# Aleksei Kravchenko (actor)

Aleksei Yevgenyevich Kravchenko (Russian: Алексе́й Евге́ньевич Кра́вченко; born 10 October 1969) is a Russian actor known for his role in the 1985 film Come and See as a young boy in the resistance army.

## Biography

Kravchenko was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1985, aged 15, he made his debut in the film Come and See directed by Elem Klimov. He was 14 when filming started. After graduating from vocational school, he served in the Navy.
He attended the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, starting in 1991 and graduating in 1995 (he was taught by renowned actress Alla Kazanskaya).
He did not act in anything for more than a decade, but since 1998, he has appeared in at least one film or TV show almost every year. He was awarded the Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 2007.
In 2020, he was awarded the People's Artist of Russia.
In 2023, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine added Aleksei Kravchenko to the list of persons posing a threat to the national security of Ukraine due to his involvement in the 2021 propaganda film Solntsepyok, which depicts the war in Eastern Ukraine and portrays PMC Wagner mercenaries as positive characters. Filming took place in Crimea, annexed by Russia, where Kravchenko entered in violation of Ukrainian law which prohibits entering Crimea via Russia.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Come and See | Flyora (Florian) Gaishun | |
| 2000 | The Christmas Miracle | Maxim | |
| 2002 | Brigada | Vvedensky | TV series |
| 2002 | The Star | sergeant Anikanov | |
| 2002 | Spetsnaz | Captain 'Doc' Vladimir Vyazemsky | TV miniseries |
| 2003 | Spetsnaz 2 | Captain 'Doc' Vladimir Vyazemsky | TV miniseries |
| 2005 | The 9th Company | Captain Bystrov | |
| 2005 | The Fall of the Empire | Captain Rysin | TV series |
| 2006 | Yeralash | Issue number 198 (Fell, squeeze!) | |
| 2007 | Attack on Leningrad | | TV series |
| 2009 | Bros | Makar Krylov | TV series |
| 2009 | High Security Vacation | Sergei Gagarin | |
| 2010 | Iron Lord | Harald | |
| 2010 | Bros – 2 | Makar Krylov | TV series |
| 2011 | Brothers | Konstantin Starostin, Major MUR | TV series |
| 2011 | Steep banks | Andrey Belyaev | TV series |
| 2012 | Bros – 3 | Makar Krylov | TV series |
| 2013 | Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was... | Sergey Nikolayevich Burenin | TV miniseries |
| 2013 | Bros – 4 | Makar Krylov | TV series |
| 2013 | Double blues | Igor Krutitsky | TV miniseries |
| 2014 | Men's holidays | Yuriy Popov | TV series |
| 2014 | I'm not afraid anymore | Igor Koltsov | TV series |
| 2016 | Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi | evil wizard Karachun | |
| 2017 | Paternal coast | | TV series |
| 2019 | The Painted Bird | Gavrila | |
| 2019 | Lev Yashin. The Goalee of My Dreams | Alexei Khomich | |
| 2021 | Solntsepyok (film) [ru; uk] | Pavel Gritsay | |
| 2022 | Best in Hell | Shopot | |

## Awards

* 2003 – State Prize of the Russian Federation in the area of literature and art - for his role in the film The Star.
* 20 August 2007 – Merited Artist of the Russian Federation - for merit in the arts
* 30 March 2020 – People's Artist of Russia - for great merit in the arts
* 18 May 2022 – Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class - for great contribution to the development of national culture and active civil position