Alexander Andreevich Petrov (russian: Александр Андреевич Петров; born 25 January 1989) is a Russian actor, known for his roles in ''
Attraction'' (2017) and ''
Gogol. The Beginning
''Gogol. The Beginning'' (russian: Гоголь. Начало, Gogol. Nachalo) is a 2017 Russian fantasy- horror film directed by Yegor Baranov loosely based on works by Nikolai Gogol from the 1832 collection ''Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka''. ...
'' (2017).
Early life
Alexander Petrov was born in
Pereslavl-Zalessky
Pereslavl-Zalessky ( rus, Переславль-Залесский, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈslavlʲ zɐˈlʲɛskʲɪj, lit. ''Pereslavl beyond the woods''), also known as Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the main Mosc ...
,
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast (russian: Яросла́вская о́бласть, ''Yaroslavskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma ...
,
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
,
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
(now
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
).
He loved football since childhood, and at the age of 9 was admitted into the children's section of the local football club. His sporting successes were significant, and at the age of fifteen he was invited to train 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 million ...
. He was already preparing to leave when he became seriously injured - a mountain of bricks collapsed on him during school summer practice. He received a severe concussion, after which doctors prohibited him from sports.
After school he entered the economic department of the University of Pereslavl at the Institute of Program Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. However, he soon realized that this was not for him - when he began to participate in the student team of the
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 ...
and the performances of the theatre (also student) "Entreprise".
During the theatrical festival, he took part in the master classes of teachers of the
Russian Institute of Theatre Arts - GITIS and made his final choice.
In 2008 he left the university and went to
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 million ...
. From his first attempt he managed to enter the
GITIS
The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...
for the directing department in the workshop of L. Kheifets.
In 2012-2013, Alexander served in the Moscow Theatre "Et Cetera".
Based on the results of diploma theatricals, he received an offer from Aleksandr Kalyagin about enrollment in the troupe of the Moscow theatre "Et Cetera". He played Graziano in "Shylock" based on William Shakespeare's play "The Venetian Merchant", directed by Robert Sturua.
In 2013 he was admitted to the troupe of the
Yermolova Theatre
The Yermolova Theatre (russian: Москóвский теáтр им. М. Н. Ермóловой) is a theatre company in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. It is under the artistic direction of Vladimir Andreyev (russian: Владимир ...
, under the leadership of
Oleg Menshikov
Oleg Evgenyevich Menshikov, PAR (russian: Оле́г Евге́ньевич Ме́ньшиков, link=no; born 8 November 1960) is a Russian actor, theatre director and occasional singer. He is the current artistic director of the Yermolova Thea ...
.
In the
Yermolova Theatre
The Yermolova Theatre (russian: Москóвский теáтр им. М. Н. Ермóловой) is a theatre company in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. It is under the artistic direction of Vladimir Andreyev (russian: Владимир ...
, he played Hamlet in William Shakespeare's tragedy, directed by Valeriy Sarkisov.
Acting career
Petrov made his debut in 2010 in an episodic role of the television series ''Voices''. In 2012, he played a major role in the series ''While the fern is blooming''.
In the 2015 crime drama serial ''
The Method'' produced by
Alexander Tsekalo's Sreda
The Moscow Literary Sreda (russian: Моско́вская Литерату́рная Cреда, Moskovskaya Literaturnaya Sreda/Moskovskaja Literaturnaja Sreda) was a Moscow literary group founded in 1899 by Nikolai Teleshov. The name Sreda me ...
, Petrov played the supporting role of police officer Zhenya. In the same year he also acted in the TV series ''Fartsa'', by the same production company, this time in the lead role. The series is about
Fartsovka
Fartsovka (Russian: фарцовка) is a slang term for the illegal purchase/resale of hard-to-find or inaccessible to the average Soviet inhabitant of scarce imported goods banned in the USSR. Clothing and accessories were the overwhelming ma ...
— the illegal acquisition of consumer goods and currency from foreigners during the Soviet Union. He played Andrei Trofimov, an aspiring writer. In 2017, he acted in Sreda's feature film — ''
Gogol. The Beginning
''Gogol. The Beginning'' (russian: Гоголь. Начало, Gogol. Nachalo) is a 2017 Russian fantasy- horror film directed by Yegor Baranov loosely based on works by Nikolai Gogol from the 1832 collection ''Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka''. ...
''. In this horror-fantasy picture, loosely based on ''
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'' (russian: «Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки») is a collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, written in 1829–1832. They appeared in various magazines and were published in book f ...
'', he portrayed writer
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
.
He played one of the main roles in the disaster-film ''
Attraction'' (2017) by
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk (russian: link=no, Фёдор Сергеевич Бондарчук ; born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, TV and film producer, clipmaker, TV host, founder of production company Art Pictures Studio. ...
. According to the plot of the film; over the city there is an unidentified object, which later, for the safety of citizens, is shot down. Only when it falls to the ground do experts find that this object is of unearthly origin.
In 2018 he acted in the musical romantic drama about figure skating, ''
Ice
Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaq ...
''.
Film news and database website
Kinopoisk
Kinopoisk (russian: Кинопоиск, a portmanteau of "cinema" and "search") is a Russian online database of information related to films, TV shows including cast, production team, biographies, plot summaries, ratings, and reviews. Since 2018 ...
named Alexander Petrov as the most popular Russian actor of 2017.
He again played the role of Artyom in
Invasion
An invasion is a military offensive in which large numbers of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory owned by another such entity, generally with the objective of either: conquering; liberating or re-establishing con ...
, the sequel of ''Attraction'' in 2020.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
People from Pereslavl-Zalessky
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
Russian male stage actors
21st-century Russian male actors
Russian male voice actors
Male actors from Moscow
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni