Alexander Dedyushko is a popular Russian actor. Unfortunately, many people know him not only for his work in theater and cinema, but also for his terrible tragic death.
Biography
Alexander was born in 1962 in Belarus in the small town of Volkovysk. Since childhood, he was a very active child, among his hobbies:
- sambo section;
- boxing classes;
- football;
- amateur performances.
The school showed creative qualities Dedyushko, he actively participated in various skits, sang, danced, read poetry.
After leaving school in 1979, Alexander decided to enter the theater institute, but was late with the submission of documents and worked for a year in his hometown as a car mechanic.
What is interesting, and after a year he was late again with admission, since the dates for admission to universities in 1980 were shifted due to the summer Olympics.
Alexander went to serve in the fleet. For three years of service, Dedyushko worked on a cable-laying machine - laying and servicing cables at the bottom of the sea, was a chauffeur at the head and at the same time danced in a military song and dance ensemble.
After completing the service, he tried to enter Moscow theater schools, but failed everywhere. Then he went to Nizhny Novgorod and there already successfully entered the Nizhny Novgorod Theater School. After graduation, Dedyushko worked first in Minsk and then in the Vladimir Theater.
Actor career
In 1995, Alexander went to conquer Moscow. At first he got a job with Oleg Tabakov at the Moscow Art Theater, but did not work there for long and without much success. Prior to his first leading role in Death Directory, Dedyushko actively starred in commercials and episodes.
In the late 90s, the era of "gangster" and "police" series began, which Alexander's texture perfectly fit.
Dedyushko brought fame to the role in the series "Operational Alias". The most popular works of the audience Dedyushko:
- Sarmatov in the series "Sarmat";
- Dotsenko - “Guys of Steel”;
- Albanians - “Alias Albanian”.
Most often, Alexander played the role of strong people with an “inner core”.
In 2004, Dedyushko began to play the role of Ilyin in the theater entreprise "Five Evenings" based on the play by Volodin. With this performance, the actor often toured Russia and the Baltic states. Also in "Five Nights" were played by such distinguished actors as Marina Dyuzheva, Larisa Guzeeva, Tatyana Arntgolts.
In 2007, Olga Anokhina wrote a script specially for Alexander for the play “Sons of His Mistress”. His premiere took place on October 27, 2007 on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater and was the last performance in the life of the artist.
Television work
Since 1998, Dedyushko worked on television in various programs about sports and a healthy lifestyle. It is thanks to these programs that the directors noticed a talented actor.
Since 2006, Alexander has been the host of the Street of Your Fate program, which talked about unknown heroes living below the poverty line and in need of adequate assistance.
In the same year, Dedyushko took part in the popular show of the channel Russia - "Dancing with the Stars." Together with Liana Shakurova, he took fourth place.
Personal life
The first marriage Dedyushko failed. His wife was Lyudmila Tomilina - a fellow student of the Nizhny Novgorod theater school. The couple had a daughter, Ksenia. Unfortunately, the couple had to live in different cities for a long time, which worsened relations and led to a break, however, for the sake of the child, the former spouses tried to maintain the most even relationship.
The second wife of Alexander was Svetlana Chernyshkova. In 1997, the actor came to friends in the Vladimir Theater and there he met his future “soul mate”.
Svetlana was a very young girl, a promising actress after graduating from the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Culture.
Already in the spring of 1997, the couple began to live together, and in 1999, lovers officially registered their relationship. The couple had a son, Dima.
Together they lived ten happy years, which for an acting couple is an impressive family experience. It was a difficult year in their married life, after participating in the project “Dancing with the Stars”, the press hinted and heated rumors about the allegedly passionate romance of the actor and dancer. In the end, it turned out to be just a PR move, but pretty much “checked for strength” the marriage of Dedyushko and Chernyshkova.
Sport in the life of an actor
Sport has always played a big role in the life of an actor. Since childhood, he was a strong and active child, engaged in various types of martial arts, but he loved football most of all.
Dedyushko was convinced that the body for the actor is one of the main working tools that needs to be kept in good shape.
Almost all his life, Alexander visited the gym, and in Moscow he played in the national team of the guild of movie actors “Series”. In the apartment he had his own sports corner with equipment. He also instilled in his son a love of sport.
Tragic departure
Unfortunately, many people “met” this wonderful artist in connection with the news of his tragic death.
In early November 2007, the Dedyushko family drove a private car to Vladimir to visit friends. On the way back, for unknown reasons, the car drove into the oncoming lane and collided with a Scania truck. The accident was so severe that Alexander and his wife and son died on the spot.
On November 7, 2007, the entire Dedyushko family was buried in the Troekurovsky cemetery. In 2009, a black granite monument was erected on their grave. A personal monument was also erected at the place of their death.
