Aleksandr Filippenko

Soviet and Russian actor

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Aleksandr Filippenko

Born	Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko (1944-09-02) September 2, 1944 (age 79) 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.^[1] People's Artist of Russia (2000).^[2]

Biography

He was born in Moscow. His parents moved to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan where he graduated from high school. Later on he entered MIPT where he took active part in MFTI KVN team. The first time he appeared on stage at the MSU 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),^[3] 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".^[4] Since 1995 Filippenko is a freelance actor, working in various theatres: in Satirikon theatre playing Claudius and the Ghost in Hamlet,^[5] in Et Cetera theatre playing Antonio in The Merchant of Venice,^[6] in Tabakerka theatre playing Satin in The Lower Depths,^[7] in Mossoveta theatre playing Serebryakov in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Batenin/Akimov in Anteroom (Предбанник)^[8] 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,^[9] "Enthusiast's demarche" in Polytheatre^[10] and many others based on Russian classical literature.

In May 2022 Filippenko posted a photo of himself on Facebook wearing a vyshyvanka (a Ukrainian embroidered shirt) in protest against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[11] Following this Russian theatres started to refuse appearances by Filippenko.^[11]

In February 2023 Filippenko's daughter Alexandra told TV Rain that her father had left Russia and was living in Vilnius, Lithuania because of "his position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."^[11]

Filmography

Patient No. 1 (Пациент No. 1, 2023) as Konstantin Chernenko
Champion of the World (Чемпион мира, 2021) as Leonid Brezhnev
Peter the Great: The Testament (Пётр Первый. Завещание, 2011) as Pyotr 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) as Azazello
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) as Vladimir Lenin
The Career of Arturo Ui (Карьера Артура Уи, 1996) as Arturo Ui
The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита, 1994) as Korovyev
The Inner Circle (Ближний круг, 1991) as Major Khitrov (voiced by Boris 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) as Dmitry Pavlov
Sofia Kovalevskaya (Софья Ковалевская, 1985) as Fyodor 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) as Koshchei
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

References

^ Александр Филиппенко. В программе «Встречи на Моховой»
^ "Aleksandr Filippenko". rusactors.ru (in Russian). Retrieved October 7, 2009.
^ "Брестский мир (1987) / Театр им. Евгения Вахтангова. Официальный сайт".
^ "Театр им. Евгения Вахтангова. Официальный сайт".
^ "ГАМЛЕТ | Сатирикон". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
^ "МОСКОВСКИЙ ТЕАТР ET CETERA под руководством АЛЕКСАНДРА КАЛЯГИНА".
^ "Московский театр п/р О. Табакова —". www.tabakov.ru. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14.
^ "Театр Моссовета: Александр Филиппенко".
^ "Практика". www.praktikatheatre.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21.
^ "Демарш энтузиастов".
^ ^a ^b ^c Actor Aleksandr Filippenko leaves Russia, Meduza (February 10, 2023)