12 Russian actors who have been linked by a strong friendship for many years

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Finding a true friend is a real success for a modern person. It is especially difficult to acquire real comrades in the world of the film business, where friendly disposition is often replaced by flattery, a smile - by envy, and an honest fight for a role - by methods of dirty competition. Nevertheless, we were able to find examples of true friendship. Meet the top list of Russian cinema heroes who have not betrayed companionship for many years.

Alexander Pal and Alexander Petrov

Today these actors are well known to the Russian audience. And there were times when young students of the theatrical institute RATI-GITIS, who entered the course of Leonid Kheifets, rehearsed roles together. They also say that the friendship that originated within the walls of the hostel is the strongest. Both Alexandra - one from Chelyabinsk, the second from the city of Pereyaslavl-Zalessky - lived in neighboring rooms and often participated in student rallies. And one cheat sheet for two is not such a rare case. After receiving their diplomas of education, they parted ways. Pal got a small role in the comedy "Bitter!" Petrov, after graduation, served in the Moscow theater "Et Cetera", and soon received an offer from the theater. Ermolova. He also has a rich filmography. However, career success did not prevent the guys from their friendship, and when they meet, one of their favorite topics is the years of their stormy and cheerful youth together.

Alexey Bardukov and Kirill Pletnev

As these friends tell, they met on auditions for the military series "Saboteur". Cyril shared that he saw a guy with a strange tan at the casting - his hands were dark in color exactly to the elbows. He suggested that he was clearly vacationing at the dacha. To which Lesha was sincerely surprised - this is how a conversation began. "Immediately there was a feeling that they have known each other for a long time" - also confirms the words of the friend Bardukov. The casting lasted for several months, and then filming with eminent actors followed: Andrey Krasko, Vladislav Galkin, Vladimir Menshov and others. Of course, the young guys were shy. And often the more experienced Kirill would tell his novice colleague how to play this or that episode.

Filming and rehearsals brought them closer together, and now even their parents note that the guys are similar to each other, like brothers. For all the time they worked together, the young actors have never quarreled, although both on the screen and in life they are very different in character. With the end of work on the series, their friendship did not end. Despite being busy, they find time to call back, provide friendly support during performances and often go out to nightclubs to relax on weekends.

Mikhail Tarabukin and Sergey Lavygin

It seems that these friends have known each other since childhood. However, they met on the set of the humorous series "Kitchen", where they had to play the best comrades who constantly find themselves in funny situations. The filmmakers liked the duet Senya & Fedya so much that they invited the guys to continue working in the series of the same name. As friends recall, colleagues on the set liked to joke that they "ate" the roles. The guys did not believe until somehow ordinary passers-by told them about it, who were witnesses to their dispute outside of work. “You don’t need to play anything!” They laughed. "You are like that in real life!" As Sergei confessed, he and his colleague really became friends. But at the beginning of their acquaintance, at the first reading, Misha seemed to him too noisy and loud - a real destroyer. “But then we miraculously complemented each other, just like Senya and Fedya,” he shared. Now friends continue to act together. They have already completed more than 8 joint projects.

Mikhail Porechenkov and Konstantin Khabensky

For others, they are eminent actors, masters of Russian cinema. But for each other - just Haba and Porec. When they met at the institute while working on a theatrical production, they could not have thought that this meeting would turn into a real masculine and strong one. At the university, they loved to fool around and make fun of each other, and then met together in Butusov's play "Waiting for Godot". And then - more than 16 general films. However, in addition to professional activities, these colleagues are friends in real life. It was the family of Mikhail Porechenkov who supported Konstantin when he had a misfortune. The actor's wife died of cancer, leaving Khabensky alone with a baby. After this tragedy, the actor had no choice but to sell his large house and move to an apartment closer to a friend in Tolstopaltsevo near Moscow. Porechenkov's wife became the baby's godmother and took all the care of him. And psychological help was not superfluous - Konstantin then really needed a friendly word.

As comrades admit, they are ready to keep each other company all 24 hours a day, but because of the creative workload they manage to see each other extremely rarely. Khabensky heads a charitable foundation and actively participates in its work; he has a family and a son who lives with his grandmother in Spain. And Porechenkov is the father of a large family, works on films and takes an active public position. So there are few options to find a free day for a friend, but if it does happen … Haba and Porecha, two jokers from a distant student life, again appear before the world.

Fedor Dobronravov and Sergey Dorogov

It's hard to imagine that their friendship is over 40 years old. Together they learned the basics of acting and graduated from drama school. Well, then the comrades together made creative plans on how to conquer the Olympus of cinematography. As the years passed, the friendship between the two colleagues only grew stronger. In his revelations, Sergei Dorogov said more than once that in many ways, with his acting career, he was grateful to his comrade. After all, Fedor, with his irrepressible optimism, instilled in him faith in success at every meeting and even in times of creative crisis. The envy and competitive struggle common in their circles did not touch their friends. On the contrary, both Fedor and Sergei have always dreamed of working with each other, so there are more than 11 common projects in their filmography. The audience fell in love with their duet in "6 frames", "Dear transfer" and in many other joint works.

Evgeny Tsyganov and Pavel Barshak

And again friends from the student's bench. Both actors studied at GITIS on the course of Peter Fomenko. On the basis of their love for music, these talented guys created the group "Grenki" and became very popular. Their compositions in the style of punk-rock-funk were included in the album, and even after the breakup of the group, friends love to meet in order to compose something like that. Now friends serve together in the same theater, and also often appear together in films. Among their joint works are the films "Walk", "Flies", "Peter FM". And it so happens that one of the friends who is offered a role does not agree to act without his friend.