Alexey Kolgan - an actor who often remains behind the scenes, acts in the role of only the character’s voice. Nevertheless, the viewer knows and loves him, it is difficult to get tickets for performances in the theater with his participation. We love his heroes, we recognize his voice, and what do we know about him as a person, about his career path and personal life?
Talented and charismatic, with a special, subtle sense of humor and an amazing voice, a favorite of the public who voiced the most popular cartoon characters - all this about him, about actor Alexei Kolgan. It was thanks to him that Shrek spoke in Russian, his sparkling talent became a real decoration of the satirical project "Put out the light!". The filmography and theatrical piggy bank of Alexei are full of significant and vivid roles.
Biography of actor Alexei Kolgan
Alexey was born in Lviv in 1971, and soon moved to Leningrad with his family. The boy’s parents had nothing to do with art, but Alesha’s great-grandfather was a circus artist, leading the troupe of Durov himself.
The childhood of the future actor can not be called happy and cloudless. At age 12, after the father left the family, his mother took the boy to Makhachkala. Alexey did not find a common language with his classmates, he was complete and somewhat awkward, often ill, did not like to take part in hooligan antics and yard games.
Alexey won the respect of his peers and classmates, once having stepped on the stage of a school theater with a parody number. We can safely say that it was then that his acting career started - he had the first spectators, and then fans, he became the most sought-after member of the drama circle troupe, performed at all events, first within the educational institution, and then at the city level.
Career actor Alexei Kolgan
The time for students in the life of Alexei came at a difficult perestroika time. Despite the constant lack of money and the need to earn extra money in parallel with his studies, he managed to graduate with honors from the Leningrad Institute of Performing Arts in 1994. Teachers drew attention to the unique voice data of a capable student and recommended that he develop this direction as well. As a result, along with the actor’s diploma, Kolgan received a diploma on completing the classical vocal courses of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.
The best theatrical role of Alexei Kolgan and the audience, and critics believe the image of the princess in the musical Imre Kalman's "Princess of the Circus." But he did not come to a better role right away. In his theatrical piggy bank were already at that time
- Mitrofanushka from The Young
- Fabian from Twelfth Night
- Wulf from the play "Andryusha".
Then television came into his creative life. In the early 2000s, Kolgan began work on the program "Extinguish the light!" together with the NTV channel team. The humorous program was immediately noted by the TEFI jury members, was awarded as the best in its segment, and two years later Alexey received the same award as the best presenter.
The filmography of the actor Alexei Kolgan
The path to the movie "arena" for Alexei began with the proposal of the American company Dream Works to voice Shrek in the Russian version of the cartoon. After a successful debut in the dubbing, he began to receive offers from other foreign companies, the heroes of the cartoons “Rinse off”, “Despicable Me”, “Monsters on Vacation”, “Monster Family” and others spoke in his Russian version.
At the same time, an acting career in cinema began to actively develop. In the period from 2002 to the present day, Alexey Kolgan managed to star in more than 70 full-length films and series. Viewers remember him by their roles in projects
- "Code of honor",
- "Moscow. Central District",
- "Lola and Marquis. Virtuosos of easy money",
- Prime Time Goddess
- "Cannon",
- "Gloss",
- "Urgent to the room",
- "Kitchen" and other films.
The charismatic actor became a partner in the film frame of such beauties as Julia Snigir, Ksenia Rappoport, but rumors about his novels “on the side” never appeared in the press.
