Nikolai Penkov is a true Mkhatovite

Places where Nikolai Penkov was born, Ivan Bunin called "a fruitful step-up", since Orlovschina gave Russia more than a dozen prominent figures of art and literature.

The future artist himself was born nearThe estate of Ivan Bunin's sister, in which the best works of this author were created. The love for this writer Nikolai Vasilyevich carried through all his life. According to his confession, in difficult moments he always re-read the works of a brilliant fellow countryman.

Choice of life path

The future People's Artist of the RussianFederation on January 4, 1936 in the village of Glotovo. For a long time he did not even think about acting, although later he always willingly recited poems. In Lipetsk, the young man graduated from the mining and metallurgical technical school and got into distribution in Magnitogorsk, where he worked as a foreman for two years. Hence he is taken to the army in the Far East. Passing the service and participating in artistic amateur performance, Nikolai Penkov is finally determined with the choice of the further life path. From the part in which he served, he is demobilized ahead of schedule, thus giving an opportunity to a talented young man to prepare for admission to a theatrical high school.

One theater for life

In Moscow, he enters the Moscow Art Theater School, inworkshop of Honored Artist of the RSFSR Viktor Karlovich Monyukov, who released such famous actors as Nikolai Karachentsov, Marina Golub, Eugene Kindinov, Alexander Korshunov.

In 1963, Nikolai Penkov graduated from theschool-studio MKhAT, and he, as a gifted and promising student, is left in the theater, to which until the end of his days NV Penkov remained faithful. After 6 years, Nikolai Vasilyevich receives the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

MKhAT, but already it. Gorky

On the stage of the Moscow Art Theater, they played over 50 roles. After the division of the theater in 1987, he became an actor of the Moscow Art Academic Theater named after Gorky, which until now is directed by Tatyana Doronina. Here he tries himself and as the director of several performances - "Avvakum", solo performance "Rose of Jericho" by I. Bunin and "Napoleon in Moscow", which fell in love with the audience and were highly appreciated by critics. In the benefit performance "Ryu Blaz" by V. Hugo, put on the 70th birthday of the actor, he got the role of Don Sallust de Bazan, which he performed, as always, with brilliance.

Talented in many respects

He began to work with such great"Old people" like Gribov and Massalsky, Prudkin and Yanshin, Androvskaya and Stanicin, and absorbed all the best that the term "actor of the art theater" implies.

Nikolai Penkov himself believed that his ministry in theMKhate allows him to communicate with God. A man of the deepest decency, great talent and highest education, he, in the opinion of connoisseurs and connoisseurs, was a great, powerful artist and an excellent prose writer. In addition to the book about the Moscow Art Theater, he wrote a series of stories published in the journal Young Guard and united under the name "From the Table".

Artist from God

In his favorite theater actor Nikolai Penkov,the biography (theatrical) of which began with a small role of a student named Misha in 1963 and ended with the role of Napoleon in the play of V. Malyagin "Napoleon in Moscow", served more than forty years. The actor "by the grace of God," he never screamed on stage, but he could be heard anywhere in the hall. He was engaged in the best performances of the theater, played several leading roles of the Chekhovian repertoire. Nikolai Penkov wrote about his beloved theater a book titled "It was time", which he managed to publish before his death, she left in 2008.

A popular film actor

In addition to working in the Moscow Art Theater, to which the actor gave alllife, Nikolai Vasilyevich successfully shot in the movies, thanks to which he became known throughout the country. Such cult series as "Shield and Sword" and "Eternal Call", made theatrical artist a popular film actor.

Nikolai Penkov, whose films she knewthe whole country, at one time was very popular. His best works of art are referred to as "In the First Circle" (2006) and "Marriage", a picture published in 1977. Along with such recognized, serious works as the role in the film "The Battle for Moscow", one can also name the role in a very nice, unpretentious film "I'll Wait ...", in which N. N. Yenemenko played a rival N. Penkov . Or work in such films and series as "Our debts", "For the rest of my life" and others.

From the first to the last role

Penkov Nikolai - an actor who was subject toany role and who did not know how to play badly. According to his friends and admirers, he simply became the one he played. His first picture was a small role in the film "In Your Hands, Life" (1959), in which he starred as a student. The latter - in the series "In the First Circle" (2006) based on the works of IA Solzhenitsyn. In this film N. Penkov plays prosecutor Makarygin. In general, the cast of this television series is magnificent. Gleb Panfilov collected the best for the adaptation of the film that struck him. NV Penkov, the filmography of which totals 22 films and series, in each of them was remembered for the viewer. Therefore, it seems that the film was much more.

Death of the artist

Absolutely integral nature, a patriot of his Motherland inthe best sense of the word, an erudite person - such was Nikolai Penkov. The actor, whose family - his wife, daughter and son - staunchly endured the serious illness of Nikolai Vasilyevich, went on stage, even when his legs were already disobeying.

The People's Artist of Russia died early Sundaythe morning of December 21, 2009. Nikolai Vasilievich was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery. NV Penkov had government awards - two Orders of Pochen and the Order of Friendship.