Alexander Marin is a famous Russian theater and film actor. In addition, he is a successful director, writer, teacher. From this article you can find out the biography and filmography of this actor, as well as the most famous works of Marina in cinema and in the theater.
Biography of Alexander Marina
The actor was born on September 30, 1958 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. In GITIS, Alexander studied with Oleg Tabakov, creator and artistic director of everything original and original. Later they worked together on the creation of the Tabakerka Theater, and it was in this theater that Alexander Valentinovich Marine played the bulk of his roles, and served as an assistant director for his teacher. His talent was revealed here as an actor of different roles, perfectly reflecting the fine lines of the psychology of his heroes who lived in a difficult period for the country. The images shown by Alexander in The Snuffbox made him the most famous theater actor of the 1990s. Classical characters: in “The Inspector General” - Khlestakov, in “Crime and Punishment” - Raskolnikov, in “Overstocked Bochkotar” by Volodya Telescopes. There, Alexander Marin made his first successful directorial steps.
Director work Marina
Now the name of the actor, teacher and director Alexander Valentinovich is known all over the world. He teaches at the leading theater institute at Harvard, teaches in the USA and the Moscow Art Theater School, constantly participates in festivals in Europe, Japan, America, in 1993 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Director films by Alexander Marina are known in many countries. Most of his performances are successfully performed in Canadian theaters. Among them are such masterpieces as “The Master and Margarita”, “Uncle Vanya”, “Chamber No. 6”, “Hamlet”, in 1999 he was awarded the prize as the most successful performance.
In Canada, he works as a teacher and directs the Theater Deuxieme Realite (Second Reality) he created. During the productions of “Mother Courage” and “Anthony and Cleopatra” for the Tokyo theater “Khayudza” he worked with the Japanese actress Komaki Kurihara. In New York, the director’s name is known for such works - "The Seagull 22 88" and Macbeth.com.
The Moscow theaters successfully show the performances of Marina: Moscow Art Theater - “Duck Hunt”, native “Snuffbox” - “Sandman”, “Idiot”, “Sublimation of Stars”, in the “Empire of Stars” give the Grand Prix winner of the Amur Autumn festival "(Russia, 2006) - the play" Tram Desire ".
The director often writes plays and scenarios for scripts himself. The first author’s production is the play “The Myth of Don Giovanni” (1992). Alexander Valentinovich himself wrote and directed the plays “28-28”, “Silence - 2”, “The Gospel of Salome”. He is very good at staging benefit performances for his colleagues.
Acting
As an actor, Alexander Marin starred in 18 films. He made his debut in episodes in the movie Inessa Selezneva "Thank you all!" in 1981. The main role was first played in the film “Sentenced” by Arkady Cordon in 1989. In the future, he became very famous for such films as “Casus improvisus” - comedy (1991), “Dreams of the Old Hotel” (2010), “First Russian” (2011). The last work of Alexander Marina is the serial film “Gurzuf” (2018), in which he played a supporting role.
All of his characters are vivid character characters, psychologically finely thought out and felt. The prototypes of the heroes of the actor are images from life, true and real, with their experiences, joys, dramas, losses and love.