Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov is a Russian actor of theater, He is known for playing the role of Oleg Lutaev in The 9th Company.
Biography
Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov was born on October 27, 1983 in Moscow. His mother Maria Vladimirovna is an art teacher. The godfather of Artur is Ivan Okhlobystin. He spent his childhood and youth in the city ofKorolyov, Moscow Region. Artur has two younger brothers and a sister. Smolyaninov's cinematic debut was at the age of fourteen in the 1998 film Who, if Not We by Valeriy Priemykhov. After completing external school at the age of 16, he entered the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts at the acting section of the directing department at the age of 16, and in 2004 graduated from it with almost a dozen credits in films and on television. After his acting debut in Who, if Not We, he played in the movie Triumph. The role of Liuto in the film about the Afghan warThe 9th Company brought wide popularity to the actor. Artur Smolyaninov was accepted into the troupe of the Sovremennik Theatre in 2006. In his theatrical performances, he played the father in Family Situations by Biljana Srbljanović, Vikhorev in Stay in Your Own Sled by Alexander Ostrovsky. Afterwards he had the roles of Soleny in the play "Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov, the Danish king in "Once Again about the Naked King" Leonid Filatov, Pompey and Gonets in the play "Antony & Cleopatra. Version" of Oleg Bogayev and Kirill Serebrennikov based on the works of William Shakespeare, Prince Gialmar in "Malen" by Maurice Maeterlinck. Artur Smolyaninov played the main role of ambulance doctor Oleg Samarin in the television series Samara which premiered in 2012 and lasted for two seasons.
Philanthropy
Artur Smolyaninov is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Give Life Foundation, organized by Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun, which helps children with oncohematological diseases, and Galchonok, which helps children with organic lesions of the central nervous system. Repeatedly participated in charitable events. Took part in the competitive ice skating show Ice Age in 2014, paired with Olympic champion Tatiana Totmyanina.
