Alexander Garrievich Gordon (born 1964) is a Russian radio and television presenter, journalist, actor and film director. Former head of the Journalism Workshop of the Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting "Ostankino" (MITRO), teacher at the Film School named after. MacGuffin.
Founder and host of the television programs “Gordon”, “Closed Screening”, “Gordon Quixote” and “Citizen Gordon”.
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Height, weight, age. How old is Alexander Gordon
Popular TV presenter of average build. He looks good and is always a pleasure to look at. There are often queries online about “Alexander Gordon – photos in his youth and now.”
Often fans of a TV presenter are interested in his height, weight, and age. It’s not difficult to answer how old Alexander Gordon is. It is enough to know his date of birth.
Through easy calculations, we find out that this talented man is 54 years old. His height is quite tall and is 178 centimeters. Alexander Gordon weighs about 72 kilograms. According to the zodiac sign, the TV presenter is Pisces, according to the eastern calendar - Dragon.
Biography of Alexander Gordon
The biography of Alexander Gordon began in the village of Belousovo, Kaluga region. The TV presenter was born on February 20, 1964. Father - Harry Borisovich Gordon, a famous writer, poet and artist in the USSR, left his family when the boy was 4 years old. The future TV presenter was raised by his mother, Antonina Dmitrievna Striga. A little later she married a second time. Alexander Gordon's stepfather, Nikolai Chinin, made a huge contribution to the boy's upbringing.
Since childhood, Alexander Gordon showed creative inclinations. After graduating from school, he entered the Shchukin Theater School to major in acting. At the same time, he taught in children's circles.
In 1987, Alexander Gordon was taken to the Studio Theater named after. Simnova. He worked there for only a year and a half, because... moved to America with his family. In the US, it was filmed on some major television networks.
Since 1994, he has been collaborating with Russian television channels. After 2000, Alexander Gordon was the host of several projects. It is filmed on NTV and Channel One Russia. He is a participant in many television shows.
Alexander Gordon also has 4 films to his credit as a film director. He acts in some films and voices cartoon characters. The series “Fizruk” brought particular popularity to the actor.
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In related projects
- Quotes on Wikiquote
- Media files on Wikimedia Commons
- Marina Lesko.
Test by Gordon // “Profile”: magazine. - Moscow, 2008. - No. 39. Archived on September 10, 2011.
Interview[edit | edit code]
- “I think today America is in agony choosing its last president” (Ogonyok magazine, No. 46, December 11, 2000)
- Television - low genre (radio "Echo of Moscow", December 17, 2000)
- The devilry of television (“Nezavisimaya Gazeta”, February 21, 2003)
- Gordon split Dostoevsky (Izvestia, March 4, 2004)
- Alexander Gordon: “Our freedom of speech is worthless” (“Novye Izvestia”, March 25, 2004)
- Television cannot force people to be kinder (“Nezavisimaya Gazeta”, September 10, 2004)
- Experience the shock with Alexander Gordon (“Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, October 1, 2004)
- Alexander Gordon: When I drink, I sing all the time (“Komsomolskaya Pravda”, October 28, 2004)
- TV presenter Alexander Gordon: “I tried to cross a snake and a hedgehog” (“Novye Izvestia”, September 30, 2005)
- School of slander with the participation of Alexander Gordon
- Video recording of Alexander Gordon’s conversation with MSU students
- About Khodorkovsky, Bakhmina and Echo of Moscow
- Telecynical Gordon Interview with Alexander Gordon
- Interview with Alexander Gordon for the “Born of the USSR” program, 2010
Personal life of Alexander Gordon
The personal life of Alexander Gordon is rich and vibrant, full of numerous novels. The TV presenter was not deprived of female attention. So, Alexander Gordon was officially married four times, he had one common-law wife.
The famous TV presenter worked together on television with his first two wives. Next was an actress of Georgian origin, with whom he lived for 7 years. Then the third official marriage with a journalist. And already in 2011 he married a young student, with whom he lives today.
