Mikhail Boyarsky

Mikhail Boyarsky

Mikhail Boyarskiy with Order of Friendship
Born December 26, 1949 (1949-12-26) (age 62)
Leningrad, Russia, USSR

Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Боя́рский; b. December 26, 1949 in Leningrad) is a Soviet/Russian actor and singer, living in the city of Saint Petersburg. He is best known for the role of d'Artagnan in the film d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) and its sequels (1992, 1993). He was also a popular singer of the 1980s and completed several tours. He is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984) and a People's Artist of Russia (1990).

Biography

Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky was born in the family of Sergey Boyarskiy and Ekaterina Milenteva, both Komissarzhevskaya Theatre actors.

He studied piano in a music school affiliated with the Consveratory. After school, Boyarsky entered Institute of Theatre Music and Cinema, finishing in 1972 and begun working in the Lensovet Theatre for Igor Vladimirov.

In the cinema, the actor made a debut in the films Bridges and The Straw Hat (1974), becoming well known in 1975 after his role in the picture Eldest Son. He found much greater popularity in the main role of Troubadour in the theatre musical The Troubadour and His Friends, with the princess played by Larissa Luppian, who soon became his wife. In 1976, he played the big bad wolf in the movie Ma-ma.

His popularity really took off in 1978 after Boyarsky starred in the musical film d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers. He starred in the film's two sequels.

With Larissa Luppian, he has a son, Sergei Boyarsky (born in 1979), and a daughter, Elizaveta Boyarskaya (born in 20 December 1985).

Filmography

Film/TV Year Role Other notes
Taras Bulba (2009) Moisei Shilo Based on novel by Nikolai Gogol
The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (2009) d'Artagnan
Schastliviy (2005) TV mini-series ... aka Lucky
The Idiot (2003) Keller TV mini-series
Plachu vperyod! (2001) Mikhail Raspyatov, an actor aka ... I Pay in Advance!
Novye Bremenskiye (2000) King
Zal ozhidaniya (1998) Vitya TV series ... aka the Waiting Room
Koroleva Margo (1996) Maurevel (Morvel) TV series ... aka Queen Margot
Tayna korolevy Anny ili mushketyory 30 let spustya (1993) d'Artagnan aka The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
Mushketyory 20 let spustya (1992) d'Artagnan aka Musketeers 20 Years Later
Tartyuf (1992) Tartuffe (TV) ... aka Tartuffe
Choknute (1991) Nikolai I, the Tsar aka Crazies
Vivat, gardemariny! (1991) de Brillieu aka Vivat, Midshipmen!
Don Sezar de Bazan (1989) Don César (TV) aka Don César de Bazan
Iskusstvo zhit' v Odesse (1989) M. Boyarsky aka The Art of Living in Odessa
Uznik zamka If (1988) Fernan Mondego, Count de Morcerf aka The Count of Monte-Cristo, aka The Prisoner of If Castle
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (1987) Cherny (Black)
Gardemariny, vperyod! (1987) Chevalier de Brillieu TV mini-series ... aka Midshipmen, Charge!
Vyshe radugi (1986) Alik's Dad (TV) ... aka Above the Rainbow
Gum-gam (1985)
Geroy eyo romana (1984) aka Hero of Her Romance
Lishniy bilet (1983) aka Extra Ticket
Peppi Dlinniy Chulok (1982) Captain Dlinniy Chulok, Peppi's father (TV) aka Pippi Longstocking
Tamozhnya (1982) Yuri Khorunzhev aka Customs
Dusha (1981) aka Soul
Kuda on denetsya! (1981)
Nesravnennyy Nakonechnikov (1981) aka The Incomparable Nakonechnikov
Letuchiy korabl (1979) (voice) aka Flying Ship
Svatovstvo gusara (1979) (TV)
d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) D'Artagnan TV mini-series
Komissiya po rassledovaniyu (1978) aka The Investigation Commission
Poka bezumstvuyet mechta (1978) aka While the Dream Is Raving
Povar i pevitsa (1978) (voice) Barmaleyev aka A Cook and a Singer
Sobaka na sene (1977) Teodoro (TV) ... aka Dog on the Hay; aka The Dog in the Manger
Dikiy Gavrila (1976)
Goluboy shchenok (1976) Pirate (voice) aka Blue Puppy
Kak Ivanushka-durachok za chudom khodil (1976) Konokrad aka How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder
Ma-ma (1976) Titi Suru the Wolf aka Mummy; aka Rock'n Roll Wolf
Poezd pamyati (1976) (voice)
Sentimentalnyy roman (1976) aka Sentimental Romance
Novogodnie priklyucheniya Mashi i Viti (1975) Kot Matvey (TV)
Starshiy syn (1975) Silva aka Elder Son
Solomennaya shlyapka (1974) M. Boyarsky TV mini-series ... aka The Straw Hat (USA)
Truffaldino iz Bergamo (1972) Truffaldino (voice) (uncredited) aka Truffaldino from Bergamo

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