Mikhail Zhigalov

Mikhail Vasilyevich Zhigalov (; born May 2, 1942) is a Soviet and Russian actor of the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre and cinema. Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Biography Mikhail Zhigalov was born in Kuibyshev, Kuybyshevskaya oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Samara, Russia), which was evacuated mother of Mikhail during the Great Patriotic War. Father Mikhail Vasilyevich in 1938, worked in the KGB (the Young Communist League was called on set). After evacuation Zhigalova family returned to Moscow.

After the war, his father Michael was sent to work in Czechoslovakia. Three years later Zhigalova returned to Moscow, where Mikhail tried to go to college. The first attempt did not turn into success and he worked for a year at the plant, and was secretary of the Komsomol organization of workshops. The following year he was able to enter the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering. While studying at the institute married.

In 1965 he graduated from the Institute Zhigalov, the distribution was in SRI, the laboratory filtration theory. His career began to emerge successfully, but when the opportunity came in the 10 months to go to England, to return from there to the final thesis, Mikhail refused the opportunity and resigned. His career attracted the actor, and soon the young couple divorced.

Selected filmography 1972 — The Last Day as Lieutenant 1975 — For the Rest of His Life as Lieutenant Commander without legs 1977 — On Thursday and Never Again as huntsman 1979 — Abduction Savoy as terrorist Magnus 1980 — Petrovka, 38 1984 — TASS Is Authorized to Declare... as auto mechanic Paramonov 1986 — To Award (Posthumously) 1990 — Vagrant Bus as Vasily 1990 — Stalin's Funeral as working 1990 — Afghan Breakdown as Colonel Leonid 1991 — Lost in Siberia as leader of bitches 2002 — Brigada as Criminal authority Luka 2013 / 15 — The Junior Team as Stepan Arkadevich Zharsky, coach 2013 — House with Lilies as Yegorych 2023 — Monsieur Constant of Alan Simon as Mischa Vodyanov