Not all fans and fans are ready to accept and understand a simple truth - their idols are the same people as everyone else. At the same time, ordinary people show an increased interest in the private life of actors. Alexander Dick spent his entire conscious life in the theater, which became his home.
Childhood and youth
Photogenic appearance and good memory will not prevent a person who wants to become a professional actor. He is also required to be compliant in nature and ability to find compromise solutions in conflict situations. Of course, he needs to have a talent for reincarnation. Alexander Yakovlevich Dick was born on December 1, 1949 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in the city of Dushanbe. My father worked as a foreman in a construction organization. Mother served as an administrator in the Russian Drama Theater.
In everyday rush, it often happened that the mother took the boy with him to the theater. Little Sasha knew all the stairs and nooks and crannies in the old and large building. In the afternoon he met ordinary people who treated him to sweets and gingerbread cookies. In the evenings, the future actor watched the events taking place on the stage. In this way, Alexander joined the work and theatrical life. When a drama studio opened at the theater, he was one of the first to express a desire to study in it. Girls and boys came to the studio not only from city schools, but also from the nearest rural settlements.
Dick liked the theatrical setting. In the performances, which were staged by the forces of aspiring actors, he played any roles that he got. Work with young people in the studio was delivered properly. Children and girls studied the basics of choreography and mastered musical literacy. Natural plastic and excellent coordination of movements distinguished Dick from the members of the studio. In the process of training, it turned out that Alexander has a decent voice and sings well. As practice has shown, Dick is one of many young people who chose the profession of actor for himself.
The fact is that Alexandra was seen on stage by a famous actor from Moscow. And not only saw, but also convinced the young man to devote his life to the theater. After graduating from school, Dick came to the capital of the Soviet Union to get a specialized education. He brilliantly passed all the tests and entered the famous Moscow Art Theater School. In the framework of the existing tradition, students were invited to participate in theater performances. The directors from other theaters and film studios specially came to such productions in order to “look after” future performers for themselves.
On the stage
In 1970, Alexander Dick received a diploma and entered the service at the Moscow Art Theater. It is important to note that at that time the theater community of the capital was going through a stage of renewal and transformation. Innovative directors Oleg Efremov and Tatyana Doronina formed a new concept of theatrical art. The situation for the young actor was not very pleasant. Efremov did not see in him the potential for fulfilling the main roles. But Doronin invited Dick to the Moscow Art Theater named after Gorky, where she took the post of chief director.
The repertoire of the theater was formed on the basis of the works of classics of world and Russian literature. This means that in the past, inimitable luminaries of the stage shone in performances. Alexander had to compete in absentia with actors whose portraits adorned the walls of the theater. In the play by Alexander Ostrovsky, “For every sage is quite simple, ” he presented the persona of Glumov as convincingly as he did sixty years ago. There are many similar examples and comparisons.
At the next “course change, ” Alexander performed for many years on the stage of the Sphere theater. In the early 90s he was invited to serve in the troupe of the theater of the Russian Army. The team met the "newbie" calmly. Colleagues saw him as an ally rather than a competitor. Here, on the stage, as before, they represented Masquerade, Wolves and Sheep, and At the Bottom. Dick was not only "in the subject, " but also in good shape. He demonstrated the highest performance technique. Thanks to this, Alexander Yakovlevich was regularly invited to teach.
Movie roles
The acting career of Alexander Dick was successful. In parallel with work in the theater, he managed to act in films. The first picture, in which both spectators and critics noticed him, was called "Dangerous Turn". Then new invitations followed. Dick worked conscientiously in the films Father Sergius, The Ring of Amsterdam, and Death on Takeoff.
It is important to note that the actor with equal certainty represented on the screen both villains and good people. Dick convincingly played his characters in the comedy "One in a Million" and in the detective story "Your fingers smell like incense." They invited him and the series "Turkish March".
