Mikhail Vasilyevich Zhigalov (russian: Михаил Васильeвич Жигалов; born May 2, 1942) is a
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
and
Russia
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n actor of the Moscow
Sovremennik Theatre
Moscow Sovremennik Theatre (russian: Московский театр «Современник») is a theatre company in Moscow founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary". and cinema.
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...
(1991).
[Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 13 мая 1991 г. «О присвоении почетных званий РСФСР работникам искусства»]
Biography
Mikhail Zhigalov was born in Kuibyshev, Kuybyshevskaya oblast,
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
,
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
(now
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population ...
, Russia), which was evacuated mother of Mikhail during the
Great Patriotic War
The Eastern Front of World War II was a Theater (warfare), theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Polish Armed Forces in the East, Poland and other Allies of World War II, Allies, which encom ...
. Father Mikhail Vasilyevich in 1938, he worked in the
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
(the Young Communist League was called on set). From evacuation Zhigalova family returned to Moscow.
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After the war, his father Michael was sent to work in Czechoslovakia
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. Three years later Zhigalova returned to Moscow, where Mikhail tried to go to college. The first attempt did not turn success and he worked for a year at the plant, was secretary of the Komsomol organization of workshops. The following year he was able to enter the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering. While studying at the institute married.
In 1965 he graduated from the Institute Zhigalov, the distribution was in SRI, the laboratory filtration theory. Career began to emerge successfully, but when the opportunity came in the 10 months to go to England
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, to return from there to the final thesis, Mikhail refused the opportunities and resigned. His career has attracted the actor, and soon the young couple divorced.
In 1970 he graduated from Zhigalov drama studio at the Central Children's Theatre, where the actor worked until 1978, then went to the Sovremennik Theatre, where he created his major theatrical role.
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Selected filmography
* 1972 — '' The Last Day'' as Lieutenant
* 1975 — '' For the Rest of His Life'' as Lieutenant Commander without legs
* 1977 — '' On Thursday and Never Again'' as huntsman
* 1979 — '' Abduction Savoy'' as terrorist Magnus
* 1980 — ''Petrovka, 38
''Petrovka, 38'' (russian: Петровка, 38) is a 1980 Soviet crime film directed by Boris Grigoryev.
Plot
The film tells about the employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation who are investigating the robberies committed by a group of c ...
''
* 1984 — '' TASS Is Authorized to Declare...'' as auto mechanic Paramonov
* 1986 — ''To Award (Posthumously)
''To Award (Posthumously)'' (russian: Наградить (посмертно)) is a 1986 Soviet action film directed by :ru:Григорьев, Борис Алексеевич, Boris Grigoryev.
Plot
The film takes place in the winter of 1945. Th ...
''
* 1990 — ''Vagrant Bus ''Vagrant Bus'' (russian: Бродячий автобус, Brodyachiy avtobus) is a 1990 Soviet drama film, filmed at the studio Lenfilm by the director Iosif Kheifits.
Story
The film tells about the artists one theater. This is a wandering troupe, ...
'' as Vasily
* 1990 — ''Stalin's Funeral
''Stalin's Funeral'' (russian: Похороны Сталина, Pokhorony Stalina) is a 1990 Soviet drama film written and directed by the famous poet, Yevgeni Yevtushenko. The film stars the British actress, Vanessa Redgrave.
Plot
1953, USSR. M ...
'' as working
* 1990 — '' Afghan Breakdown'' as Colonel Leonid
* 1991 — '' Lost in Siberia'' as leader of bitches
* 2002 — ''Brigada
''Brigada'' (russian: Бригада), also known as ''Law of the Lawless'', is a Russian 15-episode crime television miniseries that debuted in 2002. It became very popular in Russia and ex-Soviet countries as well as Eastern Europe, but receiv ...
'' as Criminal authority Luka
* 2013 / 15 — '' The Junior Team'' as Stepan Arkadevich Zharsky, coach
* 2013 — ''House with Lilies
''House with Lilies'' (russian: Дом с ли́лиями, Dom s liliami) is a Russian-Ukrainian melodramatic TV series directed by Vladimir Krasnopolsky and Valery Uskov. The authors describe their series as a family saga. The premiere took plac ...
'' as Yegorych
* 2023 — ''Monsieur Constant''
References
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1942 births
Living people
Soviet male film actors
Soviet male television actors
Soviet male stage actors
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
Russian male stage actors
20th-century Russian male actors
21st-century Russian male actors
Actors from Samara, Russia
Honored Artists of the RSFSR