Konstantin Khabensky

Konstantin Khabensky

2012
Born Konstantin Yuryevich Khabensky
(1972-01-11) 11 January 1972
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation Actor • Producer
Years active 1994–present
Works Filmography
Home town Castell-Platja d'Aro, Spain
Title People's Artist of Russia (2012)
Spouse(s) Anastasiya Khabenskaya (m. 2000; her death 2008)
Olga Litvinova (m. 2013)
Children 2

Konstantin Yuryevich Khabensky (Russian: Константин Юрьевич Хабенский; born 11 January 1972) is a Russian actor best known in the West for starring in the films Night Watch and Day Watch as the protagonist, Anton Gorodetsky. He was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia. (2012)[1]

Life and career

Khabensky was born and educated in St Petersburg. His father was an engineer and mother a mathematics teacher. After school, Konstantin entered the Technical College of Aviation Instrument Engineering and Automation, but he only studied there for three years, after which he realized that this was not for him. He tried many jobs including as a janitor, cleaner, street musician, and then was hired as a lighting technician at the theatre studio "Subbota" where he later performed for the first time. In 1990 Khabensky entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema (course of Veniamin Filshtinsky), where his classmates were Mikhail Porechenkov, Andrei Zibrov and Mikhail Trukhin. He graduated in 1996.[2][3]

His screen debut was in 1994, in the comedy film To whom will God send where he appeared in a minor role of a pedestrian.

In 1998, he acted in three pictures at once: in the Russian-Hungarian criminal fantasy melodrama of Tomas Toth Natasha, the social drama of Aleksei German, Khrustalyov, My Car! and in the melodrama of Dmitry Meskhiev Women's Property. Soon Konstantin played a small role in the thriller of Nikolai Lebedev's "The Admirer" (1999). The next notable work in the cinema was the main role in the drama of Vladimir Fokin's House for the Rich (2000).

The series Lethal Force brought Khabensky popularity (2000-2005);[4][5] TV viewers identified him as Igor Plakhov.

Another notable work of Khabensky in cinema was the role of Sasha Guriev in the film directed by Filipp Yankovsky "In Motion" (2002). Cooperation with Filipp Yankovsky continued in the film The State Counsellor (2005), where the actor starred in the role of Green (Grigory Grinberg).

After starring in the blockbuster fantasy films Night Watch (2004) and Day Watch (2005) directed by Timur Bekmambetov, Khabensky became famous worldwide. The character of the film Anton Gorodetsky became one of the most well-known roles of Konstantin and the success of these films in Russia and abroad has made Khabensky one of the best-known Russian actors in the West. In 2006, the actor starred in the film The Rush Hour based on the novel by Jerzy Stawiński.

In recent years Khabensky stars in many films: he played Kostya Lukashin in The Irony of Fate 2 (2007) and Alexander Kolchak in the movie The Admiral (2008), in 2010 – he played Vyacheslav Kolotilov in the comedy Lucky Trouble which co-starred Milla Jovovich and was directed by Levan Gabriadze.

He portrayed geography teacher Victor Sluzhkin in the 2013 film The Geographer Drank His Globe Away based on the eponymous novel by Alexei Ivanov. His acting received considerable praise and he won the Best Actor prize at Kinotavr, Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards, Nika Awards and the Golden Eagle Awards. In 2016 he acted in Collector directed by Alexey Krasovsky where he was the only actor on screen, for the film he received the Best Actor award at Kinotavr[6] and at the Prague Independent Film Festival.[7][8][9]

He played the role of fighter pilot Pavel Belyayev in The Age of Pioneers, made in 2017, directed by Dmitriy Kiselev and produced by Timur Bekmambetov.

He was chosen as Actor of the Year by the GQ magazine in the years 2003 and 2016.[10]

Khabensky has been a stage actor in Satyricon Theatre and Lensovet Theatre in Saint Petersburg.[2] In 1995–1996, he worked as presenter of regional TV in the department of music and information programs.[11] Since 2003, Khabensky has been a member of Moscow Art Theatre stage cast, and a lead actor in Duck Hunt (Zilov), Mikhail Bulgakov's White Guard (Alexey Turbin) and Hamlet.[12]

He took part in several American movies such Wanted, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and World War Z and Black Sea. In World War Z Konstantin's role as Russian soldier was cut due to re-shooting of the 30 Minutes of the ending, which was shown only in Unrated Edition of the movie.[13][14][15]

Personal life

Konstantin Khabensky was married to radio-journalist Anastasiya Khabenskaya from 12 January 2000, until her death at age 35 from a brain tumor on 3 December 2008. He has one son by her, Ivan, who was born in Moscow on 25 September 2007. In Russia he lives in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 2013 Khabensky married actress Olga Litvinova[16] and on the 3rd of June, 2016, she gave birth to their daughter.[17]

