Aleksey Kortnev

Alexey Kortnev is an actor, showman, singer, founder of a charitable foundation. A good half of his biography is inextricably linked with the "Accident" group, which has existed for decades. And such phenomena on the Russian stage can be counted on one hand. There is no secret recipe for youth. There is a secret of "longevity", and it lies precisely in the constant "stirring". The soloist of the musical group and the TV presenter jokes that when he gets tired of "jumping around the stage", he will play while sitting.

Alexey was born in Moscow into the family of Anatoly Kortnev, a high-ranking employee of the USSR Academy of Sciences. When asked about the artist's nationality, Internet search engines give a ready-made answer "Jew", but there is no confirmation from him.

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Thanks to his early education, Alyosha was able to get into one of the most prestigious schools in the capital, a specialized educational institution with in-depth study of the English language. Kortnev mastered a foreign language so well that, having learned to play the guitar, a 14-year-old teenager began to write his own songs in English.

After graduating from school in 1983, Kortnev entered the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Moscow State University. But the student did not give himself up to study to the full, for which he was expelled in 1987, after which he took up creativity. Parents, avid tourists, who took their son with them on hikes, where they sang songs by the fire in chorus, instilled a love of music. He appeared on stage as a musician, and also continued to play in the student theater of Moscow State University, where he got as a freshman. As part of this troupe, he played in KVN for one season.

September 13, 1983 in Moscow, Alexey Kortnev and Valdis Pelsh created the musical group "Accident"

In addition, for a long time Alexey worked in the advertising business as a copywriter and translator. The texts and slogans he invented can be seen in advertisements for brands such as M & M's, Pepsi, Wrigley, Moccona and others. As a translator, Alexey Kortnev has shown himself in musicals. He made it possible for the characters of the popular musical performances "Cats", "Eastwick Witches" and "Beauty and the Beast" to speak Russian.

In the 2008 production of The Little Humpbacked Horse, which was staged at the Chekhov Art Theater, Kortnev's authorship belongs to all the songs performed in the performance. This work was appreciated by professionals, which was reflected in the theatrical awards "Crystal Turandot" and "Golden Mask".

Having entered Moscow State University, Alexei Kortnev almost immediately got into the troupe of the student theater, where he met another student Valdis Pelsh, with whom he organized the duet "Accident". The guys first appeared on stage 2 months later and performed at a student amateur concert. Soon they were joined by saxophonist Pavel Mordyukov, then accordionist Sergei Chekryzhov. Subsequently, Chekryzhov was in charge of keyboards and became the band's staff composer.

At first, the collective was successful among students and even went on tours abroad. Since all the members of the group were members of the KVN team, the first appearance on television took place within the framework of this humorous show, in which in 1988 "Accident" sang the song "They brought us a computer."

The studio work on the debut album lasted for 5 years and ended in 1994. The album Trody Pludov received the most flattering reviews and was named the musical discovery of the year. The hits were songs such as "It's Snowing", "Armageddon", "Hey, Boy!", "Corner of the Sky" and "Radio". Until today, this disc is considered the best work of the collective.

Inspired by their success, the musicians decide to make the new disc unusual and unusual for the Russian listener. The album "Mein Lieber Tanz" turned out to be conceptual and designed for an old radio concert, in which the announcer's speech even sounds.

The work on the disc involved not only professional actors and musicians, including the orchestra of the Merzlyakovsky School at the Conservatory and the popular TV announcer Igor Kirillov, but also another alternative musical group - the Quartet group. In 1997, the artists founded their own label "Delicatessen", and then the recording studio "House of the Composer". Subsequent discs of the group came out of this studio.

The popularity of the group "Accident" was gaining momentum, "What did you have", "Generals of sand pits", "Vegetable tango", "If it weren't for you" were heard everywhere. And Alexey Kortnev, together with his colleague Valdis Pelsh, with the participation of actor Igor Ugolnikov, invented and organized an entertaining evening TV program "Oba-na!", Which was a great success with the audience.

Then Kortnev worked on such programs as "Debiliade", "Blue Nights", "Pilot" and "Accident". In the last two, which were broadcast on NTV and RenTV, respectively, he was the presenter. On radio, Kortnev again in a duet with Valdis Pelsh first showed himself in 1995, creating a very popular program "Golden Gramophone", which sounded on "Russian Radio". In 2007, Alexei returned to the air in the cast of the radio play "An Ordinary Miracle", where he not only read the text from the author, but also played the role of innkeeper Emil.

For a long time, the musician's voice sounded in the screensaver of the ATV television company, and in the programs "My Family", "A Director for Himself" and "These Amusing Animals" viewers hear the author's songs by Alexei Kortnev in his own performance. When Pelsh took over to lead Guess the Melody, a colleague wrote lyrics for him. In addition, the TV presenter performed in the Good Deed program on the Che channel and in the One to One musical transformation show.

In "Ice Age" Alexey got Anna Semenovich as a partner, but dropped out at the stage of rehearsals - he broke 2 ribs. Then I had to sleep in a chair for a long time.

In 2016, with Nikolai Fomenko, Mikhail Zadornov, Ekaterina Skulkina and Dmitry Kolchin, Kortnev worked in the satirical project "Saltykov-Shchedrin Show". The program bitingly exposed the Russian reality, ranging from bad roads to the "show" of local authorities when receiving high-ranking officials from the center. The show closed when Zadornov was diagnosed with oncology.

