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Alexander Bashirov
Alexander Bashirov
Александр Баширов
Born	Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov; 24 September 1955 (age 69); Sogom, Khanty-Mansiysky District, Soviet Union
Other names	Alexander Bashirov
Occupation	actor
Years active	1986-present
Spouse	Inna Volkova
Children	2

Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (Russian: 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.

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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3] The production of the film was later cancelled.^[4]

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.^[5]

Selected filmography

Films

Film
Year	Title	Role	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

TV
Year	Title	Role
2020	The Last Minister (Последний министр)	Prime Minister of Russia
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)	Behemoth
2005	Bandit Petersburg (Бандитский Петербург)	therapist
2005	The Fall of the Empire (Гибель империи)	Lavr Kornilov
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 ^[6]
1999 - Alexandria International Film Festival, the top prize for best European film
1999 - International Film Festival in Rotterdam, the prize Tiger Award

References

^ "Александр Баширов" [Alexander Boshirov] (in Russian). Vokrug Kino. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Александр Баширов" [Alexander Boshirov] (in Russian). Kino-Teatr.ru.
^ Daria Tarasova. "Пропаганда головного мозга. Как Россия зомбирует фильмами о Донбассе и Крыме" [30 May 2015] (in Russian). Espreso. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Недомир или недовойна: почему Донбасс живёт неправильно" [Not a peace, not a war: why Donbass lives wrong] (in Russian). Novorossia. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Александр Баширов приехал на Донбасс развлекать террористов (фото)". podrobnosti.ua. Национальные информационные системы. 2014-09-18. Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ Archive 1999 festival Literature and Cinema

External links

[1] "Александр Баширов" [Alexander Boshirov] (in Russian). Vokrug Kino. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[2] "Александр Баширов" [Alexander Boshirov] (in Russian). Kino-Teatr.ru.

[3] Daria Tarasova. "Пропаганда головного мозга. Как Россия зомбирует фильмами о Донбассе и Крыме" [30 May 2015] (in Russian). Espreso. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[4] "Недомир или недовойна: почему Донбасс живёт неправильно" [Not a peace, not a war: why Donbass lives wrong] (in Russian). Novorossia. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[donetsk-5] "Александр Баширов приехал на Донбасс развлекать террористов (фото)". podrobnosti.ua. Национальные информационные системы. 2014-09-18. Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[6] Archive 1999 festival Literature and Cinema

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