Childhood and youth
In early childhood, Nikolai and his parents moved to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug to the city of Noyabrsk . It was there that Kolya spent his childhood and youth. He was brought up in strictness, sometimes the father even flogged his son for misdeeds. Often during the holidays, during the warm season, the family went to the Penza region to the village to visit relatives in Novy Shustrui (Nizhnelomovsky district), where spring came much earlier. When Kolya was ten years old, the whole family moved there permanently. Kolya, like all children, loved to ride a bike with his friends, swim in the pond,
The young man spent his teenage years in a village in the Penza region, where he grazed cows, chopped wood, mowed grass and learned to light a stove. I got up at five in the morning. Vocal talent was passed on to the young man from his grandfather (an opera singer). Soon, in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the millionaire collective farm in this difficult time began to disintegrate, and people left in search of a better life. Nikolai's family remained to live in the village.
The young man learned to play the guitar and began composing songs, working part-time at various events and weddings. I dreamed of becoming a professional musician. In the difficult 90s, the family survived due to household farming (geese, chickens, piglets) and a vegetable garden. After graduating from secondary school, the young man enters a pedagogical school in the nearest regional center - Nizhnelomovsk.
He studied at an educational institution to become a primary school teacher with the right to teach music lessons. There were no other options related to music education nearby. While studying at the school, the young man simultaneously began studying in a drama club, where its leader was Boleeva Larisa Fedorovna. The young man really enjoyed performing on stage as an actor. It was then that Nikolai first thought about the acting profession.
The turning point in Nikolai’s life was the arrival of the capital’s Maly Theater in Penza in 1996. The director of the theater group, who was a teacher at the Shchepkinsky School, Viktor Korshunov, announced the enrollment of his course. Nikolai went to Moscow, but did not expect to enroll, he thought he would just look at the capital and return. During the entrance exams I read Yesenin’s “Confession of a Hooligan.”
Thanks to his rural, punchy character, the young man managed to enter the Moscow Theater University (VTU named after Shchepkin). The whole village was happy for their fellow countryman, who managed to become a student at the famous Shchepkinsky School.
The young man studied acting in the workshop of the People's Artist of the USSR (1984) Viktor Ivanovich Korshunov (1929-2015), who recognized the young man’s extraordinary talent. Many famous Russian actors became graduates of the talented director, among them were: Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Vasily Bochkarev, Marat Basharov, Alexander Domogarov and many others.
Nikolai was a favorite of the teacher of the Shchepkinsky School for stage speech Natalya Vasilievna Sharonova. With his classmate Ilya Isaev, Nikolai constantly participated in various musical skits and concerts, where they performed solo. He loved to compose songs and put them into different voices with a friend. These songs were a success at the Shchepkinsky School.
The young actor took part in the student play “Zoykina’s Apartment ,” where he played the role of Amethyst. Nikolai graduated from the theater university in 2000.
Childhood, youth: Temirtau – Nizhny Lomov – Moscow
Kolya was born in the spring of 1980 into the musical Ivanov family.
The boy’s grandfather, an opera singer, once moved to the city of Temirtau, Karaganda region. Dad, Alexander Ivanov, at one time toured the entire Soviet Union as part of VIA. Little Kolya spent his childhood in the Yamalo-Nenets Okrug, where the family moved to the city of Noyabrsk. The constant cold and harsh winters did not leave any special memories; the boy liked the village in the Penza region, where he came on vacation, much more. After some time, the parents decided to move to warmer climes and moved to the village of Novy Shustrui.
Nikolai Ivanov in childhood
Rural life taught the boy a lot: he fed livestock, took cows to graze, chopped wood, and helped manage the garden. For entertainment, there is a guitar, which Kolya learned to play with the help of his father. He composed songs himself and was always happy to earn extra money at weddings or village celebrations.
Having received a school certificate, Ivanov took the documents to the Nizhny Lomov Pedagogical School. There were no other educational institutions nearby where one could get an education, and Nikolai liked the fact that he would become a primary school teacher and dreamed of teaching children music. At the school, Ivanov also enrolled in a drama club.
