Biography
Vladimir Kolganov is a Russian theater and film actor, playing the leading role in the TV series “Father Matvey.”
Vladimir was born on March 10, 1978. At the age of 25, he graduated from the Theater Institute “School of Drama named after Igor Gorbachev.”
Vladimir Kolganov’s graduation works were theatrical productions based on plays by A. Arbuzov (“Years of Wandering”), A. P. Chekhov (“Bear”, “Anniversary”), A. Slapovsky (“Green Star”), I. Elagin (“Portrait mademoiselle"). The young artist completed the course, the graduation of which was the last for Igor Olegovich Gorbachev: the master of the theater stage died in 2003.
Biography of Vladimir Kolganov
Vladimir Kolganov was born on March 10, 1978. After graduating from a general education institution, the future artist became a student at an institute called the “School of Russian Drama.” Already in 2003, he was accepted into the troupe of the Alexandrinsky Theater, but in 2013 he decided to move to the “Takoy Theater”. On the stages of these institutions, Kolganov performed in such performances as “Vanity Fair”, “Double”, “Testosterone”, etc.
In the photo: Vladimir Kolganov on the set of the film “Father Matvey”
Kolganov began his film career with supporting roles in such famous serial films as “Streets of Broken Lanterns”, “Deadly Force” and “Sea Devils”. The artist got his first very serious work in the dramatic project “Strawberry Time,” which appeared on television in 2008.
“I knew from childhood that I would connect my career with acting. I always liked to take part in school productions, I read a lot and showed different performances at home,” Kolganov noted.
Later, other films with Kolganov’s participation began to appear on audience screens: “And the Ball Will Return,” “Fan,” “Retribution,” “A Word to a Woman,” “Traffic Cops,” “Separation” and many others.
Vladimir Kolganov at the casting
Currently, the actor, having an established personal life, still performs on the theater stage and actively acts in film projects. According to the artist himself, a real actor should have in his track record not only main roles, but also minor ones, not only successful ones, but also unsuccessful ones.
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Theater
After graduating from a theater university, Vladimir Kolganov joined the Alexandrinsky Theater, where he played more than 15 roles. The actor has worked in productions of W. Thackeray's "Vanity Fair", N.V. Gogol's "The Inspector General", W. Shakespeare's "Hamlet", F.M. Dostoevsky's "The Double", L.N. Tolstoy's "The Living Corpse". Vladimir Kolganov was lucky enough to work with directors Valery Fokin, Vladimir Golub, Theodoros Terzopoulos, Alexander Galibin.
In 2007, the artist played the main role in the play “Flowers for Charlie,” for which he received the audience award from the Teatral society. In 2013, Vladimir Kolganov joined the main cast of the troupe of another theater group in St. Petersburg, “Takoy Theatre,” where he immediately appeared in the role of Corneille in the play “Testosterone” based on the play by A. Saramonovich.
Work in the theater
In 2003 he began working at the Alexandrinsky Theater. He has more than 15 roles to his credit. Most of which are associated with the productions “The Inspector General”, “Vanity Fair”, “Hamlet”, “The Double”, “The Living Corpse”. Kolganov played the main role in the play “Flowers for Charlie” in 2007. For it he received the audience award of a society called “Theater”.
In 2013, he became a member of the main cast of the troupe of the “Takoy Theater” (St. Petersburg) and played the role of Corneille in the production of “Testosterone” in accordance with the play by A. Saramonovich.
Movies
Vladimir Kolganov began his film career the year he graduated from university. The first role for the young artist was the character of the series “Streets of Broken Lanterns” Sergei Rudnev. Two years later, the actor appeared in a crime film again, this time in the cameo role of Victor. In 2003, Kolganov took part in the filming of a multi-part film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “The Idiot” directed by Vladimir Bortko. The director selected a star cast for the literary series; Evgeny Mironov, Vladimir Mashkov, Inna Churikova, Mikhail Boyarsky, Oleg Basilashvili, Vladimir Ilyin played in the film. Vladimir Kolganov played the role of the minor character Doktorenko.
A year later, the St. Petersburg actor is invited to a retro detective story about an investigation carried out by the general’s widow. Vladimir gets the role of Yuri Nikitenko. In 2005, in the film epic “The Death of an Empire,” Vladimir Khotinenko Kolganov was invited to film an episode about the dying lieutenant Ardashov. In the same year, the actor played a recurring role in the crime series “Deadly Force-6”, together with screen stars Konstantin Khabensky, Andrei Fedortsov, Mikhail Porechenkov.
