SPECIES Oleg

Born June 11, 1943 in the village Filimonki Moscow region. Once in school, he briefly worked as an electrician, and in 1961 joined the faculty of VGIK actor, who graduated in 1966. In the movie actor made his debut while still a student: first played in an episode of "My Friend, Kolka!. In 1963 he was invited to the main roles: Vladimir Basov - the role of Vladimir in the film adaptation of Pushkin's "Snowstorm", Erast Garin - the role of Bear in the film "Ordinary Miracle". Big audience success had fallen to the lot of the film-tale Alexander Ptushko The Tale of Tsar Saltan, where Oleg Vidov played Prince Guidon. Popularity has come to an actor in 1972 after the release of the movie screens of the USSR Vladimir Vainshtok "Headless Horseman" - Oleg Vidov, starred Maurice Gerald, became the idol of many boys. It is said that the species was filmed in a lot of joint and foreign productions - for example, Alexander Mitta in Soviet-Japanese tape "Moscow, My Love," in Soviet-Yugoslav film "The Battle of Neretva". In 1978 he graduated from the directing department, where he studied at the workshop E. Dzigana, and his career seems to be developed successfully. But in the late 1970's Species divorced his wife, who was the daughter of a KGB general ... Therefore, it is by hook or by crook got in 1983 on location in Yugoslavia, and then went to the West. Since 1985, the actor lives in the United States, where his career goes quite well - it was withdrawn in Hollywood films, has put a few films. The most famous American bands with Oleg species - "Red Heat" with Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Wild Orchid" with Mickey Rourke.