Nikolai Ivanov in his youth
Life changed dramatically when Nikolai saw an article in the local newspaper, which reported that a Moscow theater troupe had come to Penza on tour, and with it the director of the Shchepkinsky School, Viktor Korshunov, who would audition talents and recruit a new class.
Victor Korshunov
The failed music teacher decided that village arrogance should help him, and in the end he actually passed the first round, after which he was invited to Moscow for the final selection. It was the mid-nineties, Ivanov decided that it would be interesting to “drive to the capital”, since he did not particularly expect to become a student at a theater university. But he was accepted. The actor later recalled that he spent the first six months in the capital in a fog: he fell madly in love with a classmate, learned all the delights of life in a hostel. He was forced to believe that he was, after all, a student of the famous Sliver, by a teacher who threatened to expel Ivanov if he did not come to his senses. Nikolai came to his senses and by his senior year he had already participated in the Maly Theater’s productions of “Zoykina’s Apartment” and “Krechinsky’s Wedding.” At the beginning of the 2000s, he was invited to join the troupe of the Theater for Young Spectators. At the same time, he began acting in TV series, albeit in episodic roles.
Professional activity
As a student at the VTU named after Shchepkin, Nikolai began working on the stage of the Youth Theater in Moscow. His debut performance was the production of “Pinocchio in the Land of Fools.” After graduating from a theater university, the young actor was drafted into the army: he served for two years at the Russian Army Theater. Instead of participating in productions, Nikolai carried the scenery and cleaned the area.
The service was not particularly difficult, but professional downtime upset the young man. After the service, Nikolai returned to the theater for young spectators. Lived in a communal hostel. He played in various performances, among which the following theatrical projects can be especially highlighted: “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats”, “The Happy Prince”, “The Unusual Adventures of T.S. and G.F. according to Mark Twain."
Nikolai made his film debut in 2000 in the film “Conditioned Reflex” directed by Ildar Islamgulov , where the young actor played the role of Mark. The following year, Nikolai worked in the films “Moscow Windows” and “101st Kilometer”. The artist’s filmography currently includes about 60 projects of various genres. Nikolai’s film career includes many films in which he plays leading roles:
- “The best city on Earth”;
- "We will die together";
- "Pavlov's Dog";
- “The war ended yesterday”;
- “Three days of Lieutenant Kravtsov”;
- “Mom will be against it!”;
- "Third World War";
- "Caesar";
- "Born by a Star"
- "Undiscovered talent."
The artist’s star film projects are the series: “I’m going out to look for you” (Denis Demirov), “The Disappeared” (Levushkin), “Other People’s Dreams” (Alexei Dobrov). Nikolai has been a sought-after actor in recent years.
In 2017-2018, the following films with Nikolai’s participation were released: “Walking through the Torment” (Vasily Teplov), “Undiscovered Talent-2, 3” (Rodion Butko), “What We Will Not Become” (Nikolai), “Fatal SMS "(Nikita) and others. The following films with the actor’s participation are in production for 2021: the melodrama “Marusya” and the mystical detective series “Fortune Teller”.
Movies
The actor’s filmography began to expand in 2000. Among the works of the initial stage, supporting roles in the TV series “Moscow. Central District – 2”, “People and Shadows – 2. Optical Illusion”. The star role came to the actor in 2005 along with the films “We Will Die Together” and “Pavlov’s Dog.”
In 2006, Nikolai Ivanov joined the cast of the detective series based on Tatyana Ustinova’s prose “The Queen’s First Rule,” which also starred Yulia Vysotskaya and Alexander Galibin. Later, Nikolai Ivanov, together with Olga Arntgolts and Konstantin Solovyov, starred in the detective series “I’m Going Out to Look for You.”
Nikolai Ivanov and Olga Arntgolts
The actor’s work in military-themed films is also of interest - the series about partisans “The Disappeared”, the serial film about German saboteurs “Death to Spies. Crimea,” a melodrama about the last days before the victory, “The War Ended Yesterday,” and the TV series “Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov.”
In 2021, with the participation of Nikolai Ivanov and Tatyana Arntgolts, the mystical drama “The 25th Hour” was released on television. The artist also starred in the TV series “Walking Through Torment,” a film adaptation of the work of Alexei Tolstoy, where he played a Russian officer. The main roles in the film were Yulia Snigir, Anna Chipovskaya, Svetlana Khodchenkova.