In the second half of the 2000s, Vladimir Kolganov appeared in the TV series “The Life and Death of Lenka Panteleev”, “Sea Devils-2”, “Opera-3. Chronicle of the Homicide Department,” “Attempt to Escape.” In 2008, Kolganov made his debut in the leading role of Stas in the drama “Strawberry Time.” Together with Vladimir, the main characters of the story were played by Alexey Petrenko, Alexander Lykov, Sergey Migitsko. For 3 years, the artist has been starring in the serial films “Word to a Woman”, “Traffic Cops”, “Retribution”, “Separation”. In 2012, Vladimir Kolganov received the role of Konstantin Stanislavsky in the historical drama “The Admirer,” which tells about the tragic love of Anton Chekhov and the young married writer Lydia Avilova. The tall artist with a noble appearance was just the right fit for the role of the father of the Russian theater. In 2013, Vladimir received the main role in the film “Chance”, and a year later the artist’s filmography was replenished with the main role in Valery Devyatilov’s series “Father Matvey”. The detective story, which unfolds in a small town, is masterfully unraveled by a young priest who has just arrived at his new duty station. In addition to Kolganov, the main roles were played by Rodion Galyuchenko and Victoria Adelfina. In 2014, the series premiered on the Ukrainian TV channel Inter, and in 2021 on the cable channel Mir.
In the same year, the premiere of the film “Headhunters” took place with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Philip Yankovsky in the leading roles. In the serial film, shot in the detective genre, Vladimir Kolganov played Eduard, the lover of the main character’s wife. Vladimir Kolganov appears in two more serial dramas - “A View from Eternity”, “And the Ball Will Return”, in which the actor receives leading roles.
Film work
Vladimir Kolganov played in a movie for the first time in 2003. He appeared in the image of Sergei Rudnev in the series Streets of Broken Lanterns. In the same year, he played a role in the multi-part film adaptation of F. Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot, directed by Vladimir Bortko.
In 2005, he starred in the crime series Lethal Force in an episode as Victor, in the epic film “The Death of an Empire” by V. Khotinenko. In 2006, he starred in the crime series “Deadly Force-6.” Following this, he played in the TV series “The Life and Death of Lenka Panteleev”, “Opera-3. Chronicle of the Homicide Department,” Sea Devils-2, “Attempt to Escape.”
In 2008, Kolganov played the main role in the dramatic film “Strawberry Time”. Over the following years, he was involved on the set of multi-part projects:
- "Retribution";
- “A Word to a Woman”;
- "Break";
- "Traffic cops";
- "Fan";
- "Chance".
In 2014 he played in the TV series “Father Matvey”. In the detective project he played the main role. Events unfolded in the province where an outrageous incident occurred. It is being investigated by a young priest who has just arrived in these parts.
The same year, the actor played in the film “Headhunters.” He appeared in the role of the lover of the wife of the main character - a man named Edward. This was followed by work in the films “A View from Eternity” and “And the Ball Will Return.” Kolganov got the main roles.
The actor became very popular, viewers began to take an interest in his biography, and directors began to invite him to film their projects more and more often.
In 2015, he played a TV presenter in the TV series “Uncut Pages”; years later he was involved in the film set of the films “Such Work”, “Shaman. New threat." In 2021, the film “Householder” was released, where Vladimir played the role of Alexei.
Personal life
After the film “Father Matvey” was shown on television, many viewers became interested in the biography of an artist little known to the general public. But it turned out that there is not much information in the press and the Internet about the personal life of Vladimir Kolganov and his family. Many initially believed that the artist was the brother of another popular actor Vadim Kolganov, but this is not so.
It is known that Vladimir has a wife and two school-age children: a son and a daughter. On Kolganov’s personal Instagram page you can see not only photos, but also family videos.
Personal life of Vladimir Kolganov
After the project “Father Matvey” appeared on television screens, many viewers began to become interested in the biography of the little-known actor. As it turned out, there are practically no details on the Internet about the personal life of Vladimir Kolganov. Initially, many claimed that the actor was the brother of another equally famous film figure, Vadim Kolganov, but this is absolutely not true.
In the photo: actor Vladimir Kolganov
The public knows for certain that Vladimir Kolganov has two heirs and a wife. The actor tries to devote all his free time to his daughter and son.
