Aleksandr Filippenko

Aleksander Georgievich Filippenko PAR (Russian: Филиппенко, Александр Георгиевич born September 2, 1944 ) is a famous Soviet and Russian actor. Filippenko was honored with People's Artist of Russia in 2000.

Biography

Aleksander Filippenko was born in Moscow his parents moved to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan where he graduated from high school. Later on he entered MFTI where he took active part in MFTI KVN team. The first time he appeared on stage at the MGU Variety 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 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. 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", in Et Cetera theatre playing Antonio in "The Merchant of Venice", in Tabakerka theatre playing Satin in "The Lower Depths", in Mossoveta theatre playing Serebryakov in Chechov's "Uncle Vanya" and Batenin/Akimov in "Anteroom" (Предбанник) by Sergei Yursky. He directs and plays various mono-plays (one man shows) such as "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "Product" in Praktika theatre, "Enthusiast's demarche" in Polytheatre and many others based on Russian classical literature.

Seleced filmography

• Peter the Great: The Testament (Пётр Первый. Завещание, 2011) as Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy
• Happy Penis (Счастливый конец, 2010) as Old Penis
• My Fair Nanny (Моя прекрасная няня, 2008) as Vladimir Prutkovskiy
• 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
• Aziris nuna (Азирис Нуна, 2006) as Pharaoh Nemenkhotep IV
• Adjutants of Love (Адьютанты любви, 2005) as Boris Kuragin
• Brezhnev (Брежнев, 2005) as General Cinyov
• Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита, 2005) as Azazello
• Poor Nastya (Бедная Настя, 2003) as Andrey Platonovich Zabaluev
• Investigation Held by ZnaToKi 23: Treteyskiy sudiya (Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи. Дело №23 - Третейский судья, 2002) as Landyshev
• Lady for a day (Леди на день, 2002) as Count Alfonso Romero
• The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (Романовы. Венценосная семья, 2000) as Lenin
• The Career of Arturo Ui (Карьера Артура Уи, 1996) as Arturo Ui
• Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита, 1994) as Koroviev-Fagot
• Confrontation (Противостояние, 1985) as Roman Zhuravlev
• Copper Angel (Медный ангел, 1984) as Santillano
• My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин, 1984) as Zanadvorov
• Bumbarash (Бумбараш, 1971) as White Guard Strigunov
• Burn, burn, my star (Гори, гори, моя звезда, 1971) as white officer
• I'm his bride (Я его невеста, 1969) as Vladimir Kharlamov