Sometimes actors become accidental. And not only become, but also achieve great success. Popular Soviet artist Geert Yakovlev did not plan to act in films. He just passed the entrance exams to the theater institute for company with friends.
Starting conditions
Some time ago, the majority of boys dreamed of becoming pilots or sailors. They dreamed and did not miss films about the war, which were "played" in cinemas. Geert Aleksandrovich Yakovlev was no different from his peers. The boy was born July 10, 1940 in an international family. Parents lived in the city of Riga. Father, Russian by nationality, worked as a tram driver. The mother of the future actor, a Latvian, was engaged in sewing women's clothing at home.
Geert was the only child in the house. He was taken care of and created the conditions for full development. At school, the boy did well. His favorite subjects were literature and mathematics. Yakovlev was actively involved in sports and participated in amateur art shows. With classmates easily found a common language. Being already a famous actor, he maintained warm relations with childhood friends until adulthood.
Professional activity
In 1958, Yakovlev received a certificate of maturity and went with a group of comrades to enter the theater department of the Latvian National Conservatory. Not everyone went through the creative competition, but Geert was among the students. Five years later, he was awarded a diploma of higher acting education and assigned to serve in the Latvian Academic Drama Theater. The career of a certified actor developed dynamically and progressively. A few years later, he turned out to be the most "busy" performer. It is important to emphasize that he took on any role with desire and complete dedication.
He began to be invited to act in films on a student's bench. The textured appearance was in perfect harmony with the images of officers and female servants. Yakovlev played with equal success and romantic heroes, and scoundrels, and treacherous spies. In the mid-70s, he played his starring role in the detective drama Death under the Sail. In the pictures about the war, Yakovlev convincingly obtained the images of officers. Viewers saw him on the screen in Soviet uniform, and in the uniform of an enemy intelligence.
