Aleksandr Bashirov
{{Short description|Russian actor, director and screenwriter}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexander Bashirov
| native_name = {{nobold|Александр Баширов}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = А.Баширов фото Алексея Гольянова.jpg
| other_names = Alexander Bashirov
| birth_name = Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|9|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sogom, Khanty-Mansiysky District, Soviet Union
| occupation = actor
| yearsactive = 1986-present
| spouse = Inna Volkova
| children = 2
| website =
}}
Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov ({{langx|ru|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.
Biography
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.http://pereformat.ru/2020/02/bashirov DNA-testing Замечательный человек Александр Баширов /
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.vokrug.tv/person/show/aleksandr_bashirov/ |title=Александр Баширов |language=Russian |trans-title=Alexander Boshirov |publisher=Vokrug Kino |access-date=16 July 2021}}{{cite news |title=Александр Баширов |language=Russian |trans-title=Alexander Boshirov |publisher=Kino-Teatr.ru |access-date=}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://ru.espreso.tv/article/2015/05/30/propaganda_golovnogo_mozga_kak_rossyya_zombyruet_fylmamy_pro_donbass_y_krym |title=Пропаганда головного мозга. Как Россия зомбирует фильмами о Донбассе и Крыме |language=Russian |trans-title=30 May 2015 |author=Daria Tarasova |publisher=Espreso |access-date=16 July 2021}} The production of the film was later cancelled.{{cite web |url=https://novorosinform.org/846523 |title=Недомир или недовойна: почему Донбасс живёт неправильно |language=Russian |trans-title=Not a peace, not a war: why Donbass lives wrong |date=15 February 2021 |publisher=Novorossia |access-date=16 July 2021}}
=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.{{cite news |title=Александр Баширов приехал на Донбасс развлекать террористов (фото) |url=https://podrobnosti.ua/994002-aleksandr-bashirov-priehal-na-donbass-razvlekat-terroristov-foto.html |access-date=16 September 2019 |work=podrobnosti.ua |agency=Национальные информационные системы |date=2014-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206152925/https://podrobnosti.ua/994002-aleksandr-bashirov-priehal-na-donbass-razvlekat-terroristov-foto.html |archive-date=2019-02-06 }}
Selected filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 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=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+TV |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2020
|The Last Minister (Последний министр) | |
| 2018
|House Arrest (Домашний арест) | Grigory | |
| 2013
|Sherlock Holmes (Шерлок Холмс) |Kerslake, the Office of the Clerk of Her Majesty | |
| 2005
|The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита) | |
| 2005
|Bandit Petersburg (Бандитский Петербург) |therapist | |
| 2005
|The Fall of the Empire (Гибель империи) | |
| 1997
|Streets of Broken Lights (Улицы разбитых фонарей) |Vladimir | |
Awards
- 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 [http://www.gatchina.biz/fest?1999 Archive 1999 festival Literature and Cinema]
- 1999 - Alexandria International Film Festival, the top prize for best European film
- 1999 - International Film Festival in Rotterdam, the prize Tiger Award
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|059800}}
- [http://www.mega-stars.ru/actors/bashirov.php Biography of Alexander Bashirov]
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Category:Soviet male film actors
Category:Russian male film actors
Category:Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Russia
Category:Siberian Tatar people
Category:Soviet film directors