He was named the most popular Russian actor in the first 15 years of the 21st century. The history of Khabensky in cinema began in 1994 with a tiny episode in the comedy “To whom God will send.” Who would have thought: not so much time will pass, and the viewer will fall in love with Konstantin selflessly. At the same time, in his personal life, the actor will survive a real tragedy. On January 11, Konstantin Yurievich celebrates his 51st birthday.
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Father is an engineer, mother is a mathematician. After the eight-year-old, the Leningrader Khabensky made a decision: I was going to an aviation technical school. In childhood and youth, Konstantin did not attend a drama club, but he mastered the guitar and cheerfully performed the compositions of his favorite rockers.
As a result, the future famous actor left the technical school – he realized that he was not capable of much on the technical side. He performed on the streets as a musician, worked as a janitor.
Only then did fate bring Khabensky to the theater-studio “Saturday”. First as an installer. Then the young man began to be involved in the crowd, and then he completely became a leading artist. The die is cast, Konstantin decided. He managed to become a student at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography.
Konstantin did not immediately find his stage after graduation. Were in the fate of Khabensky and “Satyricon”, and the theater. Lensoviet. In 2003, it will be 20 years since the actor became an integral part of the Moscow Art Theater troupe. Chekhov.
Whoever he played in the theater: Zilov in Duck Hunt, Alexei Turbin in The White Guard, Claudius in Hamlet, Caligula in the performance of the same name. And in the filmography of the actor almost 100 works.
The audience especially liked him Igor Plakhov in Lethal Force, Anton Gorodetsky in Patrols, Kolchak in Admiral, prosecutor Andrei in Heavenly Court.
One of Khabensky’s principles is not to work tipsy. “There are people who work great with this tool, but I can’t. Having fallen into this trap once, I don’t do it anymore. Everyone began to save themselves, throwing my remarks. And I spoke to them in an incomprehensible jellyfish language, ”the artist recalled that very incident.
“Used all his bells and whistles”
At 28, Khabensky married, and at 36 he became a widower. The first wife of the artist was journalist Anastasia Fedoseeva. She gave her husband a son, Ivan, who is 15 today. Shortly after giving birth, it turned out that Anastasia had glioblastoma, not just a malignant, but also a very aggressive brain tumor.
Konstantin did everything to help his wife. Today he believes that he did not always act correctly.
“I made a mistake when I turned to one “specialist” from Bishkek. At one time, Alexander Abdulov passed through this person. We used all his bells and whistles, and it was a big mistake that was worth the second operation, ”the artist clutched his head.
Anastasia died in December 2008 in a clinic overseas. Even during the life of his first wife, Khabensky, together with her, began to help children with severe brain diseases, and then founded a charitable foundation.
The actor reflects: “Perhaps if the tumor had been found earlier, it’s not a fact that Vanka would have been born.” Ivan settled in Barcelona with his maternal grandmother. Konstantin is sure that the boy is doing as well as possible after the loss of his mother.
“To betray is to forget”
Today Konstantin is the father of three children. Five years after the death of his first wife, he married again, to his colleague Olga Litvinova. The actress also serves in the Moscow Art Theater, and also acts in films from time to time. Two daughters were born – Alexandra is in her seventh year, and Vera will soon be four.
Khabensky is very kind to the memory of his late wife. However, there came a time when I had to answer a few questions for myself:
“How should a person, according to the idea of the creator, live – in love or in suffering? In love. And to betray means to forget.
Went the second year, as Konstantin Yuryevich was appointed artistic director and director of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov. However, apart from leadership, he did not completely retire from business.
Plays in the play “Vraki, or the Testament of Baron Munchausen”, gives master classes. In 2023, viewers will see the military film drama The Righteous Man and the family science fiction film One Hundred Years Ahead, in which Khabensky plays the lead roles.
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