Life after "Interns" and "Bachelor": Where did the actor Ilya Glinnikov disappear?

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

Loud popularity fell on this actor 10 years ago, when the series "Interns" was released, where 26-year-old Ilya Glinnikov played one of the main roles. After that, his film career initially took off, but in the last 5 years he starred in only 3 projects. At this time, attention was riveted to him in connection with his participation in the television shows "The Bachelor" and "The Last Hero", after which he again disappeared from the field of view of fans. What the actor is doing now, why he decided to change the profile of his activities, which is why he underwent several operations and how his search for a bride ended - further in the review.

Finding a way

At birth, Ilya was supposed to receive the surname Meskhi, which was worn by his Georgian father. However, they did not live with their mother, she raised her son alone and wrote it down in her last name. Ilya never saw his father and only once, when he turned 18, he spoke to him on the phone. As a child, he was small and puny, and he often got sick from his peers, so Ilya began to play sports, enrolled in the taekwondo section, received a red belt in wushu, won the regional kickboxing championship, and graduated from the Novomoskovsk College of Physical Education and Sports. In addition, he was fond of football, swimming and dancing, making music and writing poetry.

Back in school, Glinnikov created a dance group that performed break and hip-hop, participated in the Russian championship and took 2nd place there. At the age of 16, he moved from his native Novomoskovsk to the capital, continued to dance, starred in commercials and music videos. Once in a football club where movie stars played, Ilya met Dmitry Kharatyan, who advised him to go to a theater university. Marina Golub helped him prepare for the entrance exams, and Glinnikov was admitted to GITIS.

Already in the 2nd year, Glinnikov began acting in films, playing in an episode of the youth TV series "Club". Thanks to his choreographic training, the actor got a role in the musical film "First Love" by Yegor Druzhinin and Alexei Kortnev. After that, Ilya underwent an internship in America, at the acting courses of Lee Strasberg, and upon his return he received roles in the TV series "Univer" and in Druzhinin's new musical "The Bremen Town Musicians".

Screen heartthrob behind the scenes

2010 was a turning point for the actor: he graduated from GITIS and got one of the main roles in the TV series Interns. It happened by accident - Glinnikov came to the casting of the series "Office", but was late for the audition. In an adjoining room, actors were selected for filming in a series tentatively titled Medics, and he was asked to audition for the role of an intern. So Glinnikov got the role of Gleb Romanenko, which became his hallmark and brought his first resounding popularity and recognition. In this image, he appeared on screens for several years, and viewers began to identify him with this hero.

Many were sure that in life the actor is the same womanizer and heartthrob as on the screens. He was credited with an affair with Christina Asmus, with whose heroine they had a romantic relationship in the series, but in fact Glinnikov was fascinated by another actress, who also starred in Interns. For several years he was in a relationship with Aglaya Tarasova, and his separation in 2016 was very painful. Later, the actor admitted that it was a destructive love, and after Aglaya left him, he tried to commit suicide: "".

The country's chief bachelor

Soon after he broke up with Aglaya Tarasova, he was offered to become the main character of the fifth season of the TV show "The Bachelor". The actor sincerely hoped that this project would help him meet a girl whose love would give inspiration, and not deprive him of the desire to live. At first, it seemed to him that his dream had come true, because the finalist of the project, Ekaterina Nikulina, Glinnikov called “a person with whom you want to go further in life,” and announced his intention to marry her. He was in love, experienced creativity and believed that he could finally build a family. But a year later, news appeared that their couple had broken up. Both spoke about the reasons with the standard phrase - "they did not agree with each other."

Recently, the screen womanizer admitted that in reality he is a monogamous person in life, and his biggest fear is that his personal life will turn out as unhappy as that of his parents, and that his children will also be left without a father. Therefore, starting a new relationship and even just getting to know girls was always difficult for him - because of the fear of deception and disappointment. After breaking up with Ekaterina Nikulina, the actor carefully hides the details of his personal life and does not answer questions about whether his heart is currently busy.

The Last Hero and Health Problems

The actor's passion for extreme sports did not pass without a trace. Even before filming for the Bachelor project began, Glinnikov underwent knee surgery, and he needed to avoid stress. But in the new show there was a lot of extreme, and during the filming, the actor once again broke his knee. He underwent another surgery, but this did not stop him from filming the 7th season of the TV project "The Last Hero" in 2019, where he went through many trials and became one of two finalists. During one of the competitions, he injured his leg again, after which he was forced to wear metal knee pads. At the same time, he did not refuse physical activity - during the filming of the series "Fitness", where he played a boxing coach, he again had to enter the ring. But my favorite hobby - surfing and kiteboarding - had to be abandoned for several years.

New hobby

Even in his youth, Glinnikov liked to try his hand at various spheres of creative activity, and he has not abandoned his credo until now. A year ago, the actor confessed why he rarely acts in films lately - now he wants to be on the other side of the camera: "".

In 2020, Ilya Glinnikov made his directorial debut in the short film "My Bride Loves a Friend", where he also played the main role. He presented his work at the Kinoshock festival in Anapa. Today he also plans to stage a one-man show about the Russian oceanologist Vyacheslav Kurilov.

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