Actor Alexander Yatsenko: biography

Alexander Yatsenko is a well-known domestic actor of theater and cinema. Recently he often plays in popular films and serials. In 2016 he became the owner of the Russian prestigious award "Nika".

Biography of the actor

Alexander Yatsenko was born in Volgograd in 1977year, on May 22. There he graduated from high school. Higher education began to receive at the state institute in Volgograd, at the Faculty of Radiophysics. But quickly realized that exact science is not his specialization.

So he dropped out and moved to Tambov. In Tambov State University named after Derzhavin entered the director's theater department. I took an active part in student productions.

Since 2000 he studied at GITIS, in the creative workshop of People's Artist of the USSR Mark Zakharov.

Debut in the movie

For the first time on the screen Alexander Yatsenko appeared yetbeing a student. In 2003, he played in the comedy drama of Bakhtiyor Khudoynazarov "Chic". This film was a free retelling of the classic story of Ray Bradbury's "Wonderful costume of creamy ice cream".

The main characters are three friends from a smallseaside city. One of them, nicknamed Styr and played by Alexander Yatsenko. Once they see a chic corporate suit in the window of an expensive store. For them, it becomes the meaning of life and an obsession. They think that if they get it, their lives will change radically, and all dreams will come true.

The first cinematic experience was recognized as successful, but it was not possible to finish the GITIS hero of our article. A few months before the final exams, he was expelled for a fight.

But it did not take long to grieve. In 2005, his work in the comedy drama of Andrei Proshkin was awarded with the award for Best Actor at the prestigious Moscow Premiere Festival.

And in 2006, already at Kinotavr, Yatsenko together withRinat Litvinova received awards for the best acting work in the melodrama of Alexei Balabanov "It does not hurt me." This is a story about three friends who have everything for a successful life - talent, energy, skill. There is no money. They are in an expensive house to offer their design services to the hostess Natella, who is already bored with life, despite her youth. Misha, the character Yatsenko, helps her to feel the taste for life again. But the future is not as cloudless as it seems to them at first.

Actor of the Year

In 2012 he was at the height of his fame Alexander Yatsenko. The actor of the year named him authoritative journal GQ.

At that time, he was remembered for the audience by dramaNikolai Khomeriki "Hearts of Boomerangs", the historical drama of Andrei Proshkin "The Horde", the comedy of Boris Khlebnikov "While the Night Will not Separate," the mystical detective series Alexander Kott "The Other Side of the Moon."

In 2016, the actor was awarded a prize for the bestmale role for the work in the drama of Alexander Kott "Insight". He played a young man named Pavel Zuev, who suddenly lost his sight. He has to learn how to live in this world from scratch. In this he is helped by a married nurse Nadezhda, played by Agrippina Steklov.

One of his last roles is working in a dramaBoris Khlebnikov's "Arrhythmia." For her, he won the award for Best Actor at the "Kinotavr-2, as well as at the festival in Karlovy Vary. It is a story about a talented doctor who is going through an identity crisis. He hurries from one patient to another, trying to save all. And at this time his family and career is overshadowed. wife filed for divorce, to the hospital comes a new head physician with obscure the protagonist methods and requirements. on "Kinotavr", this film won also the Audience award.

Personal life

Little is known about the family status of Alexander Yatsenko. The personal life of the actor is developing successfully. He is married. Spouse's name is Maria, she works as a make-up artist. In May 2015 they had a firstborn son.