Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt is called the master of the second plan and the king of skits. Indeed, the charming and brooding actor in the cinema did not play a single leading role, but all his characters are bright and memorable, thanks to their talented and unique performance.
Biography
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt was born in 1934 in Moscow. His family was musical. Anatoly Gustavovich (Teodor Gedalevich), the actor's father, worked as a music teacher and violinist in the Bolshoi Theater orchestra, and his mother, Raisa Samoilovna, worked as an editor at the Moscow Philharmonic. The parents of the future theater and film actor toured a lot, so Alexander was raised by his grandmother, with whom he lived in the town of Cherdyn, Perm region. Here he studied in elementary school, and later his parents took Sasha to Moscow.
The great actors, poets, writers and pop stars of that time were frequent guests in the house of the Schirwindt family. Almost all the bohemians of the capital were familiar with Alxandra's mother. This prompted Alexander to become an artist of theater and cinema. After graduating from high school, the young man entered the Shchukin Theater School on the course of V. K. Lvova.
Career in theater and cinema
After graduating from the Shchukin School, Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt went to work at the State Theater of Film Actor, at the same time he began acting at Mosfilm. His debut cartoon was the comedy She Loves You.
Then the acting career of Alexander Anatolyevich continued at the theater. Lenin's Komsomol, the first role was the play "The First Horse". The young talented artist was noticed and soon he was involved in almost all performances of Lenkom. Success on the theatrical stage was brought by the roles of Louis in the play "Moliere", Trigorin in "The Seagull" and others.
In 1968, Shirvindt moved to the theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Here he played magnificent roles in the performances "Happy Days of an Unhappy Man", "Romeo and Juliet" and many others. And two years later, Alexander Anatolyevich was invited to the Theater of Satire, on the stage of which he played more than 30 roles. Among the best performances with Shirvindt's participation are "Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro", "An Ordinary Miracle", "The Inspector General", "The House Where Hearts Break".
Alexander Anatolyevich combined work on the stage with filming in films, he played vivid images in the films "Come Tomorrow", "Major" Whirlwind "," Twelve Chairs "," Incognito from St. Petersburg "," Heavenly Swallows "," The most charming and attractive ", Super popular the actor brought roles in the film" Three in a boat, not counting the dog "," Irony of fate, or with light steam! "," Station for two "and" Forgotten melody for the flute."
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt is not only an actor. He is also a director; he has staged several performances in the theater. In addition, he passed on his knowledge and skills to the younger generation of actors, working as a teacher at the Shchukin Theater School. Among the students of Shirvindt, one can distinguish outstanding actors such as Andrei Mironov, Natalya Gundareva, Alexander Porokhovshchikov, Alla Demidova, Leonid Yarmolnik, Maria Golubkina. He also appeared on television as a host of such programs as "Theatrical Meetings", "Seven Us and Jazz", "Terem-Teremok".
A family
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt calls himself a monogamous person. He met his future wife at a dacha in the suburbs. As he recalls, he was attracted not by Natasha, but by her cow, which gave very tasty milk. Sasha Shirvindt, a lover of fresh milk, went to milk the neighbor's cow every day. Young people started dating and got married a few years later. At the time of registration of the marriage, the couple already had a son, Misha, who then turned two years old. Mikhail Alexandrovich Shirvindt later became a successful TV presenter.
