Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov ( Russian: Владимир Львович Машков; born 27 November 1963) is a

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and Russian actor and director of cinema, known to Western audiences for his work in the 2001 film '' Behind Enemy Lines'' and 2011 film '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''. Mashkov has also worked as a

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, producer and writer for the 2004 Russian film '' Papa''. Politically, Mashkov is noted for his public support for

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and Russia's invasion of

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Biography

Early life and education

Mashkov was born on 27 November 1963, in

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(now

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). His mother, Natalia (1927–1986), was a puppet theatre director, and his father, Lev Mashkov (1925–1987), was an actor. He made his debut on stage as a child, took part in the productions of a school theater group, performed with his parents in the Novokuznetsk Puppet Theater. In the late 1970s, Mashkov entered the biological faculty of Novosibirsk State University, but studied there for only a year, after which he entered the Novosibirsk Theater School, from which in 1984 he was expelled because of improper behavior. In 1990, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, studied at the course of

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Career

In 1989–1990 he was an actor of the

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named after A.P. Chekhov. Since 1990, he joined the troupe of the

Theater. He starred in the productions ''The Sailor's Silence'' (Abram Schwartz), ''The Inspector General'' (The Governor), ''The Myth of Don Juan'' (Don Juan), ''The Mechanical Piano'' (Platonov), ''Anecdotes'' (Ivanovich, Ugarov). Since 1992, Mashkov has also become one of the directors of the Tabakov Theater. He staged performances there of ''Star Time on Local Time'' (1992), ''Passion for Bumbarash'' (1992) and ''Death Room'' (1994). In the Satyricon Theater, he staged the play ''The Threepenny Opera'' (1996), in the Moscow Art Theater named after A.P. Chekhov - "No. 13" (2001). In cinema, Mashkov made his debut in 1989 in the movie ''Green Goat Fire''. After that came roles in the movies '' Do It — One!'' (1990), ''Ha-bi-Assi'' (1990), ''Casus improvisus'' (1991), ''Love on the Isle of Death'' (1991), ''Alaska, Sir!'' (1992) and ''

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'' (1993). However, in 1994, he was best known for his starring roles in Denis Yevstigneev's ''Limit'' and Valery Todorovsky's ''Moscow Nights'' films. In 1995, Mashkov also played the main role in

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's melodrama ''American Daughter''. One of the most notable works of this period was the role of Tolyan in the picture '' The Thief'' (1997), subsequently nominated for an Oscar. In 2000, he played the role of Emelian Pugachev in the historical film of Alexander Proshkin ''Russian rebellion''. In the early 2000s, Vladimir Mashkov starred in several Hollywood films: '' Dancing at the Blue Iguana'' (2000), '' 15 Minutes'' (2001), '' An American Rhapsody'' (2001) and '' Behind Enemy Lines'' (2001). Mashkov played the Russian millionaire Platon Makovsky, whose prototype was Boris Berezovsky, in

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's 2002 drama '' Tycoon''. The next year, he appeared on television as merchant Rogozhin in the adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel ''The Idiot'', directed by

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. In 1997, Vladimir Mashkov made his debut as a filmmaker with the New Year's romantic comedy ''The Orphan of Kazan''. In 2004, he appeared in the role of director, screenwriter and producer of the film '' Daddy'' based on Alexander Galich's play ''The Sailor's Silence'', in which he also starred Abram Schwartz. Vladimir Mashkov - Odessa International Film Festival - 17 July 2010 (cropped)

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He starred in the 2005 adaptation of Boris Akunin's novel '' The State Counselor'', next year he played in the action movie ''

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'' and the US television series ''

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''. In 2007, Vladimir Mashkov played detective David Gozman in the historical crime series ''

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'' He portrayed the character of a hired killer in the 2008 film '' The Ghost''. His next films were the role of the second pilot Seryoga in the action film based on real events ''

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'' (2009) and the image of the machinist Ignat in Alexei Uchitel's drama ''

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'' (2010). In 2011, Vladimir Mashkov appeared in the American blockbuster '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'', where he played Russian agent Sidorov. In 2015, the thriller TV series '' Rodina'' aired on television, directed by

. Mashkov played officer Alexei Bragin, released from a long imprisonment, who appears to have defected. The disaster film '' Flight Crew'' by Nikolai Lebedev premiered in 2016, where Mashkov played experienced pilot Zinchenko. In 2017, the sports drama ''

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'' was released. In this film, Vladimir Mashkov starred in the role of coach of the Soviet basketball team, which at the 1972 Munich Olympics beat the seemingly invincible US team. He was appointed as artistic director of the Oleg Tabakov Theatre in 2018.

Other activities

He is a member of the party

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, and was a delegate at the XXII Congress of the Party. In 2011, at a festival of children's amateur doll theaters, named "Doll in Children's Hands" in

Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk ( rus, Новокузнецк, p=nəvəkʊzˈnʲɛt͡sk; literally: "new smith's", cjs, Аба-тура, ''Aba-tura'') is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in south-western Siberia, Russia. It is the second largest city in the obla ...

