# Alexander Ivashkevich

Alexander Ivashkevich (alternately spelled as Aleksandr Ivaškevitš in Estonia, and as Aleksander Ivashkevich; Russian: Александр Ивашкевич) (born April 27, 1960) is a professional theater and movie actor and a tap dancer.

## Biography
### Education

* 1978–1982 – Kharkiv State School of Art (cinema and theater acting, stage movement, singing, dancing and fencing). Kharkov, Ukraine.
* 1993 – Woodpeckers Tap Dance Center. New York, USA.
* 1996–1997 – Broadway Dance Center. New York, USA.

### Theater

* 1980–1982 – The Russian Theater in Kharkov, Ukraine (actor).
* 1982–1983 – The National Theater in Kharkov, Ukraine (actor).
* 1983–1984 – The Latvian Baltic Fleet Theater in Liepāja, Latvia (actor).
* 1984–1985 – The Kaliningrad Theater in Kaliningrad, Russia (actor).
* Starting from 1985 – The Russian Theater in Tallinn, Estonia (actor).

## Works
### Parts in the theater

* 1986 — A Midsummer Night's Dream, by W. Shakespeare – Oberon and Lysander
* 1987 — Trap №46, height 2“ by Y. Schekochihin, director A. Tsukerman
* 1989 — Controversum by Pierre de Marivaux, director R. Polak - Azor
* 1991 — Ciao Rudi musical by P. Garinei and S. Giovannini, director M. Moreydo - Rudolfo
* 1993 — Butterflies Are Free by L. Gershe, director V. Filonov — Don Baker
* 1997 — The Hobgoblin by E. Wilde, director Ago-Endrik Kerge – Tiit Piibeleht
* 1997 — The vagaries of Marianne by A. De Musset, director S. Cherkasski – Octave
* 1998 — Sunset Boulevard by V. Denissov, director R. Viktyuk – Joe
* 1999 — The Taming of the Shrew by W. Shakespeare, J. Fletcher, director G. Korotkov – Petruchio
* 1999 — The Highway Crossing by J. Tätte, director J. Allik – Roland
* 2000 — The Idiot by F.M. Dostoyevsky, director Y. Jerjomin – Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin
* 2000 — French Passion Near Moscow by L. Razumovskaja, director J. Nikolajev – Sergey Ivanovich
* 2002 — The Storm by A. Ostrovsky – Kuligin
* 2002 — Dates in June by A. Chekhov – Lomov
* 2003 — The Phantom of Love by Pedro Calderon de la Barca – Don Manuel
* 2003 — Toibele and her Devil by I. Bashevis Singer – Alhanon
* 2003 — The Naked Truth (Le Libertin) by E.-E. Schmitt – Denis Diderot
* 2005 — Happy Everyday! by J. Tätte, director R. Baskin – Fred
* 2006 — The Russian Laughter after F. Dostoevsky, director R.Kozak – Semjon Semjonovich
* 2007 — Dangerous Liaisons after Ch. de Laclos, director M. Tchumatchenko – Vikomte De Valmont
* 2008 — The Dresser by R. Harwood, director R. Baskin – Norman
* 2008 — Woe from Wit by A. Griboyedov, director Y. Jerjomnin – Alexandr Andreyevich Chatsky
* 2009 — Don Juan by J-B. Molière, director M. Bychkov – Don Juan
* 2010 — Frederick Or The Crime Boulevard by E.-E. Schmitt, director S. Morozov – Frédérick Lemaître
* 2012 — One summer night in Sweden by E. Josephson, director I. Taska – Tarkovsky
* 2012 — The Island of Polyn, after A. Yablonskaja "The Irons", director L. Manonina — Uncle Vanya (plays in Saint-Petersburg)
* 2013 — Yes, Mr. Prime Minister by J. Lynn and A. Jay, director I.Taska – The ambassador of Kumranistan'
* 2014 - "Uncle Vanya" (A.Chekhov) ... Ivan Voinitsky
* 2011 — Five Evenings by A. Volodin, director A. Kladko – Iljin
* 2015 - Enemy based on the play Cosmetic of the Enemy author Amélie Nothomb, Jerome Anguest
* 2016 - The Last Floor based on the play of Vladimir Zaikin, dir. V.Zaikin - “Rebrov”

