Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, screenwriter, film director, whose work is easily remembered by each viewer - Alexander Vasilievich Feklistov.
Biography
Alexander Feklistov was born on December 7, 1955 in Leningrad. Sasha’s mother is a librarian, and his father is a military man, because the family often changed their place of residence, but soon decided to stay in Moscow. Secondary education Alexander received at Moscow school No. 773.
From childhood, Sasha was interested in acting. He read all the literature available to him about theater and cinema. The boy dreamed of acting in films and working as an actor on stage. While still a student, he ended up in the Vyacheslav Spesivtsev Theater Studio. Next, Alexander 6 years combined work and study. However, he soon decided to get a job in the theater. The attempt failed. Moreover, Alexander lost a whole year without enrolling in any theater university. Only in the next academic year did Feklistov manage to enter the Moscow Art Theater.
Since 1982, after graduation, Alexander is an actor of the Moscow Art Theater. At this time, the actor played many recognizable roles - "Pickwick Club", "Turbine Days", "Candlelight Ball", "Love in Crimea", etc. Since 1988, the actor has organized the Fifth Moscow Art Theater Studio. In 2001, Alexander left the troupe of the Art Theater and began playing at the Bogis Theater Agency and the Satyricon Theater.
During the theatrical activities, Alexander played a wide variety of roles - comedic, dramatic, and detective. It was for theatrical versatility that he repeatedly received prestigious awards. In 1993, Alexander won the Crystal Rose Prize. In 1995 he received the Golden Mask for Best Actor in a production of Bashmachkin. Also this year, he received the Smoktunovsky Prize. In 1998, for Hamlet and in 2003 for the play Twelfth Night, he received the Seagull Prize.
In the movie, Alexander Feklistov made his debut in 1984, in the film "Squad". Then he played the role one by one - today about 130 paintings with his participation. “Matchmakers”, “Inhabited Island”, “Snitch”, “Stalin”, “Bourgeois's Birthday”, “Kamenskaya” - this is the minimum list of recognizable films in which the actor played the roles assigned to him remarkably.
The last work was the role in the film "Chernobyl" (2018).
Alexander tried himself in the role of director and screenwriter. His work was the film "Chekhov and Co" (1998).
Today, Alexander acts as a free artist. He is not assigned to any theater. He starred in films and TV shows. Films with his participation are broadcast on television channels in Russia, Ukraine.
The actor takes an active life position. During his stay at the Moscow Art Theater was famous for the most ambitious actor with an innovative approach. He is not afraid to express his public position and advocated the release of members of the group "Pussy Riot", Svetlana Bakhmina, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.
In 2014, like many other filmmakers, he signed an open letter condemning "Russian military intervention in Ukraine" and the "unprecedented anti-Ukrainian campaign unleashed by Russian state channels." In 2016, he was not afraid to criticize the Russian Minister of Culture, Vladimir Medinsky.
