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Oleg GuschinActor
Date of Birth: 17.08.1957
Country:  Russia |
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Biography of Oleg Gushchin
Oleg Gushchin is a renowned actor and a Merited Artist of Russia. He was born in Riga, in the Baltic region. In 1983, he graduated from the acting faculty of the State Institute of Theatrical Art named after A.V. Lunacharsky. He was a student of the distinguished director Anatoly Vasilyevich Efros. After completing his studies, Gushchin worked as an actor in theaters in Riga and Yekaterinburg.
Gushchin gained great success playing leading roles in plays by authors such as Albee, Capek, Gogol, Shukshin, and Vampilov. He also participated in theater festivals in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. In addition to his theater work, Gushchin appeared in films and on television.
In 1992, Gushchin was invited to join the troupe of the N.V. Gogol Moscow Drama Theater, where he became a leading actor. His debut in the theater was in the play "There, Far Away... Beyond the Horizon" by V. Maximov, where he portrayed the young immigrant Varfolomey Ananasov, inspired by the famous writer and political activist Eduard Limonov.
Throughout his career, Gushchin received numerous awards and recognition for his exceptional performances. He was the winner of the "Best Male Performance" award at the Moscow Mayor's Prize and also received accolades for his portrayal of the main characters in plays by Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill.
Selected Works
- "The Joker" (2004) - Georgy
- "The Suit for the Summer Hotel" - Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- "The Sign of the Red Devil's Battery" - King
- "Long Day's Journey into Night" - Jamie
- "Ivanov" - Ivanov
- "My Crime" - Desiree Shomet
Filmography
- "The Misfortune of Being" (1985)
- "Man-Eater" (1991)
- "Without Justice" (1991)
- "And the Wind Returns..." (1991)
- "Silence" (1992)
- "Maroseyka Street, 12 - The Death Gene" (2000)
- "The March of the Turk. Killing the Raven" (2000)
- "The Fifth Corner" (TV series) (2001)
- "Russian Amazons" (TV series) (2002)
- "Code of Honor" (TV series) (2002)
- "Kamenskaya-3: The Seventh Victim" (2003)
- "The Liquidator" (TV series) (2004)
- "Ashes of the Phoenix" (TV series) (2004)
- "Sunless" (TV series) (2004)
- "The Joker" (2004)
- "The Prosecutor's Office" (TV series) (2004)
- "Black Goddess" (TV series) (2005)
