The character of Roman Shilov from the "Cop Wars" left a significant mark on Russian cinema and millions of moviegoers' hearts. However, the popular actor Alexander Ustyugov is known throughout the country not only for talented film works, but also for realizing himself as a director and musician.
A talented actor, director and musician - Alexander Ustyugov - was able to break through to the heights of domestic cinema, not thanks to the creative dynasty or public parents, but precisely because of his own talent and dedication. A native of Ekibastuz (Kazakhstan), he is the founder of the musical group of the same name, which has filled its repertoire with many patriotic and romantic songs since 2015.
Biography and filmography of Alexander Ustyugov
The future popular Russian film actor was born in Kazakhstan on October 17, 1976 in an ordinary Soviet family. Since childhood, Sasha attended the local art school and theatrical studio at the drama theater. However, after graduating from school, the path to the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute was quite thorny. After all, studying at a vocational school, working as an electrician at the Vostochny coal mine, studying at the Omsk State Academy of Railways, mastering the specialty of an illuminator at the Omsk Youth Theater, and then joining the theater troupe, where he makes his debut as a director in the production the play "These free butterflies", and graduation from the Omsk Regional College of Culture and Art preceded the receipt of a higher theatrical education.
After graduating from a theatrical university, Alexander was invited to the troupe of the Russian Academic Youth Theater, where he played dozens of roles. I would especially like to note his talented performance in the production of Evgeny Schwartz "Shadow", for which he was awarded the awards "Moscow Debuts" and "The Seagull". Ustyugov was also rewarded with the second prize "The Seagull" for his participation in the production of "The Idiot" based on the drama by FM Dostoevsky.
Since 2002, Alexander Ustyugov has been realizing himself in cinema, which has brought him real fame. Now in his filmography there are many films, among which the most noteworthy are the following: “Cop Wars” (2004-2017), “Adjutants of Love” (2005), “Petya the Magnificent” (2006), “Saboteur. End of War”(2007),“Fathers and Sons”(2008),“My Dear Man”(2010),“Leave to Stay”(2013),“Sunstroke”(2014),“Plague”(2015), Panfilov's 28 (2016), Viking (2016), Golden Transit (2016), Golden Horde (2017), Ray (2017), Better than People (2018).
Personal life of the artist
The brutal and charismatic Ustyugov has two marriages to date. The first family union with Yanina Sokolovskaya in 2007 brought the married couple great joy in the form of their daughter Eugene. But, the family idyll was interrupted in 2015 by an official breakup due to aspiring actress Anna Ozar.
It was the daughter of a domestic oligarch (Igor Ozar, general director of the Sukhoi aviation holding) who curbed the zealous heartthrob. She is credited with a previous stormy relationship with film actor Denis Nikiforov, but the mentioned character actively refuses these accusations against him.
The current family has a daughter, Cyrus, who was born in Anna's first marriage. Currently, there are rumors of a break in relations between the spouses, as evidenced by the lack of joint photos on Instagram and the fact that they appear at public events separately from each other.
