Aleksandr Shirvindt

Aleksandr Shirvindt
Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt (born 19 July 1934) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, screenwriter and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). Since 2000 he has been a theatre director of Moscow Satire Theatre.
Biography
Aleksandr Shirvindt was born in Moscow in a family of a violinist and music teacher Anatoly Gustavovich Shirvindt (1896–1962) and Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (1898–1985) of Moscow Philharmonic Society. Grandfather, Gustav (Gedaliah) Moiseyevich Shirvindt (a graduate of Vilnius 1st Gymnasium in 1881), was a doctor.
In 1956 Shirvindt graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The same year he made his cinema debut in She Loves You! (1956).
Shirvindt appeared in more than 40 films, including Grandads-Robbers (1971), The Irony of Fate (1975), The Twelve Chairs (1976), Three Men in a Boat (1979), Station for Two (1982), The Irony of Fate 2 (2007). He voiced Aramis in Dog in Boots film.
Filmography
actor
Come Tomorrow, Please... (Приходите завтра..., 1963) as Vadim
Major Whirlwind (Майор "Вихрь", 1967) as Jozef
Grandads-Robbers (Старики-разбойники, 1971) as spokesman of the minister
The Irony of Fate (Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, 1975) as Pavlik
The Twelve Chairs (Двенадцать стульев, 1976) as one-eyed chess player
Heavenly Swallows (Небесные ласточки, 1976) as Château-Gibus
Three Men in a Boat (Трое в лодке, не считая собаки, 1979) as Sir Samuel William Harris
Incognito from St. Petersburg (Инкогнито из Петербурга, 1977) as district doctor
Borrowing Matchsticks (1980) as narrator
Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих, 1982) as Shurik, pianist
The Circus Princess (Принцесса цирка, 1982) as Firelli, director of the circus
Simply Awful! (Просто ужас!, 1982) as Chief Physician
The Most Charming and Attractive (Самая обаятельная и привлекательная, 1985) as Arkady
Winter Evening in Gagra (Зимний вечер в Гаграх, 1985) as presenter
Forgotten Melody for a Flute (Забытая мелодия для флейты, 1987) as Myasoedov
Hello, Fools! (Привет, дуралеи!, 1996) as leader of the Social-Socialist party
The Irony of Fate 2 (Ирония Судьбы. Продолжение, 2007) as uncle Pasha
The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (Возвращение мушкетёров, или Сокровища кардинала Мазарини, 2009) as Jean-Baptiste Colbert
voice
The Time Machine (1967) as narrator
Bayadere (1973) as Storyteller
Like mushrooms with peas fought (1977) as King Peas
New Aladdin (Новый Аладдин, 1979) as Aladdin
Alice in Wonderland (Алиса в Стране чудес, 1981) as Cheshire Cat
Dog in Boots (Пёс в сапогах, 1981) as Pretty Boy
The smallest dwarf (1981) as Goat
There was Saushkin (1981) as uncle Kapa, a resident of Country Dobryakov
My grandmother and I (2002) as grandson Borya
Alice in Wonderland (2010) as Cheshire Cat (Russian dub)
Hoffmaniada as Lindhorst / Salamander
Honours and awards
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
1st class (29 May 2019)
2nd class (19 July 2009) – for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of teaching activity
3rd class (21 July 2014)
4th class (2 August 2004) – for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art
Order of Friendship of Peoples (20 June 1994) – for services to the development of theatrical art, and effective pedagogical activity
Medal "Veteran of Labour" (USSR)
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989)
Winner of second prize at the Festival of the Arts' Theatre Spring-74 "Laureate of the "Golden Ostap" (1993, for participation in the play "Celebration")
Chekhov's Medal (2010)
Badge of Honour "Public Recognition"
Invited to the jury League of KVN
In 2003, asteroid 6767 Shirvindt was named in his honor.
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1934 births
20th-century Russian male actors
21st-century Russian male actors
Living people
Male actors from Moscow
Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika"
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Full Cavaliers of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Jewish Russian actors
Russian male film actors
Russian male stage actors
Russian male voice actors
Russian theatre directors
Soviet male film actors
Soviet male stage actors
Soviet male voice actors
Soviet theatre directors