Acting talent is rare. To realize their natural data, it is enough for a person to be at the right time in a certain place. "Comrade Chance" determined the fate of the theater and film actor Ivan Matskevich.
Far start
Ivan Matskevich was born on April 9, 1947 in a peasant family. Parents lived in the small village of Grabovo. At that time, Belarus had not fully recovered after the war. The child was brought up according to established traditions. To improve their financial situation, the family went to Kazakhstan to raise virgin lands. A few years later, the Matskevichs returned to the Belarusian city of Baranavichy.
Vanya began to think about the choice of profession early. He watched his neighbors and peers live, what goals they set for themselves in the future. Feature films then came out infrequently and almost every people watched every picture, from old to small. Ivan participated in school shows of amateur performances, but the idea of becoming an artist did not arise from him. Matskevich dreamed of becoming a sailor. In high school, he went to evening school and got a job at the factory.
On stage and set
Matskevich received the profession of an actor, almost by accident. A friend invited him to try to enter the theater and art institute. In a word, and in deed - Ivan acted, but his friend was refused. In 1968, the peasant son received a higher theater education. The young actor was sent to the famous city of Brest, on the stage of the local academic drama theater. Having worked on the distribution of the three required years, he returned to Minsk and entered the service in the theater studio of the film actor.
You can long and thoroughly list the roles that Ivan Ivanovich played in the theater studio. It is important to emphasize here that hackwork or superficial treatment of his characters, he never allowed. His work was appreciated. Fifteen years later, Matskevich was invited to the Bolshoi Drama Theater of Belarus. And on the main stage of the republic, the actor did not change his rules and principles. He never asked for a role. He played what the director will offer.
