Alexander Petrov (actor)

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Andreevich and the family name is Petrov.
Alexander Petrov
Александр Петров
RSFSR, USSR
NationalityRussian
Alma materYermolova Theatre
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present
Websitesashapetrov.ru

Aleksandr Andreevich Petrov (Russian: Александр Андреевич Петров; born 25 January 1989) is a Russian actor, known for his roles in T-34 (2019), Attraction (2017) and Gogol. The Beginning (2017).[1][2][3]

Early life

Petrov was born in

Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia
).

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. 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.[4]

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 and the performances of the theatre (also student) "Entreprise".[5]

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
GITIS for the directing department in the workshop of L. Kheifets.[6]

In 2012-2013, Alexander served in the Moscow Theatre "Et Cetera".[7] 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.[8]

In 2013 he was admitted to the troupe of the Yermolova Theatre, under the leadership of Oleg Menshikov. In the Yermolova Theatre, he played Hamlet in William Shakespeare's tragedy, directed by Valeriy Sarkisov.[9]

Acting career

Alexander Petrov at Russian Film Week USA in December 2019

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

Alexander Tsekalo's Sreda, 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 — 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. In this horror-fantasy picture, loosely based on Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, he portrayed writer Nikolai Gogol
.

He played one of the main roles in the disaster-film Attraction (2017) by Fyodor Bondarchuk. 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.

Film news and database website Kinopoisk named Alexander Petrov as the most popular Russian actor of 2017.[10][11]

He again played the role of Artyom in Invasion, the sequel of Attraction in 2020.

Filmography

Film

List of film credits
Year Title Role Notes
2012 August Eighth Yashka, tank commander
2013 The Habit of Parting Denis
2013 Yolki 3 Slavik
2014 Love in Vegas Artyom Isaev Jr.
2014 Fort Ross: In Search of Adventure Kryukov (ru)
2015 Happiness is... Artyom
2015 Elusive: The Last Hero The Avenger (ru)
2016 Sheep and Wolves Grey Voice
2016 Vera's Gift Anton Short
2017 Attraction Artyom 'Tyoma' Tkachyov
2017 Gogol. The Beginning Nikolai Gogol
2017 Partner Khromov in the body of the baby (Motion capture)
2017 Mind Battle Aleks (ru)
2018 Ice Alexander 'Sasha' Gorin, a hockey player
2018 Gogol. Viy Nikolai Gogol
2018 Gogol. Terrible Revenge Nikolai Gogol
2018 The Day Before Roma
2018 Policeman from Rublyovka. New Year Mayhem Grisha Izmaylov
2019 T-34 Nikolay Ivushkin
2019 Anna Piotr
2019 Hero Andrey Rodin
2019
Text
 Ilya Goryunov
2020 Invasion Artyom 'Tyoma' Tkachyov
2020 Ice 2 Alexander 'Sasha' Gorin
2020 Winter Maks
2020 Streltsov Eduard Streltsov
2021 Man of God (film) Kostas produced by Yelena Popovic
2023 Neposlushnaya Matvey Rysak
2023 The Palace Anton
2024 Guest from the Future Jolly Man U, a space pirate

Television

List of television credits
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Voices Leha 12th and 13th series
2012 Marina Grove Igor Spiridonov 9th series. "Cards"
2012 While the Fern is Blooming Kirill Andreev
2013 Without the right to choose Lyokha
2013 Petrovich Denis Volkovskiy Film 3. Volk
2013 Second wind Ilya
2014 Embracing the Sky Vanya Kotov
2015 Fartsa Andrei Trofimov (ru)
2015 The Law of the Concrete Jungle Vadik (ru)
2015 The Method Zhenya
2016 You All Infuriate Me Mark (ru)
2016 Policeman from Rublyovka Grisha Izmaylov (ru)
2016 Mata Hari Mateu
2016 Drunken firm Grigoriy Shtuchnyy (ru)
2017 Policeman from Rublevka 2 Grisha Izmaylov
2017 You All Infuriate Me Mark Kalinin
2018 Sparta Mikhail Barkovskiy
2019 Belovodie. The Mystery of a Lost Country Kirill Andreev (ru)

References

  1. ^ "Александр Петров". Russia-1. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  2. ^ "Александр Петров, биография, новости, фото - узнай все!". uznayvse.
  3. ^ "Саша Петров не справился с ролью богатого ловеласа и ушел из кино - Экспресс газета". www.eg.ru. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  4. ^ "Актеру сериала "Любовь в большом городе-3" стена кирпичей обрушилась прямо на голову". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  5. ^ "Интервью с мамой актера Александра Петрова". topbeauty.
  6. ^ "Александр Петров: "Современные девушки слишком властные, все должен решать мужчина"". Hello!.
  7. ^ "Александр Петров: "Я понял, что любое поражение можно обернуть в победу"". OK!.
  8. ^ "Александр Петров: "У меня была любовь и война одновременно"". Psychologies.
  9. ^ Vera Kopylova. ""Гамлет" в Театре Ермоловой: точка силы". RIA Novosti.
  10. ^ "Александр Петров признан самым популярным актёром по опросам "Кинопоиска"". Rambler.
  11. ^ Ivan Akimov. "Любимые фильмы россиян: "Ла-Ла Ленд" против "Аритмии"". gazeta.ru.

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