Stanislav Boklan

Boklan was born on January 12, 1960, in Brusyliv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Soviet Union. Bolkan's family resided in Brusyliv until then moving to Kyiv, where he spent the majority of his childhood. After finishing school, Boklan became employed as a meter of electrical parameters in a micromodule at the Kristall plant.[1]

Boklan initially failed the entrance exams when first applying for the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University but was advised to return again next year. In 1984, he graduated from the university.[2]

After graduating, Bolkan moved to Mariupol and joined the Donetsk Russian Drama Theater, which he remained part of for 10 years from 1984 to 1994. In the group, he both played a number of roles and wrote several songs for performances. Boklan then joined the Kyiv Academic Young Theatre in 1994. He stayed with the theater group until early 2020, then left the group for unknown reasons.[3][1]

In 2014, he played Ivan Kocherga, a blind kobzar, in The Guide which was selected, although not nominated, as the Ukrainian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. It however, brought Boklan an award for best actor at the Odesa International Film Festival. In 2015, he starred as the Prime-minister of Ukraine Yuriy Ivanovich Chuiko for Kvartal-95 studio's Servant of the People. He would go on to appear in all 3 seasons as a regular character. Also in 2015, he starred as the father of Major Lyudmila Pavlichenko in Battle of Sevastopol.[4]

Stanislav has one younger brother, Mykola Boklan, who is also an actor.

While in the Kyiv Academic Young Theater, Boklan met Natalia Klenina who he later married. Klenina had married and had a son, Kirill Dumsky, before her marriage to Boklan. Dumsky today has 2 children and works as a Dj.[1]

• On 18 August 2006, Boklan would earn the Honored Artist of Ukraine award "for significant personal contribution to the socioeconomic and cultural development of the Ukrainian state, significant labor achievements and on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Ukraine's independence".[5]
• On 22 January 2016, Boklan would earn the People's Artist of Ukraine award "for significant personal contribution to state building, socio-economic, scientific and technical, cultural and educational development of the Ukrainian state, the consolidation of Ukrainian society, [and] many hard years of work".[6]
• Order of Merit III class (September 10, 2021), for a significant personal contribution to the development of cinema, significant creative achievements, high professional skills and on the occasion of the Day of Ukrainian Cinema.[7]