Aleksei Gennadyevich Guskov (, born 20 May 1958) is a
Soviet
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and Russian actor and producer. He was awarded
People's Artist of Russia
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in 2007.
Early life
Aleksei Guskov was born to Russian parents on 20 May 1958 in
Brzeg
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,
Poland
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, where his father - a military pilot - was stationed. Soon the family moved to
Kiev
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in the
Soviet Union
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. After high school in
Moscow
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, he entered the
Bauman Moscow State Technical University
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. He studied at this school for nearly five years, but in 1979 dropped out and entered the
Moscow Art Theatre School
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Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre
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. For four years he taught acting at the Moscow Art Theater School. He played more than 50 roles in movies.
Since 1994 he is president of the animation studio "F.A.F. Entertainment".
In 2000 he starred in one of his most famous and prominent roles - The border guard-smuggler Nikita Goloschekin in the series A. Mitta "'' The Border. Taiga Romance''". He also served as one of the producers of the picture.
Political career
Guskov has been a member of the
United Russia
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party since 2003. He is a member of the party's Moscow Regional Political Council. In March 2014, he supported the annexation of Crimea and signed a
letter
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to Russian President
Vladimir Putin
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in support of the annexation. On 6 February 2016, he became a member of the party's General Council. In 2018, he was a trusted representative of Moscow mayoral candidate
Sergey Sobyanin
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.
At the end of 2020, Guskov was included in the list of persons threatening the national security of Ukraine because he "disseminates narratives in accordance with Kremlin propaganda in support of Russia's actions." In 2024, he became a trusted representative of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin.
Personal life
Was married to Tatyana (divorced), daughter Natalya Guskova.
Wife Lydia Velezheva, Russian actress of the "State Academic Theatre named after E. Vakhtangov", two sons Vladimir Guskov and Dmitry Guskov.