Alexander_Bashirov
Aleksandr Bashirov
Russian actor, director and screenwriter
Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986.
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Александр Баширов | |
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| Born | Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (1955-09-24) 24 September 1955 (age 68) |
| Other names | Alexander Bashirov |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Spouse | Inna Volkova |
| Children | 2 |
Bashirov was born on 24 September 1955 in the village of Sogom. He was born in a mixed family of ethnic Russian father Nikolay Zakharovich Kosygin and Siberian Tatar mother Mariya Katyrovna Bashirova.
He married a US citizen and in 1990-1991 he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, periodically coming to the USSR to participate in the filming.
In 1996 he organized in St. Petersburg studio Deboshirfilm, which is the artistic director and teacher of actor-director's workshop.[1][2]
In 2014, Bashirov started the work on documentary titled Donbass knocks in our heart dedicated to separatists from the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. The development of the film was supported by Fedor Bondarchuk who took the producer role.[3] The production of the film was later cancelled.[4]
Personal life
He is married to singer Inna Volkova (born 1964) from Kolibri. Daughter - Alexandra Maria, a son from his first marriage - Christopher.
Political views
In 2014, he illegally crossed the border of Ukraine in the area not controlled by the Ukrainian government, to support the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic separatists.[5]
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2017 | Kharms (Хармс) | Kharms' neighbour / Woman falling | |
| 2014 | Yolki 1914 (Ёлки 1914) | sailor Zheleznyak | |
| 2010 | The Edge (Край) | Zhilkin | |
| 2009 | O Lucky Man! (О, счастливчик!) | Perelman | |
| 2009 | Attack on Leningrad (Ленинград) | Squint | |
| 2007 | Cargo 200 (Груз 200) | alcoholic | |
| 2006 | Piter FM (Питер FM) | building manager | |
| 2005 | The 9th Company (Девятая рота) | ensign | |
| 2005 | Dead Man's Bluff (Жмурки) | man tied to a chair | |
| 2002 | Bear's Kiss (Медвежий поцелуй) | trader animals | |
| 2001 | Mechanical Suite (Механическая сюита) | man in a police car | |
| 2001 | Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений) | Arnold Sharapov | |
| 2001 | Sisters (Сёстры) | Seyfullin | |
| 2001 | Down House (Даун-хаус) | Ferdyshchenko | |
| 1999 | The Iron Heel of Oligarchy (Железная пята олигархии) | Nikolai Petrovich | director, screenwriter, producer |
| 1998 | Khrustalyov, My Car! (Хрусталёв, машину!) | Fyodor Aramyshev | |
| 1989 | Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love (Чёрная роза — эмблема печали, красная роза — эмблема любви) | Tolik | |
| 1988 | Needle (Игла) | Spartak | |
| 1987 | Assa (Асса) | Babakin | |
| 1986 | Wild Pigeon (Чужая белая и рябой) | eccentric |
TV
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2013 | Sherlock Holmes (Шерлок Холмс) | Kerslake, the Office of the Clerk of Her Majesty | |
| 2005 | The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита) | Behemoth | |
| 2005 | Bandit Petersburg (Бандитский Петербург) | therapist | |
| 2005 | The Fall of the Empire (Гибель империи) | Lavr Kornilov | |
| 1997 | Streets of Broken Lights (Улицы разбитых фонарей) | Vladimir |
- 1998 - Film Festival Viva Cinema of Russia! In St. Petersburg, the press prize
- 1998 - Film Festival Window to Europe in Vyborg, a special prize Guild of Film Critics
- 1998 - Open Russian Film Festival in Sochi, the FIPRESCI prize
- 1999 - Film Festival Literature and Cinema in Gatchina, the Grand Jury Prize for the film The Iron Heel of Oligarchy, the prize for Best Actor, Special Jury Prize [6]
- 1999 - Alexandria International Film Festival, the top prize for best European film
- 1999 - International Film Festival in Rotterdam, the prize Tiger Award
- "Александр Баширов" [Alexander Boshirov] (in Russian). Vokrug Kino. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- "Александр Баширов" [Alexander Boshirov] (in Russian). Kino-Teatr.ru.
- Daria Tarasova. "Пропаганда головного мозга. Как Россия зомбирует фильмами о Донбассе и Крыме" [30 May 2015] (in Russian). Espreso. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- "Недомир или недовойна: почему Донбасс живёт неправильно" [Not a peace, not a war: why Donbass lives wrong] (in Russian). Novorossia. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- "Александр Баширов приехал на Донбасс развлекать террористов (фото)". podrobnosti.ua. Национальные информационные системы. 2014-09-18. Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 16 September 2019.