Alexander Nevsky (actor)

{{Short description|Russian actor and writer (born 1971)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Alexander Nevsky

| native_name_lang = ru

| birth_name = Alexander Alexandrovich Kuritsyn

| image = Александр Невский 2013.jpg

| caption = Nevsky in 2013

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|7|17}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| citizenship = {{ubl|Russia|United States}}

| occupation = Bodybuilder, actor, producer, writer

| years_active = 1985–present

}}

Alexander Alexandrovich Nevsky (born Alexander Kuritsyn; {{langx|ru|Александр Курицын}}; 17 July 1971) is a Russian American amateur bodybuilder,{{cite web|url=http://7days.ru/news/aleksandr-nevskiy-podderzhit-bodibilding.htm |title=Александр Невский поддержит бодибилдинг - 7Дней.ру |publisher=7days.ru |date=2010-12-29 |accessdate=2017-05-04}} actor, writer, and producer. He is known for playing the role of Vlad Stepanov in Moscow Heat.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/blues-concert-pic-s-bottled-1117904468/|title=Blues concert pic's bottled|accessdate=10 October 2014|first=Cathy|last=Dunkley|date=6 May 2004|work=Variety|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218122635/http://variety.com/2004/film/news/blues-concert-pic-s-bottled-1117904468/ |archive-date=2014-12-18 }} At the age of 25, he changed his surname from Kuritsyn to Nevsky.{{cite web|url=http://www.allrus.info/main.php?ID=213676&arc_new=1 |title=Лица России. Интеллектульная элита России. База данных 'Современная Россия' |publisher=Allrus.info |date=2004-11-03 |accessdate=2017-05-04}}

From 2003 to 2022 he was a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and a voter for the Golden Globes.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-21|title=Who really gives out the Golden Globes? A tiny group full of quirky characters — and no Black members|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021-who-are-the-members|access-date=2021-03-21|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2025-03-07|title=Hollywood Foreign Press Association to Dissolve as Golden Globes Move to New Organization|url=https://collider.com/hollywood-foreign-press-association-dissolve-golden-globes-acquisition/|access-date=2025-03-07|website=Collider|language=en-US}}