Mikhail Porechenkov

Mikhail Porechenkov
Born	Mikhail Evgenevich Porechenkov (1969-03-02) 2 March 1969 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Occupation	Actor, director, producer
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	Ekaterina (m. 19??; div. ????) Olga (m. 2000)
Children	5

Mikhail Evgenevich Porechenkov (Russian: Михаи́л Евге́ньевич Поре́ченков, born 2 March 1969, Leningrad, Soviet Union)^[1] is a Russian film actor, producer, director. He became famous after his lead role as FSB Agent Alexey Nikolayev in the TV series National Security Agent (1999–2005). In 2008, Porechenkov produced, directed and starred in D-Day (День Д), a Russian remake of the 1985 American action film Commando.^[2]

In October 2014, Porechenkov was wanted by Ukrainian authorities for allegedly engaging in terrorist activities in Donetsk.^[3] Porechenkov was filmed firing a heavy weapon while wearing protective clothing with 'Press' markings.^[3][4][5] Ukrainian officials said they would charge him with "participation in terrorist activities of the so-called DNR" and participation in activities of "armed gangs."^[3]

Biography

Porechenkov was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in the Russian SSR on 2 March 1969, to parents Evgeny Mikhailovich Porechenkov and Galina Nikolayevna Porechenkova. His father was a Soviet Navy officer, and his mother was a building engineer. Since his parents were busy at work, he, in gereral, was reared until the age of 5 by his grandmother in a village of Pskov Oblast, and then, before going to school, he was returned in Leningrad.^[6][1] In the late 1970's, his father was appointmented as an inspector of the Polish Gdańsk Shipyard, where Soviet ships were built, thus, in the first years of schooling, Porechenkov had to leave Leningrad and move, along with the family, to the Polish People's Republic. There, he began to study in a Soviet embassy boarding school in Warsaw.^[7] During the education period, he became interested in sports, especially boxing.^[8] After graduating from the school in 1986, he went to the Estonian SSR, where he entered the Tallinn Higher Military-Political Construction College to earn a political officer degree. Despite sporting achievements—Porechenkov earned the rank of the Candidate for Master of Sport in Boxing after his successful performance at the college championship and municipal tournament in Tallinn,^[9] he was dismissed from the college in 1990, just 10 days before his gradiation.^[1] When he returned home from Estonia, he worked in a picture framing studio,^[10] and attended Armen Dzhigarkhanyan's class in the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), which he had not graduated from.^[1] In 1991 he entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK), Veniamin Filshtinsky's class, and graduated in 1996.^[1]

Awards and nominations

Awards

• Golden Mask, 1996 – for the role of Pozzo in Yuri Butusov's play Waiting for Godot
• Golden Sofit, ????
• Sozvezdie, ????
• Vladislav Strzhelchik Prize, 1999 – Ensemble cast (Yuri Butusov's play Waiting for Godot)^[11]
• FSP Prize, 2008 - Acting Work (for the lead role in TV series Liquidation and the creation of Russian officer characters in other films)
• Oleg Tabakov Prize, 2009 (for the lead role in Anton Yakovlev's play The Kreutzer Sonata)^[12]

Nominations

• Golden Eagle Award, 2006 – Best Leading Actor (The 9th Company)
• Golden Eagle Award, 2006 – Best Supporting Actor (Soldier's Decameron)
• Nika Award, 2006 – Best Supporting Actor (The 9th Company)
• MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2006 – Best Male Performance (The 9th Company)
• MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2007 – Best Kiss (Svyaz)
• Golden Eagle Award, 2009 – Best TV Actor (Liquidation)
• MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2009 – Best Male Performance (Realnyy papa)
• MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2009 – Best Comedic Performance (Realnyy papa)
• Georges Awards, 2015 – Russian Actor of the Year (Poddubny)^[13]
• Georges Awards, 2015 – Russian Hero of the Year (Poddubny)^[13]

Filmography

• National Security Agent (1999)
• Gangster Peterburg: Baron (2000)
• Spetsnaz (2002)
• The 9th Company (2005)
• The Fall of the Empire (2005)
• The Storm Gate (2006)
• The Great Love (2006)
• 1612 (2007)
• Liquidation (2007)
• D-Day (2008)
• Isaev (2009)
• Dr. Tyrsa (2010)
• Without Men (2010)
• Counter-Game (2011)
• The White Guard (2012)
• The Marathon (2013)
• Crisis (2014) - episode 8 "How Far Would You Go", Russian victor vries mercenary army (AK-47)
• Poddubny (2014)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mikhail Porechenkov.

• Official website (Russian)
• Mikhail Porechenkov at AllMovie
• Mikhail Porechenkov at the Internet Movie Database