The acting family in which Alexander Adolfovich Ilyin was born in 1952, and the creative atmosphere in it determined the future of both sons. Father, artist of the theater. Mayakovsky, known to the moviegoer for the film "Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha," in which he played a major front-line soldier. The main work for him, as for almost all the actors of the Soviet school, was the scene on which live art is born every evening. But he did not forget about the movie.
In the movie since the age of fourteen
Brother Vladimir is an actor known and in demand, he starred in many films. However, one more Ilyin, Alexander, left his mark on domestic cinema. His filmography is also impressive, it has about three dozen paintings, covering the period from 1966 to the present. It is on them that the mass audience can judge the skill of this artist, in contrast to theater connoisseurs who were lucky enough to attend the performances of the Moscow Theater. Mayakovsky with his participation.
When did Alexander Ilyin start playing? The biography of the actor began at the age of fourteen, when he played his first role in the film "I am a Soldier, Mom." It was in 1966, the guy got an idea about the profession, which he decided to devote his life to, and established himself in his intention to become an artist.
Roles of the seventies and eighties
The textured appearance set a certain frequency of demand, it corresponded to the roles of detectives, police officers, criminals, hard workers. The roles were appropriate. Alexander Adolfovich Ilyin starred in the films of the seventies “The Strongest” and “Residence Permit”. In the eighties, the filmography was replenished with adventure films "Alone and Without Arms" and "Midday Thief" (from the multi-part movie "Connoisseurs Conduct Investigation"). In 1986, the film "My Favorite Clown" was released, which became the first serious cinematic work of the artist.
The beginning of the nineties was the time of the most intense filming. In the film adaptation of the Babel's “Sunset”, Ilyin managed to reveal the full extent of his talent, and there were also “Bitch Children”, “Music Lessons”, “The Battle of the Three Kings” and the film “Burn”, shot a little earlier.
Thundering nineties
The aesthetics of the last decade of the 20th century formed certain styles of film production. It was produced in two main directions.
First of all, preference was given to criminal films describing the life of thieves, killers, robbers and prostitutes. In the USSR, before the beginning of perestroika, such characters were a rare occurrence, and now screenwriters and directors tried to compensate for the hunger of the audience for films of an adventure-adventure genre.
The second type of movie of the nineties can be defined as a lite version of a lyrical comedy with the most unpretentious elements of humor.
To one degree or another, these two main trends corresponded to the pictures in which Alexander Adolfovich Ilyin was shot in the 90s: Wolfhound, Oysters from Lausanne, Russian Symphony, Without a Collar, the series On the Corner, near the Patriarchs ".
Acting craft implies a certain freedom of choice, and the main dilemma is always the question of whether to act or not. It is not known how many roles Alexander Ilyin had to refuse, viewers can judge this by the films in which the work took place. For them, the actor is not ashamed.
Work in the big movie
The creative decline in which Russian cinema was at last ended by the beginning of the new century. Actor Ilyin Alexander Adolfovich was needed by such master directors as Nikita Mikhalkov, Pyotr Todorovsky and Alexander Mitta, who managed to find application for his extraordinary talent. Works in the films “Prince Yuri Dolgoruky”, “The Barber of Siberia”, “Russian Riot”, “Down House”, “Koktebel”, “Mars” and many others became interesting. The image of Flapper is very expressive, the role of the driver is characteristic and true. For "Barber" the artist was awarded the State Prize.
All this is in the frame. But there was work behind him. The voice of Alexander Ilyin from the screen is spoken by Nikolai Chindyaykin (from the movie “Mom, Don’t Cry!”), Alexey Oshurkov (from the movie “DMB”), Vladimir Gusev (from the movie “The Garbage Man”) and even cartoon characters Big Wow "and" From the screw! " Sounding up someone else’s role or a fantastic image correctly and accurately is a very difficult matter, but the artist has always successfully coped with it.
The main business of life is theater
Alexander Adolfovich Ilyin is a theatrical artist, his roles in the performances “The Life of Klim Samghin”, “The Night of the Angel”, “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk County” and many others are highly appreciated by the audience and criticism. Creative success also includes work in the Chekhov's “Cherry Orchard”, directed by E. Nyakroshyus. Since 1979, there have been many roles, and over the past decades, the actor’s demand has not decreased. Recently, the list of fate lived on the stage has been replenished with the images of Signor Capulet (“The Plague on both your houses”), Petya Trofimova (“The Night of the Angel”), Apollo (“Notes of the Dreamer”), Onufriy (“Student Love”), Leporello (“ Fun Don Giovanni ") and Uncle Vasya (" Madam Minister ").
The dynasty continues, or the father had three sons
Amazingly, the media never mention scandals in which the honored artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Adolfovich Ilyin would take part. His biography is characteristic of an actor of an old theater school. The fact of birth in the family of the famous artist did not give him any privileges, Ilyin himself entered the theater school in the city of Novosibirsk, successfully graduated from it, then worked in various cities of the USSR, and far from the capital, in Voronezh, Minsk and Ural Ozersk.
Alexander Adolfovich Ilyin is married (and only once), and the marriage is quite safe. Tatyana Nikitichna became the mother of his three children, sons, who were named Ilya (elder), Alexei (middle) and Alexander (younger). All of them continued the family tradition and became actors.
Alex has already managed to star in several films, including two series ("Little Things in Life" and "Simple Truths"). The younger, Alexander, graduated from the school. Shchepkina and played in the films “Tsar”, “Cadets”, “Interns” and “House on the Embankment”. In addition, he sings in the Lomonosov Plan group, which he himself founded together with his brother Ilya. Ilya Ilyin also did a lot, the list of his roles is no less than his father, and, apparently, he has a great future.
Such a close-knit family, engaged in a favorite business, with Alexander Adolfovich. The creative dynasty continues.