Name: Bohdan Mortar Date of Birth: 27.08.1941Where he was born: Kulikovo Height: 179 cm. Date of death: July 22, 2012 Cause of death: acute heart failure due to long-term cancer Where is he buried: Baykovo Cemetery, Ukraine
This actor was loved by audiences in many countries. He was able to create vivid images in theater and cinema, remaining above historical events and changes. Having made a dizzying career from a young actor to the Minister of Culture, he will remain in the hearts of his admirers primarily as a multifaceted and talented performer of poignant roles.
It was August 1941, the second month of the war. The spouses Maria and Sylvester Dmitrievich Stupka, living in the town of Kulikovo, not far from Lvov, had a boy named Bogdan.
The young parents had known each other since childhood and were distinguished by their artistry: Maria played in the amateur artistic group “Prosvita”, and Sylvester was a famous local singer who sang in the choir with his brother. Aunt Bogdana was an accompanist.
From birth the child was surrounded by a musical atmosphere.
He was Ukrainian by nationality. But the branches of Russian and Polish families were closely intertwined in the family.
Bogdan Stupka recalled his childhood and youth with warmth. He told how he ran fishing with the boys, picked mushrooms near the house, and went to church with his parents for services.
When the war ended and the boy needed to start his studies, the family moved to Lviv.
Bogdan entered the 37th Lviv secondary school. During his studies, Bogdan participated in amateur productions, even being a school entertainer and Santa Claus. Then he remembered that he liked playing.
Despite his creative family environment, Bogdan did not dream of an acting career. He tried to enter the Polytechnic Institute, but did not overcome the competitive selection.
It was the time of the thaw. In his youth, Bogdan Stupka, a handsome man and a famous Lviv dude, sang well, danced rock and roll and worked... as an astrologer. He was a real night photographer of variable stars and a romantic "sixties". Stately (almost 180 cm tall), fashionable and musical, he simply could not be anyone other than an actor.
The young man entered the studio of the Lviv State Drama Theater named after. M.K Zankovetskaya. At the same time, he worked as an entertainer with the first Lviv jazz band “Rhythm”, which later became known as “Medicus”.
An eventful life did not prevent the young actor from completing his studies with honors. He was talented, everyone noticed it. Even in the army, he served as a spoken word artist.
After demobilization, the young actor returned to his native theater. He was a success with the public, and soon moved from supporting roles to playing leading roles. While still very young, he had the opportunity to perform the main role in the play “Richard III” based on the play by William Shakespeare. It was a brilliant success and recognition among audiences and theater critics.
In 1978, Bogdan Stupka received an invitation from the Kyiv Drama Theater. He accepted the offer and moved to Kyiv.
Artistic director of the theater. I. Franko did not disappoint the actor’s expectations: on this stage the actor played the main roles in many famous performances.
In 1984 he received a diploma in theater studies, having completed his studies at the Kiev State Institute of Theater Arts.
In 1999, Bogdan Silvestrovich headed the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. During his two years as minister, he managed to do a lot for the development and popularization of Ukrainian culture, and people remember his law “for pensioners”: elderly people were allowed into unoccupied seats in the hall for free. This law has now been repealed.
Since 2001, Bogdan Stupka was the permanent artistic director of his native theater, until his last day.
Bogdan Stupka in his youth
Personal life and family of the actor
Despite all his charm and incredible success with girls, Bogdan was serious about choosing a life partner. He respected and honored his parents, and his mother and father were able to raise him in good family traditions, showing by their own example that the profession of an artist does not oblige a person to lead a bohemian lifestyle. At first, the parents did not approve of their son’s choice precisely because they feared for the peace and harmony in Bogdan’s family life. Later, Bogdan’s father was proud of his daughter-in-law, and the family that Bogdan and his young wife were able to create.
Bogdan met Larisa Kornienko in Lvov, where she came from Baku after graduating from the choreographic school. They met in theaters and crossed paths at work. But they began to communicate closely some time after the first meeting.
Larisa was 21 years old. Bogdan immediately liked the young, slender ballerina. They talked and found more and more common views on life, acting and art in general. Their romance lasted four years before they got married.
The parents' fears were unfounded. Bogdan and Larisa created a good, strong family. Bogdan Silvestrovich said that he always loved one profession and one woman. Larisa Semyonovna, in turn, was able to prevent creative jealousy from developing, accept the fact that the husband is the main talent in the family, and devote her life to him. Moreover, maybe it was the work in the theater of both spouses that helped them understand each other and overcome the difficulties that arose.
