Valery Sergeyevich Zolotukhin is an Altai nugget, a unique actor, only a miracle helped to appear on the stage. A boy who had practically no childhood, who walked on crutches until the age of 15, became a national artist - is this not a miracle?
The filmography of Zolotukhin Valery Sergeevich includes absolutely diverse roles. In his "piggy bank" there is a fairy-tale prince, a district police officer, and even a vampire. His personal life is full of events that are sometimes condemned, sometimes praised. He is diverse in everything, but not in character - purposeful, stubborn, never betraying his principles. With his passing away, Russian cinema and theater lost a whole page, a line that no modern actor can fill in.
Biography Zolotukhin Valery Sergeevich
When little Valera was born in June 1941, his parents were ordinary peasants, worked in the field, and the boy, already in his early twenties, often remained alone at home. So that the son did not run away, the mother had to bind him. And Valery Sergeyevich remembered these terrible days for a child and carried it with him through his whole life.
At 7 years old, a terrible disaster happened to him - he became a cripple. A leg injury was incorrectly diagnosed, the treatment was carried out incorrectly, which provoked the development of bone tuberculosis. Doctors predicted the boy’s disability for life, but fate decreed otherwise. In 1964, Valery first appeared on the stage, and in 1965 starred in his first film.
Career Zolotukhin Valery Sergeevich
After graduating from the Bystro-Istok school of the Altai Territory, Valery, limping, went to Moscow. The craving for acting led him to the operetta faculty of the legendary GITIS, where he was accepted after the first audition. After graduation, the young actor was immediately invited to the Taganka Theater, where he was waiting for his first stunning success, recognition of the audience and critics.
A year later, Valery Zolotukhin was already filming a movie. From the first films, he fell in love with Soviet viewers. All the most famous films with Zolotukhin’s participation are simply impossible to list, and here are just a few of them:
- Bumbarash
- Little Tragedies
- Wizards
- "Do not play the fool,"
- "The Master and Margarita",
- "Day Watch",
- Viy.
Apart from theater and filming, Valery Zolotukhin was engaged in dubbing and dubbing, read the author’s text behind the scenes, and cartoon characters speak and sing with his voice. The list of his awards is immense, even after his death he is revered by fans, and a museum is open in his native village.
