Alexey Buldakov is an actor known to a wide range of viewers for his role as general in the film "Features of the National Hunt." Buldakov sings beautifully, he has released several studio albums with compositions in his performance.
Childhood, adolescence
Alexey Buldakov was born in with. Makarovka (Altai) March 26, 1951. The family was large, the boy had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Father was a driver, mother worked as a milkmaid. Children were accustomed to rural work, they knew how to work in the garden, care for animals.
Later, the family moved to Pavlodar. Alexei in childhood dreamed of being a pilot, he began to study in an aircraft modeling circle. The boy was going to enter a flight school, and for this he tried to get good grades, went in for sports.
In the 8th grade, Buldakov’s plans changed. He was greatly shocked by the film "Big Life" with Peter Aleinikov, and Alex also decided to become an actor. After graduating from school, Buldakov went to study at a theater studio, created at the drama theater. In 1969 he was accepted into the troupe. Then there was military service.
Creative career
After demobilization, Buldakov did not live long in Tomsk, where he worked in a local theater. However, he quarreled with the leadership, quit and returned home. Then came the disappointment in the profession. Alex went to work at a tractor factory, began to drink. However, he soon met with former colleagues who restored his self-confidence. Buldakov later got a job in the Karaganda theater, but he did not have significant roles.
Once Buldakov was given a ticket to Leningrad as a bonus. A friend persuaded him to leave his data at the Lenfilm studio. In 1982, he was asked to come to the screenings. So Alex got the first role in the movie, it was the drama Through Fire. Then other proposals came in, as Buldakov was suitable for the type of "simple Russian peasant" who was in demand in those years.
The most significant was the work in the picture "Here is my village
". Then Alexei was offered lengthy filming in Moscow. However, he was not provided with housing, and the fee was not large. Buldakov lived in dormitories, spent the night at train stations, often went hungry. He didn’t even have money for a ticket home. Tatyana Doronina helped her, she took the actor to the Moscow Art Theater.
In 1994, Alexander Rogozhkin (director) created the script for the film "Features of the National Hunt." He planned to invite Buldakov to the role of General Ivolgin. The director knew Alexei, who had already starred in his film "For the sake of a few lines." After the release of the picture, Buldakov became famous throughout the country, many of his phrases went to the people. The actor said that he “borrowed” some features of Ivolgin’s character from General Lebed. For this role, the actor was awarded "Nick."
Then there were other films, which became a kind of continuation of the "Features of the national hunt." The general, performed by Buldakov, also appeared in the film "Operation" Happy New Year "and" Checkpoint. "In 2009, Alexei Ivanovich became People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Buldakov is also a performer of chanson, he released 4 studio albums. In 2015, the actor was diagnosed with cancer, fortunately he managed to defeat the disease.
