In 2004, the series "The Return of Mukhtar" appeared on Russian television screens, which was very fond of an inexperienced TV viewer. The next year the series received its logical continuation "The Return of Mukhtar-2" and lasted for many years. Among other things, the series owes its popularity to a well-chosen cast.
A detective plot, a superbly trained dog at the center of the plot and, of course, a wonderful cast - the series about Mukhtar could not fail. And if more than 10 dogs starred in the main role of a service dog, then the actors who embodied their favorite characters on the screen almost did not change.
Starring
Alexander Nosik
The famous actor has played in more than 40 films and TV series to date. Nosik owes his successful career and celebrity to the role of the police officer and also the owner of Mukhtar, it was this work that made the actor famous.
After leaving the series, he starred in other, no less famous television projects: "Hunt for Red Manchurian", "Revenge", "Beekeeper" and others. He actively continues to work on the theater stage. Since 2011 he has been organizing master classes in acting. At the end of 2015, he took over as president of the charitable organization Indifference. No”, which specializes in helping children in need.
In the artist's personal life, real passions are raging - he lived in a civil marriage three times and once officially registered the marriage, but this did not save him from the collapse of another family. Moreover, the former girls of Alexander are friends, but he is still alone. Nose has no children.
Nizovoy Viktor Alekseevich
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation since 2005. He made his film debut in 1999 in the series Detective Dubrovsky's Dossier. In The Return of Mukhtar, he began acting from the first season as a colleague and close friend of the character Alexander Nosik.
In the course of the plot, he rose to the rank of captain. In 2007 he left the project. He is currently a leading actor at the Maly Theater, and also actively continues to work on the set. In 2017, the comic film "The Grandmother of Easy Behavior" was released, where Nizovoy played the Russian oligarch.
Volkov Alexander Gennadievich
Quite a well-known domestic actor. He made his debut in 2003, starring in the TV project "My Prechistenka". In "Mukhtar" he played the role of Maksim Andreevich Zharov, who became the new owner of Mukhtar. According to the plot, he had the rank of senior lieutenant and rose to the rank of captain. Experienced love feelings for Elena Brusnikina (the character of Alla Kovnir).
Pavel Mikhailovich Vishnyakov
Little-known Belarusian actor. He made his debut on the stage of the theater in 1999. Since 2003, he has been acting in television series, mainly in cameo roles. In the series "Return of Mukhtar-2" began to participate in the fifth season. It's funny, but he replaced Alexander Volkov in the role of Zharov. With the advent of a new actor, the old character slightly changed his biography and continued to live on TV screens with a different face. According to the plot, Zharov's love preferences have changed, now he is in love not with Elena, but with Katya. Sister Julia was added to the list of relatives.
In different seasons, the role of Zharov was also played by Alexei Shutov and Vladimir Feklenko. The hero's preferences changed, new relatives and love aspirations appeared. Zharov was finally withdrawn from the series in the twelfth season, according to the plot, he went to the Crimea when his girlfriend Anastasia became pregnant.
Female roles
Anna Kovnir
The debut of the actress born in 1975 in the cinema took place in 2001 in the little-known film "Parisian Antiquary". Three years later, the girl was invited to audition for The Return of Mukhtar, the producers appreciated the talents of the aspiring actress and approved Anna for one of the main roles. In the series, Anna acts as the captain of the OVD and the daughter of an influential general; she is also the boss of the hero, Alexander Nosik.
In the series, Kovnir worked for four seasons, until 2007. After “The Return of Mukhtar”, Anna starred in various television projects for several more years, and since 2012 she has completely stopped working as an actress. A talented woman concentrated all her strength in personal creativity, she writes music and composes songs, also sings herself, loves to draw and devotes all her free time to her husband and son.
Oksana Stashenko
One of the most "stellar" representatives of the cast of "Return of Mukhtar-2". Oksana Stashenko is a well-known (and Honored since 2009) Russian theater and film actress. She took part in the series from the first season until the tenth. Oksana's character is Zhannetta Petrovna Selskaya, a forensic expert with the rank of major. She was in love with Stas Ilkovsky, later began to meet with Sadovsky, and in the eighth season they got married. Jeannette followed Sadovsky to St. Petersburg in the tenth season.
In addition to working in films, actress Oksana Stashenko is actively involved in music, performs her own songs and releases albums. Recently, she has been working in television as a presenter. Oksana is also actively involved in charity work: she organizes various events and actions for orphans.
During her long career, Oksana Stashenko starred in more than 90 films, in 2012 she released her first book. From 2007 to the present day he has been performing and recording his own songs; Stashenko has five numbered albums.
Minor roles
Moiseev Alexey Valerievich
Russian theater and film actor. First appeared on screens back in 1990 in the film "Attention: Witches!". The artist has more than thirty works in films and TV shows. He worked at Mukhtar for nine years. For the first time in the image of Alexey Samoilov, senior lieutenant and operative appeared in the third season of the project. In the middle of the twelfth season, the character of Moiseyev went for a promotion. The actor himself continued to work in another, no less famous television series "The Traffic Lights Family", and also starred in the popular NTV project "Trail".
Voevodin Alexander Mikhailovich
Famous Soviet and then Russian actor. In 2003 he received the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Voevodin's film career began in 1968 with a role in the feature film "Doctor Vera". In "The Return of Mukhtar" he starred from the first season in the role of the chief of the Department of Internal Affairs, in which the action takes place. He rose from lieutenant colonel to colonel. In the eleventh season, he retired.
Alexander Voevodin is also involved in dubbing foreign films and various animation projects. The famous actor has more than 40 works in cartoons and 38 film dubbing in his luggage.
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kostyshin
Famous Ukrainian actor. Since 1991 he has been working in the theater of drama and comedy, and made his film debut in the mid-nineties. He got a cameo role in the film "Love Island". In "Mukhtar" his character appeared in the second season - expert Innokenty Stepanovich Sadovsky. He worked in the series until the tenth season, in which, according to the plot, Sadovsky left his own police department and moved to St. Petersburg.
Astakhov Valery Anatolievich
Popular Ukrainian actor and TV presenter. In 1998 he received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. First appeared on the screen in 1999 in the film "Birthday of the Bourgeois". Thanks to his work in the Return of Mukhtar-2, he gained fame among the Russian audience.
In the series he appeared in the third season: in the role of the district Dyatlo Viktor Petrovich. In the story, he retired with the rank of captain in the tenth season.
Present time
In the current cast, there is almost no one left who started acting in this long-term project. Now Artem Osipov, Nikita Kratovich, Vasily Antonov, Svetlana Bryukhanova, as well as many others and well-deserved, and only rising stars of Russian cinema, are participating in it. The series has won many awards and (which cannot but please fans), it seems, is going to outlive any of the most long-term projects of Russian television.
