Family secrets of actor Alexey Guskov. Alexey Guskov: biography
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Alexey Gennadievich Guskov was born on May 20, 1958 in the Polish city of Brzeg, in the family of a military pilot. Alexey lived in Poland until he was six years old, and then his family moved to Kyiv. A year later, my father died in the line of duty. All family concerns fell on the shoulders of Alexei’s mother, she remained the only breadwinner of the family and, as the actor recalls, did everything so that her son would not need anything.
The actor has Pomeranian roots. Often the son and mother visited Arkhangelsk, where the grandparents on his mother’s and father’s side lived. Later, when Alexey Guskov became famous artist, during a tour to Arkhangelsk, he found his genealogy, compiled from church books.
Alexey Guskov photo
As a child, Alexey was an active and athletic guy. He studied at a football school and was fond of weightlifting, rowing and basketball. The words of his mathematics teacher, a passionate theater fan, made the boy think about a career as a professional artist. It was she who noted the special talent in the sixteen-year-old student and somehow casually advised him to try himself as an actor. The idea was warmly supported by my mother, who adored the theater. The guy began to participate in various school productions, and also attend extracurricular activities in theater arts.
After graduating from school, Alexey Guskov went to Moscow and entered the Higher technical school named after N. E. Bauman. But the passion for theater did not go away, and the stage beckoned with irresistible force. The student was studying, and in free time He played in student plays and regularly visited the capital’s theaters, where he watched with admiration the performances of professionals.
One day Alexey Guskov attended a performance by Alexey Petrenko. His talent impressed the guy so much that he decided to leave Baumanka in his fifth year and try to enter a theater university.
Alexey Guskov managed to enter the Moscow Art Theater School on his first try. Here he improved his skills on the course of Viktor Monyukov, who played a huge role in the future fate of the artist.
Alexey Guskov in the play "Eugene Onegin"
The professional biography of Alexei Guskov began at the Pushkin Moscow Drama Theater, where he worked from 1984 to 1986. In 1986, the young artist moved to the theater on Malaya Bronnaya, where he worked for two years. For another three years he played on the stage of “Detective” and two at the Gogol Theater. Only in the late 1990s did the artist find the place where he worked most comfortably: the State Academic Theater named after Evgeniy Vakhtangov.
Since 1994, Alexey Guskov has been President and CEO animation studio "F. A.F. Entertainment.”
Movies
The actor's theatrical career developed successfully. But nevertheless, his talent manifested itself most clearly and fully in cinema, although at first Alexei Guskov’s film acting biography was somewhat one-sided. The fact is that after a successful debut work in the film “Personal File of Judge Ivanova,” Guskov was invited to play the role of a bandit in the film “Wolfhound.” Having done this job brilliantly, the artist became very popular. But such fame also had back side: For several years, Guskov was offered roles reminiscent of his character from the film “Wolfhound”.
Young Alexey Guskov in the film "Wild Beach"
Trying to somewhat move away from the boring “gangster” role, Alexey Guskov even left cinema for some time. This break lasted until the end of the nineties. The breakthrough was the role of a talented billiard player in the film “Classic”, where the directors finally saw Guskov from a slightly different perspective.
Many fans note that the artist’s talent was truly revealed in the film “Border: A Taiga Romance.” This tape Alexanderra Mitta It is also notable for the fact that Alexey Gennadievich also worked on its creation as a producer. The negative role of the scoundrel Nikita Goloshchekin in “Border” brought the actor the State Prize of the Russian Federation. In this film, Alexey Guskov brilliantly portrayed love triangle With Olga Budother And MaraTom Basharov.
Alexey Guskov in the film "Border: A Taiga Romance"
From that moment on, the artist’s career took off sharply. The two thousand years were the best in his creative biography. During this period, Alexey Guskov often appeared in films and on television, and also tried his hand as a producer. The most striking works of this period were the films “The Scavenger”, “The Diary of a Murderer”, “The Enchanted Site”, “The Turkish Gambit”, “The One Who Puts Out the Lights”, “Saboteur 2: End of War” and many others.
For his work in "Scavenger", where the actor played excellently in tandem with Olesey SudzIlovskaya, at the Venice Television Film Festival he was awarded the main prize for Best Actor.
Alexey Guskov in the film "Garbage Man"
During his long and eventful career, Alexey Guskov performed more than seventy roles, each of which was remarkable and interesting in its own way.
For his many years of service to art in 2001, the actor received the State Prize of Russia, and six years later - the title People's Artist RF.
In 2012, Alexey Guskov pleased his fans with his brilliant work in the action-packed Russian-Ukrainian series “Dragon Syndrome” by Nikolai Khomeriki, where he appeared in a star company Ekaterina Klimova, Leonida BeeChevina, Alexey Serebryakova And Andrey Merzlikina.
Alexey Guskov and Ekaterina Guseva in the film "Thin Ice"
In 2016, the favorite of millions gave viewers a new wonderful film - the Russian dramatic television series by Alexander Frankevich-Laye “Thin Ice”. In it, Alexey Guskov appeared together with EkateRina Guseva, Egor Beroevth And AndreI eat Rudensky. The actor got the key role - an authoritarian construction magnate who dictates the will and imposes his rules of life on everyone, including his wife, brilliantly played by Ekaterina Guseva. The artist’s wife also appeared in the series, playing a child psychologist.
The film received warm reviews from film critics and praise from television viewers. Alexey Guskov and Natalia Rudova visited Ivanand Urganta and on his project “Evening Urgant” they shared with the audience some secrets of their personal life. They also answered questions about whether they, like their characters from the melodrama “Thin Ice,” had ever encountered betrayal and used the services of a psychologist.
In the same year, Sergei Snezhkin’s fascinating biopic “The Way the Stars Aligned” was released. This picture is the final part of the film epic “The Leader’s Path”, dedicated to life path first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan NazarbEve. Guskov appeared in the character BoYeltsin's rice, surprising his fans.
