Lev Prygunov

Lev Prygunov is a Soviet and Russian actor, artist and poet, People's Artist of the Russian Federation. The actor starred in more than a hundred films, the most famous of which were "Children of Don Quixote", "Tavern on Pyatnitskaya", "Going into a Thunderstorm" and "Battle for Moscow".

Lev was born in Almaty in the family of the botanist-naturalist Georgy Prygunov. Mom worked as a teacher of Russian language and literature. When the boy was not even ten years old, the father of the future actor, who had gone through the Great Patriotic War, accidentally died while on a solo scientific expedition. It happened in 1949, and since then, the upbringing of the son fell on the mother's shoulders.

Jumpers grew up closed and quiet. The boy avoided peers, did not study well, did not like to read. Following the example of his father, Leo disappeared in the forests and steppes, studying wildlife, as he became interested in botany and ornithology. In memory of his father, Lev even tried to become a biology teacher, for which he entered the biological faculty of the Almaty Pedagogical Institute. But the young man lasted only two years there.

The fact is that an innate craving for art began to make itself felt, which Prygunov suppressed in childhood, again in memory of his father-scientist. Realizing that he has his own path, Leo takes the documents from the pedagogical institute and goes to Leningrad, where on the first attempt he enters the Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography for the course of Tatyana Georgievna Soinikova.

After graduation, Lev Prygunov performed on the stages of the Central Children's Theater in Moscow, the Konstantin Stanislavsky Drama Theater, the Film Actor's Studio Theater, and then began to play in entreprise performances.

In the third year of the theatrical high school Lev Prygunov received an invitation to star in the melodrama "Shore Leave", from which the actor's creative biography began. At the casting, the artist met Vladimir Vysotsky, with whom he maintained friendly relations later. Then films with the participation of the young actor began to be released annually and not individually. Drama "Morning Trains", a war film about Italian soldiers "They went to the East", the comedy "Children of Don Quixote", a melodrama about scientists "I'm going into a storm", a lyrical picture "Sasha-Sasha" - these films aroused great interest among viewers ...

It is impossible to ignore the work of an actor in the detective story "No room for error." The actor got the role of a villain, but Prygunov managed to present this character in such a way that the audience remained impressed by what they saw for a long time. The drama Tavern on Pyatnitskaya and the production film Honest, Smart, Unmarried were no less successful. Lev Georgievich himself calls the historical television series "Heart of Bonivur" his best work of the Soviet period.

Since the beginning of the 90s, when a crisis was outlined in the Russian film industry, Lev Prygunov began to appear in foreign films, mainly American ones, playing the role of “Russian villains”. The actor has appeared in the action movie Express to Beijing, the fantasy thriller The Saint, the biographical drama The Story of Robert Hanssen and other foreign films.

The last role in the American film for today was the image of Mamontov in the thriller "Archangel", a film adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Roberto Harris. The film was released in 2005. It is built around the mystery of Stalin's death, which the heroes hope to unravel with the help of a mysterious diary that Beria stole and buried. And while Daniel Craig's hero is looking for a diary, Prygunov's character - the head of the communist movement "Aurora" and a former KGB agent - obstructs the American.

Today the actor appears in TV series and films of Russian and Ukrainian production. It is worth noting the thriller "Joker", the military drama "Confrontation", the biographical series about the legendary commander of the Airborne Forces General Vasily Margelov "Airborne Dad", the family melodrama "House on the Lake".

And, of course, Lev Prygunov took part in the films of his own son, director Roman Prygunov - "Loneliness of Blood", "Indigo", "Dukhless 2". At the same time, "Duhless 2" was released in 2015 and today has become the last full-length film of the actor. In this drama, Lev Prygunov played the secondary role of Mikhail Ivanovich.

Of the multi-part films, the last for today is the youth melodramatic series “Londongrad. Know ours! " The series tells about the everyday life and non-trivial tasks of the agency, which was opened by a Russian emigrant in London. The office is called "Londongrad" and the main task of the agency's employees is to help Russians who are faced with various problems in England.

The agency does not hesitate to make small and simple assignments, employees meet clients at the airport or book tickets for required concerts, but Londongrad also solves serious issues and even settles problems with law enforcement agencies. The agency’s big and often funny affairs form the basis of this series.

The first time Lev Prygunov got married in the mid-60s. His chosen one was named Ella, and it was this woman who became the mother of the only son of the actor Roman, who is now very well known as a filmmaker. But Lev did not live with Ella very long - the actor's wife crashed to death in a car accident.

Lev Georgievich experienced this tragedy incredibly hard. It was very difficult for him to remain a single father, so Prygunov assigned Roman to a boarding school where the children of other movie stars studied. He maintained a very friendly and close relationship with his son. At the first opportunity, he took Roma to his place, went to rest with him and spent as much time as possible.

Six years after the death of his wife, Leo met a new woman named Olga. Despite the fact that the spouses are almost 16 years apart, they have maintained their union for more than 20 years. Prygunov often repeats in his interviews that he was incredibly lucky that he met a woman like Olga.

Apart from the stage, the actor's main hobby is painting. The actor began to paint seriously as a student, and since the mid-80s he regularly exhibits his own works at the opening days of Moscow, St. Petersburg, London and other cities. And in 2009, from 7 to 19 April, an exhibition was held, timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Lev Prygunov. The painting exhibition was called "Energy Realism", and the State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia became the location of the exposition.

Also Lev Georgievich writes poetry, publishes poetry collections. The artist devotes some of his works to his friends - the poets Sergei Chudakov and Joseph Brodsky. In 2011, the artist even published a book of memoirs dedicated to his own acquaintance with Chudakov, "Sergei Ivanovich Chudakov and others."

Prygunov calls himself an ardent anti-communist and believes that the October Revolution and the communist government caused damage to Russia, comparable only to the invasion of the Nazis. However, such a political position does not prevent the actor from playing the roles of citizens of the USSR, Soviet ministers and other managers of the war times of the Soviet Union and other heroes associated with the USSR, both in American and Russian films.

In 2018, a new film will be released with the participation of the actor - the detective thriller "Dead Lake". The film is set in a town in the middle of the taiga. The plot is based on the mysterious murder of the daughter of a local tycoon, to investigate which a reliable employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is sent from the capital. To investigate a mysterious case, the investigator will have to learn about the secret life of this lost city.

Evgeny Tsyganov will play the main role of the capital's investigator. What role went to Lev Prygunov is not yet advertised.

1962 - "Shore Leave" 1965 - "Children of Don Quixote" 1965 - "I'm Going into a Thunderstorm" 1975 - "No Right to Make a Mistake" 1981 - "Honest, Smart, Unmarried" 1996 - "Midnight in St. Petersburg" 2002 - " The price of fear "2003 -" Operational pseudonym "2003 -" In June 41st "2004 -" Spy games "2005 -" Thank you for everything "2005 -" Archangel "2006 -" Confrontation "2009 -" House on Ozernaya "2015 - "Duhless 2" 2015 - "Londongrad"

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Lev Prygunov Net Worth 2021

Lev Prygunov 's revenue is $1.9M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Lev Prygunov and could vary in the range between $645.4K - $1.2M.

Lev Prygunov Net Worth 2020

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Lev Prygunov Net Worth 2019

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Lev Prygunov Net Worth 2018

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Lev Prygunov Net Worth 2017

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Lev Prygunov Net Worth 2016

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Lev Prygunov Net Worth 2015

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