Aleksandr Shirvindt


Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, educator, screenwriter and voice actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 2000, he became a theatre director of Moscow Satire Theatre.

Biography

Aleksandr Shirvindt was born in Moscow in a family of a violinist and music teacher Anatoly Gustavovich Shirvindt and Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt of Moscow Philharmonic Society. Grandfather, Gustav Moiseyevich Shirvindt, was a doctor.
In 1956 Shirvindt graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The same year he made his cinema debut in She Loves You!. In 1957, he became an actor at the Lenkom Theatre. He also appeared on stage as part of a comedy duo with Mikhail Derzhavin from 1957 to 2017.
Shirvindt appeared in more than 40 films, including Grandads-Robbers, The Irony of Fate, The Twelve Chairs, Three Men in a Boat, Station for Two, The Irony of Fate 2. He voiced Aramis in Dog in Boots film.
Shirvindt died on 15 March 2024, at the age of 89.
Aleksandr Shirvindt was posthumously awarded the national cinematographic award "Nika" in the nomination "Honor and Dignity". This was announced by actor Leonid Yarmolnik July 1, 2024 during the awards ceremony, held on the stage of the theater "Mask". The actor added that the Nika award council decided to award Shirvindt two years ago.

Filmography

;actorCome Tomorrow, Please... as VadimMajor Whirlwind as JozefGrandads-Robbers as spokesman of the ministerThe Irony of Fate as PavlikThe Twelve Chairs as one-eyed chess playerHeavenly Swallows as Château-GibusThree Men in a Boat as Sir Samuel William HarrisIncognito from St. Petersburg as district doctorBorrowing Matchsticks as narratorStation for Two as Shurik, pianistThe Circus Princess as Firelli, director of the circusSimply Awful! as Chief PhysicianThe Most Charming and Attractive as ArkadyWinter Evening in Gagra as presenterForgotten Melody for a Flute as MyasoedovHello, Fools! as leader of the Social-Socialist partyThe Irony of Fate 2 as uncle PashaThe Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin as Jean-Baptiste Colbert
;voiceThe Time Machine as narratorBayadere as StorytellerLike Mushrooms with Рeas Fought as King PeasNew Aladdin as AladdinAlice in Wonderland as Cheshire CatDog in Boots as Pretty BoyThe Smallest Dwarf as GoatThere was Saushkin as uncle Kapa, a resident of Country DobryakovMy Grandmother and I as grandson BoryaAlice in Wonderland as Cheshire Cat

Honours and awards