At the beginning of their married life, the couple did not have enough money, like many others, and one day the family was on the verge of breaking up. But having been in this situation once, the couple never again allowed themselves even the thought of separation.
Larisa took upon herself the solution of many everyday issues: from getting an apartment, putting together a wardrobe, to planning family vacations and Bogdan Silvestrovich’s diet. They lived rather closed lives, did not allow anyone into their personal lives, and did not like noisy feasts. We enjoyed the time spent within the family.
Only one child was born in the family - son Ostap. He is very similar to his father, and continues the acting family tradition.
Ostap Stupka appears on the stage of the theater, which was directed by his father for many years.
Ostap gave his father two grandchildren and a granddaughter: Dmitry Ostapovich, Ustina Ostapovna and Bogdan Ostapovich Stupka. Dmitry became an actor, known for his participation in the film “We are from the Future.”
B. Mortar with his wife and son
Childhood and family of Bogdan Stupka
Bogdan Silvestrovich Stupka was born on August 27, 1941 near the Ukrainian city of Lvov. He grew up in a creative family, but unlike him, the parents of the future actor devoted their lives not to cinema, but to music. His father was a famous singer and performed as part of the choir operating at the opera house; The guy’s uncle also performed there. Aunt Bogdana Stupka, who worked as an accompanist, was also closely connected with the world of music.
Bogdan Stupka as Taras Bulba
Thus, like many other children of musical artists, our today’s hero, from an early age, was closely associated with the theater. He spent his childhood backstage and often attended his father and uncle's concerts. The situation did not change at all after the actor’s family moved to Lviv in 1948. In the ancient Ukrainian city, Bogdan Stupka began attending a comprehensive school and also preparing to enter a university.
Despite the fact that his parents were creative people, the young guy chose a completely different specialty for himself and applied to the Polytechnic Institute. However (probably fortunately) he did not make it through the competition and ended up at a crossroads. For some time, our today's hero worked as a mechanic in a workshop, a photographer in an astronomical laboratory, and also as a curator of the Medicus jazz group.
Movies
The actor’s first experience of working on a film set was in a small, inconspicuous role. And the very next film made the actor popular. In 1970, the film “White Bird with a Black Mark” was released. Bogdan got the complex, ambiguous role of Orestes the Beller, which he performed simply brilliantly!
Since then, despite being busy in the theater, he has starred in several films every year. The actor’s filmography, according to Wikipedia, includes 109 roles, many of which are major. In any role, even a supporting one, Bogdan Stupka was memorable thanks to his unusual, artistic manner.
During his long acting life, Bogdan Silvestrovich embodied the images of kings, the general secretary, and several hetmans. According to cinema experts, Bogdan Stupka created, one might say, the “standard” image of Bogdan Khmelnitsky in the Polish film “With Fire and Sword”, and Taras Bulba in the film by Vladimir Bortko based on the story by N.V. Gogol.
Films with actor Bogdan Stupka are well known and loved in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland.
Still from the film “White Bird with a Black Mark”
Films starring actor B.S. Stupka:
- 1971 "Second wind";
- 1971 "Illumination";
- 1977 "The right to love";
- 1979 “Forget the word death”;
- 1982 "Opening";
- 1983 "Whirlpool";
- 1986 “Start the investigation”;
- 1987 "Daniil the Prince of Galicia";
- 1988 "Maria";
- 1990 “Now is the son of man glorified”;
- 1991 “From the life of Ostap Vishny”;
- 1992 “For the sake of the family hearth”;
- 1993 “Champs Elysees”, “Kaidashev’s family”, “Fuzhou”;
- 1999 "With fire and sword";
- 2001 “Prayer for Hetman Mazepa”;
- 2003 "When the sun was a god";
- 2004 "Driver for Vera";
- 2004 "Their";
- 2005 "Take Tarantina";
- 2006 "Two in one";
- 2006 "Hare over the Abyss";
- 2006 “Bridges of the Heart”;
- 2007 "One love of my soul";
- 2008 “Heart in the palm of your hand”;
- 2009 "Insight";
- 2009 "Taras Bulba";
- 2010 “The war ended yesterday”;
- 2010 "Plato Angel";
- 2011 “Home”;
- 2012 “Second Lieutenant Romashov.”
As Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Biography of Bogdan Stupka
In 1961, Bogdan Stupka graduated from the drama studio at the Lviv Theater. M.K. Zankovetskaya. In 1963-1965 he studied at the Faculty of Philology of Lviv State University named after Ivan Franko. In 1984 he graduated from the theater department of the Kyiv Theater Institute named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary.
