Grigory Antipenko is a bright Russian theater and film actor who gained fame after playing the self-confident businessman Andrei Zhdanov from the TV series Don't Be Born Beautiful. But you should not think of him as a hostage of one image - there are many other interesting and memorable acting works in his filmography, which we will tell you about in this material.
Childhood and family
Grisha Antipenko was born on October 10, 1974 in Moscow. His parents' apartment was located on Mosfilmovskaya Street, and the light of the famous film studio was always visible in the windows of his room. His mother, a process engineer, also worked at Mosfilm. The boy's father was also an engineer by profession. Gregory was brought up “in tandem”: his mother gently encouraged him, and his strict father kept him in a tight rein. 
Grigory did not dream about the fate of the actor in his youth, although he enjoyed going to the children's theater studio "Candle" in parallel with the karate section. The main hobbies of his childhood were the exact sciences - physics, chemistry and, of course, biology. The guy loved the last one especially strongly: for days on end he studied various textbooks, memorizing the Latin names of plants, animals, reptiles and other representatives of flora and fauna.
So the relatives were not at all surprised by the choice of Gregory the graduate, who applied to the medical school and became a student of the Faculty of Pharmacy. He aimed at the Faculty of Biology, but wanted to improve chemistry a little, in which the school, of course, helped him. He studied well and after graduation he easily got a job in his specialty. But then life made its own adjustments - the profession of a pharmacist seemed boring to the young man. He quit his job and started looking for his calling. Over the next few years, Grigory worked in an advertising agency, social structures, accounting institutions, and visited Mosfilm as a decorator (made copies of museum exhibits).
Interview with Grigory Antipenko on the air of the show "School Questionnaire"
At 22, Antipenko ended up at the Satyricon Theater - not yet an actor, but a stage worker. Having got acquainted with the intricacies of the backstage world, the young man decided to look for himself in a theatrical environment. Gregory's parents were surprised, especially his father. “How could a guy as emotionless as you become an actor?” he asked. But Gregory knew that it was acting that helped him cultivate and accumulate those qualities that he did not have.
This thought led him to preparatory group studio of the Moscow Art Theater, and then, in 1999, to the Shchukin School, to the studio of Rodion Ovchinnikov. The teachers who were sitting on the selection committee were not surprised when a rather adult and accomplished person with an education came to the audition, and only asked: “Why did you decide to change your life?”. To this, Gregory replied: "One life is not enough for me." And from that moment on, a completely new stage began in his biography.
Actor career
In 2002, already a fourth-year student, Grigory Antipenko made his film debut, more precisely, in the action-packed series Code of Honor (series 11 and 12). After that, there was a period of performances at the Mayakovsky Theater, the "Class Theater" and joint work with the acting troupe "Et cetera". During this period, Grigory Antipenko played in many outstanding performances and was even nominated for the prestigious annual Moscow Debate award. 
In 2005, the actor won the hearts of the spectators of the serial melodrama "The Talisman of Love" with Tatyana Arntgolts, appearing in the image of the anti-hero Platon Amelin, a swindler-magician.
The casting of the project "Don't Be Born Beautiful" became crucial in the career of an actor. He received an invitation from the director of the project Alexander Nazarov, who saw Antipenko in the main male role - the president of the Zimaleto fashion house Andrei Zhdanov. But something went wrong, and Gregory was informed: "Another person was taken to your role." He was not upset, because at that time he received the role of a lieutenant in the noteworthy mini-series "Junkers". He went to St. Petersburg to shoot, and in the midst of the filming process, he received a call from the Amedia company, which produced Don't Be Born Beautiful, and was called back to Moscow.
The actor has repeatedly noted that his character is completely different from the character of Zhdanov. If Zhdanov is a kind of “chocolate boy”, a party-goer who grew up in an atmosphere of permissiveness, then Grigory, in his own words, never knew wealth, and the person is not too sociable. Therefore, the work on the image of Zhdanov, both obvious and mysterious, seemed interesting to him. “Before filming, make-up artists tinted my hero’s hair with gray hair. What for? It is unlikely that he served in Afghanistan! Something made Zhdanov turn gray ahead of time - isn't it curious what? ”, Antipenko shared his impressions.
How did the actors of the series "Don't Be Born Beautiful" (2005 - 2016) change
Screen reincarnation and a tandem with the inimitable Nelly Uvarova brought the actor unprecedented success. In 2006, he received the prestigious TV Star Award, but the real reward for all his work was popular love and wide recognition.
After a stellar role in a TV series about love, new interesting roles began to appear one after another in the actor's career. During this period, Gregory established himself not only in love comedies and melodramas, but also in deeper films. Among these are the films “Moscow, I love you”, “This evening the angels cried”, “Acceptable victims”, the series “Retribution”, “The Man Without a Gun”, “The Last Minute”.
The actor also did not leave the theater stage. IN different years he performed at the Modern Theater of Entreprise (“Two on a Swing”), the Yermolova Theater (“Odessa 913”), the Other Theater (“Orpheus and Eurydice”), the Vakhtangov Theater (“Medea”, “Othello”, “Smile to Us, Lord” ). Grigory Antipenko skillfully combines work in cinema and theater at the present time. His performances are always sold out, and new screen works are always perceived by the audience with great animation.
Personal life of Grigory Antipenko
In the life of our today's hero there were two marriages - actual and civil. The first wife of the actor was a girl named Elena. With her famous actor met at a young age. As part of this love union, the eldest son of Gregory, Alexander, was born. 
After the breakup of this marriage, Grigory Antipenko met with actress Yulia Takshina for a long time, whom he met while working on the TV series Don't Be Born Beautiful. In a civil marriage, two celebrities had two sons - Ivan (born in 2007) and Fedor (born in 2009). This union broke up six years after the beginning of the novel. The press wrote that the gap occurred after Grigory found out about Yulia's past - she worked as a stripper under the pseudonym Bagheera. But Julia denied this information: "My husband always knew about these pages of my biography."
In 2013, Grigory became close with Tatyana Arntgolts during joint work on the play "Two on a Swing" under the auspices of the Modern Enterprise Theater. Their romance lasted two years.
Gregory has another passion besides acting - mountaineering. In the mountains, the actor rests his body and soul. At the age of 25, he made a solo ascent in the Caucasus, which could have ended extremely tragically. Having stumbled, he fell off the cliff and cut his vein. And to the nearest housing - three days walk. Somehow he bandaged his hand and, barely alive, trudged to the nearest settlement, experiencing "terrible animal fear." Subsequently, the actor conquered the mountains of Tien Shan (Khan-Tengri peak, 7070 meters), Pamirs (Lenin peak, 7134 meters, and Korzhenevskaya peak, 7105 meters),
Grigory Antipenko: personal life, now 2017 - you will find all this in our article. This talented actor fell in love with the audience for the role of Andrei Pavlovich Zhdanov in the TV series Don't Be Born Beautiful, he was born in Moscow in October 1974.
Fans enjoy watching films with the participation of the actor and go to performances in which he plays, but most of all they are interested in the personal life of Grigory Antipenko now, in 2017.
legal marriage
Even before starting work in the cinema, Gregory was married to a girl named Elena. The marriage lasted about 7 years and during this time the couple had a boy (the son was named Alexander).
Grigory Antipenko: photo Romance with Takshina
On the set of the series "Don't Be Born Beautiful," Antipenko met Yulia Takshina. According to the actor himself, at first he did not sympathize with Yulia, but during the filming they began to communicate and she opened up to him from a completely different side (the spectacular aspiring actress turned out to be a sensitive, reasonable and wise woman).
Grigory Antipenko and Yulia Takshina The couple's romance developed rapidly, immediately after the end of filming, the lovers went on vacation to the sea and played together in an episode of the film "Waiting for a Miracle" (airplane passengers).
Soon Julia became pregnant and their first child, Ivan, was born. star couple decided to live civil marriage without formalizing the relationship.