### Roles in cinema

* 1980 — A Name on the Snow - leading actor
* 1981 — The Last Cloud - leading actor
* 1981 — The Sweet Smell of Success“ – supporting actor
* 1991 - Nude in the Hat dir. Alexander Polynnikov.
* 1992 — An Escape to the End of the World – leading actor
* 1993 — He'll get it hot – stunt man, stunt producer
* 2005–2006 — No other desires („Elagin Island“) – leading actor
* 2009 — Ivan the Terrible – Prince A. Kurbsky
* 2009–2010 — Iron Lord (also titled as Yaroslav - A millennium ago) - leading actor
* 2012 — The Dragon Syndrome – Malyshev
* 2012 — Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari – premiered at the Rome Film Festival
* 2013 - On the Wings dir. Vlad Furman, the role of Kesh
* 2015 - Another Life of Margarita dir. Anastasia Popova, (main role) Georgy Avercheko
* 2015 - Adult Daughters dir. Andrew Eshpai, the role of Vladlen
* 2015 - How I Became a Russian dir. Konstantin Statsky, the role of "Mr. Eccles"
* 2015 - Sea Devils. Smerch 3 The Course of the Horse film number 25 directed by Alexandra Butko. Role Georgy Rud
* 2016 - House on the edge of the forest - dir. Valery Rozhnov role Arkady Evgenievich
* 2016 - Rustle - Victor, head of real estate agency
* 2016 - Mirra - dir. Andree Troitsky
* 2016 - “Winning“ short film dir. Vlad Muko, the film awarded a special prize on Film Festival in Bishkek in 2017
* 2017 - Hotel Eleon - Alexander Ivanovich is an oligarch, at whom Fedya worked as a chef-cook "(60th series)
* 2024-2025 - Juvenile Inspektor: The Shadow Over Jõhvi

### Dance projects

Founder and leader of Duff Tap Studio. He has participated in various international dance projects in the U.S., Finland, Germany, Russia, Estonia, Bulgaria.
He has produced choreography for Estonian production musicals such as „Old Curiosity Shop“, „Chicago“, „Crazy for you“, „No, No, Nanette!“.
In 2005, 2006 and 2008 he has participated with his dance studio Duff Tap at the IDO World Tapdance Championships in Germany, Riesa, where they won awards.
In 1995 – 2007, 2010 he organized, produced and directed an annual show, Jazz & Tapp Show, which is dedicated to International Tap Dance Day. In different years, musicians and dancers from the USA, Russia, Finland, Austria, France and Japan have taken part in these annual concerts.

### Awards

* 2000 — Named the best male drama actor in Estonia for the leading part in the play The Idiot. (Estonia)
* 2001 — Prizewinner at the festival “Drama 2001”; was awarded the Iron Rose.
* 2003 — Audience Choice Award in the season 2003/2004 in Russian Theater in Tallinn, Estonia
* 2004 — Named the best male drama actor of the year in Russian Theater in Tallinn, Estonia
* 2004 — Named the most professional teacher on the IV Republican Children’s and Youth Festival of Music Theaters.
* 2011 — Nominated in the category "Best Actor" at the 19th International Film Festival and awarded as „Faithful and talented presentation“ for his role in the movie „Yaroslav. A Milleinium ago". (Kostroma, Russia)
* 2012 — Awarded as "Best Film Actor" for his role in the movie "Yaroslav. Thousand years ago" at the 20th International Children's Film Festival "Artek". (Artek, Crimea)
* 2012 — Awarded a special prize for "Best choreographic work" for choreography "Libertango" by IV Youth Festival "Tap dance – 2012." (Yaroslavl, Russia)
* 2013 — Received the fund "Blagovest" for roles in "Five Evenings" and "One summer night in Sweden."
* 2014 - Awarded by the President of Estonia the Order of the "White Star" ,fifth degree, for special merits in the development of culture.
* 2014 - Awarded with the Order "Peace and Friendship" of year 2014 by the Guild of Actors of Russian Cinema and Moscow Peace Foundation.