Personal life
Nikolai first fell in love at the age of eight with a girl named Lena (two years older), when he first came to the village of Novy Shustrui during the summer holidays. The girl's father was the director of a local state farm; he was later transferred to the regional center of Nizhny Lomov. For several years the boy was in love with Lena and was very embarrassed by these feelings.
He was constantly silent when she came to the village, watched her from afar, but did not have the courage to speak. Because of his indecision, his love remained unrequited. His love came to naught in 1991, when everything began to fall apart around him and everyone lived their own lives. Kolya never saw Lena again.
During his student years, the artist was very amorous: he loved deeply, with his characteristic youthful maximalism. Nikolai is married. Nikolai met his wife, actress Natalya Valerievna Moteva (born in 1979), while working in the capital’s Youth Theater. At that time, the girl graduated from GITIS, was a star in her course, and also an informal person not only in the profession, but also in life. She preferred creative experiments. She was skeptical of everything traditional.
The young people played together in the theater project directed by Henrietta Yanovskaya “A Taste of Honey” (2003). Gradually, their friendship grew into a romance, which soon ended in the marriage of the actors. Since Nikolai is very careful and respectful of family values, having found his other half, he got married.
The actor fell in love with Elena for her kindness, gentleness and cheerful disposition. He admired her irrepressible ability to directly and sincerely enjoy everything that surrounded her.
Today the couple are raising four children: daughters Pelageya, Aglaya and Dunyasha, as well as son Thomas. The couple are married and have their spiritual father - Dmitry Roshchin. Nikolai is happy in his marriage.
Biography of Nikolai Ivanov
Nikolai Ivanov was born in March 1980 in the city of Temirtau. Due to minor difficulties, Nikolai’s parents had to move to Noyabrsk. The guy spent his entire childhood in this city, experiencing what harsh winter and bitter cold were like. When Ivanov turned 10 years old, his parents decided to move again, this time to the village of Novy Shustrui in the Penza region, where their relatives lived. Life in the village taught the young actor to be independent and hardworking. Every day he got up at 5 am to go graze the cows, chop wood, mow the grass and light the stove.
After graduating from school, Nikolai decides to leave his parents' home and enter a pedagogical school in the nearest city. Nikolai was attracted to the profession of a musician, so he chose a specialty - a primary school teacher with the right to teach music. While studying at the school, he also began to take part in a drama club, which prompted him to think about a career as an actor. And by chance, in 1996 the Maly Theater from the capital came to Penza, looking for new and young talents. This event became decisive in Ivanov’s life. The young guy decisively leaves Penza and goes to conquer the capital, but still with doubt in his soul.
“Thanks to his rural, energetic character, the young man managed to enter the Moscow Theater University (VTU named after Shchepkin). The whole village was proud of its fellow countryman, who managed to become a student at the famous Shchepkinsky School and study in the workshop of Viktor Korshin.”
Interesting Facts
- The artist's height is 178 cm.
- The talented and charming actor is very much loved by TV viewers, not only for his excellent acting, but also for his smart, deep and kind eyes.
- Together with his wife, the actor is an Orthodox believer.
- In October 2021, the actor opened a page on Instagram and posted his first publication. Today Nikolai has almost 950 subscribers, with whom he shares numerous photographs and videos from his personal life, and working moments in the cinema.
Theater roles
Ivanov has been working at the Moscow Youth Theater since the year 2000, but while still a student he took part in the plays: “Pinocchio in the Land of Fools”, “The Happy Prince”, “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats”. Nikolai had a short break in creativity when he served in the army.
The artist received his first theater award for the role of Ivan Karamzin in the production of “A Ridiculous Poem.”
Nikolay Ivanov (lifeactor.ru)
Nikolai Ivanov has played quite a lot of characters: the artist - “Dreams of Exile”, Jeff - “A Taste of Honey”, Tom Sawyer - “The Extraordinary Adventures of T.S. and G.F.”, the townsman - “The Happy Prince”, etc.
