What Actors Have Achieved Success After 40

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

5 celebrities who became famous when they were in their 40s

Some artists do not leave the screens all their lives, while others have experienced the thorny path to success. Find out which actors have gone through many trials and became famous only in adulthood.

Alexey Buldakov

Alexey Buldakov was born in Altai into a simple working-class family and from childhood dreamed of becoming a pilot. After moving to Pavlodar, the boy was passionately interested in cinema and did not miss a single show.

At the age of 16, Buldakov entered the theater studio at the Pavlodar Drama Theater, and after graduation he was accepted into the troupe of this theater. After serving in the army, the actor decided to leave the stage and got a job at a tractor plant.

But art did not let go. Until 1982, Buldakov managed to work in theaters in Pavlodar, Tomsk, Karaganda and Ryazan. It was in the Ryazan Drama Theater that film director Leonid Makarychev noticed him and invited him to the main role of the partisan Savely in the film "Through the Years". After this tape, the actor was not offered the main roles for a long time, he was known in narrow cinematic circles.

Alexei Ivanovich's triumph began in 1995 after the release of Alexei Rogozhkin's picture "Peculiarities of the National Hunt", where the actor shone in the role of General Buldakov. The 44-year-old artist was covered by a wave of popular love, and his character completely healed an independent life and firmly entered folklore.

Valery Garkalin

Valery's parents had nothing to do with art. The son's desire to be an artist was supported only by his mother, his father did not want to hear anything about it. Contrary to his father, the young man entered the Gnessin Music School at the faculty of puppetry. Garkalin was not admitted to any theater university. At the Shchukin School, he generally received advice to bypass theatrical institutes.

After graduating from gnesinka at the People and Dolls theater, the artist worked for 6 years. GITIS Garkalin received his diploma only at the age of 34 and after that he went on stage from behind the screen.

Valery Borisovich's film career began at the age of 35, and national fame came to him at 40 after filming the comedy "Shirley-Myrli". Director Vladimir Menshov doubtfully gave Garkalin consent to the shooting. But the actor managed to fall in love with both the director and the audience, brilliantly playing three characters in the comedy at once.

In 1995 he was awarded the Kinoshock Festival Prize for Best Actor.

Sergey Burunov

Sergei Burunov was born into a simple Moscow family. Since childhood, he was fond of sports and aviation. Having entered the flight school, he realized that he was drawn to the stage more.

After graduating from the Kachin Higher Military School of Pilots, Sergei entered the State Variety and Circus School at the Faculty of the Variety Department. And in 2002 he graduated from the famous "Sliver".

For a long time, the actor could not find a job in his specialty. He got a job on the radio, then worked for 4 years at the Satire Theater, dubbing foreign films. The characters of Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Adam Sandler speak in his voice.

In 2007, Sergey was cast in the Big Difference program. There he was able to talentedly parody over a hundred characters.

Real fame fell on Burunov at the age of 39 after the release of the series "Policeman from Rublyovka", where the actor played the role of Colonel Yakovlev. Now Sergei continues to delight us with roles in TV shows, movies and music videos.

Anna Frolovtseva

Anna Frolovtseva has been waiting for her finest hour for over 40 years. The future artist was born in Moscow. She received her diploma from the Shchepkin Theater School in 1972. Due to problems with money, the girl did not shy away from any work: she had to work as a cleaner and a waitress.

Immediately after her studies, Anna began to act in films and play in theatrical performances. The actress has accumulated a myriad of tiny and insignificant roles. At the beginning of the XXI century, Anna Vasilyevna left her vivid episodic images in the films "Stop on demand", "Everyone will die, but I will stay", "Daddy's daughters".

In 2008, when the actress celebrated her 60th birthday, she was invited to the lead role in the sitcom Voronin. Frolovtseva could not even imagine that the role of Galina Ivanovna would bring her the glory of a nationwide mother-in-law and make her famous throughout the country.

Alisa Freundlich

The bright and characteristic actress was born in Leningrad in 1934 into a creative family. Alice chose her profession as a child after watching the operetta "Corneville Bells".

The girl dressed up in her mother's dresses and arranged home theater performances. After school, Freundlich was admitted to the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theater Institute.

As a student, Alisa Brunovna played a lot at the Lensovet Theater, on her account were episodic roles in the films "Unfinished Story", "The City Lights the Lights" and "Talents and Admirers".

The 70s of the last century can be safely considered the golden years of the actress. In 1974, Freundlich starred in the role of Baroness da Champigny in Straw Hat, and in 1977 she got her starring role as Lyudmila Prokofievna in the comedy Office Romance. The fact that this role was written specifically for Alisa Brunovna and brought her the title of "Actress of the Year".

After the release of the film, popular love fell upon the 43-year-old actress. Her hairstyles and dresses have become a real trend. The women asked their masters to make them a haircut similar to Kalugin. The actress received letters that the image of her character motivated ordinary workers to reconsider their appearance and wardrobe.