Many fans are confused about the marriages of the popular TV presenter, so the search for “Alexander Gordon’s latest photo of his wife” is relevant online.
Works in cinema and theater
In 1997, as part of the project “Collection of Delusions,” he directed the film “The Americans WERE NOT on the Moon.” Author's investigation on the topic of the flight and landing of NASA astronauts on the Moon.
In 2002 he directed the feature film “The Shepherd of His Own Cattle” based on the script of his own father, Harry Gordon.
The film received the jury prize at the IX Russian Film Festival "Literature and Cinema" in the category "Best Director's Debut".
In March 2004, the premiere of the play “Possessed” (based on Dostoevsky’s novel “Demons”), directed by Alexander Gordon, took place on the stage of the “School of Modern Play”.
In August-September 2007, I shot material for a new film, again based on my father’s story, “Brothel Lights.” The action takes place in 1958 in Odessa. The film premiered in November 2011.
He starred in the films “Generation P” by Victor Ginzburg and “Night Visitors” by Igor Maslennikov.
He stars in the television series “Fizruk” on TNT, playing the role of Viktor Mamaev, the father of one of the main characters - schoolgirl Alexandra Mamaeva.
Family of Alexander Gordon
Alexander Gordon's family was ordinary. His parents were quite intelligent. The TV presenter's real father, Harry Gordon, left the family when the boy was four years old. The role of the father was replaced by the mother's second husband, Alexander Gordon. His stepfather, Nikolai Chinin, made a huge contribution to the education of the future TV presenter. He is grateful to him for everything and considers him a real father.
Now Gordon's family consists of his young wife and four children. The couple's age difference is about thirty years, but this does not bother the spouses.
Filmography[edit | edit code]
Alexander names his favorite films as “Children of Paradise” by Marcel Carné and “Don’t Cry!” Georgy Danelia[59].
Acting works[edit | edit code]
- 2007 - Night visitors - Vadim, current husband, oligarch
- 2010 - Eye for an eye
- 2011 - Generation P - Vladimir Khanin
- 2011 — Casting for a villain
- 2011 - Fate to choose [60] - Demon (Dark Guardian)
- 2012 - After school - Jalil Rafailovich Fatkhinurov, English teacher
[61] - 2013 - Cuckoo - Alexander Alexandrovich Zhukov
- 2013 - Smart guy - Strakhov, writer
- 2014 - Fizruk - Viktor Nikolaevich Mamaev (“Mamai”), entrepreneur, former crime boss
- 2015 - Descendants - cameo
- 2017 - The Bottom (documentary-fiction) - George William Buchanan
- 2018 - Uncle Sasha - main role
Director's work[edit | edit code]
- 2002 - Shepherd his cows (based on the book by Harry Gordon)
- 2009 - LDPR. 20 years facing Russia
- 2010 - Blizzard (not planned for release)[62]
- 2011 - Brothel Lights
- 2018 - Uncle Sasha
Voice acting[edit | edit code]
- 2009 - Crazy Help - voice of the announcer
- 2011 - Cucaracha 3D - Nerd
Children of Alexander Gordon
The children of Alexander Gordon number four children - two sons and two daughters. The boys were born in the TV presenter’s last marriage with young Nozanin Abdulasvieva, with whom they still live together.
The first daughter was born when Alexander Gordon was married to Maria Verdnikova.
The second girl was born as a result of a short relationship between the TV presenter and journalist Elena Pashkova. At that time, Alexander Gordon was still married to his third wife, Nina Trigorina, which provoked a scandal in the media.
