Andrey Gradov: heir to the Chuvash actors

Is the brave operative Taraskin, the cowardly Ishtin reading the book "On Delicious and Healthy Food" on the bench, the cheerful journalist-trainee Zhenya, who joined the female team of the Cyclone crew, the clever and cruel Major Pozdnyakov - is this the same person? And indeed it is. All these roles played in different years, but with the same success one of the best actors of our time Andrey Gradov. He is a representative of the old acting school, on the creative biography of which there were a lot of interesting roles that brought him the all-Union fame and love of the audience. When in the difficult 90-ies there was a temporary idle time in work, Andrei Petrovich showed himself to be a very caring, considerate and enterprising family man who placed his own family on many steps above his personal ambitions.

Childhood without a mother

The future Honored Artist of Russia appeared in the family of the famous poet and playwright Peter Gradov and Isida Maximova-Koshkinskaya, the daughter of the first Chuvash actors. Andrei and his sister Tanya were still very babies when their mother died in a terrible car accident. Children were raised by my grandfather and grandmother on my mother's line.

After graduating from a comprehensive school, Andrei Gradov easily entered the Shchukinsky Theater School. A smart student successfully completed his studies at this school in 1974.

The beginning of the creative path

In the cinema Andrey Gradov Declared himself as a very talented actor after the first vivid role of the Red Army soldier Nikita (1978). Since he immediately rose to a very high level, it was no matter whether the role of the first plan or the secondary one got him, he could not lower the bar below. An excellent example of this is the popularly loved cult series by Stanislav Govorukhin "It is impossible to change the place of a meeting". Actor Andrei Gradov, who played the role of Nikolai Taraskin in it, perfectly fit into the collective of eminent actors, having managed not to get lost in the background of Vysotsky, Gerdt, Konkin ... Despite the fact that this role is not the main, but only a second plan, later in the articles the journalists Celebrated it as one of the main works of the Soviet actor.

Being a versatile professional, he tried to work in a wide variety of genres, testing his strength and acting skills. So, in his fate appeared the roles of potter Gridi, journalist-trainee, corrupt major. Andrey Gradov is trying to use all possibilities. His filmography is constantly replenished with new and new characters. He played in musical comedies, in detective stories, and in dramatic films.

Love is one and for life

The family has always been for the actor in the first place, displacing everything else. Andrey Gradov is one of the few men-odnolyubov. He and his wife have been together for many years. In one of the interviews the actor told that although he had created the family quite early, he was sure that he would never change his wife.

When films came out on the screens that gave him fame for the entire Soviet Union, he had long been "in the family." At that time he was only 27 years old.

Andrei Petrovich almost never talks about his family. Perhaps, he does not want to attract even more attention to himself. Or maybe just does not want to jinx your happiness. But the all-seeing eye of journalists managed to find out that the actor's wife is working as a doctor. The couple had a daughter who is now grown up. The girl decided not to follow in the footsteps of her parents, she mastered the path of a lawyer.

Adjacent Professions

Very difficult, even difficult, days came for the actor's family, when practically no films were made during perestroika. Andrew Gradov, whose personal life since the first appearance on the screen interested all without an exception of fans, shared his memories that he tried everything possible to do everything possible so that his beloved girls - wife and daughter - would not have anything to do. He learned to trade - and conservation, and fish, and clothing.

A little time has passed, movies and TV shows have come to the country from behind the sea. Thanks to this, for a certain period of his life, the actor earned a good ear for the sound of various foreign heroes. The family was able to survive the crisis. Now they live very well. Gradually the Russian cinematography revived, again there was an interest in an original actor. Career Andrew Gradov not just continues, but steps up and down the stairs. In his memory, he had very good impressions of his hard years, so he tries not to abandon the projects he offers, regardless of whether it's a serial or a full-length show. In addition, when the uninvited vacation ended, it turned out that the skill and talent of the actor did not fade with age.

Family harbor

When Andrei Gradov has a free minute, he happily spends it with his beloved girls - his wife and daughter. Unfortunately, there are not very many such minutes. The actor was already 61 years old. He is a loving grandfather for his 18-year-old grandson. Now Gradov has a quiet family life, because he has quieter days with his adored wife, rather than stormy romances with other women. It is impossible not to pay tribute to the actor's wife, because she was always with him, not paying attention to all the difficulties and attention from the fans.