In 1961-1978 - actor of the Lviv Ukrainian Drama Theater named after. M.K. Zankovetskaya.
In 1963 he was drafted into the army, from 1963 to 1966 he served in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Carpathian Military District, where he worked as an entertainer and reader. Then he returned to the Lviv Theater. M.K. Zankovetskaya. In this theater he created bright roles in the plays “Over the Blue Danube”, “Faust and Death”, “Bondarivna”, “They Don’t Jokes with Love”, “Haydamaky”, “Colleagues”, “The Fourth”, “The Third Pathetic”, "Richard III", "The Standard Bearers".
Since 1978, Stupka has been an artist at the Kyiv Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko, where he was invited by the theater’s chief director Sergei Danchenko. On the stage of this theater, the actor played in the plays “Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov, “Wild Angel” by Alexei Kolomiyets, “Stolen Happiness” by Ivan Franko, “The Career of Arthur Oui, which Could Not Have Been” by Bertolt Brecht, “Aeneid” by Ivan Kotlyarevsky, “The Master” and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov, "Tevye-Tevel" by Grigory Gorin, "King Lear" by William Shakespeare.
In cinema, Bogdan Stupka made his debut in the role of Orestes the Beller in the drama “White Bird with Black Illumination” (1971), “The Very Last Day” (1972), “Soldiers of Freedom” (1976), “Red Bells” (1981-1982), “ Volodka's Life" (1984), "Children of the Sun" (1985), "Start the Investigation" (1986).
In the 1990s, the actor was remembered for his performance in the films “Nikolai Vavilov” (1990), “Now the Son of Man Has Glorified” (1990), “Gray Wolves” (1993), “East - West” (1999), “With Fire and Sword "(1999).
In 2004, Bogdan Stupka starred in two films at once, which brought him success - “Driver for Vera” by Pavel Chukhrai and in the military drama “Inside” by Dmitry Meskhiev. Spectators and critics noted the roles of the actor Leonid Brezhnev in the film “The Hare over the Abyss” (2006) by Tigran Keosayan and Taras Bulba in the film of the same name by Vladimir Bortko, filmed in 2009.
Recent film works include roles in the films “Insight” (2009), “The War Ended Yesterday” (2010), “Shatrapa” (2010), “Plato Angel” (2010), “Home” (2011), and the series “Once Upon a Time in Rostov" (2012).
During his life, Bogdan Stupka performed more than 50 roles on the theater stage and about 100 on the silver screen.
In 1999-2001, Bohdan Stupka served as Minister of Culture and Arts of Ukraine.
From 2001 to 2012, he was the artistic director of the National Academic Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko; in 2006-2010, he was the artistic director of the acting course at the Kiev National University of Theater, Film and Television named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary.
On July 22, 2012, Bogdan Stupka died.
Documentary films are dedicated to the life and work of the actor: Sempere tire, “I belong, I know, not to myself” (1988), “Bogdan Stupka. Lviv Chronicle" (1988), "Ukrainian Samurai. The Mortar Principle" (2010).
Stupka was an academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts.
He was awarded the titles People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1980), People's Artist of the USSR (1991). He was awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1980), the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR named after T.G. Shevchenko (1992).
Bohdan Stupka is a full holder of the Order of Ukraine “For Merit” (1994, 1999, 2001).
In 2011, he was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Power.
In 2001, Bogdan Stupka was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship (2001), and in 2011 - the Order of Honor. Awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2000).
Stupka was the winner of the prizes of the Union of Theater Workers of Ukraine named after I. Kotlyarevsky (1991) and named after. A.M. Buchma (1994), Nika awards (2005), Triumph (2007), Golden Eagle (2004, 2009, 2011) and many other theater and film awards.
In 2011, he became a laureate of the N.V. Prize. Gogol in Italy, in 2012 - laureate of the State Film Award named after Alexander Dovzhenko (posthumously).
Bogdan Stupka was married. His wife Larisa Stupka, a graduate of the Baku Choreographic School, is a former famous ballerina. Son Ostap Stupka is an actor at the Kyiv National Ukrainian Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko, People's Artist of Ukraine.
The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources
Work in the theater
Theater was the love and work of Bogdan Silvestrovich’s whole life.
The actor's parents, wife, and son were associated with the theater. Throughout his life, he served in only two theaters: he began his career as an actor in the Lviv Theater, and then until the end of his life he served in the Kiev Drama Theater. I. Franko.
Bogdan Stupka was a versatile artist; he could create any image, fill it with drama and depth. He succeeded in the roles of a painter and a king, a soldier and the great Leo Tolstoy.
