Vladimir Konkin

Vladimir Alekseyevich Konkin (Russian: Владимир Алексеевич Конкин, August 19, 1951, Saratov, USSR) is a Soviet/Russian cinema and theatre actor, best known for his roles in films How the Steel Was Tempered (1975, Pavel Korchagin) and The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979, Vladimir Sharapov). Vladimir Konkin, the Meritorious Artist of Russia (2010), is also a published author of short stories and essays and a Russian TV presenter.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Vladimir Konkin was born in Saratov, in a family of a railroad engineer who worked at the Privolzhskaya Railway. As a schoolboy Vladimir studied at the theatre studio courses of Natalia Sukhostav, after the graduation he enrolled into the Saratov Theatre college, joining the class of Dmitry Lyadov. After graduating the college 1972 Konkin joined the Kharkhov Theatre for Children (TUZ), a year later he found himself in the Mossovet Theatre in Moscow. In 1974 he joined the Kiev Dovzhenko Film Studios as an actor. His debut in the Nikolai Mashchenko film How the Steel Was Tempered (1975, after Nikolai Ostrovsky's autobiographical novel made him famous and got him the Lenin Komsomol Prize.^[1]

In 1974–1978 he played in several successful films, including Andrei Konchalovsky’s A Lover’s Romance, Boris Ivchenko’s Marina, Georgy Kalatozishvili’s The Caucasian Story. Konkin who’s never served in the army (due to a poor heart condition) ironically played mostly military men, his characters being invariably romantic, mild and intelligent. Stanislav Govorukhin The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979) marked the peak of Vladimir Konkin's cinema career.^[1]

In 1979 Konkin joined the Moscow Ermolova Theatre (where he played young Vladimir Lenin in the Kazan University stage production) but continued to appear in films, notably Fathers and Sons (directed by Vyacheslav Nikiforov, as Arkady Kirsanov) and The Adventures of Tom Soyer (Stanislav Govorukhin, doctor Robinson). In 1980s and 1990s he worked in several theatres, including Taganka Theatre (where in 1995 he played Zakhar Bardin in Maxim Gorky’s Enemies). His best known role in the 2000s was that of Colonel Kobylyansky in history drama Romanovs - the Crown.^[1]

Family

Vladimir Konkin and his wife Alla Lvovna Konkina spent 39 years together, before in 2010 she died of cancer.^[3] They had two twin sons, Yaroslav and Svyatoslav, and daughter Sophia.

Awards

• The Lenin Komsomol Prize (for the role of Pavel Korchagin in How the Steel Was Tempered) - 1974
• The Interior Ministry of Russia's Prize (for the role of Vladimir Sharapov in The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed) - 1999
• The Meritorious Artist of Ukraine
• The Meritorious Artist of Russia (2010)

Filmography

• Marina (1974)
• A Lover's Romance (Romans o vlyublyonnykh, 1974) - Sergey’s younger brother
• As The Steel Was Tempered (Kak zakalyalas stal, 1975) - Pavel Korchagin
• Let’s Move to Love (Perekhodim k lyubvi, 1975)
• Flight from the Palace (Pobeg iz dvortsa, 1975) - Revold
• Black Sea Waves (Volny tchyornovo morya, 1976)
• And Soldiers Were Marching On... (Aty-baty shli soldaty, 1976) - Lieutenant Suslin
• The Talent (Talant, 1977)
• Caucasian Tale (Kavkazskaya povest, 1978)
• A Road to Sophia (Put k Sofii, 1978)
• The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya, 1979) - Lieutenant Shatapov
• Lucia Di Lammermoor (1980) - The composer
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Priklyucheniya Toma Soiera, 1981) - Doctor Robinson
• Father And Sons (Otsy i deti, 1983) - Arkady Kirsanov
• The Night Is Followed by the Day (Za notchyu den idyot, 1984) - Yakov Batyuk
• Bagration (1985) - Prince Menshikov
• Aunt Marusia (Tyotya Marusia, 1985) - Pyotr
• The Singing Russia (Poyushchaya Rossia, )
• The Appellation (Apellyatsia, 1987) - Kholmovoy
• Impatience of the Soul (Neterpenye dushi, 1987)
• Mudromer (1988) - Zalivako
• The Civil Suit (Grazhdansky isk, 1988) - Gorsky
• The Noble Outlaw Vladimir Dubrovsky (Blagorodny razboinik Vladimir Dubrovsky, 1988) - Shabashkin
• Asthenia Syndrome (Astenichesky sindrom, 1989)
• The Last Autumn (Poslednyaia osen, 1990) - Golubev
• The Lift for the In-between (Lift dlya promezhutochnovo tcheloveka, 1990) - Dubrovin
• Worst of All Evil (Ischadye ada, 1991)
• The Black Ocean (Tchornu okean, 1992) - Fokin
• But Is it Good to Sleep With Another Man’s Wife? (A spat s chuzhoy zhenoy khorosho?, 1992) - Shutov
• A Petty Romance (Bulvarny roman, 1994)
• Princess on Peas (Printsessa na bobakh, 1997) - Kostya
• One Has to Start Living Again (Opyat nadi zhit, 1999)
• A Night on the Border (Notch na kordone, 2001) - Painter Stepan Stepanovich
• Romanovs. The Crown Family (Romanovy. Ventsenosnaya semya, 2001) - Coloner Kobylinsky
• The Adventures of a Magician (Priklyuchenya maga, 2002) - Kursky
• The Operational Moniker (Operativny psevdonim, 2003) - Timokhin
• Sarmat (2004) - The criminal investigation officer
• The Time of Cruel Ones (Vremya zhestokhikh, 2004) - Ilyin
• The First Circle (V Kruge Pervom, 2006) - Professor Varenev
• The Lenin's Will (Zaveshchaniye Lenina, 2007, TV series) - Yuri Nikolayevich

References

External links

• Vladimir Konkin at the Internet Movie Database