Artur Smolyaninov

Artur Smolyaninov
Born	Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov (1983-10-27) 27 October 1983 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Darya Melnikova
Children	2

Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov (Russian: Арту́р Серге́евич Смольяни́нов, born 27 October 1983) is a Russian actor of theater, He is known for playing the role of Oleg Lutaev in The 9th Company.

Biography

Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov was born on October 27, 1983 in Moscow. His mother Maria Vladimirovna is an art teacher. The godfather of Artur is Ivan Okhlobystin. He spent his childhood and youth in the city of Korolyov, Moscow Region. Artur has two younger brothers and a sister.

Smolyaninov's cinematic debut was at the age of fourteen in the 1998 film Who, if Not We by Valeriy Priemykhov.

After completing external school at the age of 16, he entered the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts at the acting section of the directing department (course of Leonid Kheifets) at the age of 16, and in 2004 graduated from it with almost a dozen credits in films and on television.

After his acting debut in Who, if Not We, he played in the movie Triumph. The role of Liuto in the film about the Afghan war The 9th Company brought wide popularity to the actor.

Artur Smolyaninov was accepted into the troupe of the Sovremennik Theatre in 2006. In his theatrical performances, he played the father in Family Situations by Biljana Srbljanović, Vikhorev in Stay in Your Own Sled by Alexander Ostrovsky.

Afterwards he had the roles of Soleny in the play "Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov, the Danish king in "Once Again about the Naked King" Leonid Filatov, Pompey and Gonets in the play "Antony & Cleopatra. Version" of Oleg Bogayev and Kirill Serebrennikov based on the works of William Shakespeare, Prince Gialmar in "Malen" by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Artur Smolyaninov played the main role of ambulance doctor Oleg Samarin in the television series Samara which premiered in 2012 and lasted for two seasons.

In October 2022 Smolyanoinov was charged for discretiting the russian army - that was after his anti-war-statements and after he had left Russia. He commented; ″The laws of this state do not exist for me. They, like the state itself, are inherently criminal, which means they have neither moral nor legal force.″

Philanthropy

Artur Smolyaninov is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Give Life Foundation, organized by Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun, which helps children with oncohematological diseases, and Galchonok, which helps children with organic lesions of the central nervous system. Repeatedly participated in charitable events. Took part in the competitive ice skating show Ice Age in 2014, paired with Olympic champion Tatiana Totmyanina.

Personal life

In 2013 he married the actress Darya Melnikova, in October 2015 the couple had a son.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Who if not us	Tolyasik
2003	The Suit	Geka
2004	Daddy	Lёnchik
2004	Mars	Gregory
2005	The 9th Company	Oleg Lutaev
2006	Heat	Artur
2007	1612	Kostka
2008	Nirvana	Valera
2009	The Book of Masters	Yangul
2009	Ya	Geroy / Ya
2010	Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus	Jurka
2010	Yolki	Aleksey
2011	Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel	Jurka
2011	Five Brides	Vadim Dobromyslov
2011	The Darkest Hour	Yuri
2011	Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf	Gray Wolf	(voice)
2011	Fairytale.Is	Hare
2012	Moy paren - angel
2012	Soulless	Avdyei
2012	The White Guard	adjutant Boyko	TV series
2013	Eight	Buts
2014	Redirected	Doncius
2014	Yolki 1914	Pyotr Kuznetsov
2020	AK-47	engineer Captain Lyuti
2021	Mariya. Spasti Moskvu

Dubbing roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	ChalkZone	Reggie Bullnerd	Russian Dubbing

External links

• Artur Smolyaninov at IMDb