Grigory initially did not hide from Takshina that he loves and appreciates freedom, does not like it when something is imposed on him and forced to live in stereotypes. Julia, in turn, tried to be an understanding and caring wife - she did not insist on formalizing the relationship and let Antipenko go to the mountains (the actor is fond of mountaineering).
A couple of years after the birth of the first child, a second child appeared in the family. The couple named their youngest son Fedor.
At some point, a discord arose in the couple. Julia and Gregory tried to save the family, but in the end they decided to leave. Despite this, the actor takes part in the lives of children, visits them. Takshina does not interfere with this.
Since the actors parted as civilized people without scandals, mutual hatred and polyphony of each other with dirt, many fans still have a glimmer of hope that even now, in 2017, in the personal life of Grigory Antipenko there is a place for Yulia and children (In the media on this occasion, periodically there are headlines about family reunions, but then it turns out it was just another weekend spent with the kids).
flared passion
After parting with Yulia, there was a lull in the actor's personal life for some time, but already in 2014, the press announced that Grigory had an affair with a work colleague, actress Tatyana Arntgolts. They worked together in the play "Two on a Swing" and became fascinated with each other. It got to the point that the actor moved to live with a new lover and participated in raising her daughter from her first marriage.
This relationship did not last long - the passion that suddenly flared up also suddenly went out. Familiar Antipenko-Arntgolts couples claim that the actors simply got carried away and did not understand in time that mutual sympathy in their case is a sign of the beginning of friendship, not love.
From scratch
Judging by the photo, now in 2017 in the personal life of Grigory Antipenko, the place of his beloved is free - he was not seen in the company of beautiful ladies. The artist focused all his energy on working on new projects in the theater and cinema and, apparently, is not ready to burden himself with marriage.
Grigory Antipenko - famous actor During his life, the actor managed to change many professions in search of the one. With his personal life, the situation is a little different - the actor is still in search of that very one and only woman who will become his soulmate.
Actor Grigory Antipenko his wife and children
President of the Zimaletto fashion brand
“Our cinema lacks talent. Both directing and acting with the producer, ”the actor explained his absence on the screen in an interview with Woman’s Day (now Gregory is playing in the theater). Antipenko allegedly refuses most of the offers, although the actor’s filmography after Don’t Be Born Beautiful has a lot of work. True, all the paintings are little known, and Gregory, as a rule, plays episodic roles. “Bullet-fool 5”, the series “Razluchnitsa”, “Cornflowers for Vasilisa” - are these really the most interesting projects from the huge number of boring proposals that producers throw at Antipenko? The personal life of the actor is developing more dynamically. A colleague in Don't Be Born Beautiful, actress Yulia Takshina, gave birth to two children from Antipenko, and after a divorce from Takshina, he met with Tatyana Arntgolts. According to rumors, the actors are still together, despite reports of a breakup in September last year.
Nelly Uvarova
Personal Assistant to the President of Zimaletto
35-year-old Nelly, who 5 years ago became the mother of the girl Iya, is involved in charity work, plays in the theater and does not remind herself of roles in major television projects. The actress did not discuss the pregnancy with reporters, but it is known that the girl's father was the actor Alexandra Grishin, whom Uvarova married already in position.
Julia Takshina
Secretary of the President Zimaletto
The role in "Don't Be Born Beautiful" became fateful for Takshina. Firstly, this was the very first appearance of the artist on the screen, and how well everything turned out! And secondly, on the set of the series, the actress began to meet with the performer leading role Grigory Antipenko. They had two sons (the eldest Ivan is now 9, and the youngest Feda is 7), but the couple never got married and broke up. Of Takshina's subsequent major projects, only the film "Inadequate People" and the TV series "Kitchen" can be distinguished.
Olga Lomonosova
Bride of the President "Zimaletto"
In the series, Takshina played the best friend of the heroine Lomonosova, who, in turn, was going to marry the hero Grigory Antipenko. IN real life romantic relations developed between Takshina and Antipenko, and Lomonosova took the place of a close friend of the couple and became the godmother of their first-born son Ivan. Olga herself brings up two daughters from the theater actor and director Pavel Safonov and plays in the theater.
