Orav Alexander Olgerdovich was born in 1985 on January 25. Despite the fact that he is a Russian theater and film actor, the Latvian city of Riga is considered the birthplace of Sasha. Since childhood, the future actor wanted to devote himself to music education, but his parents did not heed the wishes of his son and enrolled him in a theater circle. And yet, after some time, Sasha still began to study music, and did it so well that he quickly got into the choir. When school education was behind, Orav entered the St. Petersburg GATI at the faculty of theater and puppets, where he tried to get an acting specialty. The future actor could not study at that university for long - he left after the first year. Then he decided to enter the Theater Institute. Schukin. Then he was lucky to get on the course of Yu. N. Pogrebchenko, who taught him a lot.
Biography and hobbies of the actor
Among all kinds of musical instruments, young Sasha preferred the guitar, on which he learned to play well pretty quickly. Besides this musical instrument, Alexander Orav can also play the piano well. In addition, he became famous for his good ability in terms of choreography. During the period of intensive training, he managed to learn how to dance ballroom dancing, jazz and classical music. Sasha can also be described as a true polyglot. He likes to study foreign languages, and not superficially, but with an emphasis and all speech features. So, at the moment he is fluent in 5 languages: Russian, English, French, Latvian and Italian.
Sport also takes not the last place in the life of Alexander Orava. In this regard, he gives preference to martial arts, in particular taekwondo. At the moment, the actor gives more preference to theatrical activity, being part of the Theater "Near the House of Stanislavsky."
Alexander Orav and his personal life
For a long time, the actor is in a registered marriage. In early May 2012, the daughter of Alexander Orava and his wife was born. A photo of the actor can be seen in this article.
Appearance in the cinema
For the first time in cinema, Alexander appeared in 2004. Then he played a small role in one episode of the serial film "Daughter". Even if he didn’t stay on the screen for a long time, all the same they began to notice the actor, and already in 2005 he took part in the filming of the series “Rope made of sand”, which was directed by Mikhail Tumanishvili.
The next step in the upward career of Orava was small roles in such famous sitcoms as “Happy Together” and “Daddy's Daughters”. In 2008, the guy got the role of midshipman Kasatkin in the historical film Stanislav Govorukhin called "Passenger". Then he managed to accurately and vividly convey the image of the historical person entrusted to him. The filming period of this film coincided with the moment the actor graduated from the Theater Institute. After that, Sasha played in several parts of the series “Always Say“ Always, ”where his excellent guitar playing skills came in handy. In 2014, Alexander Orav finally got one of the leading roles in the movie. Then he did a great job, starring in the serial film "Deceive if you like."