Biography
"I often seek yourself a negligible man who did not achieve anything and it is not clear why living."Such words sounded in an interview with Leonid Baraz. The actor is still not sure what is better understandable - in the cinema or theater. With the first harder, because you have to listen to the directors, and everyone has their own gaze on what is happening. And the new film is a new experience. In the theater, he seems to understand and maybe more. But this, such periodically attending doubts for the Baraz - the reason to move forward and upwards, "to itself confident".Childhood and youth
Leonid Baraz - Odessa, a Jew by nationality. He was born in July 1971 in the family of journalist Grigory Baraz and the teacher of kindergarten Zoe Baraz. At first, the boy wanted to call Alexey, but then the parents changed their mind and called him in honor of the great-grandfather - Leonid. Probably, the first name was more suitable for the future artist, because Alexei Ego and Sayacually name is friends and loved ones.
Although Leonid's parents were not associated with the world of art, they dreamed that the Son would choose a creative profession - or a journalist, like dad, or artist. And the beloved grandmother of the Baraz, who worked as a concertmaster of the Odessa Opera House, took care of the grandson to receive a musical education.
She instilled a good taste, dedicated to the world of theater, opera and ballet. Leonid Barats visited one of the city music schools, where he studied to play the piano. At first, he didn't like this occupation, but after acquaintance with jazz everything changed.
Leonid not only took music lessons, but he was happy to speak on the school scene. He compiled the acting craft in theatrical circle, often came to work for his father, where he was able to explore the journalist "kitchen". Probably, therefore, the Baraz who graduated from school was not easy to decide who to become a journalist, an actor or a musician.
A considerable impact on the decision was given a long-time friendship - from the 1st grade - with Rostislav Hatit. The guys were not only friendly, but also communicated outside the school walls, went to one circle and performed in amateur performances. At the end of the school, friends decided to try to conquer Moscow. They went to the capital and without difficulty enrolled in Gitis.
"Quartet and"
In Gitis, Leonid Baraz and Rostislav Khait met Alexander Demidov and Camille Larina. Future artists created a creative union, calling this project "Quartet and". From now on (1993) men are inseparable. They work together over the productions and themselves act as actors. In the same 1993, on the stage of guitis "Quartet and" put a debut performance, named "these are only stamps", which had a great success.
In 2001, a new performance "Radio Day" appeared, the scenario to which Leonid Baraz was written. The production brought a deafening success of the creative fourth. In addition to these quartetovts, Nonna Grishaeva, Maxim Vitorgan, played by Nonna Grishaeva, Alexander Tsekalo. "Radio Day" added a lot of points to the executive rating.
Leonid with colleagues continued to successfully climb the career ladder. Baraz together with Rostislav Khaito and Sergey Petreikov wrote the scenario of the next production called "Day of Elections". The acting composition of this performance remained the same as in the previous project. True, the emphasis is now shifted to politics.
With the named play "Quartet and", starting to perform in the capital, soon went to tour the major cities of Russia, and then according to the CIS countries. Success accompanied artists everywhere wherever they appear.
The cinematic biography of Leonid Baraz started in 2008. This year, the performance of the "Radio Day" is shielded. And the next year the same thing happened with the "Day of Elections". The creators and unchanged participants of the Quartet have played the main roles in both paintings that have received invisible interest in the audience and the laudatory reviews of critics. And although television brought Leonid Baraz and the company most of the fame and fame, he himself sincerely believes that the game on the theater scene is more interesting and more valuable.
In the 2000s, the artists of "Quartet and" were shielded and other successful performances. So the pictures "what men say", Sikvel "What men still say" and "what men say about what they say. Continuation".
Leonid Baraz can be seen in the music clips Svetlana Roerich, Valeria Sutkin and Bravo Groups, Combination and Agatha Collectives. In addition, the characters of some animated films say the voice of the artist: Renault from the American cartoon "Volt", Darwin from Pirates. Banda losers "and others. Leonid Baraz is the author of the scenario of the popular animated tape "Ivan Tsarevich and a gray wolf".
