People’s Artist of Russia
Born in Leningrad. In 1979 he graduated from the Leningrad
Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (course run by Arkady Katsman and
Lev Dolin).
Since 1980 he has worked at Leningrad’s Youth Theatre on Fontanka. Valery
Kukhareshin is one of very few of the theatre’s actors who was there when
it opened and who continues to work there to this day. He has performed lead
roles in every major production at the Youth Theatre under directors
including Vladimir Malyshchitsky, Yefim Padve and Semyon Spivak. At
the same time, he also performs at the Satire Theatre and
the Andrei Mironov Russian Enterprise theatre in addition to
appearances at the White Theatre.
His repertoire includes lead roles in the classical repertoire such
as Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Padve),
Vershinin (The Three Sisters, directed by Spivak) and Myshlaevsky
(The Days of the Turbines, directed by Spivak) among others.
Valery Kukhareshin has performed countless spectacular and charming heroic
roles, and artistically the theme of “the little man” is close to his
heart, as are the themes of lyrical characters and typical characteristics.
Over the past five years at the Youth Theatre Valery Kukhareshin
has performed lead roles in several premieres which have highlighted
the various different facets of his talent. These roles include King Henry
II in The Lion in Winter (directed by Mikhail Chernyak)
and Mendel Singer in Job (directed by Lev Shekhtman).
In 2010 he performed one of the lead roles (Don Bartolo) in
Le Barbier de Sйville (staged by French director Jean-Daniel
Laval), while in 2011 he appeared in the premiere of Sergei
Morozov’s production of Visiting Time.
Valery Kukhareshin has dubbed over two hundred foreign films, many of which
he has done in recent years. He has dubbed non-Russian actors including Bob
Thornton, Bruce Willis, Dustin Hoffmann, John Malkovich and Jeremy Irons.
In 2010 Valery Kukhareshin dubbed the role played by Hugh Laurie
in the series House. The actor has worked on several
audio books and dubbed numerous Walt Disney Studio cartoons (DuckTales, Star
Wars and Mulan). He frequently appears in films and series
including Schliemann’s Gold (Heinrich Schliemann), Word to
the Woman and ZETA Group among others.
Valery Kukhareshin has been awarded the medal For Excellence at
Work while for his unique artistic achievements he has been personally
thanked by the governor of St Petersburg.