Aleksandr Andreevich Petrov (; born 25 January 1989) is a Russian actor, known for his roles in ''

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'' (2019), '' Attraction'' (2017) and ''

Gogol. The Beginning ''Gogol. Origins'' () is a 2017 Russian fantasy-horror film directed by Yegor Baranov loosely based on works by Nikolai Gogol from the 1832 collection '' Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka''. The title role is played by Alexander Petrov. ''Gogol. ...

'' (2017).

Early life

Petrov was born in

Pereslavl-Zalessky Pereslavl-Zalessky (, ), formerly known as Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, or simply Pereyaslavl, is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the main Moscow–Yaroslavl road and on the southeastern shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo at the mouth of the ...

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(now

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). He loved football since childhood, and at the age of 9 was admitted into the children's section of the local football club. His sporting successes were significant, and at the age of fifteen he was invited to train in

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. He was already preparing to leave when he became seriously injured - a mountain of bricks collapsed on him during school summer practice. He received a severe concussion, after which doctors prohibited him from sports. After school he entered the economic department of the University of Pereslavl at the Institute of Program Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. However, he soon realized that this was not for him - when he began to participate in the student team of the

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and the performances of the theatre (also student) "Entreprise". During the theatrical festival, he took part in the master classes of teachers of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts - GITIS and made his final choice. In 2008 he left the university and went to

. From his first attempt he managed to enter the

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for the directing department in the workshop of L. Kheifets. In 2012-2013, Alexander served in the Moscow Theatre "Et Cetera". Based on the results of diploma theatricals, he received an offer from Aleksandr Kalyagin about enrollment in the troupe of the Moscow theatre "Et Cetera". He played Graziano in "Shylock" based on William Shakespeare's play "The Venetian Merchant", directed by Robert Sturua. In 2013 he was admitted to the troupe of the

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, under the leadership of

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. In the

, he played Hamlet in William Shakespeare's tragedy, directed by Valeriy Sarkisov.

Acting career

Petrov made his debut in 2010 in an episodic role of the television series ''Voices''. In 2012, he played a major role in the series ''While the fern is blooming''. In the 2015 crime drama serial '' The Method'' produced by Alexander Tsekalo's Sreda, Petrov played the supporting role of police officer Zhenya. In the same year he also acted in the TV series ''Fartsa'', by the same production company, this time in the lead role. The series is about

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— the illegal acquisition of consumer goods and currency from foreigners during the Soviet Union. He played Andrei Trofimov, an aspiring writer. In 2017, he acted in Sreda's feature film — ''

''. In this horror-fantasy picture, loosely based on ''

Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'' () is a collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, written in 1829–1832. They appeared in various magazines and were published in book form when Gogol was twenty-two. The collection's frame story takes pl ...

'', he portrayed writer

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), ...

. He played one of the main roles in the disaster-film '' Attraction'' (2017) by

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. According to the plot of the film; over the city there is an unidentified object, which later, for the safety of citizens, is shot down. Only when it falls to the ground do experts find that this object is of unearthly origin. In 2018 he acted in the musical romantic drama about figure skating, ''

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''. Film news and database website

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named Alexander Petrov as the most popular Russian actor of 2017. He again played the role of Artyom in

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, the sequel of ''Attraction'' in 2020.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Alexander 1989 births Living people People from Pereslavl-Zalessky Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors 21st-century Russian male actors Russian male voice actors Male actors from Moscow Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni