Alexander Bashirov: biography, filmography, personal life

Alexander Bashirov belongs to the category of those actors, whose personality can not remain indifferent. He is either loved or hated - another is simply not given. Such an ambiguous attitude to himself Alexander Nikolaevich deserved not only thanks to the images created on the screen, but also because of numerous tricks that are on the verge of being allowed, outside the set. Photo of Alexander Bashirov rarely seen at any teenager on the wall. He was never a fashionable actor, but this does not prevent him from acting in the highest-grossing films. The actor even sometimes has to participate in several projects simultaneously. Many roles brought him prestigious awards and awards.

Childhood

Alexander Bashirov comes from a small village of Sogom, which is located in the Tyumen region. It was there that on September 24, 1955, the future famous actor was born.

His family is very difficult to call safe even by the then standards. Mother Alexander almost immediately after the birth of his son divorced from her husband and therefore brought up the boy alone. Dependent on the woman was also her one-armed father. Disability and fundamental political views (he was an ardent opponent of Soviet power) did not allow him to work. He also preferred fishing to the household. Nevertheless, according to the memoirs of Alexander himself, his mother provided the family with everything necessary, although for this she had to work all day on the railway.

Youth

Since 1972, Alexander Bashirov decides to live independently. For this, a seventeen-year-old boy moves to Leningrad and enters the school, where he chooses the working specialty of the tiler-clerk. The profession leads the as-yet-unsuccessful actor to work for a cement plant in Vyborg.

The constant desire to change something in my life, as well as the summons from the military registration and enlistment office, abruptly change the fate of Bashirov. From 1981 to 1983, he served in the tank division of the Red Army. There, in the frail boy, they saw for the first time the creative core and were sent to work as an artist-designer in a kapter.

Since 1984, the biography of Alexander Bashirov begins to be written from scratch. It is then that he successfully passes the selection and enters the VGIK at the director's faculty. The training of the newly-made student in the first two years is held in the studio of Igor Talankin, and then at the deserved meter of the feature film Anatoly Vasilyev.

Bashirov Alexander Nikolayevich in one of his interviews about his unexpected decision to go into the world of cinema said that radical things began to happen by themselves when he decided to direct life. Never need to depend on fashion, you need to create it. These words can describe all the life beliefs of the actor.

The debut in cinema and life in America

The first role was then taken by the student of VGIK in 1986. Sergei Soloviev instructed him to play Chudika in his film "Alien White and the Fang". The experiment turned out to be ambiguous, but it did not bother the future star of the screen at all.

A truly stellar hour came to Bashirov a year later, when the same Solovyov called him to appear in the cult picture of Assa. An eccentric and emotional actor was noticed by spectators and other directors, even though his hero, the air force liege, appeared only occasionally on the screen.

In 1988, Alexander Bashirov received an invitation to participate in another legendary film - "Needle". He perfectly managed to play the part of Spartacus - a small, absolutely nothing of himself not representing, but at the same time very dangerous person. This image will then permanently stick to the actor.

Almost immediately after graduating from the Institute of Cinematography, Bashirov decides to leave his native land and flies overseas. But even there, he does not depart from the intended path, so from 1990 to 1991 he is engaged in acting in the studio of Laurence Arancio.

Personal life during this period also beats the key. The actor marries an American citizen. Their marriage did not last long, and one of the reasons for the divorce was a mismatch of characters. Nevertheless, in America, Alexander Nikolaevich had a son, Christopher, with whom he, if possible, keeps in touch.

Promising director

Many know Bashirov as a wonderful actor, but few people realize that he left a few bright tracks in the director's field. Unfortunately, his early student work "Outsider" and "Ode to Joy" did not survive. But the next test of the pen made a real sensation in 1998. Creation was provocatively called "ZPO", which stands for "The Iron Heel of the Oligarchy".

On the account of Bashirov-director such pictures as a documentary film "Belgrade, Belgrade!" And the series "Good luck, detective". In addition, many musicians are always ready to work with Alexander Nikolayevich. The most famous creation in this sphere can be considered a clip, shot on the song "Nastasya" by Vyacheslav Butusov.

Youth film studio "Deboshirfilm"

The project called "Deboshir-Film-Studio" was born in 1996. This was a period when the cinematography in the country was just beginning to restore its lost positions. Bashirov, having chosen the path of youth and underground cinema, literally fell into a stream. His studio very quickly became popular, and therefore the festival of the same name was organized on its basis. It is held twice a year and today it is one of the largest in the field of independent cinema. Bashirov is the permanent head of the studio and director.

Inna Volkova - the girlfriend of life

Inna Alexandrovna is the second wife of Bashirov. A woman is 9 years younger than her husband. She in certain circles is quite a popular person, since 1988 she is engaged in musical creativity and performs in the group "Hummingbirds".

Alexander Bashirov and Inna Volkova can boast not only a happy marriage in which they had a daughter, Alexander-Maria, but also a wonderful creative understanding. It was fully reflected in the picture "The Iron Pig of the Oligarchy". Inna Volkova played one of the roles in the film, and also wrote to him a song called "Not a Hero".

Filmography

The first pictures, in which Bashirov took part, as already mentioned above, were "Alien White and the Fang", "Assa" and "Needle". Then followed the "Comrade", "Bread - the noun" and "Black rose - the emblem of sadness, the red rose - the emblem of love". Directors often trusted him with secondary and episodic roles, but the viewer still fell in love with the actor.

Maybe because of popular sympathy Bashirov was so popular in the 90s. Despite the fact that during this period the films were not shot so much, he did not work without work. Among the paintings with his participation, it is necessary first of all to single out the series "The Streets of Broken Lights" and the full-length films "Mom, Do not Grieve!", "Khrustalev, the Machine!" And "Ermak."

For modern Russian cinema this eccentric actor also means a lot. In favor of this statement says his filmography. Alexander Bashirov recently played in such sensational paintings as "Down House", "Sisters", "Shtrafbat", "9th company", "Bloomers", "Peter FM", "Cargo 200". Especially worth noting is the work of the actor in the historical work "The Golden Age", where he brilliantly coped with the role of Emperor Paul I, and the role of the cat Behemoth in the adaptation of the novel "The Master and Margarita."

Awards and Prizes

Alexander N. Bashirov is a regular participant of most film festivals. It can often be found in the lists of nominees for all sorts of awards and bonuses, but all the really serious achievements of the actor come at the end of the 90s. Among them, the prize of the press in 1998 at the festival "Vivat, Cinema of Russia!", The prize of the 1998 Guild of Film Critics of the film festival "Window to Europe", the prize "Silver Nail" 1998 for the best debut in the field of youth cinema. The film "ZHPO" was also recognized as the best on the international screening in Alexandria, where Bashirov was awarded with the prize for the best male role.