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, Mashkov announced the establishment of the "Golden Lion" prize, named after Natalya Nikiforova (his mother). Prizes are given to those nominated Best Actor and Best Actress. The first award went to theater actress Galina Romanova, named an Honored Artist of Russia. In February 2022, he expressed support for the ongoing

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in an

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post on his official page. On 18 March 2022, Mashkov spoke at

's Moscow rally celebrating the

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from Ukraine and justifying the

. Also he initiated the placement of military symbol Z on the front of the Oleg Tabakov Theatre.

Grand Theft Auto IV

Mashkov claims he was in discussions with

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to voice the character of Niko Bellic in ''

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'' and that the character's appearance is based on him, specifically from his role of the Tracker in the 2001 movie '' Behind Enemy Lines'', but he ultimately turned down the offer. Rockstar Games have not commented on Mashkov's claims.

Personal life

Mashkov has one daughter, Maria, from his marriage with actress Yelena Shevchenko, from whom he is now divorced. Maria is living in United States and she is also an actress. Maria criticized her father’s support for the invasion in Ukraine. He is also an active supporter of

Awards

*1994 San Raphael Russian Cinema Festival: Blue Sail Award for ''Limita'' (1994) *1994 Sochi Open Russian Film Festival: Best Actor Award for ''Limita'' (1994) *1995

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: International Jury Prize for ''Limita'' (1994) *1995 Geneva Film Festival: Youth Jury Award for ''Limita'' (1994) *1997 Open CIS and Baltic Film Festival: Best Actor Award for '' The Thief'' (1997) *1997

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: Best Actor Award for ''The Thief'' (1997) *1998

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: Best Actor Award for ''The Thief'' (1997) *2001 23rd Moscow International Film Festival: Silver St. George Best Actor Award for ''The Quickie'' (2001) *2004

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: Audience Award for ''Papa'' (2004) (shared with Ilya Rubinstein)

Credits

Film

*Zelyonyy ogon' kozy (''The Goat's Green Fire'') (

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) *Ha-bi-assy (

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) *'' Do It — One!'' (1990) *Lyubov na ostrove smerti (''Love at the Death Island'') (1991) *Alyaska, ser! (''Alaska, Sir!'') (

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) *''

'' ( 1993) .... Aaron *Limita (

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) .... Ivan *''

Katya Ismailova ''Katya Ismailova'' (russian: Подмосковные вечера) is a 1994 Russian drama film directed by Valery Todorovsky. Plot The film tells about a woman who for the first time in her life felt passion and as a result became uncontrolla ...

'' (1994) .... Sergey *Amerikanskaya doch ('' American Daughter'') (

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) .... Alexei *Koroli i kapusta (''Cabbages and Kings'') (

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) (voice) *Noch pered Rozhdestvom (

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) (voice) .... Devil *'' The Thief'' (1997) ... Tolyan * (''Sympathy Seeker'') (1997) .... Stall holder * (''Composition for Victory Day'') (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

) * (''Two Moons, Three Suns'') (1998) .... Alexei *Mama (''Mommy'') ( 1999) .... Nikolai Yuryev *Russkiy bunt (''The Captain's Daughter'') ( 2000) .... Yemelyan Pugachyov *'' Dancing at the Blue Iguana'' (2000) .... Sacha *'' 15 Minutes'' ( 2001) .... Milos Karlova *'' An American Rhapsody'' (2001) .... Frank *'' The Quickie'' (2001) .... Oleg *'' Behind Enemy Lines'' (2001) .... Sasha *'' Tycoon'' ( 2002) .... Platon *'' Daddy'' ( 2004) .... Abraham Schwartz *'' The State Counsellor'' ( 2005) .... Kozyr *''

'' ( 2006) .... Mazur *'' Piter FM'' ( 2006) *'' The Ghost'' (2008) ... The Ghost (Domovoy) *''

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'' (2010) ... Sergei *''

'' (2010) ... Ignat *'' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' ( 2011) ... Anatoly Sidorov *'' Raspoutine'' (2011) ....

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*''Pepel'' (''Ashes'') (

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) .... Igor Anatolievich Pietrov, former captain of the Red Army *'' The Duelist'' ( 2016) .... Graf Beklemishev *'' Flight Crew'' (2016) *''

'' (2017) *''

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'' (2019) .... Oleg Rodin *'' Who's There?'' (2022) .... Pavel

Television

*''Casus Improvisus'' ( 1991) * ( 1996) *''

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'' ( 2003) .... Parfyon Rogozhin *''

'' ( 2005) .... Milo Kradic *''

'' ( 2007) .... David Markovich Gotsman *''

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'' ( 2014) .... Grigori Rasputin *'' Rodina'' ( 2015) .... Naval Infantry colonel Alexey Bragin *''

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'' ( 2017) ....

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Theatre

*''My Big Land'' *''Biloxi Blues'' *''The Inspector General'' *''Don Juan''

Director

Film

*Sirota kazanskaya ('' Sympathy Seeker'') (1997) * Papa (''Daddy'' and ''Father'') (2004)

Theatre

*''A Star Hour By Local Time'' *''Passions for Bumbarash'' *''The Death-Defying Act'' *''The Threepenny Opera''

Writer

*Papa (''Daddy'' and ''Father'') (2004)

Producer

*Papa (''Daddy'' and ''Father'') (2004)

References

External links

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