Recognition and success in the film industry for each actor comes in different ways. Someone from the first roles falls into the bull's eye and becomes a celebrity. But most of them have been sweating for years. That is how the success story of actor Boris Smolkin happened.
The long-awaited popularity, fame and recognition by fans came to a talented actor in adulthood. The role of an elegant and malicious catcher from the television series "My Fair Nanny" has become a kind of hallmark of Boris Smolkin. And his verbal skirmishes with Zhanna Arkadyevna gave the project a special charm and zest.
Actor Biography
The future famous artist, star of the stage of the theater and television screen, was born and raised in Leningrad. His birth, on March 2, 1948, occurred in an incredibly difficult post-war period. Parents of Boris Smolkin, Grigory and Rais, had nothing to do with acting. But the family belonged to an intelligent category: my father worked as an architect, my mother taught English.
Family upbringing was strict but versatile. Inoculated skills in many fields and disciplines. However, the boy himself showed great zeal in teaching. He was inquisitive and purposeful. Talents and inclinations developed gradually, in the learning process.
Education included a physical and mathematical school, a brilliant participation in chemistry competitions, singing, performing on stage, playing chess. Boris read a lot, the list of literature was carefully followed by a strict mother.
In his youth, when it came time to decide on views on life, Boris Smolkin chose acting.
A long way to glory
Smolkin failed to enter the Leningrad Institute of Theater and Music for the first time and the young man went, in order not to waste time, to the chemistry department. A visit to the studio of Ilya Reznik, which was based at the university, made it possible to keep the creative form on the level.
The next year again failed (a drama competition was not passed) and Boris entered the Faculty of Music. After graduation, Smolkin got a job at the Musical Comedy Theater, where he served for thirty-six years.
Career
The actor’s creativity includes one hundred and more works. The first picture, in which Boris starred in his student days, was "The Magician" directed by Todorovsky.
In subsequent years, Smolkin starred and played in various projects: short films and large-format films with different budgets. But the actor achieved the greatest success, starring in the series. And if it wasn’t appropriate for the artists to answer the question of which of the projects they liked most, then the fans absolutely definitely choose the most relevant roles of the actors themselves.
The series "My Fair Nanny" was the starting point for Boris Smolkin to the resounding success and winning the love of millions of fans. The verbal picks of the charming butler Konstantin and the funny, slightly ridiculous Zhanna Arkadyevna caused a great response from the viewer. Sometimes the fans' attention to this storyline even exceeded interest in the main theme of the series - the romantic relationship between the main characters.
Many "star" actors were involved in this project: Sergey Zhigunov, Alexander Filippenko, Lyubov Polishchuk, who during the filming of the series had big health problems.
Being a diversified personality, Boris Smolkin tried himself in various fields: a TV presenter in several programs, a participant in the show "Dancing with the Stars", dubbing films.
A wide audience recognized and loved the actor thanks to his participation in films and series, but in St. Petersburg he is familiar to every inveterate theater-goer. For a long time, Boris Smolkin was the "hallmark" of the theater of musical comedy. His huge track record includes work in performances such as The Bat, Truffaldino, Krechinsky’s Wedding.
Smolkin’s creative contribution to the work of the theater and to the development of the film industry can be appreciated by how loyal fans still love and appreciate his work. With full confidence, we can say that actor Boris Smolkin is a "media" person, although he does not post information about life on social networks. His house is very often visited by journalists, he is still in demand in acting and teaches at a creative university.
