Vladas Bagdonas is a Lithuanian actor.
He was born in 1949 in Vilnius. After school he entered the acting faculty of the Vilnius Conservatory, which he graduated in 1970.
After graduating from the conservatory, he worked for more than twenty years at the Vilnius Lithuanian State Youth Theatre. In 1994 he became a teacher in the conservatory at the acting faculty, and since 1998 he has been appointed dean. In 2003 Vladas Bagdonas became a professor at the Vilnius Academy of Music and Drama.
Viewers Vladas Bagdonas is known for the roles he played in the Lithuanian director Etzmuntas Nyakrošius. The main roles can be called Faust, Othello, Salieri in “Little tragedies”, as well as Tusenbach in “Three Sisters”.
In addition to roles in the theater, Vladas Bagdonas also starred in films. His first role was a knight of the Teutonic Order in Hercus Mantas in 1972. The first major role for Vladas Bagdonas was the role of Antanelis in the film “Wreath of Oak Leaves” by Gitis Lukshas.
The list of roles of Bagdonas in feature films includes participation in such films as “Nursing Land”, “Walking Lights”, “American Tragedy”, “Barbora Radvilaite”, “Go and See”, “Exhibition”,
The Thirteenth Apostle "Sons of Dawn,"
House of Fools "Without the right to error", "Attempt",
"Conductor" and many others.
In 2009, Vladas Bagdonas participated in the production of the Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania and the Baltic House Theatre-Festival based on the play by D. Harrower Black Thrush. The production was directed by J. Waitkus. For the actor it was the first experience in the Russian theater, which was quite successful.
During his career as a theater and film actor Vladas Bagdonas received more than one award. In 1987, for his role in the play “And a Day Lasts For More Than a Century” based on the work of C. Aitmatov, as well as for his role in “Uncle Van” based on the play by A. P. Chekhov, he was awarded the USSR Prize. The plays were staged at the State Small Theatre of the Lithuanian USSR.
In 2002, the actor was awarded the Order of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gyadiminas of the 5th degree, and in 2006 he became a laureate of the Stanislavsky Prize “For Contribution to the Development of World Theatre Art”.