Another notable project of 2016 is the detective series “Investigator Tikhonov,” based on the novels of the Strugatsky brothers. Guskov was seen in the short story “A Visit to the Minotaur”: he reincarnated as People’s Artist of the USSR Lev Polyakov.
In 2017, the actor will again delight a huge army of admirers of his talent with excellent work in films. Viewers will see a fascinating 12-episode project “Mata Hari”, in which he will play Georges Lada, and the series “ Leo Itires. Goalkeeper of my dreams”, in which Alexey Gennadievich will appear as coach Mikhail Yakushin.
Personal life
The actor was married twice. He first tied the knot while still a student at the Moscow Art Theater School. His wife was the girl Tatyana, whom Alexey met on the street. Tatyana had nothing to do with the art of acting, but she fit in wonderfully with Alexei’s company and came to all the student performances. From this marriage, Guskov has a daughter, Natalya, with whom Alexei maintains a warm relationship.
Alexey Guskov and Lidiya Velezheva photo
Guskov's second wife has been an actress of the Moscow Vakhtangov Theater for many years. LeadIya Velezheva. This is a strong marriage that has passed all tests. The family has two talented sons - Vladimir and Dmitry. Volodya graduated from the Shchukin School, became an actor and now plays at the Vakhtangov Theater. In 2016, Vladimir and his wife gave their happy parents a granddaughter, Stefania. Dima studies at VGIK. He dreams of following in his father's footsteps and becoming a producer.
Personal life
The first wife is Tatyana.
Daughter - Natalya (born 1983). Granddaughter Elizabeth.
The second wife is Lidia Leonidovna Velezheva (born 1966), actress of the Evgeni Vakhtangov Theater, TV presenter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
In 2009, he graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute in Moscow with a degree in Drama Theater and Film Actor (course of Professor Galina Petrovna Sazonova), after which he entered the troupe of the Moscow academic theater named after Vladimir Mayakovsky, where he currently serves.
On July 22, 2015, he became the winner of the theater award of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper (season 2014/2015) in the category “Beginners” in the nomination “Best Supporting Actor” for his performance of the role of Alexander in the play “The Last” directed by Nikita Kobelev on the stage of the Mayakovsky Theater .
Alexey Guskov with his family photo
The personal life of Alexei Guskov, who often plays heartthrobs and heroic lovers, is always in plain sight. But the gaze of the paparazzi was never able to spot anything reprehensible or compromising the family of Alexei and Lydia. They say that it is the demand for Guskov and Velezheva in the profession that is another guarantee strong marriage. In this family, both spouses are accomplished, famous people, who have passed the tests with dignity through years of hardship, formation and glory.
The well-known actor Alexey Guskov became a grandfather Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:53 ()
Alexey Guskov, well known for his roles in cinema and theater, shared a joyful event in his life. But the actor did not boast about his new role, but said that he had become a grandfather for the first time.
Alexey announced the addition to the family in passing, talking about the activities of his children. “My wife and I thought that the younger one would follow this path, and the older one would do something else. But Dmitry went to VGIK to study at the production department, and the eldest, Vladimir, became an actor. Works at the Mayakovsky Theater. I also have a daughter from my first marriage. I recently became a grandfather, my granddaughter is two years old. Natalya wanted to go to acting, I immediately said that I could help her with admission, but I was not going to be responsible. As a result, my daughter graduated from linguistics. There is definitely no cronyism in my profession, I know this from my own example. Chance, yes, but not cronyism,” the Interlocutor quotes Alexei Guskov.
Meanwhile, for many years Guskov has been happily married to actress Lydia Velezheva. They say that it is the demand of both in the profession that is the key to a strong marriage. “When someone in a creative family doesn’t have a job, it spoils the relationship between the spouses. And all because of envy! Everything is great in this family: both are in demand, successful,” Guskov’s colleague Sergei Varchuk said in an interview.
They met while playing in the same play. “One day I was running up the stairs in the theater, and a girl was sitting on the steps and smoking. I didn’t have any matches, so I asked her for a light. Having lit a cigarette, he automatically put the box in his pocket and ran away. At the rehearsal, Lida, as it turned out her name was, looked at me for an hour and a half. I thought I liked it, but at the end she asked: “Are you going to return the matches?” After some time, we settled in a small room in a communal apartment, and our first child was born. Then we bought a second and third room - and it turned out to be a wonderful family nest,” said Guskov.
Alexey first tied the knot in his second year at the Moscow Art Theater School. Right on the street, a young student approached a nice girl named Tatyana to meet him. Soon they became husband and wife. But, as the actor himself now says, love quickly faded away. The interests and habits of the spouses categorically did not coincide, and besides, the young wife had not the slightest relation to the acting profession.
“We have been married for 10 years,” says Guskov. – You see, it’s just that the difference in professions and interests makes itself felt sooner or later. This greatly affects relationships, especially at a young age. I think that when people of different professions come together in adulthood, it is a completely different matter. And when you are building your life, and your partner is simultaneously building some of his own, it gets in the way. You don't understand your other half, and she doesn't understand you. This is all much more serious than, for example, some kind of domestic dispute over a closed or open window.”
From his first marriage, Alexei Guskov has not only unpleasant memories of misunderstandings with his wife. His and Tatyana’s daughter Natalya is already thirty-four years old. The actor also has a granddaughter, in whom the famous grandfather dotes. But, as it turned out, Alexey Guskov could have crossed paths with his current life partner, actress Lydia Velezheva, back in childhood. After all, they lived on the neighboring streets of Kyiv.
“When my family and I moved from Poland to Kyiv, I was seven years old,” continues Alexey. - I went to school. And my future wife had just been born at that time and then lived next door - on the other side of the railway. It’s necessary that we only met in Moscow. When this was found out in the first stages of our communication, it was, of course, surprising.”