From Nina to Nozanin
Despite another divorce, Alexander Gordon did not grieve for a long time. His biography was replenished with information about other beloved women and light flirtations. After breaking up with Katya, he had a relationship with out-of-town journalist Lena Pashkova, who gave birth to another daughter from him. And everything would have been fine if not for one detail: during this affair, Alexander was married, this time to his student Nina Shchipilova. It just so happened that each of his wives was younger than the previous one. Having learned about her little daughter, Nina leaves her unfaithful husband. But Gordon doesn't seem to mind at all. He is planning another novel.
Four years ago, in the summer of 2014, news appeared in all media: Gordon got married again. His wife was SGIK student Nozanin Abdulvasieva, who managed to captivate the TV presenter with her big eyes. This girl came to Moscow from Tajikistan. Her great-grandfather was the people's poet of this republic, and her parents were involved in the world of cinema, so she did not have much choice where to study. And yet, having played small roles in films, the girl preferred the role of wife and mother. Relatives agreed with her choice. Grandfather even remembered the famous phrase that all ages are submissive to love.
In the same year, the Gordons had a son named Alexander. Unlike other media figures, they did not hide the heir, constantly posting his photographs on social networks.
The fourth Mrs. Gordon is not at all embarrassed that their couple is periodically discussed by the public. And all because of the big age difference (her husband is 30 years older than her) and because of Alexander’s great love. Many people around predict a quick end to this fairy tale. But be that as it may, so far everything is going pretty well. In addition, they strengthened their union last year by giving birth to another son, named Fedor.
Son of Alexander Gordon - Alexander
The son of Alexander Gordon is Alexander, the TV presenter’s third child and first son. The boy was born in October 2014. His mother is the last wife of Alexander Gordon, a student at VGIK, Nozanin Abdulvasieva.
It was customary to name the boy in honor of his father. Nozanin Abdulvasieva herself insisted on this.
It should be noted that the public did not know about Alexander Gordon’s marriage to a young student, and only after the birth of Alexander’s son, the secret was revealed. The TV presenter loves his son very much and tries to spend as much time with him as possible.
Career in Russia
In 1994, his collaboration with the TV-6 channel began. Very soon, Alexander Gordon’s program “New York, New York” began airing, telling about life in the USA. At this time, he actually lived between the two countries, and in 1997 he decided to finally return to Russia. Subsequently, as an author and presenter, Alexander took part in the creation of a number of programs, which, however, did not become popular. The first and most significant project that Gordon led on Russian television was a documentary program called “Collection of Misconceptions,” which received fairly high ratings and attracted the attention of many thousands of viewers.
Son of Alexander Gordon - Fedor
The son of Alexander Gordon is Fedor, the second son and fourth child of the TV presenter. The boy was born quite recently, on January 13, 2020. His mother is Nozanin Abdulvasieva, the last wife of Alexander Gordon, with whom he still lives.
During childbirth, both spouses behaved well. Now Fedor is a little over a year old. This is a strong and healthy baby. He can already walk and learns something new every day. Young parents are grateful to fate for their two charming sons. They predict a great future for their boys and will do everything to make them happy.
Youth
Alexander Gordon, whose biography could well have turned out differently, since at one time he dreamed of becoming an investigator, played good hockey. At the same time, his love for art was stronger, therefore, after graduating from school, he became a student at the Moscow Institute of Culture. But it was not a very good choice. Alexander failed to get carried away with his studies, and the institute was too far from the place where he lived with his family. He had neither classmates nor a girlfriend.
In the summer, a school friend advised Sasha to enter the theater school in Yaroslavl, where that year there was a shortage of boys. Thus, he solved the problem with the army. Alexander, taking advantage of the advice, entered easily, but did not study for long: after the first semester, he was expelled from school for systematic absenteeism.
Sasha himself wanted to write a letter of expulsion: he was not interested, since he already knew everything that was taught in the first year from the theater studio. However, it was the Yaroslavl school that helped Gordon finally decide on a profession and connect his life with the stage. Returning to the capital, he got a job as an assembler at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. At that time it was headed by Anatoly Efros. Sasha sat at the troupe’s rehearsals for a whole year after work, and that same summer the eighteen-year-old young man entered the Shchukin School.
