Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt is called a foreman and the king of skits. Indeed, the charming and pensive actor in the movie did not play a single main role, but all of his characters are bright and memorable, thanks to a talented and unique performance.
Biography
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt was born in 1934 in Moscow. His family was musical. Anatoly Gustavovich (Theodor Gedalevich), the actor’s father, worked as a music teacher and violinist in the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, and her mother Raisa Samoilovna worked as an editor at the Moscow Philharmonic. Parents of the future theater and film actor toured a lot, so Alexander’s grandmother, with whom he lived in the town of Cherdyn in the Perm region, was engaged in the upbringing of Alexander. Here he studied in elementary school, and subsequently parents took Sasha to Moscow.
Frequent guests at the Schirvindt family house were great actors, poets, writers and pop stars of the time. Almost the entire bohemian capital was familiar with Alksandra’s mother. This prompted Alexander to become an artist of theater and cinema. After graduating from high school, the young man entered the Shchukin Theater School on the course of V.K. Lvov.
Theater and movie career
After graduating from the Schukin School, Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt joined the State Theater of Film Actor, at the same time he began acting in Mosfilm. His debut caritine was the comedy "She Loves You."
Then the acting career of Alexander Anatolyevich continued in the theater. Lenin Komsomol, the first role was the play "First Horse". A young talented artist was noticed and soon he was involved in almost all the performances of Lenkom. Success on the theatrical stage brought the roles of Louis in the play "Moliere", Trigorin in "The Seagull" and others.
In 1968, Shirvindt moved to the theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Here he played great roles in the performances of “Happy Days of the Unfortunate Man, ” “Romeo and Juliet, ” and many others. And two years later, Alexander Anatolyevich was invited to the Satire Theater, on the stage of which he played more than 30 roles. Among the best performances with Shirvindt's participation are “Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro, ” “Ordinary Miracle, ” “Examiner, ” and “The House Where Heart Breaks.”
Alexander Anatolyevich combined work on the stage with filming in the cinema, he played vivid images in the films “Come Tomorrow, ” Major “Whirlwind”, “Twelve Chairs”, “Incognito from Petersburg”, “Sky Swallows”, “The Most Charming and Attractive ", the actor brought super popularity to the roles in the film" Three in a boat, not counting the dogs ", " The Irony of Fate, or with a light steam! ", " Station for two "and" Forgotten melody for the flute."
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt is not only an actor. He is also a director, in the theater he staged several performances. In addition, he transferred his knowledge and skills to the younger generation of actors, working as a teacher at the Shchukin Theater School. Among the students of Shirvindt, one can distinguish prominent actors such as Andrei Mironov, Natalya Gundareva, Alexander Porokhovshchikov, Alla Demidova, Leonid Yarmolnik, Maria Golubkina. He also appeared on television as the host of such programs as Theater Meetings, Seven Us and Jazz, and Terem Teremok.
