Penkov Nikolai Vasilievich was born in the Orel region on January 4, 1936. Actor Penkov received the title People's Artist and Honored Artist of Russia. Since 1963 he worked as an actor of Moscow Art Theater. M. Gorky. For many years of work was awarded the Order of Friendship and the Order of the Badge of Honor, In 1988 Penkov was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR. He fell in love with the audience for the wonderful work in the cinema and on stage.
Biography of the famous actor includes studying in the Lipetsk Mining College, two years worked in Magnitogorsk, then served in the Far East in the army. After graduating from the theatrical high school (the Moscow Art Theater School, where he studied at the course of VK Monukhov) Nikolai Penkov for four decades was associated with the collective of the Moscow Art Theater. And when in 1987 the troupe split, he worked at the Moscow Art Theater under the direction of Doronina. In 2008 he published a book of his memoirs entitled "It was time".
Creation
Actor Penkov took part in more than 50 performances, and also starred in television series, based on Solzhenitsyn's novel In the First Circle, this is the epic epic "Eternal Call." The great popularity of the actor Penkov acquired due to his roles in popular films "I Invented Escape", "Lebedev vs. Lebedev", "Race with persecution and many other pictures. He had in his repertoire V. Hugo - Don Salutes, M. Bulgakov, based on the novel "The White Guard" - in the role of Colonel Malyshev, "I. Goncharov "The Cliff" - Neil Andreevich, A. Ostrovsky "Forest" - Badayev, V. Rasputin "Farewell to the Mother" - Pavel. He also played in the plays "At the bottom", "Three Sisters" and in others.
In addition, Penkov acted as a stage director, he worked on the plays "Avvakum", "Rose of Jericho. Nikolai Penkov acted as the main actor and as a stage director in the play "Napoleon in the Kremlin in the role of V. Malyagin.
Until the last days, Nikolai Penkov was an actor of the Moscow Art Academic Theater and worked in many productions of T. Doronina in such performances as Dumbadze "I see the sun", Hugo "Ryuy Blaz", Ostrovsky "Forest", Goncharova "Cliff", Bulgakov "White Guard" .
December 21, 2009 in Moscow in 73 years after a serious illness died the famous actor of theater and cinema Nikolai Penkov. A civil requiem and a farewell to the actor passed in his native theater. On December 23, Nikolai Penkov was buried at the Troyekurovsky cemetery of the capital.