Lydia Velezheva and Alexey Guskov met in the theater at a joint rehearsal. “Lida and I have a boring, banal, vulgar relationship between an actor and an actress, which has grown into family life. I was sitting on the stairs in the theater. A beautiful girl ran past me. She turned out to be a smoker. There were no lighters then, so she asked me for matches. I didn’t refuse - I gave. The girl brazenly put them in her pocket and ran away. And then it turned out that we came to the same rehearsal. I looked at her intently. I thought whether she would give me the matches or not. And she is happy, sits and thinks: “Why is he looking at me like that?! I guess I’m good!” recalls Guskov.
This is such a funny story. “As soon as I looked at Alexei, I immediately realized: this is my destiny,” Velezheva says in turn. - I don’t know what it was. Maybe some kind of premonition. But I looked at him at rehearsals and for some reason I knew that I would live with this man, he would be my husband.”
Lydia Velezheva and Alexey Guskov have been happily married for about thirty years. They have two sons: 28-year-old Vladimir and 22-year-old Dmitry. Last year, the eldest son gave his parents a beautiful granddaughter, Stefania. And it’s okay that before the family of Guskov and Velezheva became truly happy, they had to endure a number of trials: a communal apartment, a lack of money due to the lack of demand for artists, because of which, they even say, Guskov began to drink. But be that as it may, now the actor looks like a completely happy and accomplished person.
“I experienced my main life crisis at about 35 years old,” shares Guskov. – Before this, everything was kind of at random, lucky or unlucky. And after thirty-five I became a fatalist. My advice to everyone: you need to listen to life, it always offers us something. You just need to be able to make the right choice.” 
Alexey Guskov is a famous Soviet and Russian actor, winner of many awards and holder of the title of People's Artist of Russia. Despite his advanced age and impressive list of merits, he continues to actively act in films, remains popular with viewers and is included in the list of the most sought-after actors in Russia.
As for the personal life of Alexei Guskov, he regularly recalls his first wife, thanks to whom he reached such heights and who left a big mark on his biography.
Alexey Guskov
Alexey Guskov is a native of the Polish People's Republic. He was born on May 20, 1958 in the small town of Brzeg. His father was a military pilot, so the family had to change their place of residence often. When the boy was 6 years old, their family moved to Kyiv.
Unfortunately, Alexey Guskov lost his father very early. He died soon after they moved to Kyiv, while performing his official duties. For the whole family, this loss was a huge tragedy. They decided not to tell the boy the sad news. However, Alexei himself found a telegram in which the news was printed that his father had tragically died.
Alexey Guskov in his youth
The mother tried to do everything so that her son would not feel lonely. The Guskov family often visited the Arkhangelsk region, visiting relatives and organizing family celebrations.
The future actor’s mother instilled in him a love of art and sports. They often went to the theaters. Since childhood, Alexey has been involved in various sports. First it was football, then weightlifting, rowing and even basketball.
Carefully preserving the memory of his beloved father, Alexey Guskov dreamed of becoming a test pilot. This desire did not leave the boy until the 9th grade. The choice of profession was influenced by an incident that occurred in a mathematics lesson. The teacher of this discipline noted the young man’s texture and advised him to go to drama school.
Alexey Guskov and actor Alexey Kravchenko
These words made a great impression on the young man, and he decided to connect his life with theater and cinema. Alexey’s mother never interfered with such an unexpected choice, but still advised her to first acquire a profession and only then engage in acting.
Student years
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, Guskov goes to Moscow to receive higher education. He successfully enters the Moscow Higher Technical School named after. Bauman. During his studies, he often visits the capital's theaters, carefully monitoring all premieres. The world of theater fascinates young Alexei. He actively participates in the creative activities of his educational institution. He himself writes scripts for holidays and special events, and plays in sketches. His talent is noted by absolutely everyone who observes his work.
After 4 years of study, Alexey Guskov decides to leave the Moscow Higher Technical School named after. Bauman and enter the theater institute. He successfully passes the entrance examination to the Moscow Art Theater School. He is enrolled in V. Monyukov’s course. Alexey Guskov was very lucky with his teachers.
Alexey Guskov: photo
Such famous personalities as Oleg Efremov, Evgeny Evstigneev, Sofya Pilyavskaya shared their experience and skills with the artist. Guskov received a classical acting education, based on many years of traditions and accumulated knowledge.
Personal life with his first wife was a bright moment for Alexey Guskov, which was noted in his biography. They tied the knot during their student years, but this decision was rash. Despite everything, they had a daughter, who is the reason for the warm relationship between them. Today Guskov is married for the second time and has three sons. The very friendly and creative Guskov family regularly delights fans with joint photos.
Theater career
In 1983, the actor completed his studies at the Moscow Art Theater and received the qualification of “Dramatic Theater and Film Actor”. Almost immediately after graduation, he received an offer from the Moscow Drama Theater. Pushkin. In this theater he makes his stage debut in the title role. He participates in the production of the play “I am a Woman.” Guskov plays the role of a girl in love with the main character, played by Vera Alentova. This is followed by a series of other successful roles performed by Guskov. The actor worked in this theater for 2 years.
Then the actor moves to another famous theater, on Malaya Bronnaya. In it, for the first time he tries himself not only as an actor, but also as a writer, screenwriter and director. Guskov himself wrote the script and staged the play based on the work of L. Andreev. This performance was a very great success. However, Alexey Guskov did not work in this theater for very long.
Actor Alexey Guskov on the theater stage
Already in 1988, the actor moved to the experimental theater "Detective". Guskov worked there for 3 years. In 1991, he changed his place of work again, moving to the Theater named after 3 years. Gogol, and then returned to the Moscow Dram. the theater where he began his career. Guskov explains this frequent change of theaters by his reluctance to take breaks from work. If there were no suitable roles for an actor in one theater, he easily moved to another.
Photos of his wife, children, personal life and biography of Alexei Guskov are the information that interests the media most. They want to know as much as possible about him, and Alexey is always open to communication. Almost everything about his fate is known to fans today. The most important thing for him has always been his family, which helped him become a famous actor and creative person.
