Aleksandr Domogarov

Aleksandr Domogarov
Alexander Domogarov in the cinema in 2009.
Born	Aleksandr Yurievich Domogarov (1963-07-12) 12 July 1963 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation	Actor, TV presenter
Years active	1984–present
Website	Official website

Aleksandr Yurievich Domogarov PAR.^[1] (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Домога́ров, born 12 July 1963) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter, Russian chanson singer, People's Artist of Russia (2007), actor known for playing historical roles.

Biography

Aleksandr Domogarov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). He went to school from 1970 to 1980 and was planning to become an engineer. However he soon discovered it was not his profession and went into the Maly Theatre school. He started to participate in many plays including Macbeth, but his greatest stage success came with the role of Vaslav Nijinsky in Nijinsky, Clown of God.

In 1984 Aleksandr Domogarov played in the Russian film Inheritance. He continued to play in the Mossovet Theatre. In 1988 he gained public attention when he starred as czar Alexander I in the film Assa. He continued to star in other films and in 1998 appeared in the TV series The Countess of Montsoreau as Count de Bussy. This led to his role as Bohun in With Fire and Sword (1999).

He then went on to star in the criminal TV series Turetsky's March (2000) and Bandit Petersburg (2000). n 2002 he was the host of the Russian version of the TV show Survivor. He appeared in the TV adaptations of The Idiot and Master and Margarita (2005).

Since April 2005, Domogarov has been the lead in an open-ended run of Jekyll and Hyde at the Mossovet Theater. The Russian production of Jekyll and Hyde is titled "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", is much more scary and has very different arrangements of songs.

He then returned to Bandit Petersburg but this time playing a different role. In 2005 he starred in the film The One Who Lost the Sun. He also starred in the TV series Woman's Romance. In 2006 he played in the film The Wolfhound.

Awards

• 1997 - Seagull Award for Best Actor 1996-1997 theater season of the year for his role in the play of Georges Duroy Bel Ami.
• 2000 - Honored Artist of Russia^[2]
• 2007 - People's Artist of Russia

Personal life

• The first wife Natalia Sagoyan
  • Son Dmitry (January 7, 1985 - 7 June 2008), was killed in an accident ^[3]
• The second wife - Irina Gunenkova
  • Son Alexander Domogarov Jr., actor, was born on February 7, 1989
• Aleksandr Domogarov married actress Natalia Gromushkina in 2001 but was divorced from her in 2005.

Filmography

Aleksandr Domogarov has starred in over 92 films

References

External links

• Aleksandr Domogarov on IMDb
• Official website
• Официальная группа на www.facebook.com