Petr Krasilov
Vice President Zimaletto
The role of Prince Mikhail Repnin in "Poor Nastya" was the first appearance of a young actor on the screen. A year later, Krasilov consolidated his popularity by starring in Don't Be Born Beautiful. But a successful start did not become a guarantee of a high-profile career: we have not heard about the actor for more than 10 years.
Ilya Lyubimov
The elder brother of the fiancee of the president of Zimaletto
Lyubimov's acting career is developing successfully. We saw Lyubimov in the comedy "Invisible" with Gosha Kutsenko, Katya Guseva and Andrey Merzlikin, the drama "Inadequate People", where he played the main role, the series "Ship" and "The Diary of Doctor Zaitseva". The actor is also happy in his personal life: he has a daughter and a son with actress Ekaterina Vilkova. In May 2011, the couple had a beautiful wedding with gypsies, fireworks and air lanterns, and also got married. Interestingly, before the wedding, the actors were not close, deciding to enter into an intimate relationship only after the wedding.
Maria Mashkova
Secretary
Despite the popularity of her father, actor Vladimir Mashkov, Maria's relationship with cinema is not going so well. But the role in the series "Don't Be Born Beautiful" brought her love: 20-year-old Mashkova at that time married actor Artem Semakin. True, not for long.
Artem Semakin
Best friend of the main character
“In my native Chelyabinsk, I had to spin. After the 9th grade, I dropped out of school. He dragged scenery in the theater, worked as a courier - saved up for a trip to Moscow. Two years later I came here with a close friend. He entered the Moscow Art Theater, and I entered the Pike. To celebrate, we drank and ate all the money. We reached Ufa, and from there we traveled to Chelyabinsk on a bed-chamber. We were fed by grandmothers in trains. We arrived at the Chelyabinsk railway station. At home, I saw my mother, packed my things - and went back to Moscow to study, ”the actor said in 2006 about his path to success in an interview with Cosmo. The decision to leave for Moscow was still the right one: Semakin played in a popular TV series and became famous. To his colleague Masha Mashkova, Semakin left his first wife, with whom his daughter Sonya grew up (now she is already a teenager).
Vitaly Egorov
Designer "Zimaletto"
The phrase of the extravagant gay "My fish" with an emphasis on "O" became the series' signature feature, and the hero of Egorov himself brought the necessary note of light madness to the project. But the actor himself is as far from his image as possible. Yegorov has two daughters, he plays in the Tabakov Theater in classical productions. “I am not ashamed of any of my work in the series. I just always do my best to the best of my ability. Oleg Pavlovich (Tabakov) taught me this - to be honest about my work, ”said the actor in an interview with Domashniy Ochag magazine. Now Egorov's priority is not new roles on TV, but the arrangement of a country house.
Victor Dobronravov
Courier
“Since I played the courier Fedya and became recognizable on the streets, a black streak has come in my personal life. You don't like you - the way you really are, but the image of the hero that you once successfully played. I treat my character very well, but I am not Fedya, I am Vitya, and my girlfriend, accordingly, should love Viktor Dobronravov. In general, fame in personal life, alas, greatly hinders. And so I want to find true love”, lamented the actor in an interview with Cosmopolitan in 2008. However, when Dobronravov's fame subsided, he managed to improve his personal life: in 2010 he married photographer Alexandra Torgushnikova, with whom he is raising a daughter. By the way, Victor is not only a talented actor, but also a musician: he is the soloist in the Carpet-Quartet project, which, as you might guess, plays covers.
Grigory Alexandrovich Antipenko ( Russian actor theater and cinema; height - 1.85 m) was born on October 10, 1974 in Moscow. His mother worked at the Mosfilm film studio, not far from which the whole family lived. During his school years, the future actor showed interest in biology, and also dreamed of visiting different countries. And although Grigory played in a theater studio, he was not seriously interested in the acting future.
