Many women of the Soviet Union were in love with this intelligent, charming man of athletic build. He won everyone over with his incredible charisma and talent, which he has not lost over the years. Today Igor Kostolevsky (Igor Kostolevskiy) - a famous actor of theater and cinema, whose filmography includes more than 70 diverse works. The most striking among them are "Star of Captivating Happiness", "Teheran-43", "Nameless Star", "Garage".
Childhood, school and college years
The future celebrity was born on September 10, 1948 in an intelligent Moscow family. Igor's father was a high-ranking civil servant in "Exportles". His mother was engaged in raising her sons and running the household.
In childhood, Igor was a naughty child, constantly hooliganized, causing his parents a lot of problems. Got and teachers. His pranks Igor brought them to a white heat, for which he was repeatedly kicked out of classes. Despite this, the study was given to him easily. In adolescence, the guy became interested in boxing, achieved good results. Over time he realized that to defend his rightness in a fight - not the best way.
After school, Igor went to work as a tester, then at the insistence of his parents entered the capital's construction institute. He studied without much interest. In the third year finally realized that the profession of civil engineer is not for him, took the documents from IISI and decided to continue his studies at the school-studio of the Moscow Art Theatre. The attempt was not a success: because of the strong excitement Igor failed the exams, the admission committee advised him to come back next year. The guy was not confused and immediately went to GITIS. Here he was luckier: he entered the course of theater director, People's Artist of the USSR Andrei Goncharov. Parents who learned that their son decided to become a professional actor, horrified, but could not do anything with willful offspring.
Career in theater and cinema
At the time of graduation from GITIS Kostolevsky was considered one of the best graduates, so many theaters offered him a job. Igor chose Mayakivka - and remained devoted to it for 4 decades.
The director of the theater at that time was his teacher Andrei Goncharov. At first, the relationship between the young artist and the venerable director was not the best way. Goncharov called the actor "comedy simpleton" and involved him mainly in the masses. In addition, Khudruk, sometimes, pokrikivat on the artists. Kostolevsky, not accustomed to such treatment, lost and could not open up on stage.
All this, as well as difficult perestroika times prompted the artist to sign a contract with a theater in Norway and go there to work. His appearance in the image of the Herald in "Oresteia" by Aeschylus shocked the audience and allowed himself Kostolevsky to rediscover himself. It was a bright, dramatic role, which he so dreamed of in the walls of his native Mayakovsky.
Game actor at the merit of the theater critics and the public. After returning to Russia in the creative biography of Igor began a very rich period. He was offered to play:
- Prince Dulebov in "Talents and Admirers";
- Plyushkin and the governor in "Dead Souls";
- Treplev in The Seagull;
- Prince of Wales in the production of "Keene IV".
In the 2000s, Kostolevsky became one of the leading actors in Mayakovsky, involved in many productions. For a month he had to play 10-13 performances, and even combine all this with work in the movie.
Filming Kostolevsky began in 1970. Despite the fact that the character of Igor in the debut movie "Family as a family" was not noticeable, many directors paid attention to the elegant and handsome actor. Two years later, he was offered to play a friend of Sonya Gurvich in the movie "And the zori here are quiet." His character had almost no words, but in the movie there were many silent scenes with close-ups, where the paramount importance of the game of the eyes. The young actor perfectly coped with the task. However, truly popular Kostolevsky became after the role of Decembrist Ivan Annenkov in the movie "The Star of Captivating Happiness". His nobility, charm and intelligence, he fell in love with all the female population of the country.
In 1989 the movie "Tehran-43" was released on the screens, expanding the boundaries of Kostolevsky's role. After this actor began to be invited to shoot in films of various genres. Popular artist could be seen in the role:
- operative and banker;
- gynecologist and a general of the FSB;
- math teacher and Emperor Alexander I.
Since the late 1990s, Igor Matveyevich has made fewer appearances. In his opinion, modern cinema is full of "blackness", which he absolutely rejects.
Personal life
Kostolevsky has never lacked female attention. About his novels went a lot of talk, but the artist himself about his personal life prefers not to spread.
His first marriage to actress Elena Romanova ended in divorce. They met on the set of the picture "Vacation at your own expense." Igor, who was older than the girl by 10 years, conquered her at first sight. Soon Elena became his wife. Two years after the wedding, the couple had a son. The child grew sickly (the boy was diagnosed with asthma), Elena had to leave her career and deal with his treatment. Igor, on the contrary, often went on tour and shooting. The spouses rarely managed to be together. This led to the deterioration of relations, the final point in them put Igor's acquaintance with the French actress Consuelo de Aviland. To be with his beloved, Kostolevsky filed for divorce. 4 years they flew to each other. When they realized that they could not live apart, they decided to get married. Igor could not leave Russia, then Consuelo left Paris and work, accepted the Orthodox faith and married her beloved man. The couple have no children.
Now Igor Matveyevich continues to play on stage and act in movies, since 2017 he has been heading the Golden Mask. All details about the main events in his life can be found in the catalog of artists on the website kontramarka.de.
Filmography (most famous works)
1972 - "The Dawns are Quiet Here..."
1975 - "The Star of Captivating Happiness"
1977 - "Asya"
1978 - "The Nameless Star"
1979 - "Garage"
1980 - "Tehran 43"
1981 - "Vacation at Your Own Expense"
1993 - "The Code of Dishonor"
1998 - "The Waiting Room"
2004 - "Spy Games"
2007 - "War and Peace"
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2016 - "Crime"
2018 - "Trigger"
