Alexander Ovchinnikov: biography and career

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Ovchinnikov Alexander is an Honored Artist of Russia, a vivid representative of the theatrical stage and Soviet cinema, famous for the films “Children of Vanyushin”, “Cliff”, “Guilty Without Guilt”.

Biography of Ovchinnikov

Alexander Yuryevich Ovchinnikov was born in Moscow on June 7, 1947. Being in search of his place in life, he studied at the Energy Institute, worked, then served in the army.

At one point, he decided to try himself in the theatrical sphere and submitted documents to the Shchepkin school, where by that time the entrance exams had ended. The selection committee went to meet yesterday's soldier, giving him an attempt to show himself as a promising actor. Ovchinnikov, having stood the test with dignity, was enrolled in the course of the famous teacher and director V. I. Tsygankov.

The beginning of the acting path

During his studies, along with the other Shchepkins, he took part in mass episodes of stage productions of the Maly Theater. As a student, on the famous stage, he played 4 roles, among which Janus from Crime Tango participated in the premiere of Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich. At the end of the theater school in 1973, he was invited to work in the troupe of the Maly Theater, where he played dozens of roles. Among them were large and small, and each was distinguished by thoughtfulness and a correct understanding of the specifics of drama.

Spectators will surely remember the following acting works by Alexander Ovchinnikov: Yanek (“Makropulos's funds” Karl Chapek), Chino (“Consul was stolen” by Georgy Mdivani), Dima (“Evening Light” by Alexey Arbuzov),

Professionalism of Alexander Ovchinnikov

Alexander often had to duplicate the actors, enter the finished play. Usually, most input is planned in advance, but often in stage practice force majeure occurs, when the actor in a matter of hours, after only a couple of rehearsals, should be in "combat" readiness to exit in a given way. That is how Ovchinnikov appeared in the role of Prince Shakhovsky in Tsar Fedor Ioannovich. Also appeared in the play "Humiliated and Offended" in the role of Alyosha. These two works fully showed the professionalism of the young artist, who managed to reveal the complexity of the character played, while highlighting everything important in him.

The role of Egmont in the production of G. Hauptmann “Before the Sunset”, prepared independently by Ovchinnikov, was so successful that the actor began to play it with the first performer on an equal footing.

Alexander Ovchinnikov is reliable and organic, playing the role of a modern character. In the image of George in the play “Over the Light Water” by V. Belov, the actor is convincing in a deep understanding of the inner world of man of our time. Seriously peering into the character of his character, Alexander does not try to smooth out the contradictions that come from life itself.

Filmography of Alexander Ovchinnikov

• “Dog’s Happiness” (1991) - a children's film about the search for a charming poodle named Kid.
• Bedtime Story (1991) is a psychological drama about twin brothers: a military attache and a criminal investigator. Alexander played the role of chef Margarita.
• “Parish of the Moon” (1987) is a story of touching and difficult relationships between singing teacher Pyotr Fedorovich Kaloshin (starring Ovchinnikov) and gymnast Katya Prokhorova.
• "Five thousand for Mevlud’s head" is a historical film about a detachment of highlanders who made bold attacks on estates and gave the loot to the poor Georgian people. The action takes place at the beginning of the twentieth century. The proper distribution of production is monitored by Mevlud Diasamidze, whose head is promised five thousand gold.
• “Guilty Without Guilt” (1985) - a film-play based on the play by A. N. Ostrovsky. Ovchinnikov as Grigory Neznamov.
• “Summer Walks” (1982) is a film-performance based on the play of the same name by A. Salynsky about a young student Boris Kulikov, who was trying to prove the value and innovation of the ideas of his father-architect. Alexander Ovchinnikov is an actor who played the role of a guy with a guitar in this production.
• “Children of Vanyushin” (1982) is a family-domestic drama, one of the most significant works of drama, not descending from the theatrical stage for more than a century. Alexander Ovchinnikov played the role of Alexei.

• “Here is the window again” (1982) - three short stories in one film connected by the song “Here is the window again” (verses by M. Tsvetaeva, music by S. Pozhlakov). Ovchinnikov played the role of Alyosha in the third short story, who arrived in the apartment of his future bride Tanya and her mother Anna Kirillovna.
• “Through the Gobi and Khingan” (1981) - a military film about the events of World War II at its final stage. The Japanese laboratory created bacteriological weapons, the effect of which was tested on prisoners of war. The secret of this laboratory was assigned to solve to the doctor-epidemiologist Sokolov Dmitry. He completed the task, but at the cost of his own life. Alexey Ovchinnikov played a major role in this film.
• “Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich” (1981) - the second part of the Tolstoy trilogy A. K., telling about Russian tsars. Ovchinnikov as Prince Grigory Shakhovsky.
• “The Beach” (1980) is a film show about the novel by writer Vadim Nikitin and young German Emma, ​​which happened during the war years and found its continuation forty years later.
• “Russian People” (1979) - a film about the courage and heroism of Russian people during the Great Patriotic War. The picture takes place in a small town occupied by the Nazis.
• “Skapen's Wickedness” (1979) is a film-performance about the temperamental actor Skapen, who can turn any banal life situation into a fun and noisy theater performance. Actor Alexander Ovchinnikov managed to find the right colors for Leander’s Moliere, exactly matching the style of the play and the general structure of the production.
• “The Means of Makropoulos” (1978) is a film-performance about the elixir of longevity, which every hero of the play dreams of possessing. Alexander Ovchinnikov played the role of Janek.
• Last Year's Quadrille (1978) is a melodrama in which Ovchinnikov played the main role - Yuri Kvyatkovsky. The film tells about students who argued for the love of a pretty girl Tony.
• “Dust under the Sun” (1977). War film about the suppression of the 1918 rebellion in Simbirsk. Alexander Ovchinnikov played the role of commander of the 1st Army of the Eastern Front of the Red Army - Mikhail Tukhachevsky.

• “Humiliated and Offended” (1976) is a film adaptation based on the novel of the same name by F. M. Dostoevsky. About the love triangle, the participants of which is the dreamy writer Ivan Petrovich, the girl Natasha Ikhmeneva and the spineless handsome Alyosha Valkovsky (Alexander Ovchinnikov).
• “They called a doctor” (1974) - a film about a young girl, Katya Luzina, who graduated from college and aspired to become a good doctor. Actor Ovchinnikov played the role of a young surgeon Sergei Petrovich.
• “Cliff” (1972) - a film-play based on the novel by Ivan Goncharov. Ovchinnikov as Nikolai Andreyevich Vikentyev.

Personal life of Ovchinnikov

In family life, Alexander Ovchinnikov was happy in marriage with the actress of the Maly Theater Alena Doronina - the daughter of Constance Roek and Vitaly Doronin. The couple brought up two beautiful children - Igor and Nastya.

Actors of Soviet cinema leave one by one, giving way to the young generation of a new era. Alexander Yuryevich Ovchinnikov died on October 24, 1997 after a long and painful illness. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.