Alexander Kalyagin
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Alexander Kalyagin is a Soviet/Russian
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 actor and director, member of the Public Chamber of Russia
Public Chamber of Russia
The Public Chamber is a state institution with 126 members created in 2005 in Russia to analyze draft legislation and monitor the activities of the parliament, government and other government bodies of Russia and its Federal Subjects. It has a role similar to an oversight committee and has...

, People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...

 (1983), Laureate of the State Prizes for his works in the theatre and the cinema. Best known for his role in 1975 film Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
Hello, I'm Your Aunt! is a Soviet 1975 musical comedy film directed by Viktor Titov loosely based on the play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. Runtime - 98 min. Produced by T/O Ekran...

.

Biography

In 1965 he graduated from the Shchukin Teatrical School.

He worked in Moscow Art Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow that the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright and director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, founded in 1898. It was conceived as a venue for naturalistic theatre, in contrast to the melodramas...

 and some other Moscow theaters.

Currently he is an art director of the Moscow Theater 'Et Cetera'.

In 1996 he was elected the Head of the Union of Theatrical Figures of Russia.

In 2003 he joined the United Russia
United Russia
United Russia is a centrist political party in Russia and the largest party in the country, currently holding 315 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. The party was founded in December 2001, through a merger of the Unity and Fatherland-All Russia parties...

 party.

Filmography

actor
  • Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
    Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
    Hello, I'm Your Aunt! is a Soviet 1975 musical comedy film directed by Viktor Titov loosely based on the play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. Runtime - 98 min. Produced by T/O Ekran...

    (1975)
  • Wounded Game
    Wounded Game
    Wounded Game is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolai Gubenko. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Juozas Budraitis* Aleksandr Kalyagin* Zhanna Bolotova* Rolan Bykov* Bukhuti Zaqariadze* Evgeni Evstigneev...

    (1977)
  • Dead Souls
    Dead Souls (film)
    Dead Souls is a 1984 Soviet television miniseries directed by Mikhail Shveytser, based on Nikolai Gogol's novel of the same name.-Cast:* Aleksandr Trofimov – Nikolai Gogol* Aleksandr Kalyagin – Chichikov* Yuri Bogatyryov – Manilov...

    (1984)
  • The Kreutzer Sonata
    The Kreutzer Sonata (1987 film)
    The Kreutzer Sonata is a 1987 Soviet film directed by Mikhail Shveytser, based on Leo Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata.-Cast:* Oleg Yankovskiy - Poznyshev* Aleksandr Trofimov - The Fellow Passenger* Irina Seleznyova - Liza...

    (1987)
  • Me Ivan, You Abraham
    Me Ivan, You Abraham
    Me Ivan, You Abraham is a 1993 French-Belarus film written and directed by Yolande Zauberman. It won the Award of the Youth at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival and the Golden St...

    (1993)


voice actor
  • Leopold the Cat
    Leopold the Cat
    Leopold the Cat is a Soviet/Russian animation series about the pacifistic, and intelligent cat, Leopold. Leopold always wears a bow tie even when swimming. He is always confronted by two mischievous mice, Grey and White . It was filmed by T/O Ekran in 1975 - 1987 and its runtime is 87 min . As...

    (1975-1987)
  • Tale of Tales (1979)
  • The Overcoat
    The Overcoat (animated film)
    The Overcoat is an upcoming animated feature film that has been the main project of acclaimed Russian director and animator Yuriy Norshteyn since 1981. It is based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol with the same name....


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