The actor's theatrical works aroused constant interest in theater circles and found a response in the soul of the viewer.
The most striking roles of B. Stupka:
- King Richard in the play "Richard III";
- I.P. Voinitsky in “Uncle Van”;
- Yeshua in The Master and Margarita;
- Tevye in "Tevye-Tevel";
- Sigmund Freud in Hysteria;
- Tolstoy's Leo in the production of "The Lion and the Lioness";
- Mephistopheles and Faus in The Legend of Faust.
Bogdan Silvestrovich was invited by other theater groups to participate in their performances. He played in the Constellation workshop, the Kiev Young Theater, and enterprises.
Grew up behind the scenes
Bogdan Stupka's loved ones called him Bodey. He was born during wartime - August 27, 1941 in the Lviv region. After the end of the war, in 1948 the family moved to Lviv. The boy grew up in an artistic family - his father sang in the choir of the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater. The son grew up behind the scenes, absorbing the beauty of musical works and listening to outstanding singers. At the age of 14, he made his stage debut - under the patronage of his father, he participated in the crowd.
Therefore, there was no question about choosing a profession - everything was predetermined and clear. Stupka entered the drama studio at the Lviv Theater and graduated from it in 1961. After that there was the philological faculty of Lvov State University, the theater studies department of the Kyiv Theater Institute. In the period 1961-1978, Bogdan Silvestrovich played on the stage of the Lviv Ukrainian Drama Theater. Afterwards he moved to the Kiev Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater named after. I. Franko, where he served until the end of his life.
On this significant stage in his life, Stupka played the most striking and outstanding roles in such performances as “King Lear”, “Uncle Vanya”, “The Master and Margarita”, Dreams of the Kobzar” and many others. There are more than 50 roles on this list, each of which is a masterpiece in the embodiment and interpretation of the image, in its color and uniqueness.
Interesting Facts
Bogdan Silvestrovich believed that he had a karmic connection with his mother. They have the same birthday. The actor always thought that he would die on the date of his mother’s death. The difference was only one day.
The actor tried to play his first film role “in a theatrical way.” He spoke loudly and “played with his face” expressively. Then he realized the difference between the stage and the film set, but the beginning was difficult for him.
Bogdan Silvestrovich read poetry soulfully and was famous for his aphorisms: “Without love, your car will be dirty.”
A comet was named after Bogdan Stupka, which was discovered on his 67th birthday.
Bohdan Stupka is an honorary citizen of Kyivian and 47th on the official list of great Ukrainians.
The actor spoke four languages fluently: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and English.
Awards and titles
Over the course of a long and successful creative career, Bogdan Silvestrovich received many awards as recognition from viewers and colleagues.
Bogdan Stupka is a laureate of USSR and Ukrainian SSR prizes, awards:
- 2004 "Golden Aries" for Best Actor;
- 2004 “Saint George” MIFF for Best Actor;
- 2005 "Golden Eagle" for Best Actor;
- 2010 “Golden Eagle” for Best Actor;
- 2012 “Golden Eagle” for Best Supporting Actor;
Orders and medals of the actor:
- 2000 Order of Merit for Poland;
- 2001 Order of Friendship for strengthening Russian-Ukrainian cultural ties;
- 1994, 1999, 2001 — Order of Ukraine “For Merit”;
- 2004 and 2010 - Order of Yaroslav the Wise;
- 2011 title of Hero of Ukraine and Order of the Power;
- 2011 Order of Honor;
- 2012 Prize named after. A. Dovzhenko (posthumously).
Illness and death of the actor
Bogdan Silvestrovich was on a creative trip on the set of the series “Once Upon a Time in Rostov” when he first lost consciousness right on the set. After examination, the doctors made a verdict: a malignant tumor.
The actor did not lose heart. He actively acted in films, played plays, and underwent treatment courses in domestic and German clinics.
But he spent the last difficult time with the people closest to him, in his family.
Cause of death: acute heart failure secondary to long-term cancer. From July 21 to 22, the artist’s heart could not stand it, he had a heart attack, which his weakened body could not overcome. Date of death: July 22, 2012. Bogdan Silvestrovich was a month away from his 71st birthday.
Many thousands of grateful spectators came to farewell to the actor, which took place within the walls of his native theater. The funeral attracted a large number of people, many of whom came to say goodbye to the outstanding actor from other cities and countries.
The actor’s grave, always in flowers, is located on the territory of the Baikovo cemetery, on its central alley.
Bogdan Silvestrovich Stupka, years of life: 08/27/1941-07/22/2012
