the way. You don't understand your other half, and she doesn't understand you. This is all much more serious than, for example, some kind of domestic dispute over a closed or open window».
From his first marriage, Alexei Guskov has not only unpleasant memories of misunderstandings with his wife. His and Tatyana’s daughter Natalya is already thirty-four years old. The actor also has a granddaughter, in whom the famous grandfather dotes. But, as it turned out, Alexey Guskov could have crossed paths with his current life partner, actress Lydia Velezheva, back in childhood. After all, they lived on the neighboring streets of Kyiv.
« When my family and I moved from Poland to Kyiv, I was seven years old, continues Alexey. – I went to school. And my future wife had just been born at that time and then lived next door - on the other side of the railway. It’s necessary that we only met in Moscow. When this was found out in the first stages of our communication, it was, of course, surprising.».
Lydia Velezheva and Alexey Guskov met in the theater at a joint rehearsal. " Lida and I have a boring, banal, vulgar relationship between an actor and an actress, which has grown into family life. I was sitting on the stairs in the theater. A beautiful girl ran past me. She turned out to be a smoker. There were no lighters then, so she asked me for matches. I didn’t refuse - I gave. The girl brazenly put them in her pocket and ran away. And then it turned out that we came to the same rehearsal. I looked at her intently. I thought whether she would give me the matches or not. And she is happy, sits and thinks: “Why is he looking at me like that?! I guess I'm good!", recalls Guskov.
This is such a funny story. " As soon as I looked at Alexei, I immediately realized: this is my destiny,” Velezheva says in turn. – I don't know what it was. Maybe some kind of premonition. But I looked at him at rehearsals and for some reason I knew that I would live with this man, he would be my husband».
Lydia Velezheva and Alexey Guskov have been happily married for about thirty years. They have two sons: 28-year-old Vladimir and 22-year-old Dmitry. Last year, the eldest son gave his parents a beautiful granddaughter, Stefania. And it’s okay that before the family of Guskov and Velezheva became truly happy, they had to endure a number of trials: a communal apartment, a lack of money due to the lack of demand for artists, because of which, they even say, Guskov began to drink. But be that as it may, now the actor looks like a completely happy and accomplished person.
« I experienced my main life crisis at about 35 years old., - shares Guskov. – Before this, everything was somehow at random, lucky or unlucky. And after thirty-five I became a fatalist. My advice to everyone: you need to listen to life, it always offers us something. You just need to be able to make the right choice».