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Alexander Bashirov
Александр Баширов
Born
Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov

(1955-09-24) 24 September 1955 (age 69)
Other namesAlexander Bashirov
Occupationactor
Years active1986-present
SpouseInna Volkova
Children2

Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986.

Biography

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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 mother Mariya Katyrovna Bashirova.

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.[1][2]

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.[3] The production of the film was later cancelled.[4]

Personal life

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He is married to singer Inna Volkova (born 1964) from Kolibri. Daughter - Alexandra Maria, a son from his first marriage - Christopher.

Political views

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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.[5]

Selected filmography

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Films

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Kharms (Хармс) Kharms' neighbour / Woman falling
2014 Yolki 1914 (Ёлки 1914) sailor Zheleznyak
2010 The Edge (Край) Zhilkin
2009 O Lucky Man! (О, счастливчик!) Perelman
2009 Attack on Leningrad (Ленинград) Squint
2007 Cargo 200 (Груз 200) alcoholic
2006 Piter FM (Питер FM) building manager
2005 The 9th Company (Девятая рота) ensign
2005 Dead Man's Bluff (Жмурки) man tied to a chair
2002 Bear's Kiss (Медвежий поцелуй) trader animals
2001 Mechanical Suite (Механическая сюита) man in a police car
2001 Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений) Arnold Sharapov
2001 Sisters (Сёстры) Seyfullin
2001 Down House (Даун-хаус) Ferdyshchenko
1999 The Iron Heel of Oligarchy (Железная пята олигархии) Nikolai Petrovich director, screenwriter, producer
1998 Khrustalyov, My Car! (Хрусталёв, машину!) Fyodor Aramyshev
1989 Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (Чёрная роза — эмблема печали, красная роза — эмблема любви) Tolik
1988 Needle (Игла) Spartak
1987 Assa (Асса) Babakin
1986 Wild Pigeon (Чужая белая и рябой) eccentric

TV

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TV
Year Title Role Notes
2020 The Last Minister (Последний министр) Prime Minister of Russia
2018 House Arrest (Домашний арест) Grigory
2013 Sherlock Holmes (Шерлок Холмс) Kerslake, the Office of the Clerk of Her Majesty
2005 The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита) Behemoth
2005 Bandit Petersburg (Бандитский Петербург) therapist
2005 The Fall of the Empire (Гибель империи) Lavr Kornilov
1997 Streets of Broken Lights (Улицы разбитых фонарей) Vladimir

Awards

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  • 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 [6]
  • 1999 - Alexandria International Film Festival, the top prize for best European film
  • 1999 - International Film Festival in Rotterdam, the prize Tiger Award

References

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  1. ^ "Александр Баширов" [Alexander Boshirov] (in Russian). Vokrug Kino. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Александр Баширов" [Alexander Boshirov] (in Russian). Kino-Teatr.ru.
  3. ^ Daria Tarasova. "Пропаганда головного мозга. Как Россия зомбирует фильмами о Донбассе и Крыме" [30 May 2015] (in Russian). Espreso. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Недомир или недовойна: почему Донбасс живёт неправильно" [Not a peace, not a war: why Donbass lives wrong] (in Russian). Novorossia. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Александр Баширов приехал на Донбасс развлекать террористов (фото)". podrobnosti.ua. Национальные информационные системы. 2014-09-18. Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  6. ^ Archive 1999 festival Literature and Cinema
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