Aleksei Zharkov
| Aleksei Zharkov | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov 27 March 1948 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
| Died |
5 June 2016 (aged 68) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1975–2009 |
| Awards |
People's Artist of Russia Order of Friendship |
Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Жарков; 27 March 1948 – 5 June 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (1994).[1]
Biography
Aleksei Zharkov graduated from Moscow Art Theater School (acting course of Alexander Karev). In 1971-1988 years - Zharkov is an actor of Yermolova Theatre. In 1988-2000 years - an actor of Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre. Zharkov returned to Yermolova theater in 2000.
Zharkov played more than a hundred roles in movies. He had a very distinctive voice, so often invited the actor to voice the role of other actors.
Personal life
Aleksei Zharkov married only once, in 1972 to a former flight attendant Lybov. They had two children: Maxim (employed as a police inspector) and Anastasia, who like her famous father went into the acting profession.
In 2012, Zharkov experienced a stroke, after which the actor became temporarily paralyzed. After that he lived in his dacha outside of Moscow. At the beginning of March 2016 he suffered a new attack. Aleksei Zharkov died on 5 June 2016 in Moscow; the cause of death was heart failure after a long illness. The actor is buried in a small cemetery in the Naro-Fominsk.
Selected filmography
- My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин, 1984) as Vasya Okoshkin
- Ten Little Niggers (Десять негритят, 1987) as detective William Blore
- The Life of Klim Samgin (Жизнь Клима Самгина, 1987) as Vladimir Liutov
- Zerograd (Город Зеро, 1988) as police detective
- The Prisoner of Château d'If (Узник замка Иф, 1988) as Danglar
- The Lady with the parrot (Дама с попугаем, 1988) as Sergey Zverev
- How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea (В городе Сочи тёмные ночи, 1989) as Stepanych
- Lost in Siberia (Затерянный в Сибири, 1991) as Nikola
- White King, Red Queen (Белый король, красная королева, 1992) as Sergey Zhirov
- Prediction (Предсказание, 1993) as Igor Poplawski
- Dreams (Сны, 1993) as Klotchkov
- Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина, 1994) as Gladishev
- Prisoner of the Mountains (Кавказский пленник, 1996) as Maslov
- The Sword Bearer (Меченосец, 2006) as father
Awards
- Honored Artist of RSFSR (1984)
- People's Artist of Russia (1994)
- Order of Friendship (1998)