Kirill Yurievich Lavrov is an actor of the greatest talent. He was loved and revered in the cinema and on the stage. Lavrov was born in Leningrad on September 15, 1925, in the family of actor Yuri Sergeyevich Lavrov, then working in the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after Gorky, whose literary director was Alexander Blok. Lavrov’s mother, Olga Ivanovna, devoted herself to literary and reading activities, played in brigades and recorded a lot on the radio. Kirill’s father dreamed that his son would
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Kirill Yurievich Lavrov is an actor of the greatest talent. He was loved and revered in the cinema and on the stage.
Lavrov was born in Leningrad on September 15, 1925, in the family of actor Yuri Sergeyevich Lavrov, then working in the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after Gorky, whose literary director was Alexander Blok. Lavrov’s mother, Olga Ivanovna, devoted herself to literary and reading activities, played in brigades and recorded a lot on the radio.
Kirill’s father dreamed that his son would make a brilliant career in aviation, so he was categorically against his theatrical aspirations. But, despite this, Lavrov tried to enter the theater school on Mokhovaya to L.F. Makariev, but was not allowed to the competition, since he did not have a certificate of maturity. He did not stop there and went to K.P. Khokhlov, who then headed the Kiev Academic Theater of Russian Drama named after Lesya Ukrainka. Lavrov read his entire repertoire, after which he was invited to the theater.
In 1950-1955 Kirill Yurievich worked in Kiev. He began his career with crowds, then began to get roles. In Mdivani’s New Times, he played with his father. The novice artist had excellent appearance and great stage charm, which played an important role in his career. Kirill successfully played role after role, gaining experience and improving theatrical skills. The most striking theatrical roles are his characters in the productions of “Peterchan”, “Five Evenings”, “The Inspector” and “Ovean” by Georgy Tovstonogov. In 1989, after the death of Tovstonogov, by unanimous universal secret ballot, Kirill Yurievich was elected to the post of artistic director of the theater.
Since 1956 he began acting in cinema. But “really” noticed Lavrov only in 1964, after the film adaptation of the novel by K. Simonov.
The Living and the Dead" . Since then, his acting career has rapidly gone up, he was invited by famous directors, among whom was D. Khrabrovitsky. “Taming Fire”, “Brothers Karamazov”, “Explanation in Love”, “Glass of Water”, “Trust” ... the list of films with the participation of Lavrov, which have become masterpieces of Russian cinema can be continued and continued.
Lavrov’s last work in the cinema – the role of Pontius Pilate
series "The Master and Margarita" Based on the book by Mikhail Bulgakov. /