Aleksei Gennadyevich Guskov (russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Гуськов, born 20 May 1958) is a

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and Russian actor and producer. He was awarded

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 ...

in 2007.

Early life

Aleksei Guskov was born to Russian parents on 20 May 1958 in

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, where his father - a military pilot - was stationed. Soon the family moved to

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in the

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. After high school in

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, he entered the Moscow Higher Technical School named after Bauman. He studied at this school for nearly five years, but in 1979 dropped out and entered the Moscow Art Theatre School, from which he graduated in 1983 (course of Viktor Monyukov). He started his acting career at the Moscow Drama Theater. A.Pushkin, where he worked from 1984 to 1986. In 1986-1988 - actor theater on Malaya Bronnaya, in 1988-1991 - Theater "Detective", then - Actor Theater. Nikolai Gogol. Currently Aleksei work at the State Academic Theater E. Vakhtangov. For four years he taught acting at the Moscow Art Theater School. He played more than 50 roles in movies. Since 1994 he is president of the animation studio "F.A.F. Entertainment". In 2000 he starred in one of his most famous and prominent roles - The border guard-smuggler Nikita Goloschekin in the series A. Mitta "'' The Border. Taiga Romance''". He also served as one of the producers of the picture.

Personal life

Was married to Tatyana (divorced), daughter Natalya Guskova. Wife Lydia Velezheva, Russian actress of the "State Academic Theatre named after E. Vakhtangov", two sons Vladimir Guskov and Dmitry Guskov.

Selected filmography

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guskov, Aleksei People from Brzeg 1958 births Living people Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Russian film producers Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors People's Artists of Russia Honored Artists of the Russian Federation State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Moscow Art Theatre School alumni