Aleksandr Shirvindt

Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Ширвиндт, born July 19, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian screen and stage actor, screenwriter, voice actor, People's Artist and Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR.[1] Awarded with Order of Merit for the Fatherland,[2] Order of Friendship of Peoples. Since 2000 he has been a theater director of Moscow Theater of Satire.

Aleksandr Shirvindt
Born	Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt (1934-07-19) July 19, 1934 Moscow, Russia, USSR
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1956–present
Awards	People's Artist of Russia Meritorious Artist of Russia

Biography

Alexander Shirvindt was born in Moscow in a family of a violinist and music teacher Anatoly Gustavovich Shirvindt (1896–1962) and Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (1898–1985) of Moscow Philharmonic Society. In 1956 he graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The same year Shirvindt made his cinema debut in She Loves You! (1956). Grandfather, Gustav (Gedaliah) Moiseevich Shirvindt (a graduate of Vilnius 1st Gymnasium in 1881), was a doctor.[3][4][5]

Shirvindt appeared in more than 40 films, including Grandads-Robbers (1971), The Irony of Fate (1975), The Twelve Chairs (1976), Three Men in a Boat (1979), Station for Two (1982), The Irony of Fate 2 (2007). He voiced Aramis in Dog in Boots film.[6]

Filmography

actor

• Come Tomorrow, Please... (Приходите завтра..., 1963) as Vadim
• Major Whirlwind (Майор "Вихрь", 1967) as Jozef
• Grandads-Robbers (Старики-разбойники, 1971) as spokesman of the minister
• The Irony of Fate (Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, 1975) as Pavlik
• The Twelve Chairs (Двенадцать стульев, 1976) as eyed chess player
• Heavenly Swallows (Небесные ласточки, 1976) as Château-Gibus
• Three Men in a Boat (Трое в лодке, не считая собаки, 1979) as Sir Samuel William Harris
• Incognito from St. Petersburg (Инкогнито из Петербурга, 1977) as district doctor
• Borrowing Matchsticks (1980) as narrator
• Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих, 1982) as Shurik, pianist
• The Circus Princess (Принцесса цирка, 1982) as Firelli, director of the circus
• Simply Awful! (Просто ужас!, 1982) as Chief Physician
• The Most Charming and Attractive (Самая обаятельная и привлекательная, 1985) as Arkady
• Winter Evening in Gagra (Зимний вечер в Гаграх, 1985) as presenter
• Forgotten Melody for a Flute (Забытая мелодия для флейты, 1987) as Myasoedov
• Hello, Fools! (Привет, дуралеи!, 1996) as leader of the Social-Socialist party
• The Irony of Fate 2 (Ирония Судьбы. Продолжение, 2007) as uncle Pasha
• The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (Возвращение мушкетёров, или Сокровища кардинала Мазарини, 2009) as Jean-Baptiste Colbert

voice

• The Time Machine (1967) as narrator
• Bayadere (1973) as Storyteller [7]
• Like mushrooms with peas fought (1977) as King Peas
• New Aladdin (Новый Аладдин, 1979) as Aladdin
• Alice in Wonderland (Алиса в Стране чудес, 1981) as Cheshire Cat
• Dog in Boots (Пёс в сапогах, 1981) as Pretty Boy
• The smallest dwarf (1981) as Goat
• There was Saushkin (1981) as uncle Kapa, a resident of Country Dobryakov
• My grandmother and I (2002) as grandson Borya
• Alice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat (Russian voice)

Honours and awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 2nd class (19 July 2009) - for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of teaching activity
  • 4th class (2 August 2004) - for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (20 June 1994) - for services to the development of theatrical art, and effective pedagogical activity
• Medal "Veteran of Labour" (USSR)
• Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989)
• Winner of second prize at the Festival of the Arts' Theatre Spring-74 "Laureate of the "Golden Ostap" (1993, for participation in the play "Celebration")
• Chekhov's Medal (2010)[8]
• Badge of Honour "Public Recognition"
• Invited to the jury League of KVN
• In 2003, asteroid 6767 Shirvindt was named in his honor.

References

1. Laurence Senelick (2007). Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater. Scarecrow Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-810-86452-8. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
2. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 июля 2009 года № 829 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ II степени Ширвиндта А. А.»
3. "Скатертый переулок, дом 5". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
4. "Выпускники Виленской гимназии (Гдаль-Густав Ширвиндт)". Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
5. "Окончившие курс Виленской 1-й гимназии". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
6. "Russian animation in letters and figures. Movies. Dog in Boots" [Российская анимация в буквах и фигурах. Фильмы. "Пёс в сапогах"] (in Russian). Animator.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
7. Баядера на сайте Анатолия Моксякова
8. Чайки в городе. В МХТ вручены чеховские медали Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Российская газета, 28 октября 2010

External links

• Aleksandr Shirvindt on IMDb