Alexander Kuznetsov: biography, filmography and teaching

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Soviet and Russian actor Alexander Konstantinovich Kuznetsov was born on December 2, 1959 in the village of Petrovka, Primorsky Krai. After graduating from high school and having worked for a year and a half in the mechanical workshop of his native village, Sasha left for Moscow. He dreamed of becoming an actor in theater and cinema. The biography of the actor Alexander Kuznetsov began with admission to the Theater School. Schukin. Natural artistry, good plasticity and impeccable diction helped Alexander successfully pass the exams.

Theatre on Malaya Bronnaya

Kuznetsov did not miss classes, studied perfectly, teachers spoke of him as a rising star of the Russian theater. Many theater directors in Moscow already knew that a promising nugget is studying in Shchukinka, which is worth taking a closer look at. And when Kuznetsov was finishing his third year, Anatoly Efros, the artistic director of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, met with him. So the future actor Alexander Kuznetsov was accepted in advanceto the troupe of one of the best Moscow theaters.

Filmography of the Soviet period

Kuznetsov worked at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya until 1989. Then the actor received an offer from Hollywood to participate in two American films and left for the USA. Prior to that, he actively starred in Russian cinema. The filmography of the actor Alexander Kuznetsov includes the following paintings of the Soviet period:

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  Year 1981 - "Heavenly paths", director Zurab Tutberidze. Kuznetsov in a cameo role.

• Year 1983 - "Greetings from the front", directed by Ivan Kiasashvili. Kuznetsov's character is Vanya-medicine.
• Year 1983 - "Unbelievable" staged by Sergei Ovcharov. Kuznetsov as Neznama.
• Year 1983 - "Comet", directed by Richard Viktorov. Alexander Kuznetsov in a cameo role.
• Year 1985 - "Mr. Veliky Novgorod", director Alexei S altykov. Kuznetsov played Misha.
• Year 1985 - "Men's anxieties", director Anatoly Nitochkin. Kuznetsov - Lieutenant Andrey Kiselev, the main role.
• Year 1985 - "Dream in hand, or suitcase", directed by Ernest Yasan. Kuznetsov's character is pilot Lenya Kulik.
• Year 1986 - "Sorry", directed by Ernest Yasan. Kuznetsov in a cameo role.
• Year 1986 - "Jack Vosmerkin - American", director Yevgeny Tatarsky. Kuznetsov as Yakov Vosmerkin.
• Year 1988 - "Love for your neighbor", director Nikolai Rasheev. Alexander Kuznetsov as IvanIvanovich.
• Year 1988 - "Primorsky Boulevard", director Alexander Polynnikov. Kuznetsov's character is Sasha.
• Year 1988 - "Aelita, don't pester men", directed by Georgy Natanson. Kuznetsov as card sharper Fedya Sidorov.
• Year 1988 - "We will remain faithful", director Andrey Malyukov. Kuznetsov in a cameo role.
• Year 1989 - "Lawlessness", director Igor Gostev. Alexander Kuznetsov as Senior Lieutenant Kasimov.
• Year 1989 - "Two Arrows", director Alla Surikova. Kuznetsov as Eared.
• Year 1990 - "Crazed Bus", directed by Georgy Natanson. Kuznetsov's character is a flight engineer.

Hollywood

The year 1990 was the last year of Alexander Kuznetsov's stay in Moscow, he soon moved to America and began acting in Hollywood. The first role of the actor is Sten in the series "Alaska Kid", a joint film project of American and Soviet filmmakers. Many Russian actors took part in the filming, since the series was filmed for two years, there was enough work for everyone. The director of the film, James Hill, appreciated the game of Russian artists, all participants from the Russian side were well acquainted with the work of the American writer Jack London, according to whose stories the script was written.

Joint film projects

Another co-production film titled Ice Runner was released in 1992. The action takes place on the territory of the USSR, in the center of the plot is illegal tradeweapons. The character of Alexander Kuznetsov was a KGB officer Petrov. The intrigue of the film was that the main character, American intelligence officer Jeffrey West, was deciphered at the moment of his meeting with a high-ranking Soviet official of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. West was going through him to transfer a large bribe to the minister so that he would help in the purchase of Soviet-made weapons for the subsequent shipment of the arsenal to Afghanistan. However, the American agent was arrested and sent to a Russian prison for 12 years.

Teaching activities

Over the past period, from 1990 to the present, Alexander Kuznetsov starred in fifty films, some of which are American film projects, and some were filmed in Russia, during the actor's visits to Moscow. In addition to participating in filming, Kuznetsov devotes a lot of time to teaching. He organized the International Actors School, a school of excellence with international status for aspiring actors. The training is based on the Stanislavsky system, and the works of Russian classics are used: Chekhov, Kuprin, Ostrovsky and Dostoevsky. In Russia, Kuznetsov founded the Moscow International School under the name "Forge of Cinema and Television". Actor and teacher Alexander Kuznetsov is directly involved in all his projects.