Evgeny Leonov

Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev is an actor and film director, who was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation for his services. Film lovers know the actor from the famous films "Waves of the Black Sea", "Siberiade" and "The meeting place cannot be changed."

Eugene was born in Vilnius, but St. Petersburg became his hometown, where the young man went to enter the Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. There, the artist studied with the famous teachers Vasily Merkuriev and Irina Meyerhold. Also in Leningrad, Evgeny found his first job at the Lenfilm film studio.

By the way, the real name of the artist is Leonov, without the second part. After filming several films, he added his mother's maiden name to distinguish himself from another famous actor of those years - Evgeny Leonov, the stars of the comedies "Striped Flight" and "Gentlemen of Fortune". The same surname created unnecessary confusion, and the young actor was mistaken for a son or a brother of a famous colleague.

Leonov-Gladyshev got the double surname with the light hand of Andrei Konchalovsky after his role in Sibiriada. Konchalovsky suggested that the artist take a pseudonym, but he refused, because "Sibiriada" had already become the 14th picture in the actor's career, and he even had fans. Then the director advised to take a double surname, and then gradually turn it back into a single one, but already become not Leonov, but Gladyshev. The actor took the double surname, but the second part of the plan never materialized.

Yevgeny Leonov-Gladyshev, in addition to acting as such, is also involved in dubbing foreign films. In addition, the actor is active in social activities and since 1999 has been the head of the Screen Actors Guild of the Northern Capital in the role of president.

The popularity of Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev was brought about by his very first work - the children's film "Turn on the Northern Lights". Then the actor starred in the social drama Docker and the war movie Front without flanks.

The adventure series "Waves of the Black Sea", in which the actor first appeared under the pseudonym Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev, had a huge success. From other films at the initial stage of his career, the historical and biographical drama Born by the Revolution, the film about the civil war "Hatred", the film poem "Sibiriada" and the family melodrama "Adult Son", which became one of the first directorial experiments of Alexander Pankratov-Cherny, stand out.

Бывает в жизни артистов такая удивительная ситуация: играешь множество главных ролей, а визитной карточкой становится небольшой эпизод. Именно так произошло и с Евгением Леоновым-Гладышевым, для которого персонаж Васи Векшина, убитого бандитами на скамейке, стал весьма значимым.

Саму криминальную ленту «Место встречи изменить нельзя» Евгений Борисович выделяет в своей фильмографии. Режиссер Станислав Говорухин изначально приглашал высокого (точный рост актера неизвестен)и миловидного Евгения на главную роль Володи Шарапова, но его кандидатуру не одобрил худсовет, настаивавший на участии Владимира Конкина.

In addition, Arkady Vayner did not like the actor's interpretation of the role of Sharapov. Leonov-Gladyshev insisted that Sharapov had returned from the war, where he was an intelligence officer, which means that he must have a strong personality, vast experience and be a warring tandem with Zhiglov-Vysotsky. Konkin's Sharapov, according to Gladyshev, turned out to be overly lyrical and even "tyukhoy", and the confrontation between the two philosophies did not work out in the film.

But the director did not want to just let go of Leonov-Gladyshev and gave him a small episode, which, with the help of the ideas of Vladimir Vysotsky, became very effective.

The actor appeared only in the first episode of the famous film, and ten minutes later after the TV viewers met the character, he was killed. But this death of a young guy, who was buying ice cream a second ago, became both a bright plot and a personal motive for other heroes to make every effort to investigate, and a memorable dramatic moment that struck the audience with the sudden and strong tragedy of the moment.

In subsequent years, the actor starred more and more. It is worth noting the political picture "The Fall of the Condor", the lyric comedy "Simultaneous Play", the film about friendship "Young People", the melodrama "Lights", the detective "Shah's Diamonds" and the comedy "I don't want to marry!" Leonov-Gladyshev also starred in many war films, of which "Don't shoot at the pass!" and “Reward (posthumously)”.

In the 21st century, interest in the actor has grown again after he took part in all seasons of the crime series "Deadly Force". Leonov also appeared in the patriotic drama "Ataman", the comedy "Peculiarities of the National Minibus", the spy film "The Legend of Olga" and the melodrama "Family House".

In 2015, the actor played the role of Fyodor Ivanovich Shchukin, the scientific advisor of the protagonist of the psychological drama "Experience". This film tells about the difficult choice of a young scientist who can either betray himself, go on about the leadership and stop scientific development on which the scientist spent more than one year, or go against the leader, betray him and end the experiment without permission.

Первый раз Евгений Леонов-Гладышев попробовал себя в режиссуре в 1992 году. Он снял социальную драму «Высшая мера», в которой размышлял о состоянии человека, приговоренного к смертной казни. Этот фильм получил приз за лучший режиссерский дебют на кинофестивале экранизации «Литература и кино».

Но популярность Евгению Леонову-Гладышеву эта картина не принесла. В этот период убили продюсера Сергея Михова, и картина так и не вышла в массовый прокат.

Позднее он создал мелодраму «Дом Надежды», в которой снял Анну Самохину и Дмитрия Нагиева. А после встречи со знаменитым конструктором стрелкового орудия Михаилом Калашниковым выпустил о нем биографический фильм «Честь имею».

Также его творческой деятельности принадлежат четыре серии из 12-го сезона криминального детектива «Улицы разбитых фонарей».

The first wife of Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev was his colleague - actress Lyudmila Firsova, who starred with him in several films. Most notable is her role in the war drama Forget the Word Death. Eugene and Lyudmila lived together for a quarter of a century. A son was born in this family, with whom the actor continues to communicate closely even after his divorce from his wife.

Later, Evgeny Borisovich met another woman, Tatiana. He went to a business meeting at the office of a large businessman and there he met his new love, who worked in this firm as a chief accountant. Since then, Eugene and Tatiana have not parted. Leonov-Gladyshev literally idolizes his second wife and believes that he was very lucky to meet such a person on his life's journey.

The actor does not have common children with Tatyana, but her daughter from her first marriage often comes to them, who, like her stepfather, is also engaged in creative activities. The girl is a professional ballerina.

In 2017, Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev appeared in the new drama series Wings of an Empire. The picture shows the events that took place from 1913 to 1921 and once and for all dramatically changed the appearance and essence of the country. "Wings of the Empire" show the heroes who survived the February and October revolutions, civil war, dispossession and exile.

Moreover, if for a number of characters the breakdown of the state system opened the way to a bright future, for others the revolutionary period became a tragedy that buried the dreams and hopes of talented and gifted young people.

In 2017, Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev celebrated his 65th birthday, to which a number of publications dedicated special issues, as well as detailed interviews with the actor about Leonov-Gladyshev's creative biography, views on past and modern films, memories of colleagues and incidents on the set.

1975 - "Waves of the Black Sea" 1978 - "Siberiade" 1979 - "Adult son" 1979 - "The meeting place cannot be changed" 1983 - "Do not shoot at the pass!" 1986 - "Reward (posthumously)" 1993 - "I don't want to get married!" 2000-2005 - "Deadly Power" 2006 - "Ataman" 2010 - "Family House" 2015 - "Leningrad 46" 2015 - "Experience" 2017 - "Wings of the Empire"

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