Mikhail Kononov

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1940-04-25

Deathday 2007-07-16 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Also Known As Михаил Иванович Кононов, М. Кононов

Mikhail Kononov

Biography

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (04.17.1989). People's Artist of Russia (11/22/1999). In 1963 he graduated from the Shchepkin Theater School and was accepted into the troupe of the Maly Theater. From August 1, 1963 to April 16, 1968 - actor of the Academic Maly Theater. Since 1968 - actor of the Gorky film studio. The actor played his first role, while still a student, in 1961 he made his debut in the film by Ivan Pyryev "Our mutual friend", where Kononov got the role of Vitka. The type played by him for a long time determined the role of the actor - "a guy from the people", charming and unsophisticated. Kononov did not work out with the theater. After graduating from the Shchepkin College in 1963, Mikhail Kononov came to the Maly Theater. At first, he seemed to fit into the theatrical environment. However, in the future, the attitude of the leadership of the Maly Theater to the young actor changed - there were rumors that the masters did not like that Kononov was making a career in cinema. Five years later, the actor left the theatrical stage forever. In 1969, the actor married a girl named Natalya. The couple lived 38 years in marriage, they did not have children. Natalia passed away in 2011. In 1997, Mikhail Ivanovich had to sell an apartment in the center of Moscow in order to buy a house in the Istra district, in the village of Butyrki (near Mozhaisk). For eight years, the building was being renovated at the end of the 19th century. So the Kononovs lived all this time, one might say, at a construction site and for the money from the sale of vegetables grown in his garden. A year before the death of Mikhail Kononov, they returned to Moscow. Since the late 1980s, the actor has appeared less and less on the screen. Often refused offers, with the new generation in the cinema he was not fundamentally friendly and rarely appeared in public. After returning to Moscow, he worked as the head of the marketing department. He wrote scripts, and in his own words, "looked for himself." The actor did not like those works that brought him popularity among the audience - “The Head of Chukotka”, “Big Break” or “Guest from the Future”. “If we talk about recognition in professional circles,” said the actor, “then Thomas’s small role in the film“ Andrei Rublev ”brought me greater success. One of his last works is that of Gleb Panfilov’s film“ In the First Circle ”(2006). he was filming when he was already very sick. "Misha said there so that his every word pierced his heart, but, unfortunately, none of the film critics noticed or noted this," says Inna Churikova, of whom Kononov was a partner in such legendary films like “Beginning” and “There is no ford in the fire.” Before his death, he wrote a book that he had nothing to publish. Despite his grave condition, in the last days of his life, the popularly beloved actor tried not to lose his presence of spirit. Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov He died on July 16, 2007 at 10:10 in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation unit of Moscow Clinical Hospital No. 20. "My friends and I raised a small amount to buy medicine for Mikhail Ivanovich," Kononova’s neighbor in the ward says. But it was too late, we were unable to save him. "The actor was buried in the columbarium of the Vagankovsky cemetery in Moscow (plot No. 1).

Known For

Actor

2022
The Film That Went Wrong

as Archive footage

1997
1997
Незнайка на Луне

as Гризль, учёный-астроном

1994
Ryaba, My Chicken

as отец Никодим

1992
The Inner Circle

as Voroshilov

1991
Memento Mori

as «Дермантин» (железнодорожник)

1990
The Royal Hunt

as Kustov

1987
1987
Broken Circle

as Пётр Царьков (зав. складом готовой продукции фабрики)

1986
Over the Rainbow

as Ivan Ivanovich

1985
Guest from the Future

as Krys - kosmicheskiy pirat

1984
Guest from the Future

as Krys, kosmicheskiy pirat

1984
Alone and Unarmed

as Пётр (швейцар)

1983
1982
1982
Station for Two

as Nikolasha

1981
Vasily and Vasilisa

as Vasiliy Vologzhin

1981
1981
Adventures of Vasia Kurolesov

as Vasya Kurolesov (voice)

1979
Catch the Wind

as Васька

1979
Siberiade

as Rodion Klimentov

1979
Taiga Story

as Akim

1978
Comedy of mistakes

as Дромио Эфесский / Дромио Сиракузский

1977
Almanzor's Rings

as Zenziver

1977
Vasilisa the Beautiful

as prince Ivan (voice)

1976
Twenty Days Without War

as Pasha Rubtsov

1976
72 Degrees Below Zero

as Anton Zhmurkin

1976
Captain Nemo

as Konsel

1975
Captain Nemo

as Conseil

1974
1973
Discovery

as Сергей Юрышев (в молодости)

1973
The Long Recess

as Северов Нестор Петрович

1972
The Long Recess

as Nestor Petrovich Severov

1972
Hello and Goodbye

as Митька Ярмолюк

1971
Hold on to the Clouds

as Соколовы (Дима и Костя)

1971
The Fifteenth Spring

as German officer

1970
The Beginning

as Pavlik

1969
The White Weathervane

as Василий Васильевич Крутогоров (чекист)

1969
1969
At War as at War

as Sanya Maleshkin

1967
1966
1966
The Chief of Chukotka

as Alexey Bychkov

1964
Goodbye, Boys!

as Viktor

1962
Come Tomorrow...

as bus passenger (uncredited)

Writer

2005
Naked Pioneer

as Story