Alexander Feklistov: films, short biography and personal life

The childhood of Alexander Feklistov

Actor Alexander Feklistov was born in the city of Leningrad, in 1955, on December 7. Alexander went to school in 1963. His and his brother's parents raised him in strictness, instilled a love of order from childhood and taught him to maintain discipline. The father wanted his sons to master the exact sciences and made sure that they read the relevant literature. Having matured, Alexander's brother became a programmer, while Alexander Feklistov himself became an actor. The family was initially against Alexander’s profession, especially his father, but then, tired of fighting with their son’s opinion, they left him to decide everything for himself. But later the father was proud of his son, looking at his performances in the theater and cinema.

Alexander Feklistov: biography

Alexander Feklistov is a theater and film actor, screenwriter and director. Feklistov began his career in the Soviet Union and today remains a sought-after artist. During this time, the actor’s long creative biography was replenished with more than 130 films.

Alexander Vasilievich Feklistov was born in December 1955 in Leningrad. The father of the future actor was a military man, so the family moved often. Since childhood, Alexander’s favorite pastime was visiting cinemas. The boy re-read all the literature about theater and cinema that came into his field of vision, since his mother worked as a librarian. Alexander dreamed of becoming a popular actor and from a young age he worked towards this goal.

Alexander Feklistov in his youth

In high school, Feklistov got a job in the studio at the puppet theater of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev. For 6 years, Alexander studied and worked in this theater. Realizing that this peak had been conquered, the young actor went to look for a more prestigious place. Feklistov visited many theaters in the capital, but was politely refused everywhere. Then the young man decided to enter a theater university in Moscow.

I managed to get in only on the second try. Alexander becomes a student at the famous Moscow Art Theater School and takes the course of the famous Oleg Efremov. What a happiness the young actor was when Alexander learned that he would study acting from his favorite actor Andrei Myagkov.

Actor Alexander Feklistov

Feklistov turned out to be a diligent student and was remembered by teachers for his creative and innovative approach to theatrical roles. A huge number of famous actors and directors around stimulated the student’s desire to learn as much as possible from the teachers’ experience.

Parents of Alexander Feklistov

Alexandra's mother was born in Ivanovo and received her education at a textile college. And later she worked as a technical engineer. And Alexander’s father was born in Donetsk and was a military man. His parents met at the end of the war, and it so happened that fate prepared a meeting for them in the city of Klaipeda. Then they moved to Leningrad, where Alexander’s father independently completed the school curriculum, which the outbreak of war did not allow him to master at school. And then he entered the Budyonny Academy of Communications, in the city of Leningrad. They often hosted friends and colleagues, front-line soldiers, at their home. Alexander Feklistov remembers all these warm meetings and gatherings very well.

Student years of Alexander Feklistov

The acting life of Alexander Feklistov began in the 70s of the last century. By a lucky chance, he ended up working at the theater studio of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev. He worked in this studio for 6 years. Also in the period 1975–1977. he combined work and study at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute at the Faculty of Defectology.

After he left Spesivtsev, for a whole year he could not get into any theater university in Moscow. Everyone refused him admission. Thanks to the persistence and patience of the future actor, a year later he finally got into the Moscow Art Theater School. The mentor of his course was Oleg Efremov. He invested a lot in his players. Alexander Feklistov graduated from this school in 1982.

Education

The boy continued to be interested in acting, so he was sent to the studio of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev. Alexander was so inspired that he worked tirelessly throughout his six years of study. As the actor recalls, it was in this place that his career began.

In 1975-1977 Feklistov Alexander Vasilyevich decided to get a pedagogical education, which he immediately did. Alexander was quickly accepted into the Moscow Pedagogical University, where he studied defectology. What was the reason for choosing such a narrow specialty? Defectology has always attracted Feklistov, since his desire to help sick children turned out to be even stronger than his love for the theater. However, he soon returned to acting. After graduation, Feklistov decided to find a more prestigious theater or enter an acting university, but everywhere he heard only refusals. Alexander was quickly losing confidence in his own abilities and was already in despair, but at the last moment he was able to enter the Moscow Art Theater studio. He stood out among his students, always trying to be the best and find his own special approach to roles. For such diligence, immediately after graduating from the Moscow Art Theater, he was accepted into the Moscow Academic Art Theater.

Work of Alexander Feklistov in the theater

When Alexander Feklistov finished his studies at the Moscow Art Theater School, he was offered to stay there, and he agreed. Thus, since 1982 he worked at the Moscow Art Theater. In general, his whole life is closely connected with this studio and the people he met there.

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In 1989, Alexander Feklistov moved to the Chelovek studio. Here he did not stay long and after a couple of years, with his allies, he founded the 5th Moscow Art Theater studio. Then he worked in various theaters. These included:

Theater named after Stanislavsky.
Theatrical agency "Bogis", where the actor worked in 1993.
The Art Theater, which Alexander came to in 1997.

In 2001, Alexander Feklistov left the troupe of the Art Theater.

Theater

In 1982, the future actor graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School. The young artist was immediately enrolled in the troupe of the capital's artistic academic theater. At first, Alexander appeared in small roles, then the actor was entrusted with the main ones.

