Actor Yury Chursin: biography, personal life, films

It is said that the current generation of actors is inferior to its predecessors. Unfortunately, this is close to the truth: today there are significantly fewer really good artists. Among the worthy representatives of theatrical youth is actor Yuri Chursin. In addition to many roles in the theater, this talented guy managed to excel also in movies and on television. He played a chiromancer, a Tolkienist manager, Lermontov and Athos, as well as many other diverse characters, each of which turned out to be unique. What is the secret of the success of this outstanding artist?

Biography of early years

Few of the people of the scene today have such aristocratic manners and appearance of a nobleman of the XVIII-XIX centuries, as an actor Yuri Chursin. Because of this, many fans think that he is a representative of the eminent dynasty of artists (this is promoted by the well-known name Chursin).

However, in reality, Yuri comes from an ordinary military family. He achieved everything thanks to talent and diligence, and not to the ties of his parents, as do many offspring of famous actor dynasties. Meanwhile, the way to the spotlights of Chursin was thorny.

The future actor was born in Priozersk in March 1980.

He received his primary education in Khimki, where he graduated from Lyceum No. 17. Contrary to the expectations of his relatives, a talented offspring quite early made it clear that he did not want to be a military man, as he was attracted to the acting profession.

From the very childhood, the future actor Yuri Chursin was quite attached to his mother. Unfortunately, she died when the boy was still a schoolboy. In memory of her, Yuri gave himself a vow to finish high school with a gold medal, and a theatrical school with a red diploma.

After the Lyceum the talented young man submitted his documents to the Shchukin school and enrolled from the first attempt on the course to Yuri Shlykov.

Quite soon, Chursin proved to be a diligent student, for whom study was always the most important. At the same time he had an unusual quality for his profession - for the sake of achieving his goal, Yuri never crossed others, trying to do everything honestly.

Yury Chursin: personal life

This young man with a romantic appearance liked many girls. However, fleeting novels Chursin did not wind up, because he treated love fairly responsibly. So in one interview, Yuri emphasized that he was a monogamous person. Such an attitude toward the actor's cordial affairs was influenced by the example of parents who lived together for more than two and a half decades. Inspired by them, they dream of repeating their fate Yuri Chursin.

The personal life of the actor, meanwhile, for the press is a mystery behind seven seals. It is known that he married a girl named Anna. His chosen one is the daughter of one of Moscow's wealthy businessmen and is very far from the acting profession. However, happy Jury is happy, because of the artists often turn out not very good wives.

At the moment the two Chursins have two sons - Bogdan and Philip. All together they live together in a small two-storey house with a cozy garden in a suburb of Moscow.

Work in the theater

After finishing his studies, actor Yuri Chursin got a place in the legendary Drama Theater. EB Vakhtangova. Here he spent 3 years actively playing in various productions ("Night of the Iguana", "Fairy Tale", "Deer Man", "Princess Turandot" and others). In 2004, Chursin left the Drama Theater, but he periodically participated as a guest artist in the productions of Caligula, The Inspector General and Fredericks.

The talent of Yuri Chursin was pretty soon marked by Oleg Tabakov, thanks to whom in 2004 he joined the Moscow Art Theater Company. Chekhov. Here the artist participated in such productions as "Forest", "Golovlyov's Lords", "Seagull", "Pickwick Club" and others.

In parallel with the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov's actor Yuri Chursin played in the Moscow theater-studio under the leadership of Oleg Tabakov.

Roles in the television series

While still at school, Chursin acted in films. His debut was the role of journalist Andrei Polonsky in the television series "Simple Truths". The next appearance of the actor on the television screen occurred in three years in a five-series mini-series "Poirot's Failure." In the same year, Yuri Chursin received the role of Yuri Khavkin in the television series "Three Against All". A year later, he starred in the continuation of the project.

2005 was for the artist happy - he received the main role in the series "Palmist." Having played Sergei Ryabinin, Yuri Chursin became famous throughout the CIS. The series with his participation began to appear quite often after that. So he returned to the role of Ryabinin in the continuation of the "Chiromant", and also participated in the "Ticket to the harem" and "Private Order".

In 2010, with the actor in the title role came two projects: "Chemist" and the Russian analogue of the American TV series "Escape". Yuri Chursin played in Alexei Chernov's project, trying to get his brother out of jail. To do this, he covers his body with tattoos, in the figure of which the prison plan is hidden and, having committed a robbery, deliberately lets himself be arrested. That's only to arrange a runaway for your brother and it turns out to be more difficult than he thought. Having appeared on the will in the second season, the heroes have to overcome a lot of new difficulties.

Despite the fact that the American TV series "Escape" has gained worldwide fame, its Russian version turned out to be less successful. However Chursin this role has brought even greater popularity and new proposals to withdraw (Mosgaz, Doctor Death, Three Musketeers, Young Guard, Spider).

In 2016, with Yuri Chursin, three serials appeared on TV: Karina Krasnaya, Sleeping and Black Cat.

Yury Chursin: movies with his participation

In the big cinema the actor got later, than in serials. Only after the success of "Chiromant" Chursin appreciated and began to offer to appear in films.

His first film was "Playing Shindai." But really he was able to prove himself in the tape "From the flame and light", where he played Mikhail Lermontov.

The next 5 years, Yuri Chursin acted quite actively. Films with his participation of this period, unfortunately, were of an average level, but even in them the actor brilliantly played.

In 2011, with a Chursin in the title role came comedy "Supermanager, or Hoes of Destiny." In this picture, Yuri played a manager, fixated on his work, who suddenly loses his job, a girl, hopes for the future and becomes a Tolkienist. Together with Chursin, Ivan Okhlobystin, Ekaterina Vilkova and other popular Russian stars were shot.

Among the most notable works of recent years is the tape "Mafia: A Game for Survival" in which the actor played the psychic Constantine.

Interesting facts

After the role of homosexual Victor in the film "Frank Polaroid Pictures", rumors began circulating about the non-standard orientation of the actor himself. Despite such an unflattering reputation, Yuri Chursin did not comment on this in any way. Only close people knew that at that time he had long had an affair with Anna, on which he subsequently married. Only after the birth of the eldest son, Chursin, was no longer considered gay.

Yuri - the owner of prestigious Russian awards. For his work, he was twice awarded the theatrical prize "Seagull", and also was nominated for the "Theater Star". For "Hiromanta" Yuri became a laureate of the festival "Viva, Cinema of Russia!".

The actor dreams of playing Dr. Zhivago. However, he realizes the small probability that in the next 20-30 years this novel of Pasternak will again be filmed.

Yuri Chursin hopes that in the future he will be offered to voice cartoons. But in advertising will not play for any money, because he believes that Russia has not yet learned how to shoot it qualitatively.

Back in 2005, when filming in "Chiromant", the artist consulted with a professional palmist. He predicted the artist a long life full of interesting events. Despite a favorable prediction, the actor believes that fate depends on the behavior of the person himself. For this reason, he tries to act with dignity, and also to take on interesting roles, which he is offered quite a lot.