Since 2011, the actor began to be invited to interesting roles in the theater. Vakhtangov. He played the role of a timber merchant in the play “People as People”, Ray Mortimer in the comedy play “Ordinary People”. In 2013, he was officially accepted into the troupe of this theater, where he works to this day.
Film career
Despite the demand for an actor in the theater, Alexey Guskov is traditionally considered a film actor. After all, it was thanks to his brilliant works in films that Alexei Guskov received national love and recognition. The biography of Alexey Guskov is integral to his career and personal life. The Actor himself has repeatedly said that he reached such heights thanks to the support of relatives and close people. Currently, due to his age, he cannot actively act in films.
Alexey Guskov in the film “Classic”
His film debut took place back in 1985. The actor was noted for his supporting role in the film “The Personal File of Judge Ivanova.” The first large-scale role was in the film “Wild Beach”.
However, Alexey Guskov was remembered by the viewer for his image of a bandit in the film “Wolfhound”. The audience and directors liked this image so much that the actor was literally bombarded with offers to play bandits.
Alexey Guskov and Marat Basharov in the film “Border. Taiga novel"
After this, the actor acted in criminal roles several more times. Soon this image began to interfere with Guskov’s development of his career, because apart from such roles, nothing else was offered. The actor had to reject many offers from directors, including foreign ones. In the period from 1995 to 1998, Guskov left cinema altogether, continuing to work only in the theater.
A new round in his career begins after filming the film “Classic”. In this picture, Guskov gets a completely different image. He plays a talented billiard player. After this picture, directors began to look at the actor completely differently. It is not surprising that soon after the premiere of the film he began to receive new interesting offers.
Alexey Guskov in the film “Thirst”
This was followed by work in Alexander Mitta’s film “Border: A Taiga Novel.” We can safely say that after the release of this series, Alexey Guskov woke up famous. His talent was fully revealed by the director. The actor received a special award for the role of Nikita Goloshchekin. This series is still very popular. The pattern is periodically repeated along the central channels.
Photos of Alexey Guskov are very common on social networks; many media outlets have written about his personal life and biography. He devoted a huge amount of time to cinema, since it was also of great importance for the actor. The actor has more than 70 prominent roles to his credit.
Alexey Guskov in the film "Garbage Man"
He starred in several very popular films:
- "Garbage man"
- "Turkish gambit"
- "Hunting for Red Deer"
- "Street Racers"
- "Saboteur 2. End of the War"
- "Dragon Syndrome"
- "Thin ice"
- "Mata Hari"
For the film "Scavenger" the actor will receive the prestigious Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actor. In 2013, the actor was invited to shoot an Italian film, where Guskov played the role of Pope Paul John II. In 2007, the actor was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia.
Ekaterina Guseva and Alexey Guskov on the set of the film “Thin Ice”
Alexey Guskov is engaged not only in acting. In addition, he works in the promotion of various television projects and is considered a successful producer. The actor often manifests himself as a person with an active civic position.
Since 2006, he has been a member of the General Council of the United Russia party. Guskov actively supports many projects of the current president.
Alexey Guskov as Boris Yeltsin
It will be difficult to find a photo of Alexey Guskov with his first wife on the Internet, since this stage quickly flew by in his personal life and biography. Despite all the experiences, they always supported each other and constantly communicated after the divorce. The person is very loving and positive in all aspects. Currently, all his colleagues in the workshop speak only well of Alexey.
Personal life, children
The famous actor entered into legal marriage twice. He got married for the first time during his student years. His wife Tatyana often attended the Moscow Art Theater School, however, she was not a student at this institution and had nothing to do with the acting profession. In this marriage, Alexei and Tatyana had a daughter, Natalya. Soon after the birth of the baby, the parents divorced. But Alexey Guskov never stopped communicating with Natalya. There is a warm and friendly relationship between father and daughter.
Natalya also succeeded as a person. She works as a linguist for a very well-known company. Natalya gave birth to a daughter, Elizaveta. Alexey Guskov was very happy about this event; he became a grandfather for the first time. Alexey Guskov is very happy about his children, who have an important influence on his biography and personal life. Everything he did and continues to do is for children.
Alexey Guskov with his wife, actress Lidiya Velezheva
The second marriage turned out to be more durable. Alexey met his future wife in the theater, before a rehearsal for the play. A charming girl was sitting on the steps of the theater and smoking, and Guskov asked her for a match, but forgot to return it. After the rehearsal, the girl demanded that the boxes be returned. This is how Alexei Guskov and Lydia Velezheva met.
As this couple often notes, the secret of their happy family life is that both actors are successful in their profession. Indeed, both Alexey Guskov and Lidiya Velezheva are popular, and most importantly, sought-after actors, both in theater and cinema. The young family managed to maintain love and warmth in their relationship even in the difficult 90s. Although they often note that it was not easy. The actors, together with their small children, huddled in a cramped communal apartment, there was a catastrophic lack of money, and they were not offered new roles.
Alexey Guskov with his wife and sons
The actors have 2 sons. The eldest is Vladimir, and the youngest is Dmitry. Both young men also chose a creative career. Dmitry Guskov has already graduated from the Theater Institute and is successfully working in the theater. Vladimir Mayakovsky. He managed to star in several films and even received an award, which is awarded to young talents. Vladimir is married, in 2016 his daughter Stefania was born. Thus, Alexey Guskov became a grandfather for the second time.
The youngest son, Dmitry, also chose the field of cinema. He is a student at VGIK. It’s very easy to find photos of Alexey Guskova’s children, information from his personal life and biography on the Internet. The family is very friendly and constantly support each other. Already, many people are talking about their relationship.
Alexey Guskov now
All three men in the Guskov family have a common hobby - karate. Both father and sons have black belts in this sport. Since Alexei Guskov has a daughter from his first wife, he is also interested in her personal life; the actor has photos together with her.
It all started as a banal connection between actors.
Alexey Guskov will celebrate his 60th birthday next year. He continues to actively act. In all his creative endeavors, he is supported by his beloved wife, actress Lidiya Velezheva, with whom he has been happily married for more than thirty years. However, before meeting Lydia, the actor’s personal life could not be called smooth.