Daughter of Alexander Gordon - Anna
The daughter of Aleksnadr Gordon is Anna, the first child of the popular TV presenter. The girl was born in 1988. Then Alexander Gordon was first married to Maria Verdnikova, a journalist and translator. When Anna was 7 years old, her parents divorced. She and her mother remained to live in America.
Now the first daughter of Alexander Gordon is almost 30 years old. She lives in the USA. They rarely see their father, but they constantly call each other. In 2016, Anna met her younger brother on her father’s side, Alexander, for the first time.
It is also interesting that Alexander Gordon’s first daughter, Anna, is 6 years older than the real wife of the popular TV presenter. The girls are on friendly terms.
Career in the USA
At first, life abroad was very difficult. Gordon had to change several professions, he even installed air conditioners and delivered pizza. However, in 1990, he managed to get a position as an announcer at the RTN television company. This first Russian television in America was located in the basement of one of the mansions in New York. Here they carried out the editing work and did the voice acting, and the finished recordings were sent to Manhattan, from where they were broadcast. For Gordon, this period became a school for a new profession, since he had to not only film and host programs, but also create scripts, as well as correct texts, while at the same time performing the duties of a director. Gordon himself says that it was at RTN that he received his initial television training. Already in 1990, he worked simultaneously on several television channels. At RTN he was a program director and at the same time was a senior correspondent at the WMNB television channel. And in 1993, Alexander Gordon founded his own company called “Wostok Entertainment”.
Daughter of Alexander Gordon - Alexandra
The daughter of Alexander Gordon is Alexandra, the second child of the famous TV presenter. The girl was born in May 2012. It was a short-term affair between Alexander Gordon and journalist Elena Pashkova. At that time, the TV presenter was married for the third time. It was this relationship and the illegitimate daughter that became the reason for numerous scandals in the media.
Alexander Gordon fully recognizes his daughter Alexandra and tries to support her in every possible way. Little is known about the second daughter, since she remained to live with her mother Elena Pashkova.
Party affiliation
After some time, in parallel with him, Alexander began to participate in the political talk show “The Process”. At that time, it was very organically intertwined with the party views of Gordon, who back in 1998 announced his desire to run for the presidency of Russia. To this end, he created the “Party of Public Cynicism.” In just a few months, about three thousand people joined it. However, some time later, the presenter sold his batch for a very symbolic price, taking three dollars for it.
The ex-wife of Alexander Gordon - Maria Verdnikova
The ex-wife of Alexander Gordon is Maria Verdnikova, the first wife of the famous TV presenter. Maria Verdnikova is a journalist and translator. The young people met during an interview. Then Maria Verdnikova was still studying at the institute.
In 1987, Alexander Gordon and Maria Verdnikova got married. A year later their daughter Anna was born. Later the family moved to the USA. But there their family life did not work out and the couple divorced. It should be noted that this union was the longest in the life of Alexander Gordon. They lived together for 8 years.
After the divorce, Maria Verdnikova remained with her daughter in America. She continues to work in the media field. A little later she got married and took her husband’s last name.
Litigation
Three trials took place against Gordon. On July 4, 2003, the Cheryomushkinsky Intermunicipal Tribunal of Moscow satisfied the claim of Grigory Yavlinsky against Alexander Gordon and the M1 TV channel for the protection of honor, advantages and business reputation. The tribunal ordered A. Gordon to appear on the M1 TV channel with a refutation of all the information he had disseminated (why should the channel provide A. Gordon with airtime); the tribunal also ordered A. Gordon to pay 15 thousand rubles as compensation for moral damage. The Tribunal recognized, namely, that A. Gordon’s statements that the Russian Union does not exist, among other things, because of the activities of G. Yavlinsky, that the election campaign of the Russian presidential candidate G. Yavlinsky was financed from the United States and that G. Yavlinsky is a “bribery taker.”
