Ilya Shakunov is a popular domestic film actor. Filmed mainly in action films and crime dramas, which made him famous. Among the most successful projects, it is worth highlighting Antisniper and Fugitive.
An actor was born in St. Petersburg in 1970. This happened in early August. From a young age, showed interest in the creative field. During school, he attended a drama school. To develop Ilya’s talent, Igor Gorbachev helped.
Long career choice
I did not immediately think about the career of an actor. After graduating from school, he decided to get an education at a medical institute. However, over time, he realized that the chosen profession did not interest him at all. The next place of study was the Electrotechnical Institute. However, this time too, the understanding that working with computer technology is not his calling came quickly enough.
Ilya expelled and took the documents to the Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema. He studied under the leadership of Veniamin Filshtinsky. He received his acting education together with such stars of domestic cinema as Mikhail Porechenkov and Konstantin Khabensky.
Creative career
The popular actor Ilya Shakunov appeared on the stage during his student life. He performed in the play "Woe from Wit, " appearing before the audience in the image of the main character Chatsky. At that time, Ilya was a 4 year student.
Having received his education, he first worked in the troupe of the Youth Theater. I received an invitation from Andrei Andreev, who directed the theater. Having performed in several performances, Ilya became a leading artist. Ilya collaborated with Roman Viktyuk and the Bolshoi Theater. Tovtonogova. However, he was not even going to leave the Youth Theater.
He made his debut in cinema in 1993. He was invited to shoot the film "The Creation of Adam." Over the next few years, he actively starred. However, he received mostly minor roles.
The first leading role was received in the film project "Dark Night". Before the audience, Ilya Shakunov appeared in the image of a photographer. The actor played his hero perfectly. After his showing of the film at the festivals, a lot of flattering words were said about his acting talent. However, the movie did not come out for rent.
Successful for the actor was the work in the serial project "Montecristo". For his role, he received an audience award. Then there was the release of a no less successful film "Antisniper" in which Ilya got the role of a leading character. For this work, the already famous actor received a Detective FEST diploma. He appeared in the next few parts of the popular action movie.
The famous artist had the opportunity to play doctors, military, entrepreneurs, investigators, athletes. He appeared even in the guise of maniacs. At the present stage in his filmography includes more than 70 projects. Successful works include the films "Love is out of competition", "One against all", "Survive at any cost."
