Samoilenko Alexander is a well-known film and theater actor who from the first role was remembered and loved by the viewer. He tried his hand in various fields of cinema. Starting with buffets for actors, he continued his career in theater and cinema, and not only as an actor, but also as a director and producer.
Childhood
Samoilenko Alexander was born in late March 1964 in Uzbekistan. His hometown is Tashkent. Parents are his intelligent people. So, father, Valery Samoilov, was a professor and doctor of sciences in the field of hydrobiology. Mom worked as a teacher at school. Alexander grew up as an obedient boy; he always obeyed his parents, but dreamed a lot.
It was in school years that the future actor came to love the stage and acting. He attended a school of acting and often performed in school plays. Alexander in his childhood loved to watch movies, and it was they who inspired the boy to dream of an actor's career.
Education
Having received school education, Alexander Samoilenko, whose photo is in this article, decides to enter the theater institute. Despite the fact that the mother of the future famous actor was against such a decision by his son, his father still supported him, believing that he should decide on the profession himself.
Therefore, very soon, Alexander Valeryanovich leaves for the capital to submit documents to the Shchukin Higher Theater School. His natural data, skills gained in the school drama circle, and artistry helped Alexander successfully pass exams and enter the acting department.
Catering business
After graduating from the theater school, Alexander Samoilenko, whose biography is eventful, first gets a job at the Vakhtangov Theater, but only by the administrator. But already in 1990, he, together with his friend Maxim Sukhanov, decided to go into business. So, in the restaurant "Prague" in the place where there was once a buffet, they organize the club "Lighthouse", which was a closed institution. Only actors and their friends could come to this club. At its core, this place also served as a buffet.
Soon, the actors Samoilenko and Sukhanov opened a buffet in the Central Children's Theater. The restaurant business of the young actors was so successful that they also opened the Labardans art restaurant. It is known that buffets supported actors: they served poor theatrical workers for free, paid for funerals and commemoration, even fed students of the Shchukin Theater School.
Theatrical career
Samoilenko Alexander first began working in the theater in 1997. This happened after he was invited to the troupe of the capital's drama theater named after K. Stanislavsky. On the stage of this theater, he played in five performances. His characters liked and loved the audience. So, the talented artist played Sir Toby in the theatrical production of Twelfth Night, the commissioner in the play Seven Saints from the Village of Brucho, Batista in the production of The Taming of the Shrew and others.
In addition, Alexander Samoilenko, whose films are known throughout the country, collaborated with other theaters. So, at the Theater of Nations, he played Sorin in the play “Experience in mastering the play The Seagull”, in another theater he participated in the theatrical production of “The Women”, and in the capital's drama theater on Malaya Bronnaya, Alexander Valeryanovich played Orgon in the play “Tartuffe”.
Cinematic career
The talented actor Samoilenko began acting in films as a student. He needed this in order to earn some money for his life. So, in 1986 he played in the musical film "Antics in the Old Spirit", where he got the role of Napoleon, and the next year he plays forest blackmailer Sasha in the film "Forgotten Melody for the Flute" directed by Eldar Ryazanov.
In 1990, the young actor played a cameo role of an editorial staff member Sasha in the film "The Ghoul Family". After that, Samoilenko did not act in films and returned to cinema again only after ten years. In 2000, he took part in the filming of the multi-part detective "Maroseyka 12", where he played the role of Ivan Pavlyuchenko. This role helped re-look at the profession of an actor, Alexander Valeryanovich liked it and the very next year he played in the series “Cobra. Black blood".
In 2002, he starred in three films at once: "Atlantis", "Oligarch" and "Joker". In 2004, his popularity and fame increased after the release of the films “Night Watch”. In this fantasy film, he plays the role of the magician Ilya. And in 2006, he also successfully starred in the film "Day Watch", which is a continuation of the first film.
