Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko ( born September 2, 1944 ) is a famous Soviet and Russian

Russians

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 actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. Filippenko was honored with People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...

 in 2000.

Biography

Aleksandr Filippenko was born in Moscow

Moscow

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 but graduated from a high school in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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. After that he also graduated from MPTI. The first time he appeared as a stage at the MGU Variety

Variety show

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 Studio Our Home in a stage addaptation of Kersanov's Story of Tsar Emelian. Since 1969 Filippenko was a key member of Taganka Theater. In 1975 he started performing at Vakhtangov Theater and staying with a theater troupe since.

Some filmography

• Moya prekrasnaya nyanya (2008) (TV) - Vladimir Prutkovskiy
• Leningrad (2007) - Arkatov
• Conspiracy (2007) (TV) - Prozektor
• Aziris nuna (2006) - Nemenkhotep
• Master and Margarita (2005) (TV) - Azazello
• Poor Anastasya(2003) (TV) - Andrey Platonovich Zabaluev
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki
  Sledstvie vedut znatoki
  Investigation Held by ZnaToKi, or Investigation Held by Experts was a popular 1971-1989 Soviet detective TV-series with two Russian series...
  
   23: Treteyskiy sudiya (2002) (TV) - Landyshev
• Ledi na den (2002) - Count Alfonso Romero
• The Romanovs: An Imperial Family
  The Romanovs: An Imperial Family
  The Romanovs: An Imperial Family is a 2000 Russian film about the last days of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The Russian title implies both the Imperial Crown of Russia and the crown of thorns associated with martyrs...
  
    (2000) - Lenin
• The Career of Arturo Ui  (1996) - Arturo Ui
• Master and Margarita (1994) - Koroviev-Fagot
• Copper Angel
  Copper Angel (film)
  Copper Angel is a 1984 Soviet motion picture production of Gorky Film Studios. The film was directed by Soviet director Veniamyn Dorman and starred Anatoly Kuznetsov, Leonid Kuravlyov and Aleksandr Filippenko.-Plot:...
  
    (1984)
• My Friend Ivan Lapshin
  My Friend Ivan Lapshin
  My Friend Ivan Lapshin is a 1984 Soviet criminal drama film directed by Aleksei German and produced by Lenfilm. Based on a novel by Yuri German adapted by Eduard Volodarsky. Music composed by Arkadi Gagulashvili, sound by Nikolai Astakhov. Cinematography by Valeri Fedosov, film editing by Leda...
  
   (1984) - Zanadvorov

External links

• Aleksandr Filippenko at Peoples