In March 2020, public figure and assistant to State Duma deputy Alena Popova, announced that she was going to bring Alexander Gordon to criminal liability under Article 282 (“Humiliation of Human Dignity”) for Gordon’s insults addressed to her during the filming of the talk show “male/ women's", where she was invited as a professional.
Ex-wife of Alexander Gordon - Nano Kiknadze
The ex-wife of Alexander Gordon is Nano Kiknadze, producer, director, actress, TV presenter, model, “Miss Tbilisi”. The young people lived together for seven years, although the relationship was not officially registered. It is known that Alexander Gordon proposed to Nano Kiknadze several times, but she in turn refused. Perhaps she understood that this relationship had no future.
In general, the entire period of the relationship between the TV presenter and the actress was quite turbulent. It was difficult for them to find a common language; loud quarrels broke out between them constantly. As Nino Kiknadze herself recalls, Alexander Gordon was a very jealous person. He was even jealous of her work. Alexander Gordon forbade his common-law wife from modeling. A little later, the taboo extended to filming.
The ex-wife of Alexander Gordon - Katya Gordon
The ex-wife of Alexander Gordon is Katya Gordon (maiden name Prokofiev), a scandalous journalist. The girl became the second official wife of the famous TV presenter. The acquaintance of the young people was accidental. This happened in one of the sushi bars in 2000 on the initiative of Katya Gordon. Soon they began a romantic relationship and the couple got married.
Their marriage was filled with conflicts. In addition, Katya Gordon did not have a good relationship with her father-in-law, the father of Alexander Gordon. The TV presenter was a little amused by this, but he always took his father’s side. Soon the girl’s patience ran out, and Alexander Gordon realized that this was not his woman and in 2006 the couple divorced with a big scandal.
Ex-wife of Alexander Gordon - Nina Shchipilova
The ex-wife of Alexander Gordon, Nina Shchipilova, became the next chosen one of the famous TV presenter, as well as his third official wife. The young people met at the Ostankino Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting, where Alexander Gordon taught and Nina Shchipilova was a student. The difference in their ages was about thirty years. At first, Alexander Gordon was embarrassed by this difference, so he hid his relationship with the student. And only a year after the wedding, the TV presenter showed his young wife.
The marriage lasted only two years: from December 2011 to November 2013. The reason for the divorce was Alexander Gordon’s illegitimate daughter, Alexandra, whom Krasnodar journalist Elena Pashkova gave birth to.
On radio and television
- From 1994 to April 1997 - creator and presenter of the journalistic program “New York, New York”, which aired on the Russian TV channel “TV-6”.
- Since 1997 - correspondent for Igor Voevodin’s journalistic program “Personal Case”. From March to December 1997 - creator and presenter of this program.
- Since 1997, he began hosting the program “Gloomy Morning” on the radio station “Silver Rain”, which since 2001 has also been broadcast on television (on channel M1).
- On April 20, 1998, he organized the Party of Public Cynicism (POC) and announced his intention to run for the post of President of the Russian Federation in 2000. The party consisted of more than three thousand members, A. Gordon is its general secretary for life. In 2005, the lot was sold by Gordon for 3 bucks to an unknown person.
- In the period from 1998 to 2000, he was the creator and presenter of the journalistic television project “Collection of Delusions” (a series of documentary and feature films in the genre of historical investigation), also co-host (together with Vladimir Solovyov) of the socio-political talk show “The Process”, which was published on the ORT TV channel from 1999 to 2001.
- Host of the program “Gordon Juan” (ORT, 2000). Two episodes were filmed, but due to underfunding the project never aired. The premiere was planned for April 2000.
- From 2001 to 2004, he hosted the “scientific and entertainment”, by his own definition, program “Gordon” on NTV.
