Actor Anton Kolesnikov is one of the few whose even an episodic appearance on the TV screen does not escape the viewer, but also is accompanied by an exclamation: “This is a boy from Yeralash!” He really began his acting career with a newsreel that is familiar to every Russian adult and child. What was the creative path of the artist, we will tell in the article.
Childhood and youth
Anton Kolesnikov was born on November 15, 1983 in Moscow. His family was not acting, but the boy from childhood dreamed of playing on stage. While studying in the first grade, I began to attend a school drama circle. According to his own memoirs, he played the role of a donkey.
Later, Anton’s mentor, Elena Chumilina, left school, but the boy still continued to wait for her in the studio on Mondays and Fridays. Upon learning of such persistence and devotion of the student, Elena Anatolyevna invited him to her theater. There, Kolesnikov was noticed and called for samples of "Jumble". This event forever changed the life of a twelve-year-old boy.
In addition to filming in the newsreel, he already managed to play in two films and four series for his school graduation. Because of one of them, which was shot in the summer, Anton even missed exams at the theater institute. He began to study at a teacher training college, and then entered the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Filmography
Anton Kolesnikov made his debut on the screen in 1998 in the 125th issue of Jumble. And his first feature film was the painting "New Year's Story."
In 1999-2003 all Russian youth, clinging to the TV, watched the series "Simple Truths", which starred both famous actors and ordinary schoolchildren. Kolesnikov in it played a student of 6 “A” class, Maxim Novikov. The series was set in a Moscow school, and the plot narrated the life of students.
The filmography of the actor includes many pictures with exclusively episodic roles: student, taxi driver, criminal. Anton Kolesnikov himself among these films highlights the “Secrets of Palace Coups” in 2012, where he played an agent of the secret chancellery. The artist is very proud that he acted in film with the director Svetlana Druzhinina.
In 2017, Anton Kolesnikov appeared in the fantastic “Dancing to the Death”. In this film by Andrey Volgin, he reincarnated as the operator of the flight control center. In 2018, the comedy series “New Man” was released on the STS channel, where the actor played Leshik.
Voice acting and theater
In addition to filming, Anton Kolesnikov is engaged in dubbing film and animation works. So, in his voice speak the ninja turtle Donatello and Dipper from Gravity Falls.
In 2011, the actor made his debut on the stage in the Moscow "Benefis", and two years later he got into the Yermolova Theater. He plays in performances based on the works of Gogol, Kafka, Sebastian, Wilde.