Alexey first tied the knot in his second year at the Moscow Art Theater School. Right on the street, a young student approached a nice girl named Tatyana to meet him. Soon they became husband and wife. But, as the actor himself now says, love quickly faded away. The interests and habits of the spouses categorically did not coincide, and besides, the young wife had not the slightest relation to the acting profession.
« We have been married for 10 years, says Guskov. – You see, it’s just that the difference in professions and interests makes itself felt sooner or later. This greatly affects relationships, especially at a young age. I think that when people of different professions come together in adulthood, it is a completely different matter. And when you are building your life, and your partner is simultaneously building some of his own, it gets in the way. You don't understand your other half, and she doesn't understand you. This is all much more serious than, for example, some kind of domestic dispute over a closed or open window».
From his first marriage, Alexei Guskov has not only unpleasant memories of misunderstandings with his wife. His and Tatyana’s daughter Natalya is already thirty-four years old. The actor also has a granddaughter, in whom the famous grandfather dotes. But, as it turned out, Alexey Guskov could have crossed paths with his current life partner, actress Lydia Velezheva, back in childhood. After all, they lived on the neighboring streets of Kyiv.
« When my family and I moved from Poland to Kyiv, I was seven years old, continues Alexey. – I went to school. And my future wife had just been born at that time and then lived next door - on the other side of the railway. It’s necessary that we only met in Moscow. When this was found out in the first stages of our communication, it was, of course, surprising.».
Lydia Velezheva and Alexey Guskov met in the theater at a joint rehearsal. " Lida and I have a boring, banal, vulgar relationship between an actor and an actress, which has grown into family life. I was sitting on the stairs in the theater. A beautiful girl ran past me. She turned out to be a smoker. There were no lighters then, so she asked me for matches. I didn’t refuse - I gave. The girl brazenly put them in her pocket and ran away. And then it turned out that we came to the same rehearsal. I looked at her intently. I thought whether she would give me the matches or not. And she is happy, sits and thinks: “Why is he looking at me like that?! I guess I'm good!", recalls Guskov.
This is such a funny story. " As soon as I looked at Alexey, I immediately realized: this is my destiny,” Velezheva says in turn. – I don't know what it was. Maybe some kind of premonition. But I looked at him at rehearsals and for some reason I knew that I would live with this man, he would be my husband».
Lydia Velezheva and Alexey Guskov have been happily married for about thirty years. They have two sons: 28-year-old Vladimir and 22-year-old Dmitry. Last year, the eldest son gave his parents a beautiful granddaughter, Stefania. And it’s okay that before the family of Guskov and Velezheva became truly happy, they had to endure a number of trials: a communal apartment, a lack of money due to the lack of demand for artists, because of which, they even say, Guskov began to drink. But be that as it may, now the actor looks like a completely happy and accomplished person.
« I experienced my main life crisis at about 35 years old., - shares Guskov. – Before this, everything was somehow at random, lucky or unlucky. And after thirty-five I became a fatalist. My advice to everyone: you need to listen to life, it always offers us something. You just need to be able to make the right choice».
Interesting story and a strong couple! Well done!
Alexey Guskov is a famous actor, producer, People's Artist. His talent manifested itself most clearly and fully in cinema.
After a successful debut work in the film “Personal File of Judge Ivanova,” Guskov was invited to play the role of a bandit in the film “Wolfhound.”
Having done this job brilliantly, the artist became very popular. Many fans note that the artist’s talent was truly revealed in the film “Border: A Taiga Romance.”
Recently, the actor gave a candid interview about his personal life. The 59-year-old artist recalled his first marriage, which ended in divorce, and spoke about his relationship with his current wife, famous actress Lydia Velezheva, which he called “a boring, banal, vulgar relationship.”
It is known that Lydia and Alexey have been happy together for more than thirty years. This couple has two adult sons - 28-year-old Vladimir and 22-year-old Dmitry. Last year, the eldest heir gave the acting couple a granddaughter, Stefania.
Before his fateful meeting with Velezheva, Guskov lived for ten years in a marriage with a woman who had nothing to do with the acting profession. Tatiana gave birth to Alexei's daughter Natalya. Now the first heiress of Guskov is thirty-four years old. The girl gave the famous father a granddaughter, Elizabeth.
Tatyana and Alexey were people from different worlds. The discrepancy between hobbies and life goals drove a wedge between them. At some point, the spouses stopped understanding each other, and their love faded away. “You see, it’s just that the difference in professions and interests makes itself felt sooner or later. This greatly affects relationships, especially at a young age,” the artist is convinced.
Everything turned out great with Guskov’s second wife. He met his colleague Lydia Velezheva at the theater at a joint rehearsal. “Lida and I have a boring, banal, vulgar relationship between an actor and an actress, which has grown into family life,” Alexey says with irony about this relationship.
On that memorable day he was sitting on the stairs in the theater.
“A beautiful girl ran past me. She turned out to be a smoker. There were no lighters then, so she asked me for matches. I didn’t refuse - I gave. The girl brazenly put them in her pocket and ran away. And then it turned out that we came to the same rehearsal. I looked at her intently. I thought whether she would give me the matches or not. And she is happy, sits and thinks: “Why is he looking at me like that?! I guess I’m good!” This is such a funny story,” the Sobesednik website quotes Guskov as saying.
As soon as she saw Alexei, Lydia immediately realized that he was her destiny. “I don’t know what it was. Maybe some kind of premonition. But I looked at him at rehearsals and for some reason I knew that I would live with this man, he would be my husband,” admitted Velezheva.
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— Nowadays, few people can boast of such a strong marriage as yours. Having lived together for 24 years, are you still able to surprise each other?
Alexey: The last time I really surprised Lida was three years ago, when I unexpectedly got a Labrador.
