Saminin Andrey - Ukrainian theater and film artist. He starred in such films as The Squad, How Steel Was Tempered, The Dog, The Champions Of The Gateway, and many others. Serves at the Theater on the left bank of the Dnieper in Kiev (performances "Guests are Coming at Midnight", "Cuckold", "Three Sisters"). Since 2016, Saminin has the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Childhood and youth
The actor was born in 1974, on April 26, in Zhytomyr. His mother was a theater artist, so Andrei chose his future profession at an early age. Together with classmates, he tried to organize a school theater. Having received secondary education, Saminin moved to Kiev and became a student of the course of M. Rushkovsky at KNUTKiT im. I. Karpenko-Kary.
Stage roles and work on TV
After graduation, the aspiring artist was in the troupe of the Kiev Theater on the left bank of the Dnieper, in the productions of which he plays today. The first performances with the participation of Andrei Saminin were “The Princess’s Caprice” (role - soldier), “The Perfect Husband” (de Nanjac), “You Need Me, Sirs!” (Kurchaev) and The Eternal Husband (Lobov). Then the actor played Veslovsky in the production of "Anna Karenina", Yura in "Brekkons", Nick in "Who's Afraid?" and Michael in "Sea, night, candles." Saminin is also involved in the performances “Our Town” (role - George Gibbs), “26 rooms” (M. Khrushchev), “Romeo and Juliet” (Tybalt), “Three Sisters” (A. Prozorov), etc.
In 2009, the artist, along with director A. Kobzar, staged the play “We Play Chonkin”, which he wrote based on the novel by V. Voinovich. Since 2011, Andrei Saminin has been playing Don Juan in the production of “Guests Are Coming at Midnight” and Mikhail Rakitin in “The Highest Good in the World”.
In addition, the actor often voices animated and artistic paintings in Ukrainian and Russian. So, Melman speaks in his voice in Madagascar, Puss in Boots in Shrek, Gilbert Hawk in The Incredibles and others. He can also be heard in the tapes “Sanctum”, “Inglourious Basterds”, “Young Victoria”, “Law-abiding Citizen”, “Nanny on Call”, “Risk Limit”, “Special Forces“ Cobra 11 ”, “ Curly Sue ”, “ Bachelor Party ” in Vegas ”and“ Police Academy ”. Almost always, the actor Andrei Saminin duplicates the Ukrainian characters of Johnny Depp ("Macho and Nerd", "Tourist", "Johnny D.", "Jack and Jill", "Gloomy Shadows").
Selected Filmography
For the first time, the actor starred in a movie in 1994 in the student film "Winds". Five years later, Andrei played the key character Pavka Korchagin in the Ukrainian-Chinese film adaptation of How Steel Was Tempered. The drama was shot at the Film Studio. A. Dovzhenko on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the PRC. Then Saminin appeared in the TV series “Spirit of the Earth” (role - the head physician Vladimir), detective “Doll” (journalist Igor Vasin) and the film adaptation of the work of E. Voynich “Gadfly” (Cesare Martini). In 2004, the actor played the main character Alexei in the melodrama Sky in the Peas.
The next works of Andrey Saminin were senior lieutenant Nikolai Kupriyanov in the detective "Golden Guys" and the programmer Ignat Brazhnikov in the film adaptation of "A Friend of Special Purpose." In 2006, the artist played the key character of Lositsky Valery in the drama The Secret of St. Patrick and Denis in Strange Christmas. Then Saminin’s filmography was replenished with the film “Extreme Thirst” (role - Dmitry), the mystical series “Witching Love” (Stepan) and the melodrama “Unequal” (Alfred).
In 2008, Andrei played the key character Sanin in the Russian-Ukrainian action movie "Squad". In the detective "Abduction of the Goddess" he got the role of the Czech police officer Matias, and in the melodrama "Shark" - Boris Korn. In 2010, the artist starred in the crime drama "Brother for Brother" and the film adaptation of "Plato Angel." In 2011, Andrei Saminin played Pavel in the mini-series “Indian Summer” and Yasha in the sports film “Champions from the Gateway”.
Also, the actor can be seen in the melodrama "Fireplace Guest", detectives "Mute" and "Gunpowder and shot." In the picture of 2013, "Credence" Saminin appeared in the image of the main character Orestes. Then he starred in the melodrama "Greek" (role - Gosha) and the military film "Haytarma" (Vovk). In 2015, the premiere of the comedy detective “Dog” took place, in which Andrei played Alexei Leonidov, one of the key characters. The fourth season of this series is currently being filmed. In 2016, the artist appeared in the title role of the 4-episode melodrama "Thunderstorm over Tikhorechiy".