After leaving school, the young man tried to master many professions, but they did not suit him. In 1996, Antipenko got a job as a stage fitter at the Satyricon, where he managed to watch not only theatrical performances themselves, but also the process of their creation. Gradually, the young man became addicted to the creative environment and soon decided to get an acting education at the Shchukin School. As a 4th year student, Gregory managed to get an episodic role in the series, as well as take part in theatrical productions. After graduating in 2003, the actor got a job at the Et cetera theater, while simultaneously acting in films.
Antipenko's most successful work was his role in the television series Don't Be Born Beautiful, where he played the president of a fashion house. He was accompanied by a young actress, who also liked the audience. By the way, the couple played together again in 2009 in the film "M + F", where they were also involved in the lead roles. Then the actor begins to receive offers and actively act in films of various genres, in addition, he entered the Higher Courses for Directors. In 2013, Gregory moved to the theater. Vakhtangov, where he still works.
The personal life of Grigory Antipenko for many of his fans seems, at first glance, very difficult. According to the actor himself, he is a loner in life and does not get along well with people, therefore, in family life his lovers are having a hard time. He met his first wife Elena Antipenko back in his student years, and after the wedding, the couple had a son, Alexander. But soon quarrels and mutual reproaches began between them, after which a divorce followed.
When the actor starred in the TV series Don't Be Born Beautiful, changes took place in his personal life: he had an affair with a young woman, who, after filming, became his civil wife. In 2007, the first-born son Ivan appeared in the family, and two years later the second son, Fedor, was born. At that time, the couple were still thinking about the wedding, but soon family idyll ended, and in 2012 they separated after six years of marriage. In one interview, Gregory said that it was he who initiated the divorce, because he believes that if there is no understanding in the family, then it can no longer be saved. Now the actor who has kept ex-wife good relationship, takes an active part in raising sons.
In the photo, Grigory Antipenko with his ex-wife Yulia Takshina and two sons Ivan and Fedor
Well, in Antipenko’s personal life, changes took place in 2014, when he rehearsed a new play “Two on a Swing”, where Tatyana Arntgolts was also involved. At that time, many colleagues noted that the actors began to treat each other not in a friendly way, and soon everyone found out that Gregory had moved to live with Tatiana at home. But the romantic relationship did not last long, and the lovers broke up. In the theater, everyone noticed that for some time they almost did not communicate, but then they calmed down and could even take a walk together. Despite rumors of a breakup, Antipenko and Arntgolts still did not cross each other out of their personal lives: now they sometimes meet, and also come to their performances.
Few people know that Grigory Antipenko's first education is a pharmacist. In connection with the flu epidemic, the artist told what preventive measures he uses. “I am an introvert by nature. I avoid society in principle, large groups of people. I communicate with the audience through the ramp. In a sense, I have social immunity. I don't think people get sick because they're sneezed on. When the time comes When you have to pay for something, that's when they get sick. Therefore, you need to think. I have such an attitude towards the disease - not a medical one, "the Komsomolskaya Pravda website quotes Grigory Antipenko.
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Note that the last three years, the star of the series "Don't Be Born Beautiful" has not acted in films. According to Antipenko, he doesn't like anything. "There is not enough talent. Directing, acting and producing in general. There is not enough talent. I'm not interested in what they offer me. Maybe someone is filming something good. I don't see it," the actor explained.
Antipenko admitted that, unlike many colleagues in the national cinema, he is not drawn to television at all. " I'm not interested in being a TV presenter. Therefore, the theater for me is an outlet. He has always been stronger than cinema, in principle. This is a different job. Another distance. Here it is required from the actors more inclinations, and magic, a miracle. You won't play here a second time if it didn't work out. Theater is a fine line where it is interesting to exist here and now. Not tomorrow, not from the third take, not from the 20th, not even from the second. And exactly from the first - go out and do it. What you can do, then do it," the popular actor is sure.
Gregory is mainly engaged in theatrical productions. In particular, he plays in the play "Two on a Swing" paired with Tatyana Arntgolts.