But the biggest success with the viewer was caused by his role in the family series "Daddy's Daughters", where he plays the role of dentist Andrei Mikhailovich Antonov. No less successful was his role in the film “The Queen of Bandits”. This film was released in 2013. The main character of the film is waiting for her boyfriend from the army. But many people like her. And Polina also likes the local authority Burov, whom Alexander Valeryanovich plays just. Polina does not like Burov at all, she hates him. But it soon turns out that the girl’s mother is sick, so an operation that is expensive is needed. And Polina is simply forced to marry Burov.
Currently, his filmography includes more than seventy films, and every year several films are released where he is shot. In 2018, Samoleynko starred in the film "President’s Vacation" directed by Ilya Sherstobitov. His role as Cossack chieftain Anatoly Stepanovich Romanov was successful. The President of Russia decides to secretly go on vacation and visit the Crimea to relax there and have a little chat with people. But in order to do this secretly, he resorted to the services of a make-up artist. But only his new image repeats the appearance of Valery from Borovsk. It is known that he had accumulated debts for 40 loans, and in order to hide from the collectors, he also went to the Crimea. As a result, each hero is mistaken for that and they are forced to live as they dreamed. At the end of the film, everything returns to its place.
Director's career
Alexander Samoilenko, whose personal life is always interesting to the public, realized his directorial abilities in two films. In 2006, the film "Horror Novel" was released, which tells about the guard Klim Blinov, who works in an elite sports club. At this time, the unforeseen happens and the Ghost, who in the old days, until about 1917, was a prosecutor, releases a new collector. The ghost sees people who, being members of this elite club, conduct unclean deeds. Klim and the Ghost soon begin to be friends and together try to fight with such people.
In 2006, the new directorial work of Alexander Valeryanovich was released. He created the comedy film "Let Us Be At You", where a bachelor, who is already over thirty years old, wants to marry his annoying mother. To do this, he has to meet different people, and because of this, he often finds himself in funny and comic situations.
Producer career
Since 2003, Alexander Samoilenko begins his career in cinema and as a producer. In his creative piggy bank, there are more than ten films that are popular and famous. Among them are such films as: "Days of the Angel", "Trail of the Salamander", "Truckers 3" and others.
Television career
Since 2007, Alexander Samoilenko, whose actor the whole country knows and loves, decides to try his hand on television. At first, for several years he participated in several programs, as a guest. These are such well-known programs: "The Big Dispute" and "While Everyone is Home." But already in 2009, he appeared as an independent expert in the popular Fashion Sentence program.
In 2010, he became a member of such programs as: “Give yourself a life”, “You and Me” and “The Big Difference”. In the same year, Alexander Valeryanovich also tries himself in the role of presenter. He leads several episodes of the program "I want to know everything." In 2011, he also tried his hand as an active participant in the famous entertainment program "Dancing with the Stars." Alexander Valeryanovich manages to pass the first stage of the competition, but in the second round he drops out. In 2013, the audience saw him again in the Polyglot program as a participant.
Personal life
Alexander Samoilenko, whose children from three different wives, does not like to talk about his personal life. But it is known that the talented actor had three marriages. He met his first wife back in the days when he was a student at a theater school. The young people got married and soon a son Stepan appeared in this marriage. But the joint life still did not work out and this marriage broke up.
And only after many years, the actor Samoilenko decided on a second marriage. The second wife Elena gave birth to his son Sasha. But after six years, Alexander Valeryanovich met in one of the restaurants Eugene, who worked there. Soon, passion turned into a romance, and for her sake the talented actor left his family and married Eugene. In 2009, this couple had a son, Prokhor.
It is known that in addition to official marriages, actor Alexander Valeryanovich Samoilenko also had other novels. For example, it is known that the actor had a romantic relationship with actress Olga Lomonosova. Their relationship began on the set of the film “Cobra. Antiterror ”and lasted two years. According to rumors, the actor persistently and actively courted a charming actress, but after Olga met her future husband, their relationship ended.
In 2015, a divorce took place with his third wife, with whom he lived for eight years. Eugene was eighteen years younger than him. In 2016, the talented actor Alexander Valeryanovich Samoilenko introduced his friends actress Natalya Gromova, with whom they rested in Georgia.