Lydia: Lesha loves dogs! He was even born in the year of the Dog, and this probably explains a lot. Both the husband and sons periodically started talking about how wonderful it would be to have a dog. But the answer was always my categorical no. Because I was afraid to take responsibility for a living being: Lesha and I are always on the road, and even if we film in Moscow, the working hours are still irregular. And the children are learning. Who will walk the dog, feed it and care for it?
— That is, the husband and children had to be content with simpler animals? Hamsters and turtles?
Lydia: Even they weren’t there.
Alexey: Except for that white hamster that Vovka briefly rented from a friend as a child. We mistook him for a rat then!
Lydia: But three years ago Lesha surprised me. In the finale of the comedy “Love-Carrot 2,” my heroine, the villainess Levitskaya, turns into a Labrador. The film premiered on December 23, and two days later Lesha called me on my mobile with the words: “I bought you a wonderful gift for the New Year!” I, of course, started asking for details. But he ignored all my clarifying questions, only asked: “What time will you be home? When you arrive, call me and I’ll come out.” This alarmed me: a gift is a gift, but why greet people on the street? I arrived, called - Lesha immediately jumped out into the yard, which was also suspicious. I park, and he says: “I have prepared a wonderful gift for you, you will be very happy with it...” And he looks at me in a special way. I read everything in his eyes. I realized that the gift was an animal. And she said only one word - “no.” And he answered: “Yes.” Let's go to the entrance. Me again: “No!” He: “Yes!!!” So they walked to the apartment, conducting a monotonous but very emotional dialogue. We went home, and Mitya met me with a small black lump in his hands: “Mommy, look how cute...” I turned away: “Don’t even show it.” I was terribly upset: “Lord, this is a new problem, this is another child...” But as soon as I saw those eyes and muzzle, I melted: “Oh, what a beauty!”
Alexey: Then we carried out a secret operation worthy of James Bond. And it was our eldest son who encouraged us to take this adventure. I said to Volodya: “Can you imagine the amount of worries? Swear on your blood that you will take care of the dog yourself!” - “We will!” And the eldest and I went to choose a dog. And the youngest was only included in their plan a week later: they were afraid that he would blurt out to his mother. Our family is noisy, there are a lot of people, and everyone is emotional. Therefore, we needed a dog with a stable psyche, so that he would not figure out who was more important and would not turn his head when choosing who to protect. A friend of mine had a black Labrador in foster care who was constantly carrying toys and wagging his tail. And an acquaintance said: “You see, he behaves perfectly, he adapts calmly. A very smart dog." And we went to the breeder, chose the nicest of the nephews of that black Labrador and tied a red ribbon around his neck - it was too early to take him away from his mother. By the way, since then our Vizier has only had red collars. On the day we picked him up, there were terrible traffic jams on the roads. We crawled home at the speed of a sick snail - and we had to get there before Lida returned. That’s why we called her every now and then: “Lidochka, where are you? Why don't you stop by the store? When I ran out of excuses under which I could prolong her journey home, my sons got involved. We brought the dog into the apartment about ten minutes before Lida arrived... When we stormed her permission, everything turned out wonderful. Lida accepted him and fell in love. And now she doesn’t stay alone at the dacha - only with a defender.
— While he grew into a defender, did he manage to chew a lot of slippers?
Lydia: He gnawed exclusively on Lesha’s slippers. Alexey was looking for a dog who would not choose who is more important in the family. But a dog, even the smartest one
And peaceful, she still immediately identifies the main thing. And for Vizik, the leader of the pack is my husband.
Alexey: The situation is different here. When I bought the puppy, I had a serious problem with my knee. And I sat at home for three months and didn’t go anywhere. But even a dog is not allowed outside until it is three months old, until the first distemper vaccination. So he spent his entire early childhood with me. In dogs, a year goes by seven, so three months is four years in our human way.
Lydia: And now we hug only Lesha’s slippers, lie down and move only Lesha’s slippers with our paws, talk only to Lesha’s slippers. And when Lesha is about to leave and Vizik sees that Lesha is taking a suitcase...
Alexey: Yes, the most hated object in the house is a suitcase! It is not recommended to get ready for a trip with Vizir...
Lydia: He starts saying: “Y-y-y” - and looks displeased.
“You probably can’t imagine life without him.”
Lydia: Of course, I fell in love with this face at first sight. But she told my men: “You gave me a gift - you take care of it.” We agreed.
- But they were enough for a month at most?
Lydia: They, of course, are just great: they keep their word when they give it. These sons take after their father: Lesha, if he promises anything, will fulfill it, and so will the children. I must give my men their due: they are taking care of the Vizier. In three years, I never walked alone in the city with him. Maybe with my son for company, if the weather is good.
- What conscientious young people you have raised!
Lydia: This is true, and not only in the matter of walking the dog. Dimitri and Volodya have an age difference of 5 years, so they have different company, and both friends do not leave friends in trouble. If something happens, they rush to help and do everything that depends on them. And they are both very attentive. We have a three-story house, without an elevator, so they ask: “Mom, call me when you arrive at the house,” so they can come down and help me carry my bags. They will always give you a hand and help you put on your coat. Despite their different characters, they have these qualities in common.
- In what ways are they least alike?
Lydia: One likes to be the center of attention, the other doesn’t. The youngest loves it, he is incredibly sociable, sometimes even too sociable. Dimitry is a first-year student at VGIK, at the production department. He said: “Dad is an actor, mom is an actor, and my brother is also an actor. At least someone in the family must have a normal profession!” But when I remembered the stories of his teachers at school, how he made excuses for missing class, I began to doubt: maybe Dimitri should have gone to acting? The elder can also be the life of the party, but he does not like increased attention to his person. He graduated from the Shchukin School two years ago. I came to terms with my constant presence. What can I do, since I teach there! But when Lesha looked in there and everyone said: “God, artist Guskov!”, Volodya frowned: “Dad, well, that’s why you are there?” And Lesha justified himself: “I’m on business...” The son is trying to promote himself in the acting profession, he doesn’t want any help. And in this regard, he took after Lesha and me: we never asked anyone for anything.
