Aleksandr Dedyushko

Aleksandr Viktorovich Dedyushko (May 20, 1962 – November 3, 2007) was a Russian television actor, best known for war dramas and the Russian version of Dancing with the Stars.

Born as Aliaksandr Dziadziushka (Belarusian: Аляксандр Дзядзюшка, Dziadziushka) in Vawkavysk, Hrodna Voblast, Belarus, he worked with the Vladimir City Theatre from 1989 until 1995. Starting in the early 2000s, Dedyushko became a popular Russian television presenter, actor and singer.

Dedyushko was killed along with his wife and son in a car accident on November 3, 2007, in Petushki, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. Their car apparently skidded on an ice covered road.

Selected filmography

• Taras Bulba (2009)
• Vechernyaya skazka (2007)
• A Driver for Vera (2004)
• Demobbed (2000)
• The Barber of Siberia (1998)
• Mother (1989)

External links and references

• Aleksandr Dedyushko at the Internet Movie Database
• Aleksandr Dedyushko killed in car accident (Russian)
• Official website of the memory actor (Russian)