Alexander Natanovich Rappoport is a well-known Russian and American artist, psychotherapist, TV presenter and talented singer and musician. The creative path of this talented person was not easy, fate brought him many surprises, both pleasant and painful. In the article, we consider in more detail the biography of our hero, his creative and personal life. The story began 70 years ago in Bulgaria.
Biography
Alexander Rappoport was born on April 1, 1947 in the small Bulgarian city of Kazanlak. During this period, the father of little Sasha served as an officer. Immediately after the birth of the child, the family leaves the country, settling first in Georgia, and then in Russia, settling in Leningrad. From early childhood, the boy dreamed of becoming an actor, but his parents were strongly against such a frivolous profession. At the insistence of his father, Sasha enters the Perm Medical Institute (by the way, at the same time with his father). But even there, the desire to become an artist does not fade away. Alexander Rappoport takes an active part in amateur performances of the institute, in addition, a guy with a height of 188 cm is taken to the basketball team.
At first, medicine did not attract the young man’s interest at all, he listened to lectures in half, often had to retake exams. But in the last courses, when they began to study psychiatry proper, Sasha became interested, and study began to bring pleasure.
After graduating from the medical institute, Alexander goes to work in the well-known Moscow clinic named after P.P. Kashchenko. Everything was perfect until disaster struck the house.
Escape from the country
In 1980, conscripts came to the clinic to undergo examination of unsuitability for military service. Alexander did not reveal pathology among the guys and gave a certificate of suitability. For this, the doctor was sentenced to 4 years in a political article. After such an attitude by officials, Alexander Rappoport decides to leave the country.
Due to a lack of funds, a man and his son actually go on foot across Europe to Barcelona on foot. On the way, I had to earn some money for our daily bread by singing in the streets and by small part-time jobs. In 1990, he was transported to the United States.
Life in America
The first years in the USA of Alexander Rappoport were difficult. I had to earn money as a taxi driver. Then he additionally studied at the University of Adelphay, renewing the diploma of a psychotherapist. Even now, when a childhood dream came true and Alexander Natanovich is actively acting in films, he does not stop working as a doctor. He conducts private individual trainings with people, helping troubled families restore peace and prosperity in personal relationships.
TV presenter work
The first author’s program of Alexander Rappoport called “Mirror” was released in the United States. There he discussed the psychological problems of modern society. Since then, he was often invited to Russian television, where he took part in such programs as “An hour before midnight”, “Men's territory”, “I want your husband”, “I love, I can’t ...”.
Doctor who sings
Alexander Rappoport, like any talented person, has many abilities. A good doctor and a great presenter, it turns out, is also an excellent singer. He actively records studio albums, shoots video clips. The first success brought him a song in the style of chanson "Barcelona". At the end of the 90s, lovers of chanson listened to it.
Now Alexander can brag of numerous disks. The success of the talented musician did not go unnoticed in the second homeland. After a series of musical concerts, Alexander Rappoport is invited to the United States to participate in a theatrical production at the Steps Theater. The play “Last Summer in Chulimsk” reminded him of his childhood dream of becoming an artist. After the end of the season, the newly made actor takes master classes from the famous American film industry stars - Al Pacino, Michael Kane and Meryl Streep. After that, Alexander began to invite Russian directors. So he took part in the performances of the Sovremennik Theater by Galina Volchek.
Movie work
The film debut took place in 2000 in a film by Russian directors who live in America. But these were small roles. As Alexander himself admits, his first real role as a film artist took place in the movie "My Prechistenka." There he embodied the image of the Chekist Kuznetsov. By this moment he was already 50 years old, but, as can be seen in the photo, Alexander Rappoport is a man who is very attractive in appearance, with a beautiful and slender figure, so when he was seen by Galina, the wife of George Danelia, she said that such a man simply cannot be do not make a movie.
Many years have passed since then, and Alexander is constantly invited to shoot. At such a mature age, he participated in more than 100 paintings. In an interview, the actor admits that after all, he considers medicine to be the main profession, and the actor’s profession is closely connected with psychiatry. This is the second facet of artists, the ability to transform into their characters, to find an approach to the implementation of the image.
Personal life
In the actor’s personal life, there is complete mutual understanding. The only love of his life, the wife of Lyudmila, whom Alexander calls affectionately Lyuska, has been married to our hero since 18 years. The couple has two sons and a grandson.
The eldest son, Vyacheslav, works as a manager in the USA. The younger - Cyril, who walked on foot to Barcelona in the difficult years of his father’s life, remained in Spain, doing business. Now lives with the rest of the family in the United States and holds a small cafe. Cyril took the Russian model and also actress Irina Dmitrakova as his wife. And he named his son in honor of his grandfather - Alexander.