Alexander Samoilov is a Russian theater and film actor. He starred in dozens of TV series and paintings, plays in many performances. The number of films and theatrical works of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation exceeds a hundred.
Alexander Samoilov is the son of the famous actor Vladimir Samoilov. The family of the parents of the future artist was formed in 1945. The career of front-line soldier Vladimir and his wife Nadezhda Lyashenko began in the Russian drama theater in Odessa. Due to health problems, Samoilov Sr. was recommended to move to Siberia.
Choice of profession
The biography of the son of Vladimir Yakovlevich began on October 29, 1952 in Kemerovo. Mom almost played on stage until the birth of the child. In 1958 the family moved to Gorky. There Sasha went to school. Until the age of ten, the boy studied well. Problems with academic performance began at the age of fourteen. Instead of studying, Alexander was interested in the music of the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and started playing football.
The guy's parents were invited to the capital's Mayakovsky Theater. Samoilov Jr. quickly mastered in the capital. He decided to become a pilot after school. Therefore, the guy took up his studies again. It was not possible to get an education in the chosen specialty due to health problems. Sasha managed to work as an elevator operator, an orderly, and an illuminator at Mosfilm. He even visited Siberia as a gold digger.
The calling itself found him. The father was approved for the lead role in the movie "Kingfisher". The director had to interrupt work on the film due to difficulties and the search for an actor to play the hero in his youth. The role was offered to Samoilov Jr. The premiere of the film proved the correct choice of an artistic career. In 1973, the young man entered GITIS, in the workshop of Andrei Goncharov.
The student starred in "Romance about Lovers", "Son of the Chairman", "Roadside". After graduation, the aspiring actor entered the troupe of the Mayakovsky Theater. He played the main roles in the productions of The Lizard, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, The Life of Klim Samgin. In the performances Guilty Without Guilt and The Master and Margarita, the actor appeared on the stage at the Ostrovsky Drama Theater.
In 1994, the artist began cooperation with the collective of the Gorky Academic Theater. The productions of "At the Bottom", "Vassa Zheleznova", "White Guard", in which Samoilov reincarnated as key characters, went on with success. Kinoslava came after the screening of the melodrama "Today or Never".
Significant works
The main role in the detective story "The Sicilian Defense" was played in 1980. The historical and revolutionary picture "The Battle at the Crossroads" became a new striking work. In the domestic series that appear in considerable numbers on television screens, the actor has played supporting roles since the beginning of the 2000s.
He starred in the project "Women's Logic" with Alisa Freundlich. In "Two Fates" fans saw the artist in the image of businessman Boris Butusov. It turned out that the performer plays negative roles as brilliantly as he creates positive images. The picture was extended for two seasons. The artist again tried on the role of the villain Butusov.
Colonel Nefedov, as interpreted by Samoilov, was a positive hero. This work in the four-part drama "At Nameless Height" proved the ability to masterfully transform on the screen: the audience empathized with the character from the heart. After the premiere on May 9, 2004, the actor played in the TV projects "Soldiers", "Trace", "Volkov's Hour", "At the corner of the Patriarchs".
In the criminal TV project "Witch Doctor", the artist became the investigator Vladimir Mukha. According to the plot, on false accusations of the people closest to him, the main character, a talented doctor, is imprisoned. To expose the traitors, the unjustly accused has to resort to plastic surgery.
Dormidont, the actor visited the telenovela "Wolf Messing: Seen Through Time", in the drama "Tukhachevsky. Marshal's conspiracy "appeared in the form of Budyonny. The actor played in the adventure Kazakh-Russian thriller The Runaways in 2014. In 2017, the piercing melodrama Portrait of the Second Wife became his new work.
Families and vocation
The actor tried to arrange his personal life more than once. The affair with Natalya Varley was unsuccessful. The actor's wife was a girl with the same name, a philologist. A child appeared in the family, a son Sasha. However, the marriage soon fell apart.
Alexander Alexandrovich studied at the Shchukin School and LGITMIK, but did not tie his fate in theater or cinema.
The theater props Natalya became the second darling of Alexander Vladimirovich. The union gave birth to two daughters, Sveta and Nadia. After the death of one of the girls, the couple broke up. Svetlana chose an artistic profession. She became an actress, but chose a family over her career.
Samoilov was able to find family happiness with actress Irina Averina. They had three sons, Konstantin, Arkady and Vladimir. They successfully practice acrobatic rock and roll. Arkady is studying at the acting department, and Vladimir has already become an actor
New works constantly appear in the film portfolio of Samoilov. In 2018, he participated in the new season of the TV project "Balabol". In a story shot in the genre of an ironic detective story, a provincial opera brilliantly unravels seemingly hopeless cases. According to the plot, the characters of the heroes, family matters collide. Each character changes as the action progresses. Sanya, the main character, understands feelings for his wife, trainee Karandyshev turns into a professional, and Balabin's daughter, Masha, is trying to win the attention and love of her father. In the second season of the project, Samoilov reincarnated as the father of the protagonist.
In the big adventure TV project "Skif", first shown at the beginning of 2018, Alexander Vladimirovich was offered to play Troyan. According to the scenario, the action takes place at the junction of the old and new civilizations. The descendants of the proud Scythians turned into the "wolves of Ares". Warrior Lutobor has to endure a difficult test. For the sake of saving his family, he will have a difficult journey with the captive Scythian Kunitsa as a guide.
