Honored Artist of Russia Sergei Kolesnikov died at the age of 68, RIA Novosti reported.
According to his wife, Maria Velikanova, Kolesnikov died on the morning of April 29. Initially, his wife could not clarify the exact cause of death – was it a heart attack or a stroke?
Later, the son of the actor, Ivan Kolesnikov, in an interview with Channel Five said that the cause of death was a stroke. To the reporter’s question where the artist was hospitalized when his health deteriorated, he replied “to Sklifosovsky”.
Kolesnikov Jr. Posted on Telegram archive video recording: young Sergey Kolesnikov plays a song on the guitar.
The farewell time and place has not yet been determined, it will be announced later.
“Acting is the same profession”
Moscow Art Theater Chekhov, where the actor worked from 1978 to the beginning of the 10s, expressed his condolences to his family and relatives.
“Today, April 29, at the 69th year, the life of Sergei Valentinovich Kolesnikov, a handsome, strong, kind, Honored Artist of Russia, a student of the Moscow Art Theater School, who has been on the stage of the Art Theater for thirty years, is over. The Art Theater mourns and expresses its condolences to the family of Sergei Valentinovich Kolesnikov and to everyone who knew and loved him, ”the Telegram post.
Kolesnikov’s host gardener Andrey Tumanov in Fazenda, stressed In a conversation with socialbites.ca, he said that he is a helpful person, a professional artist and loves his profession.
“He was a professional artist and always said that if he had no artistic gains, he would rather starve. So he used to say that acting was just the vocation for him, but he would always do it. It aroused respect, ”Shared Tumanov.
“We had an office next to the Varyete Theater and he used to come there very often and we would always hug and remember the years. Many actors are always capricious and he always has some kind of positive note. It was always great to stand next to him, to chat, to remember.”
According to Tumanov, Kolesnikov was easy to work with, because he understood everything “instantly”, had a good sense of humor and always “laughed with pleasure”, even at jokes directed at him. “He was the central host, so he ran the whole program, and I had a page in the garden, in the garden. And we worked with him in the frame. It was a pleasure to work with him in the frame, because he perfectly understood everything instantly, that is, from a professional person. He was given a task: play smart if you want, play stupid, here is the task – “Okay, I get it.” And it sets and works, ”remembered Tumanov.
People’s Artist of Russia Valery Barinov rememberedHe said that Kolesnikov had had health problems before. He also noted that he knew the deceased very well.
“He was a very kind, open person. How can I tell you, he was always ready to communicate, to help. Without any complex there. I am very happy for his son. And such a misfortune, ”Barinov concluded.
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Sergei Kolesnikov was born on January 4, 1955 in Moscow. In 1978 she graduated from the acting course of Sofia Pilyavskaya and Vladimir Bogomolov at the Moscow Art Theater School. He entered the stage of the Moscow Art Theater while he was still a student and for a long time connected his fate to this theater. His most memorable roles include Tibul in The Three Fat Men, Mortimer in Mary Stuart, and Hendon and Joe Gray in The Prince and the Pauper.
In 1987, after the division of the theater, he was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky, starring Glumov (“Stupid Enough For Any Wise Man”), Vaska Ash (“Below”), and Don Juan (“Mad Jourdain”). Since 1990 – played on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov. Theater audiences remember him in Gloucester in King Lear, Curly in The Tempest, Hans the Knight in Ondine, and Skalozub in Woe from Wit.
Kolesnikov gained wide popularity thanks to roles in such films and TV series as “Petersburg Secrets”, “Truckers”, “Die Hard: A Good Day to Die”, “Anatomy of a Murder”, “Ambulance”, “Heart of Parma”. . Kolesnikov can also be seen in the film directed by French director Sophie Barthez, which won the Grand Prix at the Sundance Film Festival.
Kolesnikov was also a dubbing actor, voicing James Bond in Sean Connery’s films in the 1960s and later in films with Roger Moore.
He hosted the Fazenda program on Kanal One from 2006 to 2012.
Kolesnikov’s wife, two sons and three grandchildren survived. The son of Sergei Kolesnikov Ivan followed in his father’s footsteps. Graduated from the Higher Theater School named after MS Shchepkin, starred in the films “Upward Movement”, “Part One”, “Peter I: The Last Tsar and First Emperor”.