Born on October 7, 1959 in Leningrad. In 1980 he graduated from the acting faculty of LGITMIK and was accepted into the troupe of the Leninsky Komsomol Leningrad Theatre. Since 1986 - in the troupe of the V. F. Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, on the stage of which he played a number of diverse roles, although he almost immediately discovered the talent of an acute actor. Since 1989, V. Bogdanov has been creating the Chameleon Theatre Studio. The energy of the artist was enough to be an administrator,
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Born on October 7, 1959 in Leningrad.
In 1980 he graduated from the acting faculty of LGITMIK and was accepted into the troupe of the Leninsky Komsomol Leningrad Theatre.
Since 1986 - in the troupe of the V. F. Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, on the stage of which he played a number of diverse roles, although he almost immediately discovered the talent of an acute actor.
Since 1989, V. Bogdanov has been creating the Chameleon Theatre Studio. The energy of the artist was enough to be an administrator, director, and actor in one person. This was the first serious step towards popularity and a rare case of coincidence of audience love with the love of criticism. Bright witty performances of this theater were seen by the audience not only in St. Petersburg, but also in France, Italy, Great Britain.
V. A. Bogdanov enthusiastically worked in the genre of literary theater, and already in 1987 he became a laureate of the All-Russian competition of artists-readers dedicated to the 150th anniversary of A. S. Pushkin. In 1995 - laureate of the prestigious Mikhail Chekhov International Competition, held in London.
Since 1999, V. Bogdanov - again in the troupe of the V. F. Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, where he confidently and quickly won a leading position. Over the past five years, the artist played 7 central roles. The natural power of the artist charges any space, performances with his participation become a magnetic center for the viewer. The artistic justification of the actor’s means often makes the supporting role more significant. So, in the “Death of a Salesman” by A. Miller in the production of V. Furman, the artist in a small verbal area of the role of Uncle Ben, managed to convey the fatal to horror influence of his personality on the life and fate of the main character of the play. Often the heroes of Bogdanov suppress the will of people around him and even loved ones. The hypocrisy of the actor is based on the finest psychologically motivated analysis of the role. The mystery of his talent is the duality of charm. Sometimes there is a threat in his heroes. In his laughter is Gogol's sarcasm. No wonder the director of one of the last premieres of the theater on the play by M. Bulgakov “Chichik” Alexander Isakov staged his play especially for V. Bogdanov. Here - a special space for creative opportunities realized in full. The reprehension of existence and the “penetrating Bogdanov’s monologue”, comedy on the verge of grotesque and psychological authenticity are fused into a single whole. Here "hotness and emotionality ... are equally proportional to coldness and prudence." And in the courageous sorcerer Prospero from the play by Alexander Morfov on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” there is a fabulous lightness and gloomy tragedy from the realization of the illusory nature of existence. The range of the actor is huge. Even in the light modern comedy “The Mystifier” based on the play of I. Garuchava and P. Khakhnovsky, depicting in his hero the temptation of big money and a compromise with his own conscience, Bogdanov accurately conveys in George the transitions from ridiculous to terrible, with “outward bravado and cynical readiness to become a murderer.”
V. Bogdanov is a modern man. Reactivity of nature, universal knowledge significantly expanded his field of activity. It is no coincidence that the TV program “Computer World”, which he hosts, has a high rating. The artist knows the world of the computer thoroughly, and here he is an ace, who mastered the profession of an artistic designer and layout designer.
The huge popularity of the actor reached its peak when he became a lot and extremely successful in film and television. The first great success of the world level was his role as Borman in A. Sokurov’s film Molokh. In the historical series "Empire under attack" brilliantly played a gambling political intrigue, the leader of the SRs Evno Azef.
V. Bogdanov is a talented teacher, one of the authors of a book about acting, published by the St. Petersburg Theatre Academy.