Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky (Russian: ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¸Ì Ð»
Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'Ð¾Ñ Ì Ñ€Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; born 26 December 1949 in
Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian actor and singer. He is best known
for playing swashbucklers in historical adventure films; the role of
d'Artagnan in the 1978 Soviet adaptation of Alexander Dumas' Three
Musketeers elevated Boyarsky to the nationwide fame. In the 1980s, he
was also popular as a singer. Boyarsky is an Honored Artist of the
RSFSR (1984) and a People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1990).Mikhail
Sergeevich Boyarsky was born in the family of Sergey Boyarsky [ru] and
Ekaterina Milenteva, both Komissarjevsky Theatre actors. He studied
piano in a music school affiliated with the Conservatory. After
school, Boyarsky entered Institute of Theatre Music and Cinema,
finishing in 1972 and begun working in the Lensoviet Theatre for Igor
Vladimirov.In the cinema, the actor made a debut in the films Bridges
and The Straw Hat (1974), becoming well known in 1975 after his role
in the picture Eldest Son. He found much greater popularity in the
main role of Troubadour in the theatre musical The Troubadour and His
Friends, with the princess played by Larissa Luppian [ru], who soon
became his wife. In 1976, he played the big bad wolf in the movie
Ma-ma.His popularity really took off in 1978 after Boyarsky starred in
the musical film d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers. After that, he was
typecast as a swashbuckler for two decades; he reprised his role as
d'Artagnan in three sequels and portrayed other "sword and hat"
characters in adventure movies like The Dog in the Manger (1978), The
Prisoner of Château d'If (1988), Gardes-Marines, Ahead! (1988), Don
Cesar de Bazan (1989), Viva Gardes-Marines! (1991), Queen Margot
(1996), among others. Being a singer, he also often starred in musical
films. Occasionally he played against type, like in Extra Ticket or
The Waiting Room.
Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'Ð¾Ñ Ì Ñ€Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; born 26 December 1949 in
Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian actor and singer. He is best known
for playing swashbucklers in historical adventure films; the role of
d'Artagnan in the 1978 Soviet adaptation of Alexander Dumas' Three
Musketeers elevated Boyarsky to the nationwide fame. In the 1980s, he
was also popular as a singer. Boyarsky is an Honored Artist of the
RSFSR (1984) and a People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1990).Mikhail
Sergeevich Boyarsky was born in the family of Sergey Boyarsky [ru] and
Ekaterina Milenteva, both Komissarjevsky Theatre actors. He studied
piano in a music school affiliated with the Conservatory. After
school, Boyarsky entered Institute of Theatre Music and Cinema,
finishing in 1972 and begun working in the Lensoviet Theatre for Igor
Vladimirov.In the cinema, the actor made a debut in the films Bridges
and The Straw Hat (1974), becoming well known in 1975 after his role
in the picture Eldest Son. He found much greater popularity in the
main role of Troubadour in the theatre musical The Troubadour and His
Friends, with the princess played by Larissa Luppian [ru], who soon
became his wife. In 1976, he played the big bad wolf in the movie
Ma-ma.His popularity really took off in 1978 after Boyarsky starred in
the musical film d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers. After that, he was
typecast as a swashbuckler for two decades; he reprised his role as
d'Artagnan in three sequels and portrayed other "sword and hat"
characters in adventure movies like The Dog in the Manger (1978), The
Prisoner of Château d'If (1988), Gardes-Marines, Ahead! (1988), Don
Cesar de Bazan (1989), Viva Gardes-Marines! (1991), Queen Margot
(1996), among others. Being a singer, he also often starred in musical
films. Occasionally he played against type, like in Extra Ticket or
The Waiting Room.
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