Soviet and Russian actor, Kuznetsov Alexander Konstantinovich, was born on December 2, 1959 in the village of Petrovka, Primorsky Territory. After graduating from high school and having worked for a year and a half in the mechanical workshop of his native village, Sasha left for Moscow. He dreamed of becoming an actor in theater and cinema. The biography of actor Alexander Kuznetsov began with admission to the Theater School. Schukin. Natural artistry, good plasticity and impeccable diction helped Alexander to pass exams successfully.
Theater on Malaya Bronnaya
Kuznetsov did not miss classes, he studied perfectly, the teachers spoke of him as a rising star of the Russian theater. Many theater directors in Moscow already knew that a promising nugget was studying in Schukinka, which is worth a closer look. And when Kuznetsov was finishing his third year, Anatoly Efros, the artistic director of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater, met with him. So the future actor Alexander Kuznetsov was admitted in advance to the troupe of one of the best Moscow theaters.
Filmography of the Soviet period
At the Malaya Bronnaya Theater, Kuznetsov worked until 1989. Then the actor received an offer from Hollywood to participate in two American films and left for the USA. Prior to that, he actively starred in Russian cinema. The filmography of the actor Alexander Kuznetsov includes the following paintings of the Soviet period:
- Year 1981 - "Sky Trails", directed by Zurab Tutberidze. Kuznetsov in a cameo role.
- Year 1983 - "Hello from the Front," directed by Ivan Kiasashvili. Kuznetsov's character is Vanya-medicine.
- Year 1983 - "Non-Fiction" directed by Sergei Ovcharov. Kuznetsov as Neznam.
- Year 1983 - "Comet", directed by Richard Victorov. Alexander Kuznetsov in a cameo role.
- Year 1985 - "Mr. Veliky Novgorod," directed by Alexei Saltykov. Kuznetsov played Misha.
- Year 1985 - "Men's anxiety", director Anatoly Nitochkin. Kuznetsov - Lieutenant Andrey Kiselev, the main role.
- Year 1985 - "Sleep in the Hand, or Suitcase", directed by Ernest Yasan. Kuznetsov's character is pilot Lenya Kulik.
- Year 1986 - “I'm Sorry,” directed by Ernest Yasan. Kuznetsov in a cameo role.
- Year 1986 - "Jack Vosmerkin - American," directed by Eugene Tatarsky. Kuznetsov in the role of Jacob Vosmerkin.
- Year 1988 - "Love for the neighbor", directed by Nikolai Rasheev. Alexander Kuznetsov in the role of Ivan Ivanovich.
- Year 1988 - "Seaside Boulevard", directed by Alexander Polynnikov. The character of Kuznetsov is Sasha.
- Year 1988 - "Aelita, Do Not Bother Men," directed by George Nathanson. Kuznetsov in the role of a sharpie Fedi Sidorov.
- Year 1988 - “We’ll stay faithful,” directed by Andrei Malyukov. Kuznetsov in a cameo role.
- Year 1989 - "Lawlessness", directed by Igor Gostev. Alexander Kuznetsov as Senior Lieutenant Kasimov.
- Year 1989 - "Two Arrows", director Alla Surikova. Kuznetsov in the role of Ushasty.
- Year 1990 - "Furious Bus", directed by George Nathanson. Kuznetsov’s character is a flight engineer.
Hollywood
The year 1990 was the last year of Alexander Kuznetsov’s stay in Moscow, he soon moved to America and began acting in Hollywood. The first role of the actor is Sten in the series "Alaska Kid", a joint film project of American and Soviet filmmakers. Many Russian actors took part in the filming, as the series was shot for two years, there was enough work for everyone. The director of the film, James Hill, appreciated the play of Russian artists, all the participants from the Russian side were well acquainted with the work of the American writer Jack London, according to the stories of which the script was written.
Joint film projects
Another co-production film called Ice Runner was released in 1992. The action takes place on the territory of the USSR, in the center of the plot is an illegal arms trade. The character of Alexander Kuznetsov was an employee of the KGB Petrov. The intrigue of the film was that the main character, the American intelligence officer Jeffrey West, was deciphered at the time of his meeting with a senior Soviet official of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. West was going through him to pass a large bribe to the minister, so that he would assist in the purchase of Soviet-made weapons for the subsequent shipment of the arsenal to Afghanistan. However, an American agent was arrested and sent to a Russian prison for 12 years.
Teaching activities
Over the past period, from 1990 to the present, Alexander Kuznetsov has starred in fifty films, some of which are film projects of American cinema, and some were shot in Russia during the actor’s visits to Moscow. In addition to participating in the filming, Kuznetsov devotes a lot of time to teaching. He organized the International Actors School, a school of excellence with international status for aspiring actors. The training is based on the Stanislavsky system, and the works of Russian classics are used: Chekhov, Kuprin, Ostrovsky and Dostoevsky. In Russia, Kuznetsov founded the Moscow International School called the Forge of Cinema and Television. In all his projects, the actor and teacher Alexander Kuznetsov is directly involved.