Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (; born 24 September 1955) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986.
Biography Bashirov was born on 24 September 1955 in the village of Sogom. He was born in a mixed family of ethnic Russian father Nikolay Zakharovich Kosygin and Siberian Tatar (Kurdak Tatar) mother Mariya Katyrovna Bashirova.https://dzen.ru/a/ZWLhYvl6NVo1-2xz?from_site=mail Губернаторы, православный миллиардер и олимпийские чемпионы: кого вырастили матери-татарки?https://milliard.tatar/news/minnixanov-na-forume-v-moskve-zato-my-znaem-kto-s-nami-a-kto-protiv-nas-5325 Минниханов на форуме в Москве: «Зато мы знаем, кто с нами, а кто против нас»
He married a US citizen and in 1990-1991 he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, periodically coming to the USSR to participate in the filming.
In 1996 he organized in St. Petersburg studio Deboshirfilm, which is the artistic director and teacher of actor-director's workshop.
In 2014, Bashirov started the work on documentary titled Donbass knocks in our heart dedicated to separatists from the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. The development of the film was supported by Fedor Bondarchuk who took the producer role. The production of the film was later cancelled.
Personal life He is married to singer Inna Volkova (born 1964) from Kolibri. Daughter - Alexandra Maria, a son from his first marriage - Christopher.
Political views In 2014, he illegally crossed the border of Ukraine in the area not controlled by the Ukrainian government, to support the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic separatists.
Selected filmography Films + Film Year Title Role Notes 2017Kharms (Хармс)Kharms' neighbour / Woman falling 2014Yolki 1914 (Ёлки 1914)sailor Zheleznyak 2010The Edge (Край)Zhilkin 2009O Lucky Man! (О, счастливчик!) Perelman 2009Attack on Leningrad (Ленинград)Squint 2007Cargo 200 (Груз 200)alcoholic 2006Piter FM (Питер FM)building manager 2005The 9th Company (Девятая рота)ensign 2005Dead Man's Bluff (Жмурки)man tied to a chair 2002Bear's Kiss (Медвежий поцелуй)trader animals 2001Mechanical Suite (Механическая сюита) man in a police car 2001Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений)Arnold Sharapov 2001Sisters (Сёстры)Seyfullin 2001Down House (Даун-хаус)Ferdyshchenko 1999The Iron Heel of Oligarchy (Железная пята олигархии)Nikolai Petrovichdirector, screenwriter, producer 1998Khrustalyov, My Car! (Хрусталёв, машину!)Fyodor Aramyshev 1991House under the Starry Sky (Дом под звёздным небом)Valentin Komposterov 1989Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (Чёрная роза — эмблема печали, красная роза — эмблема любви)Tolik 1988Needle (Игла)Spartak 1987Assa (Асса)Babakin 1986Wild Pigeon (Чужая белая и рябой)eccentric
TV +TV Year Title Role Notes 2020The Last Minister (Последний министр) Prime Minister of Russia 2018House Arrest (Домашний арест) Grigory 2013Sherlock Holmes (Шерлок Холмс)Kerslake, the Office of the Clerk of Her Majesty 2005The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита)Behemoth 2005Bandit Petersburg (Бандитский Петербург)therapist 2005The Fall of the Empire (Гибель империи)Lavr Kornilov 1997Streets of Broken Lights (Улицы разбитых фонарей)Vladimir
Awards 1998 - Film Festival Viva Cinema of Russia! In St. Petersburg, the press prize 1998 - Film Festival Window to Europe in Vyborg, a special prize Guild of Film Critics 1998 - Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi, the FIPRESCI prize 1999 - Film Festival Literature and Cinema in Gatchina, the Grand Jury Prize for the film The Iron Heel of Oligarchy, the prize for Best Actor, Special Jury Prize Archive 1999 festival Literature and Cinema 1999 - Alexandria International Film Festival, the top prize for best European film 1999 - International Film Festival in Rotterdam, the prize Tiger Award
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External links
Biography of Alexander Bashirov