Philanthropy

In 2008 he established the Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation (Russian: Благотворительный Фонд Константина Хабенского, translit. Blagotvoritelny Fond Konstantina Khabenskogo) which provides assistance to children with oncological and other serious brain afflictions.[18]

Awards

Filmography

Film

Title Year Credited as Notes Ref.
Actor Producer Role
To whom will God send 1994 Yes pedestrian with glasses
Natasha 1997 Yes Ferenc, a student
Khrustalyov, My Car! 1997 Yes the conductor
The Tale of Fedot-Archer 2001 Yes the peasant-accordionist
On the Run 2002 Yes Sasha
Our Own 2004 Yes Political Instructor Livshits
Night Watch 2004 Yes Anton Gorodetsky
The State Counsellor 2005 Yes Green
Poor Relatives 2006 Yes Edik
Rush Hour 2006 Yes Konstantin Arkhipov
Day Watch 2006 Yes Anton Gorodetsky
The Russian Triangle 2007 Yes Denis Maltsev
The Irony of Fate 2 2008 Yes Kostya Lukashin
Wanted 2008 Yes The Exterminator
The Ghost 2008 Yes Anton Prachenko
Admiral 2008 Yes Admiral Alexander Kolchak
The Miracle 2009 Yes Nikolay Artemyev
Raspoutine 2011 Yes Aron Simanovic
Lucky Trouble 2011 Yes Vyacheslav "Slava" Kolotilov
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011 Yes Polyakov
The Geographer Drank His Globe Away 2013 Yes Viktor Sluzhkin, the geography teacher
World War Z 2013 Yes Russian fighter
Black Sea 2014 Yes Blackie
Unfriended 2014 Yes Officer Uncredited
Collector 2016 Yes Arthur
The Good Boy 2016 Yes Kolya's father
The Age of Pioneers 2017 Yes Pavel Belyayev
Selfie 2017 Yes Vladimir Bogdanov
Sobibor 2017 Yes Alexander Pechersky

Television

Title Year Role Network Notes Ref.
Features a national policy 2000-2002 Georgiy C1R 2 seasons
Yesenin 2005 Leon Trotsky C1R
The Fall of the Empire 2005 Boris Lozovsky RTR Episode: "Japanese wood pigeon"
The White Guard 2012 Dr. Turbin RTR 12 Episodes
Pyotr Leshchenko 2013 Pyotr Leshchenko C1R 8 Episodes
The Method 2015 Rodion Meglin C1R 16 episodes
Moscow is speaking 2016 Yuri Levitan TBA

Russian Dubbing

References

  1. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 09.01.2012 г. № 33". Kremlin.
  2. 1 2 "Константин Хабенский". Russia-1.
  3. ↑ "Константин Хабенский – самый популярный российский актер XXI века". CTV.
  4. ↑ "Неврастеник смутного времени. Портрет Константина Хабенского". Isskustvo Kino.
  5. ↑ "Главные российские знаменитости – Константин Хабенский". Forbes.
  6. ↑ "Призеры XXVII Открытого Российского кинофестиваля «Кинотавр»". Kinotavr.
  7. ↑ "Train Driver's Diary wins at Prague Independent Film Festival". Prague TV.
  8. ↑ "НОВОСТИ ФЕСТИВАЛЕЙ: «ПОСЛАНИЕ К ЧЕЛОВЕКУ», ПРИЗЫ ДЛЯ «КОЛЛЕКТОРА» В ПРАГЕ, ARTDOCFEST / RIGA IFF, KONIK FILM FESTIVAL, «РУДНИК»". Cinemaplex.
  9. ↑ ""Коллектор" отмечен призами кинофестиваля в Праге". Kinobusiness.
  10. ↑ "Актер года 2016: Константин Хабенский". GQ.
  11. ↑ "Константин Хабенский". VokrugTV.
  12. ↑ "Народный артист РФ – Константин Юрьевич Хабенский". Moscow Art Theatre.
  13. ↑ "Marc Forster Discusses Scrapped Ending For ‘World War Z,’ Brad Pitt Says Sequel Ideas Already Brewing". IndieWire.
  14. ↑ "Из «Войны миров Z» выбросили альтернативную «русскую» концовку". Lenta.ru.
  15. ↑ "Марк Форстер рассказал, почему из «Войны миров Z» вырезали московскую сцену". film.ru.
  16. ↑ Anna Veligzhanina. "Константин Хабенский женился, несмотря на недовольство родных". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  17. ↑ Asya Zub. "Константин Хабенский стал отцом во второй раз". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  18. ↑ "О фонде". Благотворительный Фонд Константина Хабенского.
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