In 2014, the comedy "faster than rabbits" came out on the screens of Russia. This is also the "Quartet and" project. The script for the film was written by Leonid Baraz and Rostislav Khait. This is a light and witty comedy about three friends who are trying in the morning after a rapidly spent night to understand where they and what happened on the eve. Leonid Barats played the character, whose name is Loch. In addition to him, Alexander Demidov, Camille Larin, Rostislav Khait, Igor Zolotovitsky and other famous actors were starred in the film.
The premiere of "rabbits" coincided with the premiere of the third part of the melodrama "Love in the Big City" with Svetlana Khodchenkova, Alexey Chadov and Vladimir Zelensky. The latter, who was then still the artist "Studio Quarter 95", called Leonid to postpone the presentation of his paintings on another day, in order not to delay the audience and not to suffer losses.
Barats refused, but the battle for the wallets of the audience lost. "Love in the big city - 3" earned $ 16 million, while "faster than rabbits" - $ 5 million, told the Actor YouTube-Channel "The People".
Another movie "Quartet and", in which the whole brilliant four was starred, got the name "Elections Day - 2". The artists played the staff of the radio station "as if Radio" who went as a PR by election in the region. The team's responsibility includes the promotion of the candidate Igor Tsaplin, but the client suddenly disappears.
Personal life
For a long time, Leonid Baraz's personal life was associated with Anna Kasatnaya. Young people met in Gitis and got married in 1991. Anya played the wife of the Hero Pasha in the picture "What men are talking about". In 1994, the spouses had the first daughter, which was called Elizabeth. In 2003, Eve was born. Lisa is studying in England on the actress, in 2015 he married a citizen of Israel named Ben. Wedding played in Cyprus.Baraz presented to the newlyweds the original gift - video from the press conference Vladimir Putin, mounted so that instead of answers to questions, the head of state congratulates the bride and groom. At the end of 2015, it became known that Leonid and Anna after 24 years of marriage divorced. Nevertheless, they continue to work together, and children communicate with both mom and father.
Soon, the actor presented to the surrounding a new girl Anna Moiseev, also Odessitka. Chosen by profession economist and psychologist. Leonid met her, still being married, Anya was married, the son of Oleg raised. Parting with the Kasatina and the establishment of relations with Moiseeva was not easy. Divorce is generally the hardest event in the life of the Baraz. Most of all he worried about her daughter, and the first thing explained that their relationship would not change. And Anna-second at first completely ignored the artist.
"I would not say that the feelings were mutual at once. There was a long platonic telephone number, because we lived in different cities. Then she began to "turn to me face." And then there were so many events, emotions. Real "Russian-Ukrainian slides".So such trifles, as the difference in age (10 years) and the growth (judging by the photo, Moiseyev on the head above Leonid, in which 166 cm), do not play any role. Images of the beloved woman in the "instagram" actor a little, mostly friends-colleagues, creative projects, philosophical reflections and advertising posters.
In 2020, it became known that the chief of Leonid presented him with his son. The boy called Mark.
In his free time, Leonid Baraz loves to play the piano and adores football. And he is also known for his critical attitude to the current Russian government and has repeatedly participated in protest shares against some bills.
Leonid Barats now
Journalists constantly ask Leonid how "the Quartet and" manage to maintain such a strong friendship that originated in distant youth. The actor told that all kinds of - personal ambitions, scandals, even tried to fight. But quarrels were perceived as a sign of no equiform, there is no relationship without disagreement.
So in 2019, friends presented another joint film - a comedy "loud connection." According to tradition, they themselves starred and sigh. The scenario was written by Baraz and Khaito based on the "ideal strangers" picture of the Italian director Paolo Jenovez. Unlike the original source in the Russian version of the Heppi & End.
In the center of the plot - seven friends who have identified the game with an unpredictable finale: SMS messages coming on mobile phones, read out loud, and conversations are translated into speakerphone mode. And then everyone has secrets who would be better not known for others. Maria Mironova, Veronika Kornienko and Anastasia Ukolov joined the famous Quartet.
Filmography
- 2007 - "Election Day"
- 2008 - "Radio Day"
- 2010 - "What are men talking about"
- 2011 - "What men still say"
- 2013 - "Faster than rabbits"
- 2015 - "Country of Miracles"
- 2015 - "Elections Day 2"
- 2018 - "What are men talking about. Continuation"
- 2019 - "Loud Communication"