For the first time in a feature film, Alexei Kortnev appeared in 1992, playing in the postmodern film "Breakthrough", which, against the background of the anecdotal situation associated with Marshal Budyonny's horse at a military parade, tells about the tragic fate of a number of people dragged into the millstones of the 1930s system.

An interesting work awaited the actor in the fantasy film "Lilac Branch" about the Russian composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninov. Kourtnev played impresario Fred Steinway and proved to be quite convincing as an American.

The most famous cinematographic projects of Alexei are considered the films "Election Day" and "Day of the Radio", which are based on the performances of the theater troupe "Quartet I". These slapstick comedies were a resounding success, and Election Day won the 2007 Grand Prix at the Smile, Russia! and named the best comedy of the year.

The popularity of these socio-satirical films led to the creation of a new script, and in 2016 the sequel "Election Day - 2" is released. In all three films, Alexey Kortnev performed not only as an actor, but also as a lyricist and co-author of music. The soundtrack included many songs performed by him, and such compositions as "Couplets", "Romance about the Ballot Box", "People's" and "Thieves" became popular.

The actor also had experience in voice acting. In the Russian version of the animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack the Pumpkin Lord speaks in his voice.

Alexey Kortnev was married three times. The first wife Irina Bogushevskaya, a singer and poetess, gave him a son, Artemy, in 1988. He works as a photographer and administrator at his father's Three Arts Theater School. In an educational institution in Novogorsk, children are taught vocals, dances, and acting.

Concert and performances "Waiting room", "Cabaret 03" in the Central House of Artists, 1994. Alexey Kortnev, Irina Bogushevskaya

With his second wife, actress Julia Rutberg, Alexei had no children. After the divorce, he had a long affair with actress Elena Lanskaya, who out of wedlock gave birth to a son, Nikita. The guy is still on the path of self-determination: he studied at the theater college of Oleg Tabakov, dropped out, entered the radio engineering, after 2 years he went to the literary institute for the prose department. During this time he mastered playing the flute and the clavichord.

Kortnev arranged his personal life with the famous gymnast Amina Zaripova. The couple had a daughter, Aksinya, and sons, Arseny and Athanasius. All children have a great relationship with each other.

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By the way, golf 4 times a month and squash 3 times a week - for Alexey a way to maintain physical shape (height 190 cm, weight, as the artist himself said, fluctuates, and according to some sites - within 76-78 kg).

In an interview given in 2016, Kortnev mentioned that he does not use Instagram. A year later, the singer started an account and publishes there not only photos of family and friends. There are pictures that capture interesting and funny details of the environment that people usually do not pay attention to. And all this is spiced with witty comments. There are separate pages for both "Accident" and the theater school.

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In addition to his versatile creativity, Alexey Kortnev is known for his active civic position. In 2007-2008, he was a member of the political party "Civil Power", as an activist he spoke at rallies, including "For Fair Elections!" The actor and musician spoke out openly against homophobia, doing it in his humorous manner: he said that if you feel like a real man, then there is nothing to think about how gay people live.

In 2019, Alexey, with his friends Sergei Belogolovtsev, Yaroslav Sviridov and Maxim Vitorgan, released the play "In the city of False Dmitrov", which he dubbed "a science fiction comedy about Russia." Natalia Vdovina, Christina Babushkina, Quartet I and Accident are involved in the project. For Kortnev's colleagues in the group, this is the first experience of performing serious dramatic roles.

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It turned out to be a daring, and in some places provocative production, according to those who saw it, for people with a high-quality sense of humor, not indifferent to what is happening in the country now. Although the creators emphasize that "analogies with Russian reality that arise in the viewer's head remain on the viewer's conscience and his criminal-administrative responsibility."

In March of the same year, the singing actor's filmography was replenished with the melodrama "Seize the Moment" ("High Heels"). The main role in the film about a provincial woman who dreams of conquering Moscow was played by Yulia Topolnitskaya, who became famous after the clip "Exhibit" of the group "Leningrad". Alexey Kortnev appeared in the form of a member of the admissions committee of the university, whom the girl is trying to conquer, as it seems to her, with an undoubted artistic talent.

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The main characters of the series "Adoption Clinic" are children and families, orphaned for various reasons, who decided to accept new members with a difficult fate. The clinic is opened by a woman who herself has lost the chance to become a mother. The husband is not ready to bring up "strangers", and for the heroine the only meaning of life is helping others. Alexei starred in the film with Maria Kulikova, Lyubov Tolkalina, Kirill Grebenshchikov.

Together with the group "Accident"

1994 - "Trody pludov" 1995 - "Mein Lieber Tanz" 1996 - "Off-season" 1997 - "This is love" 2000 - "Prunes and dried apricots" 2003 - "Last days in paradise" 2006 - "Prime numbers" 2010 - "Tunnel in end of the world "2013 -" Chasing the buffalo "2014 -" Krants "

2003 - "Another Life" 2006 - "Ugly Swans" 2007 - "Election Day" 2008 - "My Daughter" 2008 - "Radio Day" 2009 - "Autumn Flowers" 2010 - "Boiling Point" 2010 - "There Was Love" 2010 - "Angel on Duty" 2016 - "Election Day 2" 2016 - "Drunken Firm" 2019 - "Seize the Moment"

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