“I love my children and my wife very much. For their sake, I am ready to do anything. I try to spend all my free time in the company of my family. If I have a few days off, we can go to nature, but this is only in the warm season, and in winter we can walk around the snowy city, go ice skating, go to a cozy cafe or attend a movie show,” said Vladimir.
On social networks, the film and theater star sometimes publishes family photos, as well as photographs in which he is captured in the company of friends or alone.
Vladimir Kolganov now
In 2021, filming of the detective series “Such Work” was completed, in which Kolganov played the character Alexander Samoilov. At the end of the summer of 2021, the multi-part film “Shaman” was released on the NTV channel. New threat" about the work of investigator Shamanov.
In one of the episodes of the film, Vladimir played the role of Ignat Baburin. Now a new film starring Vladimir, “Householder,” is being prepared for release.
On May 29, the Rossiya-1 channel started showing the television series Father Matvey.
Cinema
Vladimir Kolganov began his film career with episodic roles in popular TV series: “Streets of Broken Lanterns”, “Death of an Empire”, “Deadly Force”, “Sea Devils”, “Opera. Chronicles of the homicide department.”
The actor’s first serious work took place in the drama “Strawberry Time” (2008). A picture about fleeting youth, when in a very short period a lot can happen to a person, which we usually call fate.
Kolganov played the role of the son of rich parents, the slacker and major Stas. One day, His Majesty chance intervenes in the measured life of a young man. This film is the simplest philosophy for those starting to live. It contains a lot of music: from Kuryokhin’s banter to club house, from chanson to democratic rock and roll.
Then every year one or two projects were released with the participation of the artist: “A Word to a Woman”, “Traffic Cops”, “Retribution”, “Separation”, “Fan”, “And the Ball Will Return”.
"Chance"
In 2015, the premiere of Valery Devyatilov’s film “Chance” took place on the Rossiya channel. Vladimir got one of the main roles in it.
Plot: Life is not kind to Zhenya Sokolova (Polina Syrkina). Like many girls from the village, she came to conquer Moscow, and soon found herself pregnant and left to the mercy of fate. The girl is ready to return home, but life has prepared a terrible test for her. The heroine finds herself drawn into a criminal story. The bandits begin hunting for Zhenya, and she is forced to run away, saving herself and her unborn child.
“Father Matvey”
In the multi-part melodrama “Father Matvey,” which also premiered at “Russia,” the actor was entrusted with the main role. Father Matvey (Vladimir Kolganov) serves in a Moscow church. The service makes him happy, and everything is fine in the family. He has a loving wife Valentina (Victoria Adelfina) and two sons, and a daughter was recently born. But the return of his brother Yakov ruins the smooth life of Father Matvey and his loved ones. Having barely been released from prison, Yakov robs a church and, as a result, not only ends up in prison again, but also unwittingly frames his brother...
Father Matvey and his family are forced to leave for a small provincial town to serve in the local church. It soon turns out that the help of a sensitive priest in the new place is needed much more than anywhere before.
Recently, Vladimir has often starred in crime-detective films: “Headhunters”, “Uncut Pages”, “Such Work”, “Shaman. New threat." His filmography includes about 30 works.
Filmography: Actor
- Sand Castle (2019), TV series
- Blue Lake (2019)
- Father Matvey (2017), TV series
- Householder (2017), TV series
- Shaman. New threat (2016), TV series
- Such work (2016), TV series
- Uncut Pages (2015), TV series
- Headhunters (2014), TV series
- View from Eternity (2014), TV series
- Chance (2013)
- Sea Devils. Tornado. Fates (2013), TV series
- And the ball will return (2013), TV series
- Groupie (2012)
- Breakaway (2011), TV series
- Retribution (2011), TV series
- Traffic cops (2010), TV series
- A woman's word (2009-2010), TV series
- Strawberry Time (2008)
- Attempt to escape (2007), TV series
- Opera-3. Homicide Chronicles (2007), TV series
- Sea Devils-2 (2007), TV series
- The Life and Death of Lenka Panteleev (2006), TV series
- Lethal force-6 (2005), TV series
- Death of the Empire (2005), TV series
- Streets of Broken Lanterns-6 (2004), TV series
- Spiral Staircase (2004), TV series
- Operational Alias (2003), TV series
- Idiot (2003), TV series
- Streets of Broken Lanterns-4 (2002), TV series
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