Anton Shagin

Anton Aleksandrovich Shagin (, born 2 April 1984) is a Russian actor of theater, most famous for his role as Mels in Hipsters.

Biography Anton Gorshkov (Shagin) was born in Kimry, Kalinin Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He spent his childhood in Karachev, Bryansk Oblast.

Before attending school, he bore the name of Anton Gorshkov (Shagin - the surname of his stepfather). When Anton was 14 years old, his mother died. After 9th grade he went to study at a vocational school to be a locksmith. He participated in the initiative. After graduating from vocational school, he worked for one year, went to Moscow to enroll in the Moscow Art Theater School. He entered the first time.

In 2006, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School (course of I. Zolotovitsky and S. Zemtsov).

Winner of the Theatre Award "Golden Leaf" in 2006 for Best Actor in the play Do not part with your beloved in the Moscow Art Theater School.

Since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anton has played an active role in promoting the Russian narrative of the Russo-Ukrainian War on state media. He has been featured in interviews on the Russia-1 program Life and Destiny, where he emotionally describes atrocities by the Ukrainian government he claims to have witnessed against ethnic Russians while traveling in Donbas.

Personal life He is married to classmate Veronika Isayeva. Their children are son Matvey (b. 2008) and daughter Polina (b. 2014).

Roles in theater Lenkom Theatre 2009 "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov; director Mark Zakharov - Lopakhin 2011 "Peer Gynt" by Ibsen; director Mark Zakharov - Peer Gynt

Moscow Art Theatre Chekhov "Do not part with your beloved" Volodin - Mitya

Russian Academic Youth Theatre "The Red and the Black" by Stendhal; director Yuri Eremin - Male "The Coast of Utopia" T. Stoppard; director Alexander Borodin - Sleptsov

Other theaters "Valentine's Day". Director: Victor Ryzhakov - Valentin (TC Strastnoy) "July". Director: Victor Ryzhakov - the role of three sons of a maniac (Theater "Practice") "Love of the Stanislavsky system." Director: Mikheil Kazakov - Alex (youngest son) (PM Innovation) "Liturgy ZERO» Director: Valery Fokin - the role of Alexei Ivanovich (Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg)

Filmography

Film + List of film credits Year Title Role Notes 2007 Vice Krot 2008 Hipsters Mels 2010 The Weather Station Slava 2010 Without Men 2010 Touch Gleb (ru) 2010 Moscow fireworks Semyon 2011 Kiss Through a Wall Kesha 2011 Innocent Saturday Valeriy Kabysh, Komsomol worker (ru) 2011 loafers Solovey 2014 Sex, coffee, cigarettes 2015 Security Vitaliy 2015 Anka with Moldavanka Arkadiy Sotnikov TV series 2016 Friday Vitaliy Belov 2016 Versus Shark 2017 The Road to Calvary Alexey Bessonov TV series 2018 Dovlatov Anton Kuznetsov 2019 Union of Salvation Kondraty Ryleyev, poet, journalist Films based on Union of Salvation 2021 The North Wind Benedict 2021 Upon the Magic Roads Ivan the Fool The tale is based on The Humpbacked Horse. 2022 Petrópolis Vladimir Ognev