When Volodya graduated from college and shows began in theaters, he basically did not go to Vakhtangovsky, where I work. Although I liked it and took it. He told me: “You understand perfectly well: if I come, no matter what role I get, they will say behind my back: “Well, of course, mommy helped.” And the children of other actors happily went to the theater to visit their parents, and possible gossip did not bother them one bit... I won’t undertake to judge anyone here - everyone does what’s best for him. My son decided: “Maybe later I’ll come to the Vakhtangov Theater. When I become famous, when I prove that I can do something myself.”
- It seems you were pleased with this act...
Lydia: Yes, and many in the theater appreciated it. They thought I would stick Volodya somewhere and talk to management. And I came, quietly watched the show and left without waiting for a discussion. She didn't ask anything. And only then did I find out that they wanted to take him, but he categorically refused. As a result, he serves at the Mayakovsky Theater. Recently the play “Mayakovsky Goes for Sugar” was released there, and the main role - the poet himself - is played by our Volodya.
— Did he let you into his premiere? Or are parents in the audience an additional stress for the young talent on stage?
Lydia: I still haven’t seen him in the role of Mayakovsky! But it’s not because parents are prohibited from entering, it’s just that the dates on which his performance and mine are performed at the Vakhtangov Theater coincide. I get upset, but he calms me down: “Mom, it’s okay, you’ll come back later. The show is just about to run out.” However, we not only see our son from the audience: all together - Lesha, Volodya and I - play in productions of the Millennium Theater House.
- And what is it like to play on stage with your own child? Are you very worried?
Lydia: You always worry about your child - when he takes an exam, when he goes somewhere, when he’s filming... If we play together, Volodya always keeps his distance. And when I make comments, it seems to him that I am violating this distance. I immediately hear: “Ma-am, it’s starting again...” - “Yes, I’m not speaking like my mother now! I advise you as an experienced actress, your partner.” But he still thinks: they say, mom is teaching again, she is always dissatisfied. He has the attitude: “I know everything myself and will do everything myself.” It’s immediately obvious how much he wants to quickly become an independent entity, and not just the son of Guskov and Velezheva.
— Alexey, you and your son also starred in the film “Autumn Cares.” Did they care much about him then?
Alexey: I can’t say that I took great care of him and gave him a lot of advice. But I looked closely. In general, it’s a special feeling to work together with an adult son, whom you seemed to have bottle-fed and bathed not so long ago...
— Is it scary to let them and Dimitri go into adulthood?
Alexey: Why be afraid? They don’t leave for unknown distances, we can call and meet at any time! And it is imperative to let children leave the nest, and on time, so that they can grow and develop properly and have their own interests. As life shows, people who were unable to escape from parental care in time are more vulnerable and unhappy.
Lydia: Lesha and I, when we were 17 years old, left our mothers for distant Moscow. And our sons are with us, and not in St. Petersburg, Kyiv or Makhachkala.
Lydia: This has been gone for a long time. My sons prefer to go to a club or a cafe. They are interested in adult life, and not candles on a cake at home.
— How do they congratulate you, what do they give you?
Lydia: What they don’t give! Flowers, pendants, chains... For her last birthday, the always freezing mother was given a chic, warm jacket. I’m capricious, it’s hard to please me, but I wear a sweater all the time - and I see that the guys are pleased.
— Which of the latest gifts from Alexey do you like best?
Lydia: Car. Volkswagen Touareg.
Alexey: What kind of gift is this if we bought it with money we earned together?!
Lydia: Like what? Traditional! You bought me the first car, you also bought the second and third, and only the fourth we bought together. You gave me the beautiful half of this car!
— Do you decide on the model yourself? Or say: “Now I need a big red car,” and Alexey selects a brand?
Lydia: I know what model I want, and I won’t agree to another. In the case of a car, not only attention is expensive, but also specific wishes...
— Alexey, you now have two premieres one after another. February 16 - a film about the Great Patriotic War, “Four Days in May,” in which you are both the producer and one of the main roles. And February 21 - “August. Eighth" - about the conflict in South Ossetia in 2008...
Alexey: Yes, and the director of the film “August. Eighth” Janik Fayziev told me before filming began that my hero Kazbek really existed. He is really always ready to lend a helping hand to the weak, especially if it is a woman who finds herself in difficult circumstances. It seems to me that this is a normal view of things for every man, not only for a military man.
I was impressed by the amount of work that went into the film, as well as the very solid sets. Huge machinery in the Mosfilm pavilion, where the interior of the Government House of South Ossetia was recreated: an office with a wall exploding in the frame, a corridor with a broken floor, a staircase collapsing under my character’s feet. And of course, large-scale location shooting in Abkhazia, where I was for the first time in my life. It left a heavy impression. I'm not talking about the people - they were cordial and welcoming to us. But the desolation of this beautiful land, abandoned houses overgrown with grass - it was hard to see.
— The events in South Ossetia are shown through the eyes of a young woman who rushed into the heat to save her child, and in the film “Four Days in May” the war is as seen by an embittered German teenager...
Lydia: Lesha, can I tell you how you chose this technique? “Four days in May” cost Guskov five years of his life. We were all worried about him, and, of course, from time to time Lesha showed us the footage. And so two people - a German and a Russian editor - made a version of the film. I watched both. Moreover, she specifically asked her husband not to say which option was prepared by who. And I chose the one where everything is shown through the eyes of a prickly, hateful child. This is how she influenced the fate of the film, which I am very proud of. It turned out strong, my children and I watched it with tears. I couldn’t speak for several minutes afterwards.
— Alexey, you filmed the story “Four Days in May” in Germany? How long did you live there?
Alexey: About six months.
— Did your family come to visit you?
Lydia: Where does the family have time for this? I work, and the children are busy. But Mitya and I visited Lesha in the summer of 2008 in France, when he was filming the French comedy “The Concert”. We lived for three weeks in the center of Paris. You go out in the morning to have breakfast in a cafe, and the coffee and croissants are so delicious, the orange juice is orange and the sun is yellow... And for some reason you are completely happy about this! It’s a pity that during all this time Lesha never had breakfast with us - he was either filming, rehearsing, or taking conducting lessons. After all, he played the conductor of the Bolshoi Theater and took the preparation very seriously. We tried not to disturb him, so we left. And only in the evenings, when he was free, we walked, went to restaurants...
