Aleksandr Alekseevich Trofimov (, born 18 March 1952 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater and cinema,

Honored Artist of Russia Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also known as Honored Artist of Russia, is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, d ...

(1992),

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(2013), leading actor of the

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Biography

Aleksandr Trofimov was born in a family that was in no way associated with the theater.Александр Трофимов: Я стал актёром и ни секунды не сожалею об этом
/ref> Since 1969, he worked as a technician of the scene of an officer club in the

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. Since 1971, he became head of the youth studio at the national theater of the silk factory in

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. In 1974, he graduated from the

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and entered the troupe of the Taganka Theater. Trofimov chose this theater when he saw

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in the play ''A Good Man from Sezuan''. On the stage of the Taganka Theater, the actor has been playing for many years and is engaged in a variety of performances. The most popular role being Yeshua in the

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production ''

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''. In his film career, the main director considers

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, who starred in three films - '' Little Tragedies,

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'' and ''

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''. However, the most popular role was played by the role of

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in the three-part musical film ''

D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers ''D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers'' (, ''D'Artanyan i tri mushketyora'') is a three-part swashbuckler musical miniseries produced in the Soviet Union and first aired in 1978. It is based on the 1844 novel ''The Three Musketeers'' by Alexandre Dum ...

'', although initially he had to play in this picture the episodic role of the English fanatic Felton. Currently, Aleksandr Trofimov is periodically invited to act in films for small roles, he is one of the leading actors of the Taganka Theater, he goes with the theater on tour outside the country. Since there has been no serious film roles for the artist over the past few years, he almost always refuses to interview, not inclined to speak only about his past work.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1978) as

(voiced by

Mikhail Kozakov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov (; 14 October 1934, Leningrad – 22 April 2011, Ramat Gan) was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli film and theatre director and actor. Biography Early life Mikhail Kozakov was born on 14 October 1934 in Leningrad, the y ...

) * '' Little Tragedies'' (1979) as Walsingham * ''

'' (1984) as

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the Grotesque#In literature, grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works "The Nose (Gogol short story), ...

* ''

'' (1987) as The Fellow Passenger * ''

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'' (1987) as

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* '' The Suicide'' (1990) as Aristarkh Dominikovich

References

External links

Александр Трофимов на сайте Театра на Таганке
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Евангелие от Трофимова
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