Mikhail Porechenkov

Mikhail Yevgenyevich Porechenkov (; born 2 March 1969) is a Russian film actor, producer, and director. He became famous after his lead role as FSB Agent Alexey Nikolayev in the TV series National Security Agent (1999–2005). In 2008, Porechenkov produced, directed and starred in D-Day (День Д), a Russian remake of the 1985 American action film Commando.

Biography Porechenkov was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union to parents Yevgeny Mikhailovich Porechenkov and Galina Nikolayevna Porechenkova. His father was a Soviet Navy officer, and his mother was a building engineer. Since his parents were busy at work, he, in general, was raised until the age of 5 by his grandmother in a village in Pskov Oblast, and then, before going to school, he returned to Leningrad. During the education period, he became interested in sports, especially boxing. After graduating from school in 1986, he went to the Estonian SSR, where he entered the Tallinn Higher Military-Political Construction School to earn a political officer degree. Despite sporting achievements—Porechenkov earned the rank of the Candidate for Master of Sport in Boxing after his successful performance at the college championship and municipal tournament in Tallinn, and attended Armen Dzhigarkhanyan's class in the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), which he did not graduate from. Porechenkov was filmed firing a heavy weapon whilst visiting fighters besieging Donetsk International Airport and wearing protective clothing with 'Press' markings. Ukrainian officials said they would charge him with "participation in terrorist activities of the so-called DNR" and participation in activities of "armed gangs."

Awards and nominations

Awards Golden Mask, 1996 – for the role of Pozzo in Yuri Butusov's play Waiting for Godot Golden Sofit???? Sozvezdie???? Vladislav Strzhelchik Prize, 1999 – Ensemble cast (Yuri Butusov's play Waiting for Godot) FSP Prize, 2008 - Acting Work (for the lead role in TV series Liquidation and the creation of Russian officer characters in other films) Oleg Tabakov Prize, 2009 (for the lead role in Anton Yakovlev's play The Kreutzer Sonata)

Nominations Golden Eagle Award, 2006 – Best Leading Actor (The 9th Company) Golden Eagle Award, 2006 – Best Supporting Actor (Soldier's Decameron) Nika Award, 2006 – Best Supporting Actor (The 9th Company) MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2006 – Best Male Performance (The 9th Company) MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2007 – Best Kiss (Svyaz) Golden Eagle Award, 2009 – Best TV Actor (Liquidation) MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2009 – Best Male Performance (Realnyy papa) MTV Russia Movie Awards, 2009 – Best Comedic Performance (Realnyy papa) Georges Awards, 2015 – Russian Actor of the Year (Poddubny) Georges Awards, 2015 – Russian Hero of the Year (Poddubny)

Filmography Film

Koleso lyubvi (1994) Telo kapitana budet predano zemle, a starshiy michman budet pet (1998) Women's Property (1999) National Security Agent (1999) Gangster Petersburg: Baron (2000) - Maks Peculiarities of the National Hunt in Winter Season (2000) Mechanical Suite (2002) - Mityagin Vovochka (2002) - Lt. Grigori Pinduzhin Dnevnik kamikadze (2003) Trio (2003) - Alexei Peculiarities of National Politics (2003) - Vanya Tayna volchey pasti (2004) Soldatskiy dekameron (2005) - Panteleyev The 9th Company (2005) - Aleksandr Dygalo Bolshaya lyubov (2006) - Anton Ulybabov Svyaz (2006) - Ilya Zhara (2006) - Mikhail Porechenkov The Great Love (2006) 1612 (2007) - Prince Dmitri Pozharsky Realnyy papa (2008) D-Day (2008) - Ivan The New Year's Rate Plan (2008) - Barinov Na kryshe mira (2008) - Vassili Dr. Tyrsa (2010) Without Men (2010) Counter-Game (2011) Fairytale.Is (2011) - The Bear The Marathon (2013) Iron Ivan (2014) - Ivan Poddubny The Shadow (2017)

TV Spetsnaz (2002) - Wallens Lines of Fate (2003) - Igor The Fall of the Empire (2006) - Ensign with white flag The Storm Gate (2006) - Maj. Egorov Deadly Force (2006) - Nikita Uvarov Liquidation (2007) - Krechetov Vitaly Isaev (2009) - Graf Vorontsov Heavenly Court (2011-2014) - Veniamin The White Guard (2012) Crisis (2014, Episode 8: "How Far Would You Go") -Victor Vries The Bridge (2017) Trotsky (2017) - Alexander Parvus