Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko (russian: links=no, Александр Георгиевич Филиппенко; born September 2, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor.
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...
(2000).
Biography
He was born in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
. His parents moved to
Alma-Ata
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
where he graduated from high school. Later on he entered
MIPT
''N''-Methyl-''N''-isopropyltryptamine (MiPT) is a psychedelic tryptamine, closely related to DMT, DiPT and Miprocin.
Chemistry
MiPT base, unlike many other tryptamines in their freebase form, does not decompose rapidly in the presence of lig ...
where he took active part in MFTI
KVN
''KVN'' (russian: КВН, an abbreviation of , ''Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh'' or ''Ka-Ve-En'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive") is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) humour TV show and an international competition where teams (usually comp ...
team. The first time he appeared on stage at the MSU
Variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
Studio ''Our Home'' in a stage adaptation of Kersanov's ''Story of Tsar Emelian''. Since 1969 Filippenko was a key member of ''Taganka Theater''. In 1970 he entered
Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute
The Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (russian: Театральный институт имени Бориса Щукина) is a Russian drama college in Moscow, formed in 1914 as part of the Vakhtangov Theatre. In 2002 it was granted the Academy ...
and graduated with honors. In 1975 he started working at ''Vakhtangov Theater'' where he took part in famous plays "Treaty of Brest-Litovsk" (Брестский Мир) "Richard III" and many others. There he met, worked with and became good friends with director
Robert Sturua
Robert Sturua ( ka, რობერტ სტურუა; born 31 July 1938, Tbilisi) is a Georgian theater director, who gained international acclaim for his original interpretation of the works of Brecht, Shakespeare, and Chekhov. He was based ...
. 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 in "
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
", in Et Cetera theatre playing Antonio in "
The Merchant of Venice
''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.
Although classified as ...
", in Tabakerka theatre playing Satin in "
The Lower Depths
''The Lower Depths'' (russian: На дне, translit=Na dne, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902 under the direction of Konstantin ...
", in Mossoveta theatre playing Serebryakov in Chekhov's "
Uncle Vanya
''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1898, and was first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre under the dir ...
" and Batenin/Akimov in "Anteroom" (Предбанник) by
Sergei Yursky
Sergei Yurievich Yursky (russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Ю́рский, 16 March 1935 – 8 February 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter. His best known film role is Ostap Bender in '' ...
. He directs and plays various mono-plays (one man shows) such as "
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' (russian: links=no, italics=yes, Один день Ивана Денисовича, Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha, ) is a short novel by the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first p ...
" and "Product" in Praktika theatre, "Enthusiast's demarche" in Polytheatre and many others based on Russian classical literature.
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...
Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy
Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy (russian: Граф Пётр Андреевич Толстой; 1645–1729) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, prominent during and after the reign of Peter the Great. He was the ancestor of all the Counts Tol ...
*'' Happy Penis'' (Счастливый конец, 2010) as Old Penis
*'' My Fair Nanny'' (Моя прекрасная няня, 2008) as Vladimir Prutkovskiy
*''
One Night of Love
''One Night of Love'' is a 1934 American Columbia Pictures romantic musical film set in the opera world, starring Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati. The film was directed by Victor Schertzinger and adapted from the story ''Don't Fall in Love'', by ...
'' (Одна ночь любви, 2008) as Prince Illarion Zabelin
*'' Attack on Leningrad'' (Ленинград, 2007) as Arkatov
*''
Conspiracy
A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agre ...
'' (Заговор, 2007) as Dmitry Kosorotov, prozektor
*''
Asiris Nuna
''Asiris Nuna'' (russian: Азирис Нуна) is a 2006 Russian children's science fiction film directed by Oleg Kompasov and produced by Vladimir Khrapunov, Aleksei Kuznetsov and Sergey Chernyakov. The film is based on a Yuli Burkin and Serg ...
'' (Азирис Нуна, 2006) as Pharaoh Nemenkhotep IV
*''
Adjutants of Love
''Adjutants of Love'' (russian: Адъютанты любви, ''Adyutanti lyubvi'') is a 2005 Russian telenovela. It is the second successful historical telenovela from Amedia Productions, after ''Poor Nastya'' (2003).
Plot
Pyotr Cherkasov and ...
'' (Адьютанты любви, 2005) as Boris Kuragin
*''
Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and 198 ...
'' (Брежнев, 2005) as General Cinyov
*'' Master and Margarita'' (Мастер и Маргарита, 2005) as
Azazello
Azazello (in early versions of the book, Fiello, russian: link=no, Азазелло) is a character from the novel '' The Master and Margarita'' by the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. A demon, a member of Woland's entourage. "The demon of the w ...
*''
Poor Nastya
Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little
'' (Бедная Настя, 2003) as Andrey Platonovich Zabaluev
*''
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
''Investigation Led by ZnaToKi'', or ''Investigation Led by Experts'' (russian: Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи, Transliteration, translit. ''Sledstvie vedut ZnaToKi'') was a popular 1971-1989 Soviet Union, Soviet detective TV-ser ...
'' (Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи, 2002) as Landyshev
*''
Lady for a Day
''Lady for a Day'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1929 short story "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon. It was the first film for which Capra received an Acade ...
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...
Arturo Ui
''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (german: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui, links=no), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago ...
Korovyev
Korovyev (spelled Koroviev in the Penguin Classics edition) is one of Woland's entourage in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, ''The Master and Margarita.'' He presents himself to others as "professor" Woland's "assistant and translator," and is capable ...
*'' Visit to Minotaur'' (Визит к Минотавру, 1987) as Gregory Belash
*'' Confrontation'' (Противостояние, 1985) as Roman Zhuravlev
*'' Copper Angel'' (Медный ангел, 1984) as Santillano
*''
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
''My Friend Ivan Lapshin'' (russian: Мой друг Иван Лапшин, translit=''Moy drug Ivan Lapshin'') is a 1985 Soviet crime drama directed by Aleksei German and produced by Lenfilm, based on a novel by Yuri German adapted by Eduard Vo ...
Who will pay for Luck?
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, director = Konstantin Khudyakov
, producer =
, writer = Pavel Chukhray
, starring =
, music = Vyacheslav Ganelin
, cinematography = Valeriy Shuvalov
, editing = Galina Patrikeyeva
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, studio=
, r ...
'' (Кто заплатит за удачу?, 1980)
*''
Bumbarash
''Bumbarash'' (russian: Бумбараш, Bumbarash) is a 1971 Soviet adventure film, a musical comedy in two episodes loosely based on some early works and the novel ''Bumbarash'' by Arkady Gaidar.
Plot
During the Russian Civil War, former Imperi ...
'' (Бумбараш, 1971) as White Guard Strigunov
*''
Shine, Shine, My Star
"Shine, Shine, My Star" (russian: "Гори, гори, моя звезда") is an acclaimed Russian romance.
The authorship of the song was uncertain for some time, being ascribed to various people, including Nikolay Gumilyov and Ivan Bunin. A ...
'' (Гори, гори, моя звезда, 1970) as white officer
*'' I'm His Bride'' (, 1969) as Vladimir Kharlamov