In the biography of Sergei Shevkunenko, white stripes were invariably replaced by black. The name of the crime boss "Artist" has long been forgotten by compatriots, and the young actor is remembered by viewers of several generations, television continues to show films with his participation.
Childhood
Sergey Shevkunenko was born into a family of Mosfilm employees. Father headed the 2nd creative association, mother held the position of assistant director. The boy was a late child. The fourteen-year-old daughter Olga was already growing up when Seryozha was born on November 20, 1959. Father immensely rejoiced at the appearance of the heir. He dedicated the play "Earring with Malaya Bronnaya" to his birth.
Very early, the boy knew the bitterness of loss. At the age of four, he lost his father, and soon his sister, who also connected her life with the cinema, emigrated from the country. Sergei stayed with his mother, who had to spend all her time at work. The care of the grandson lay on the shoulders of the grandmother. Together with his sister, the teenager lost his faithful friend, with whom he could share the most secret and find support. Perhaps this influenced his entire future destiny.
Actor Shevkunenko
The cinematic occupation of the parents could not pass by the son. The boy from an early age knew that he would become an actor. His film debut took place in 1971 in the musical comedy "Sister of the Musician" based on the story of Anatoly Aleksin, the boy played a small role as Petya. The next work was an episode in the film "Fifty to Fifty." Sergey played the messenger boy. A very small role gave the young artist the opportunity to be next to the stars of the first magnitude.
In 1973, director Nikolai Kalinin began filming the first two parts of Anatoly Rybakov’s trilogy Dirk and Bronze Bird. The paintings received recognition from the audience, they especially remember the main character performed by Sergei Shevkunenko. The action takes place immediately after the Civil War. Moscow schoolboy Misha Polyakov, together with his friends, reveals the secret of the officer dagger that fell into their hands. In the second part, the guys go to the pioneer camp and find the treasure. Both films were full of adventure and mystery, once curious heroes were even able to solve the murder. Soviet boys and girls admired the brave trinity, the leader of which stood out young actor.
This role brought Shevkunenko success and paved the way for the world of cinema. There have been many offers. Of all, he singled out the film by Benjamin Dorman's "Missing Expedition." The shooting took place in the Siberian taiga, Sergey tried on the image of a forest conductor. He spoke little, but did a lot: he rode a horse, conquered the tops of the mountains. The author planned to continue the film, only the actor did not have to participate in it.
Fracture in fate
He was a leader not only in the cinema, but also in life. This good quality could help him make a good acting career, but it turned out differently. Once Sergey, having drunk wine with a friend, was returning home. Along the way, got into a fight, as a result of which the court sentenced a seventeen-year-old boy to imprisonment for one year. This was not Shevkunenko’s first acquaintance with law enforcement agencies. A thirteen-year-old boy, he was registered in the children's room of the police; after the school age of eight, he was sent to receive education in a special school.
After the release, the mother took a decision to take her son to the film studio as a lighting agent. But a year later he was arrested again, now for theft. The next 4.5 years, Sergei received in 1982 for possession of drugs, the escape added another 1.5 years. The life of a young man was broken. From the places of detention he came out as a sick man with a second disability group. In Smolensk, where he went to visit relatives, there were changes in his personal life - his wife Elena appeared. But the family did not stop the player and the repeat offender. He received a new term for possession of weapons. He was released briefly, after two months, the next sentence assigned 3 years in prison for the theft of icons.
