Aleksandr Filippenko

In this name that followsEastern Slavic naming customs,thepatronymicisGeorgievichand thefamily nameisFilippenko.

Aleksandr Filippenko
Born	Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko (1944-09-02)September 2, 1944 Moscow,Soviet Union
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–present

Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko(Russian:Александр Георгиевич Филиппенко;born September 2, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor,People's Artist of Russia(2000).

Biography

He was born inMoscow.His parents moved toAlma-Ata,Kazakhstanwhere he graduated from high school. Later on he enteredMIPTwhere he took active part in MFTIKVNteam. The first time he appeared on stage at theMSUVarietyStudioOur Homein a stage adaptation of Kersanov'sStory of Tsar Emelian.Since 1969 Filippenko was a key member of Taganka Theater. In 1970 he enteredBoris Shchukin Theatre Instituteand graduated with honors. In 1975 he started working at Vakhtangov Theater where he took part in famous playsTreaty of Brest-Litovsk(Брестский Мир),Richard IIIand many others. There he met, worked with and became good friends with directorRobert Sturua.Filippenko left Vakhtangov Theater in 1994 and started his own theatrical project "Mono-Duet-Trio".Since 1995 Filippenko is a freelance actor, working in various theatres: in Satirikon theatre playing Claudius and the Ghost inHamlet,in Et Cetera theatre playing Antonio inThe Merchant of Venice,in Tabakerka theatre playing Satin inThe Lower Depths,in Mossoveta theatre playing Serebryakov in Chekhov'sUncle Vanyaand Batenin/Akimov inAnteroom(Предбанник)bySergei Yursky.He directs and plays various mono-plays (one man shows) such asOne Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichandProductin Praktika theatre,"Enthusiast's demarche" in Polytheatreand many others based on Russian classical literature.

In May 2022 Filippenko posted a photo of himself onFacebookwearing avyshyvanka(aUkrainianembroidered shirt) in protest against the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.Following this Russian theatres started to refuse appearances by Filippenko.

In February 2023 Filippenko's daughter Alexandra toldTV Rainthat her father had left Russia and was living inVilnius,Lithuaniabecause of "his position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."

Filmography

• Patient No. 1(Пациент No. 1, 2023) asKonstantin Chernenko
• Champion of the World(Чемпион мира, 2021) asLeonid Brezhnev
• Peter the Great: The Testament(Пётр Первый. Завещание, 2011) asPyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy
• Happy Ending(Счастливый конец, 2010) as Old Dick
• My Fair Nanny(Моя прекрасная няня, 2008) as Vladimir Prutkovsky
• One Night of Love(Одна ночь любви, 2008) as Prince Illarion Zabelin
• Attack on Leningrad(Ленинград, 2007) as Arkatov
• Conspiracy(Заговор, 2007) as Dmitry Kosorotov, prozektor
• Asiris Nuna(Азирис Нуна, 2006) as Pharaoh Nemenkhotep IV
• Adjutants of Love(Адьютанты любви, 2005) as Boris Kuragin
• Brezhnev(Брежнев, 2005) as General Georgy Tsinyov
• The Master and Margarita(Мастер и Маргарита, 2005) asAzazello
• Poor Nastya(Бедная Настя, 2003) as Andrey Platonovich Zabaluev
• Investigation Led by Experts(Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи, 2002) as Landyshev
• Lady for a Day(Леди на день, 2002) as Count Alfonso Romero
• The Romanovs: An Imperial Family(Романовы. Венценосная семья, 2000) asVladimir Lenin
• The Career of Arturo Ui(Карьера Артура Уи, 1996) as Arturo Ui
• The Master and Margarita(Мастер и Маргарита, 1994) asKorovyev
• The Inner Circle(Ближний круг, 1991) as Major Khitrov (voiced byBoris Bystrov)
• Hard to Be a God(Трудно быть богом, 1989) as Don Reba
• To Kill a Dragon(Убить дракона, 1988) as blacksmith-gunsmith
• Visit to Minotaur(Визит к Минотавру, 1987) as Grigory Petrovich Belash, piano tuner
• Battle of Moscow(Битва за Москву, 1985) asDmitry Pavlov
• Sofia Kovalevskaya(Софья Ковалевская, 1985) asFyodor Dostoevsky
• Confrontation(Противостояние, 1985) as Roman Kirillovich Zhuravlyov, veterinarian
• Copper Angel(Медный ангел, 1984) as Santillano
• My Friend Ivan Lapshin(Мой друг Иван Лапшин, 1984) as Zanadvorov
• Applause, Applause...(Аплодисменты, аплодисменты..., 1984) as Vadim Petrovich Goncharov, Valeriya's husband
• Start Liquidation(Приступить к ликвидации, 1983) as Andrei Dmitriyevich Blinov "Kopchyonyy", thief in law
• Torpedo Bombers(Торпедоносцы, 1983) as general major of Soviet Air Forces
• The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe(Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго, 1982) as Wamba the jester
• Resident Return(Возвращение резидента, 1982) as mercenary squad commander
• The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta(Звезда и смерть Хоакина Мурьеты, 1982) as Death
• Along Unknown Paths(Там, на неведомых дорожках..., 1982) asKoshchei
• Who will pay for Luck?(Кто заплатит за удачу?, 1980) as Konkov
• Bumbarash(Бумбараш, 1971) as White Guard Strigunov
• Attention, Turtle!(Внимание, черепаха!, 1970) as tank commander (uncredited)
• Shine, Shine, My Star(Гори, гори, моя звезда, 1970) as white officer
• I'm His Bride(Я его невеста,1969) as Vladimir Kharlamov

External links

• Aleksandr FilippenkoatIMDb
• Aleksandr Filippenko at Peoples(in Russian)