George Topolaga: biography and his roles

George Topolaga is a Russian actor. A native of Voronezh. Already managed to play in 44 films and serials. He excelled in the profession of an actor through participation in such well-known projects as "Admiral", "Pyatnitsky", "Doctor Zhivago". The first role in the film was played by him in 2000. His height is 186 cm. According to the zodiac sign Aries. He is married. He has two children. In addition to acting, he is engaged in writing scripts, acts as the presenter of various programs. At one time he worked in the theater "Satyricon", but today he gives himself almost entirely to the cinema, although occasionally he can still be seen on the stage, for example, in the play "The Player" by Dostoevsky.

Biography

The actor was born on April 1, 1965 in the city of Voronezh in the family of a director and a professor. In 1967, the second child was born in the family - Constantine. It's no surprise that Georgi Topolaga and Konstantin Topolaga showed themselves admirably in art, because they always had an example next to them - their father, who once did a lot of documentary films that are interesting for a wide audience.

For several years the family lived in Vladivostok, then moved to Krasnodar, where my mother George and Constantine were offered a job at the Institute of Culture. Moves on this did not end, in 1974 the future actors found themselves in Voronezh, because their mother was invited to teach at the local Institute of Arts. In those years, many friends of George were confident that he would tie his life with the cinema. Already then, while still very young, the hero of our article tried himself in the role of director, shooting short films.

Service in the theater

In 1988, Giorgi Topolaga received a higher education in the Voronezh State Institute of Arts, after which he went to Volgograd in the direction. Here he began to work in the Volgograd State New Experimental Theater, on the stage where he participated in the performances "The Taming of the Shrew", "Romeo and Juliet" and others.

One day in 1998, actor Georgy Topolaga took a train and went to Moscow with the intention of visiting several studios in search of work. The desire to reach new frontiers gave a positive result: the artist was accepted into the troupe of the theater of Konstantin Raikin "Satyricon".

Despite the fact that George Topolaga gave more than ten years of his life to the theater, after all, in love he admits not to him, but to the cinema. According to the actor, the theater takes too much energy, during the performance of the role on the stage you have to give yourself away. George likes the movie, which he calls a different reality.

George Topolaga was twice married. From his first marriage he has two children. In 2011, he legitimized relations for the second time.

The first experience in the cinema

Having found his calling, George Topologo boldly stepped into the world of cinema in 2000, having played in the audience who loved the series "Secrets of the investigation." This detective about the hard work of prosecutors had the highest popularity ratings as soon as his first broadcasts on television channels began.

The first step of the actor turned out to be quite successful, and confidently Georgy Topolaga moved further along the cinematic path, having performed in 2001 a small role of the prisoner in the film "101st kilometer". This story, which occurs in the 1950s in a small town near Moscow, tells about a guy who fell under the influence of criminals, who was between a hammer and anvil: on the one hand, local authority Kostya Konovalov, offering to engage in robberies, is pressing him, on the other - militiamen , Driving him to become an informer.

In 2004, actor Georgy Topolaga, whose photo can be seen on this page, made a turn from the role of the prisoner to the role of the prosecutor in the series "Lawyer" with Andrei Sokolov. This is a story about always ready to come to the aid of lawyer Alexei Zimin. He bravely defends everyone who asks for his help.

Roles in the winning films

In 2005, our hero opened up in a new way in the dramatic drama of Alexander Proshkin's serial "Doctor Zhivago". This is a historical film about the dramatic fate of an inexperienced young doctor's experience in a very stormy, ruthless and bloody time (the events unfold in the early 20th century). The film, to which the famous composer Eduard Artemyev wrote music, received several awards, including the Golden Eagle Award in 2007.

In 2008, George Topolaga contributed to the success of the full-length film "Admiral" with Konstantin Khabensky and Elizaveta Boyarska in the lead roles. The actor played in this historical military drama about the legendary Kolchak one of the secondary roles. The film won many awards. Konstantin Khabensky for his work received the "Golden Eagle" in the nomination "Best Actor" in 2009.

New roles

In 2016, George added to the baggage of his roles another image, starring in the Russian historical crime series "Black Cat" with Igor Petrenko and Konstantin Lavronenko. This is a film about the notorious gang "Black Cat", whose participants were not criminals, but representatives of the "golden" youth who hypocritically carried masks of "good guys" during the day, and at night became murderers and robbers.