Alexey: And it was not in vain that I tried and sacrificed breakfast in the cafe. The film became very popular in France and received the Italian national film award “David di Donatello”. The figurine now stands in my house, and I clink glasses with it. I hope that the Italian comedy in which I starred last summer will also be watched. The film, the title of which, when translated into Russian, sounds like “Until the Rooster Pecks,” should be released in the fall - in time for some big film festival.
— Who do you play in Italian cinema?
Alexey: A Russian cleaner at an Italian television studio. When in European films they offer to play a KGB officer or a mafioso (and this happens every now and then), I refuse right away. I say: “I have enough of these joys in Russia!” So in all European films I play Russians. Just Russians, without state or criminal fate. Who else can I play with my tongue?
Lydia: Stop it! Seven years ago he didn’t know one, but now he speaks three. I'm proud of him!
Alexey: Yes, what three! Don’t listen to her, I can barely speak French, I can understand Italian...
Lydia: What about English?
Alexey: Yes, we struggled with English, but we won.
- Wow! How did you manage to do this at an age far from school?
Alexey: It’s like Pushkin: “We all learned a little something and somehow.” After the 10th grade, I only remembered that “Landon from the Capital of Great Britain.” This was where my knowledge ended, because I didn’t need anything more. I am a former Soviet, not a new Russian. And when I started working as a producer, the need arose. In 2005, I had my first international project, we worked with the Austrians, and at least basic communication was necessary...
Lydia: And then Lesha began to be invited to play in Europe, and he had to understand what was being said at the negotiations. When he took a text in English, he wanted to feel it, and not just repeat combinations of sounds like a parrot. And as an actress, I envy him. True, Lesh, I couldn’t do that...
Alexey: You're still a lazy person!
Lydia: Lazy, yes. When Volodya started learning German at school, I decided: “Let me learn the language together with my son.” And it didn’t work out! I'm not diligent enough. If you need to sing a song in Italian or French for a role, for example, I simply learn the incomprehensible text by heart.
Alexey: But you know Chinese! This is a linguistic trump card!
Lydia: Yes, I forgot about it already, how many years have passed... (Lydia graduated from a boarding school with in-depth study of the Chinese language)
— Alexey, what method do you use to learn languages? After all, these are serious successes!
Alexey: My experience says that you need to jump into the language environment. This is the only way I mastered three languages in four years, because I had to play them. This is terrible stress for the body! You turn off everything - the TV, the radio - and always and everywhere you listen only to CDs with speech. And when, after two weeks, the incomprehensible stream of speech begins to break up into separate words, at that moment you can plunge into grammar. And then you need to learn basic phrases. Yes, it’s pointless to learn phrases and words. Now the Assimil method is popular all over the world - I recommend it to everyone. You order CDs via the Internet with lessons in French, Italian, English... They repeat phrases on certain topics. Both at home and in the car I listened to these discs endlessly.
Lydia: Yes, yes, we go and listen to lessons, lessons, lessons... Sometimes I so wanted to tell him: “Let’s listen to music at least a little,” but I was biting my tongue - I was silent, thinking: “No, let him teach.”
- Listen, endless work, study, children... And a dinner for two or, even better, a romantic trip - when was the last time this happened in your life?
Alexey: It’s difficult to find time for romantic dinners, but we always try to travel with children. I know exactly where I want to take Lida and the children next time. After filming Concert, I was terribly exhausted. I needed to take a breath, so I went to Tuscany, where agritourism is developed - for those who want to relax in the countryside. Through the Internet I found a tiny village with four houses. The houses are on a hill, and the views from it are so great! When I studied at the theater institute, I was perplexed: there are lazy people who know how to get comfortable! They defend their candidate's dissertations on the background of paintings by Titian or Raphael, and at the first opportunity they travel to Europe... So, I thought, they found themselves an easy job. And suddenly, being in Tuscany, I saw that the landscape at 11 o’clock in the morning was painted in one color, at two o’clock in the afternoon - in completely different ones, and at five o’clock - in yet another! Incredible beauty!
From that village it was 50 km to Florence, 70 km to San Dominiano, and 60 km to Pisa. You take a small car and, whenever you please, you go wherever you want. And you are not bound by any schedules... It was September, my sons had classes (they were both in school at the time), Lida’s theater season had begun, so I ended up there alone and spent only a week. Now the children have already grown up... Maybe we should go there not with them, but together with Lida?
Lidiya Velezheva
Zodiac sign: Scales
Family: husband - Alexey Guskov, actor, producer; sons - Vladimir (23 years old) and Dimitry (18 years old)
Education: in 1988 she graduated from the Theater School. Shchukina
Career: at the age of 13 she played in the film “Waiting”, since 1988 she has been an actress at the Theater. Vakhtangov. She starred in films and TV series: “The Enchanted Wanderer”, “Wolfhound”, “Classic”, “Love-Carrot 2”, “The Thief”, “The Investigation is Conducted by Experts. Ten years later”, “Idiot”, “Donut Lucy”, “August. Eighth."
Alexey Guskov
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Family: wife - Lidiya Velezheva, actress; daughter - Natalya (29 years old); sons - Vladimir (23 years old) and Dimitry (18 years old)
Education: from 1975 to 1979 he studied at MSTU. Bauman, graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School in 1983
Career: starred in films and TV series: “Plumbum, or Dangerous Game”, “Wolfhound”, “Turkish Gambit”, “1814”, “Concert”, “Goryachev and others”, “Border. Taiga novel”, “Plot”, “Saboteur. The end of the war", "Scavenger". Head of the studio “F.A.F. Entertainment", film producer
A pet: Labrador Vizier of Shahriyar Fortuna Le Rette
