Konstantin Strelnikov is a popular theater and film actor. It turned out to be not so easy to build a career in Ufa, and only in Moscow did the actor smile fortune, where he received the first main role.
Biography and Education
Konstantin Viktorovich Strelnikov was born in the city of Kumertau in the Bashkir SSR in 1976 on January 31. The future actor was raised by her mother, who worked at the local aviation plant in the supply department for 35 years, and her grandmother.
Kostya’s childhood was usual, like all the boys of that time, with pioneer summer camps and dreams of working as a test pilot with the prefix, rather than an actor, as some online publications write. Of the sports arts, the boy preferred boxing and judo. In addition, a certain part of the time was given to creativity. Kostya attended art school from the age of 11, as he showed a talent for drawing from early childhood.
By the end of grade 9, Kostya Strelnikov decided to enter the Regional Orenburg Art School, where he studied for two years. After the first year, it suddenly dawned on him that he needed a certificate of completion of 11 classes in order to enter a university. Konstantin returned to school, taking an academic leave, and completed his studies. After that, the future actor decided to enter the art faculty of the Institute of Arts in Ufa, but did not pass the competition.
Returning to the art school, Strelnikov in the second year moved to the Ufa Theater Academy in the directing department, the course of Peter Shein (student of the school of George Tovstonogov). He graduated from the Academy in 1998.
Career and creativity
Since 1996, Konstantin Strelnikov played on the stage of the State Academic Russian Drama Theater of the Republic of Bashkortostan. In four productions, the actor had the main roles. However, Strelnikov, as he said, did not receive much pleasure from entering the stage. there was no delight from the female fans waiting in the street after the performances.
In addition to serving in the theater, Strelnikov worked in a local tavern and saved money for Moscow, where his beloved girl was waiting for him and, according to rumors, he had the opportunity to go to the Shchukin school. With the Pike, the actor did not work out, crumpled measles, which knocked him out of the rut for several months. But with GITIS, Strelnikov’s luck smiled, he entered the course of Boris Prokhanov, a famous director and director of the Theater of the Moon.
Moving to the capital for the actor was the springboard to a successful career in the movie. Almost immediately after starting his studies at the Russian University of Theatrical Art, he began to receive proposals for filming. Konstantin received his first episodic role in the film Under the North Star.
Throughout the entire period of study at GITIS (until 2003), the young actor starred in films, but, as before, he only gets episodic roles. For example, 2005 for Strelnikov was marked by participation in five films at once. Among them - “It is not harmful to dream” (comedy), “Doctor Zhivago” (TV series, drama), “Paradise” (action movie).
In 2006, the actor’s portfolio was replenished with filming in the series “Hunting for a Genius”, an episodic role in the acclaimed “Boomer” (second part) and the film “Just Lucky”. The first main role went to Strelnikov only in 2007, when the actor received an offer to star in the adventure series "Second to …". The charismatic Strelnikov, who played the businessman, was noticed by the directors and the roles fell on the actor one after another. In the busy schedule of filming, “Admiral” first appeared, then “Brother for brother”, the tape “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive” and many other famous paintings. It is curious that most of the roles in one way or another related to people in shape. The actor had a chance to play in the movies an operative, a police captain and a KGB officer.
In total, by 2018 Strelnikov’s portfolio has more than fifty projects, including the iconic Clerical Rat.
Hobbies
In the list of hobbies of Konstantin Strelnikov - real male addictions: fishing, diving, spearfishing. From time to time, the actor visits the productions of colleagues in the capital's theaters. However, swimming with dolphins is considered the best pastime. In the heart of the actor, smart and kind creatures occupy one of the main places.
