Actor Oleg Kassin has such a bright character that he can play anyone - a bandit (he often gets such roles), a strange scientist, and even an alien. As he himself says, most often he still gets the role of bandits. It so happens that the actor gets stuck in one role. However, there is always hope for more interesting roles.
Biography
Oleg Anatolyevich was born in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region in 1970. Soon the Kassin family moved to Moldova, in the small town of Balti, where he spent his childhood and where he studied in high school.
Soon after leaving school, Oleg was called up for military service, and he served in Belarus. The army gives a lot of time for reflection, and Cassin wondered what he would do after the service. The most attractive profession for him since childhood was the profession of an actor, but so far he has not taken any concrete steps in this direction. And then he decided that he would go to Moscow and enter a theater university.
And so it happened: Kassin entered the Shchukin Theater School and graduated from it in the late 90s. Such famous artists as Maxim Averin, Anton Makarsky and Olga Budina studied with him. The years in “Pike” were fruitful: young actors played a lot of performances, learned a lot. After studying, Oleg joined the Satyricon Theater under the direction of Konstantin Raikin.
In one interview, he said that these five years of work at Satyricon became something of a good school, where the actors were not allowed to relax and everyone played to their limits. They played both modern, plays, and classics. Oleg had the opportunity to take part in the performances of Chauntecleer and The Three-Penny Opera, and he also played Mercutio in the play Romeo and Juliet.
In 2002, Kassin left the theater without working with Raikin. The fact is that as a director Raikin so meticulously demanded that the actors perform the smallest details that there was no chance for their own creativity. That is, everyone played as Raikin himself would have played, and not as the actor himself with his vision of the role and with its characteristics of its perception. It’s hard for an artist to be a mechanical performer, not a role creator.
After the dismissal from Satyricon, a difficult period began in the life of the actor, when there was almost no work. Then for theaters in general there was a difficult period - a period of stagnation during the general restructuring. I had to earn extra money where I have to.
Finally, in 2005 he was invited to the Satire Theater, where he works now. His acting portfolio includes Lefty, Too Married Taxi Driver, and The Anarchist's Accidental Death.
Movie career
On the movie screen, Cassin made his debut in 1998 in the wonderful film "Composition for Victory Day." Here he was able to observe the work of the masters of domestic cinema: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Mikhail Ulyanov, Oleg Efremov. Kassin had a small role of the Shepherd, and an interesting story was connected with her: Oleg played this role in the diploma performance, he was seen by the director of the film Ursulyak and decided to include this episode in the film. This also happens in the movies.
After that, his filmography was replenished with roles in the films "Simple Truths", "Turkish March", "Daddy's Daughter" and others. One of the iconic roles for Cassin is the Shaly bandit in the action movie “Liquidation”. It was after this that he got stuck in the role of a gangster - so believably he played.
The best films where Cassin played are considered to be the paintings "DMB" (2000), Composition for Victory Day "(1998), " Carmen "(2003).
