The famous actor of theater and cinema - Alexander Anatolyevich Ratnikov (until 2011 - Skotnikov) - is a native of Moscow and comes from a family far from the world of culture and art. Today, he is at the peak of popularity and has dozens of theatrical and cinematographic projects behind him, where he has revealed his sufficiently multifaceted talent. However, he is better known to the general public as the main character in the sports drama "Okolofutbola."
Despite the fact that most of the heroes of Alexander Ratnikov on the screen are distinguished by a strong-willed character and real charm with a penetrating gaze, in his professional portfolio there are many film works, where he turned into characters in completely opposite roles.
In his native theater, the Snuffbox, he went on stage in the productions of Running, Overstocked Barrels, When I Died, Soldiers, The Story of the Seven Hanged Men and others. For his role in the last of these projects, he was awarded the Moscow Komsomolets Prize in the nomination for Best Actress Performance.
Biography and career of Alexander Anatolyevich Ratnikov
On August 18, 1979, the future popular actor was born in the capital of our country. Sasha’s childhood passed in sports and amateur performances. And in the last classes, he seriously thought about his career as a musician, and even enrolled in the Gnesensky College at the acting department of the musical theater after the tenth grade.
However, at the end of the general educational institution and the Gnesinka, Ratnikov changed his attitude to the future profession and entered the Moscow Art Theater School (course of Evgeni Kamenkovich). In 2004, with a cherished diploma in his pocket, he suddenly became depressed and began to doubt the correctness of his chosen life path. He unsuccessfully and with minimal interest tried to find a job in some Moscow church of Melpomene. And then he completely made himself a long vacation, trying to restore peace of mind and clarity of consciousness.
When Alexander returned to the capital, he was immediately able to get a job in the troupe of Oleg Tabakov's theater. It was here that the budding artist turned into a real lyceum. Over the years of working with the master, until 2013, Ratnikov went on the theatrical stage of The Snuffbox in the productions of The Descendant (the role of Julia), Psycho (the character of an alcoholic), and The Old Quarter (the image of the photographer).
Alexander Anatolyevich’s cinematic debut took place immediately after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater School in the short film “Dismissal” (2004), directed by Alexei Mizgirev. And then his filmography began to regularly replenish with successful film works, among which I especially want to highlight the following projects: "Flint" (2007), "Fathers and Sons" (2008), "How I Met Your Mother" (2010), "Honey Love" (2011), "Sect" (2011), "Look for Mom" (2012), "Okolofutbola" (2013), "Love Test" (2013), "Everything will be fine" (2013), "Moscow Greyhound" (2014- 2018), Girls Do Not Give Up (2017), Salsa (2017), Captain (2017), Light from the Other World (2018).
