Alexander Ovchinnikov: biography and the creative path

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Ovchinnikov Alexander - Honored Artist of Russia, a bright representative of theatrical stage and Soviet cinema, famous for the films "Vanyushin's Children", "Cliff", "Guilty Without Guilt".

Biography Ovchinnikov

Alexander Yuryevich Ovchinnikov was born in Moscow on June 7, 1947. Being in search of his place in life, he studied at the Energy Institute, worked, then served in the army.

At one point he decided to try himself in the theatrical sphere and submitted documents to the Shchepkin School, where by that time the entrance examinations had ended. The admissions committee went to meet yesterday's soldier, giving him an attempt to show himself as a promising actor. Ovchinnikov, worthy of withstanding the test, was enrolled in the course of the famous teacher and director V. I. Tsygankov.

Beginning of the actor's way

During his studies with other Shchepkins he took part in mass scenes of stage productions of the Maly Theater. Being a student, he played four roles on the famous stage, among which Janus from the "Criminal Tango", participated in the premiere of "King Fyodor Ioannovich". After graduating from the theater school in 1973 he was invited to work in the troupe of the Maly Theater, where he played dozens of roles. Among them were large and small, and each was distinguished by the thoughtfulness and correct understanding of the specifics of drama.

The audience will surely remember the following acting works of Alexander Ovchinnikov: Janek ("Means of Makropulos" by Karl Capek), Chino ("Stole Consul" by George Mdivani), Dima ("Evening Light" Alexei Arbuzov)

Professionalism of Alexander Ovchinnikov

Alexander often had to duplicate the actors, enter a ready-made performance. Usually most of the input is planned in advance, but often in scenic practice there is a force majeure, when the actor in a matter of hours, after just a couple of rehearsals, should be in "combat" readiness for an exit in the given image. This is how Ovchinnikov appeared in the role of Prince Shakhovsky in "Tsar Fedor Ioannovich". Also appeared in the play "Humiliated and Injured" in the role of Alyosha. These two works fully showed the professionalism of the young artist, who was able to disclose the complexity of the played character, while singling out the main thing in it.

The role of Egmont in G. Hauptmann's production Before Sunset, prepared independently by Ovchinnikov, was so successful that the actor began to play it with the first performer on an equal footing.

Alexander Ovchinnikov is authentic and organic, playing the role of modern character. In the image of George in the play "Over Light Water" by V. Belov, the actor is convincing in a deep understanding of the inner world of a man of our time. Seriously contemplating the character of his character, Alexander does not try to smooth the contradictions coming from life itself.

Filmography of Alexander Ovchinnikov

• "Dog's Happiness" (1991) - a children's film about the search for a charming poodle named Baby.
• "A Tale for the Night" (1991) is a psychological drama about twin brothers: a military attache and a criminal investigation worker. Alexander played the role of chief Margarita.
• "The Advent of the Moon" (1987) - the story of the touching and complex relationship of the teacher of singing Pyotr Fedorovich Kaloshin (Ovchinnikov in the title role) and the gymnast Katya Prokhorova.
• "Five thousand for the head Mevluda" - a historical film about the detachment of the mountaineers, committed daring attacks on the manors and gave the plundered poor Georgian people. The action takes place at the beginning of the twentieth century. Mehlud Diasamidze follows the correct distribution of the prey, five thousand gold is promised for his head.
• "Guilty Without Guilt" (1985) - a film-performance based on the play by AN Ostrovsky. Ovchinnikov in the role of Grigory Neznamov.
• "Summer walks" (1982) - a film-performance based on the same play by A. Salynsky about the young student Boris Kulikove, who tried to prove the value and innovation of the ideas of his father-architect. Alexander Ovchinnikov - an actor who performed in this production the role of a guy with a guitar.
• "Vanyushin's Children" (1982) is a family-household drama, one of the most significant works of drama, which has been on the stage for more than a century. Alexander Ovchinnikov played the part of Alexei.

• "Here again the window" (1982) - three novels in one film, connected by a song "Here again the window" (M. Tsvetaeva's verses, S. Pozhlakov's music). Ovchinnikov played in the third novella the role of Alyosha, who came to the apartment of his future bride Tanya and her mother Anna Kirillovna.
• "Through the Gobi and Khingan" (1981) - a war film about the events of the Second World War at its final stage. The Japanese laboratory created bacteriological weapons, the effect of which was checked on prisoners of war. The secret of this laboratory was entrusted to solve the epidemiologist-doctor Sokolov Dmitry. He fulfilled the task, but at the cost of his own life. Alexey Ovchinnikov in this film played the main role.
• "Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich" (1981) - the second part of the trilogy of Tolstoy AK, telling about the Russian tsars. Ovchinnikov in the role of Prince Grigory Shakhovsky.
• "The Beach" (1980) - a film-play about the novel by writer Vadim Nikitin and the young German Emma, which happened in the war years and found its continuation after forty years.
• "Russian people" (1979) - a film about the courage and heroism of Russian people during the Great Patriotic War. The action of the painting takes place in a small town occupied by the fascists.
• "Scouts Scouts" (1979) - a film-performance about the temperamental actor Scapen, able to turn any banal life situation into a merry and noisy theatrical performance. Actor Alexander Ovchinnikov managed to find the right colors for Moliere's Leandra, exactly matching the stylistics of the play and the general structure of the production.
• "The Means of Makropulos" (1978) is a film-performance about the elixir of longevity, which every hero of the play dreams about. Alexander Ovchinnikov played the role of Janek.
• "Last year's quadrille" (1978) - melodrama, in which Ovchinnikov played the main role - Yuri Kvyatkovsky. The film tells about students who argued for the love of a pretty girl Tony.
• "Dust under the sun" (1977). A military film about the suppression of the mutiny of 1918 in Simbirsk. Alexander Ovchinnikov played the role of commander of the First Army of the Eastern Front of the Red Army - Mikhail Tukhachevsky.

• "Humiliated and Injured" (1976) - a screen version based on the novel of the same name by FM Dostoevsky. On the love triangle, which participants are the dreamy writer Ivan Petrovich, the girl Natasha Ikhmeneva and the spineless handsome Alyosha Valkovsky (Alexander Ovchinnikov).
• "The doctor called" (1974) - a film about a young girl Kate Luzina, graduating from the institute and striving to become a good doctor. Actor Ovchinnikov played the role of a young surgeon Sergei Petrovich.
• "The Cliff" (1972) is a film-performance based on the novel by Ivan Goncharov. Ovchinnikov in the role of Nikolai Andreevich Vikentyev.

Personal life Ovchinnikov

In family life, Alexander Ovchinnikov was happy to be married to Maly Theater actress Alena Doronina, daughter of Constance Roek and Vitaly Doronin. A married couple brought up two wonderful children - Igor and Nastya.

Actors of Soviet cinema go one by one, giving way to the younger generation of the new era. Alexander Yu. Ovchinnikov died on October 24, 1997 after a long and painful illness. He was buried at the Troekurov cemetery.