- Since September 2004, he has been the host of the “Stress” program on NTV. Since the beginning of October 2005, he has been the host of the television program “Gordon 2030” on Channel One.
- Since 2005, he has been secretary and ideologist of the interregional public movement “Image of the Future,” which supports social projects in the regions of the Russian Federation.
- From 2006 until the dawn of 2007, he again hosted the program “Frown Morning. 10 years later" on radio "Silver Rain" (surprisingly, the program was broadcast on Wednesday evening).
- In 2006 in the program “Frown Morning. 10 years later” announces the founding of “PI” - the “Party of Intellectuals”, the main idea of which is all-Russian Internet voting. The party's slogan is “PI is here.”
- From 2007 to 2013, he hosted the talk show “Closed Show” on Channel One, where film and television figures discuss new Russian cinema (“a program for a wide and deep audience,” according to Gordon’s own definition).
- From 2008 to the dawn of 2009, he was the host of the program “Gordon Juan” on the Silver Rain radio station.
- From 2008 to 2010 - host of the program “Gordon Quixote” on Channel One.
- Since 2009, he has been the host of the “Gordon in Ambush” program on the “Hunting and Fishing” TV channel.
- In 2009 - a series of 11 popular science conversations with the role of home psychologist Troitskaya O.I. - “Happily Ever After: All About a Man, a Lady and a Family” Published by “Drofa”.
- Since 2009 - presenter of the program “Science of the Soul” on the TV channel “Psychology 21”.
- Since 2010 - teacher at the Ostankino Capital Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting.
- On January 29, 2012, the premiere of the newest journalistic program (talk show) “Citizen Gordon”, timed to coincide with the presidential elections, took place on Channel One, which ran until June 2012.
- Since April 2013, he has been hosting the talk show “Politics” on Channel One together with Pyotr Tolstoy.
- From September 6 to October 11, 2013, he hosted the talk show “Pros and Cons” on Channel One, together with Ekaterina Strizhenova.
- On November 25, 2013, Channel One launched a television project about the relationship between a man and a lady, “Them and Us,” hosted by Alexander Gordon and Ekaterina Strizhenova.
- On September 29, 2014, a new television project “Male/Female” was launched, where presenters Alexander Gordon and Yulia Baranovskaya will help men and women understand their relationships.
Alexander Gordon's wife - Nozanina Abdulvasieva
Alexander Gordon's wife is Nozanina Abdulvasieva, the last wife of the TV presenter, a student at VGIK and an aspiring actress. The girl grew up in a creative family. Has noble roots of writers and artists. Her parents are also involved in the film industry.
The young people met on the set of the film “Smart Guy”. The oriental girl immediately smitten the famous TV presenter. The couple got married in 2014. In the same year, their first son, Alexander, was born, and in 2017, Nozanina Abdulvasieva gave birth to a second boy, Fedor.
Scandals[edit | edit code]
On June 17, 2014, on the air of Channel One as part of the Politics program, presenter Alexander Gordon cited Jen Psaki’s statement: she allegedly refused to acknowledge the presence of Ukrainian refugees in the Rostov region, and in response to a clarifying question from Associated Press correspondent Matt Lee about who was arriving with territory of Ukraine, answered: “ These are just tourists. For example, they say that in the Rostov mountains (in fact, Psaki did not say this) there is wonderful healing mountain air
"[57]. On Friday, June 20, a Slon.ru correspondent contacted Matt Lee, who said that there was no such dialogue between him and the State Department press secretary at any of the briefings, and he never discussed refugees or the features of the landscape with Psaki Rostov region. The attributed quote is also missing from the daily briefing transcripts posted on the State Department website.[58] The fiction told by Gordon, like a real statement by Jennifer Psaki, was later disseminated by both state Russian media: Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Rossiya 24, as well as other online resources. The press service of Channel One promised to provide an official comment to Slon when they “understood the situation”[58].
Instagram and Wikipedia Alexander Gordon
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