Anton Aleksandrovich Shagin (Russian: Анто́н Алекса́ндрович Ша́гин, born 2 April 1984) is a Russian actor of theater, most famous for his role as Mels in Hipsters.[1]
Anton Shagin | |
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| Антон Шагин | |
.jpg) Anton Shagin, Award of the President, 2017 | |
| Born | Anton Aleksandrovich Gorshkov 2 April 1984 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Awards |  Badge of laureate of the President of the Russian Federation (2016) |
| Website | www.antonshagin.ru |
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Biography
editAnton Gorshkov (Shagin) was born in Kimry, Kalinin Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He spent his childhood in Karachev, Bryansk Oblast.
Before attending school, he bore the name of Anton Gorshkov (Shagin - the surname of his stepfather). When Anton was 14 years old, his mother died. After 9th grade he went to study at a vocational school to be a locksmith. He participated in the initiative. After graduating from vocational school, he worked for one year, went to Moscow to enroll in the Moscow Art Theater School. He entered the first time.
In 2006, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School (course of I. Zolotovitsky and S. Zemtsov).
Winner of the Theatre Award "Golden Leaf" in 2006 for Best Actor in the play Do not part with your beloved in the Moscow Art Theater School.
Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anton has played an active role in promoting the Russian narrative of the Russo-Ukrainian War on state media. He has been featured in interviews on the Russia-1 program Life and Destiny, where he emotionally describes atrocities by the Ukrainian government he claims to have witnessed against ethnic Russians while traveling in Donbass.
Personal life
editHe is married to classmate Veronika Isayeva. Their children are son Matvey (b. 2008), and daughter Polina (b. 2014).
Roles in theater
edit- 2009 "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov; director Mark Zakharov - Lopakhin
- 2011 "Peer Gynt" by Ibsen; director Mark Zakharov - Peer Gynt
Moscow Art Theatre Chekhov
- "Do not part with your beloved" Volodin - Mitya
Russian Academic Youth Theatre
- "The Red and the Black" by Stendhal; director Yuri Eremin - Male
- "The Coast of Utopia" T. Stoppard; director Alexander Borodin - Sleptsov
Other theaters
- "Valentine's Day". Director: Victor Ryzhakov - Valentin (TC Strastnoy)
- "July". Director: Victor Ryzhakov - the role of three sons of a maniac (Theater "Practice")
- "Love of the Stanislavsky system." Director: Mikheil Kazakov - Alex (youngest son) (PM Innovation)
- "Liturgy ZERO» Director: Valery Fokin - the role of Alexei Ivanovich (Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg)
Filmography
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Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Vice | Krot | |
| 2008 | Hipsters | Mels | |
| 2010 | The Weather Station | Slava | |
| 2010 | Without Men | ||
| 2010 | Touch | Gleb | (ru) |
| 2010 | Moscow fireworks | Semyon | |
| 2011 | Kiss Through a Wall | Kesha | |
| 2011 | Innocent Saturday | Valeriy Kabysh, Komsomol worker | (ru) |
| 2011 | loafers | Solovey | |
| 2014 | Sex, coffee, cigarettes | ||
| 2015 | Security | Vitaliy | |
| 2015 | Anka with Moldavanka | Arkadiy Sotnikov | TV series |
| 2016 | Friday | Vitaliy Belov | |
| 2016 | Versus | Shark | |
| 2017 | The Road to Calvary | Alexey Bessonov | TV series |
| 2018 | Dovlatov | Anton Kuznetsov | |
| 2019 | Union of Salvation | Kondraty Ryleyev, poet, journalist | Films based on Union of Salvation |
| 2021 | The North Wind | Benedict | |
| 2021 | Upon the Magic Roads | Ivan the Fool | The tale is based on The Humpbacked Horse. |
| 2022 | Petrópolis | Vladimir Ognev |
References
edit- ^ Hipsters profile at the Toronto International Film Festival Archived May 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 7 April 2010.
- Zero Liturgy accessed March 27, 2014