Alexander Feklistov in the theater

The most striking and notable performances in which Feklistov played, theatergoers call the productions “Pickwick Club”, “Ball by Candlelight”, “Days of the Turbins”, “Look Back When Leaving” and others. In “The Pickwick Club,” Feklistov played Samuel Pickwick, the president of the Pickwick Club, and in “Days of the Turbins,” he played Myshlaevsky.

Throughout his career, the artist often played in enterprise productions, appearing on the stage of various capital theaters. Feklistov quickly became famous in the theater community.

In 1993, Alexander Vasilievich Feklistov played the main role in the production of Nijinsky. For this work he was awarded the Crystal Rose and Golden Mask awards. The next significant award is the Golden Mask for his role in the play Bashmachkin.

Alexander Feklistov on the stage of the theater

With enviable regularity, new awards and prizes appear in the artist’s collection. The brilliant embodiment of the image of Claudius in Peter Stein's production of Hamlet brought the actor the Seagull Award. Feklistov received another “The Seagull” for the play “Twelfth Night”.

Today, Alexander Vasilyevich continues to delight theatergoers with his performances on stage, but now Feklistov is a “free artist” and is not attached to any theater.

Work of Alexander Feklistov with Roman Kozak

He and Roman Kozak studied together at the Moscow Art Theater School. And later they continued to work at the Moscow Art Theater. Alexander Feklistov was an actor, and Roman Kozak was a director and artistic director. For Alexander, Roman is one of the closest creative people. Roman Kozak's team gathered after the play "Gold", this wonderful composition included Alexander Feklistov. Together with Roman Kozak, they created more than one project. Alexander took direct part in most of Roman's performances.

Alexander Feklistov's work in cinema

The beginning of Alexander Feklistov's work in cinema was very successful. During the first year, he took part in the filming of three films. And his very first role was the image of Doronin from the film “Squad” (1984). Further, in the same year, films with his participation “Accomplice” and “The Best Road of Our Life” were released.

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In films, the actor most often acted in the style of an enterprise. His characters appear unexpectedly in the plot of the film, add sparkle and zest to it, and just as unexpectedly disappear. He leaves his viewers with a pleasant memory and impression. His characters never get boring at all.

Alexander Feklistov also starred in television series. But he considers working in such films the most difficult. After all, there is absolutely no time to study the script and your text, so you have to remember everything literally on the go. And due to lack of time, it is more difficult to enter into the image of your hero. Alexander Feklistov prefers theatrical roles rather than filming. And his favorite role is the image of Boris in the play “Boris Godunov”.

Recently, the most notable works have been the films “Inhabited Island”, “The Diary of Doctor Zaitseva”, “Not Like Everyone else”, “Matchmakers”. The series “Matchmakers” is in demand, and the 6th season has already been released. In it, Alexander Feklistov and Lyudmila Artemyeva play lovers.

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Movies

Today there are few viewers who do not know Feklistov. The actor was remembered by television viewers after appearing in the films “Fall Up”, “Love with Privileges”, “In August 1944”, “Year of the Dog”, “Envy of the Gods”, “Moscow Evenings”.

Alexander Feklistov in the film “Moscow Evenings”

Directors love the artist, knowing about the actor’s brilliant talent for impersonation. Feklistov is a versatile actor. Alexander Vasilyevich is natural in a variety of roles - from comedic to dramatic and psychological. Alexander Feklistov played wonderfully in the film based on the work of Victoria Tokareva “Avalanche”. In this film, the actor worked together with Anna Kamenkova and Andrei Chadov.

The actor's roles in TV series also brought him popularity. The most famous of them are “Empire under attack” and “Katya: a military story”. But previous popularity records were broken with the release of “Matchmakers.” The actor first appears in the third season and plays the supporting role of Alexander Berkovich, a colleague of Yuri Kovalev, one of the matchmakers around whom the plot of the series is built. Subsequent seasons bring Feklistov's character to the fore. Kovalev dies, and Berkovich wins the hand of his colleague’s widow and joins the family of the main characters.

Alexander Feklistov and Lyudmila Artemyeva on the set of the series “Matchmakers”

Starting from the fifth season, Feklistov appears in all episodes, where Alexander Vasilyevich convincingly plays in a duet with Lyudmila Artemyeva.

Critics recognized the multi-part film “Chekhov and Co.” as one of the best films by Alexander Vasilyevich Feklistov, where the artist managed to realize his long-standing dream of working as a screenwriter and director. But this is the only film today where Feklistov acted as a director.

Among the popular films of the last period, fans of Feklistov’s talent highlight the films “Not Like Everyone else,” “The Last of the Magikyans” and “Yalta-45.” During this period, the actor received few leading roles, being content with minor characters and episodic appearances in TV series.

Alexander Feklistov in the series “The Diary of Doctor Zaitseva”

In 2010, Feklistov played the main role of a “once famous musician” in the lyrical comedy “Cool Guys.” It is noteworthy that the working title of the series sounded like “Drunkies.”

In 2011, Alexander Feklistov plays the role of the head physician and father of the main character in the medical melodrama “The Diary of Doctor Zaitseva.” The actor returned to this role in 2012 in the second season of the series.

In 2013, Feklistov played the main role in the crime action film Bombila-3.

Filmography of Alexander Feklistov

Feklistov Alexander played more than 100 roles in films and TV series. His filmography is as follows:

1983: the role of Krylovich in the film “Accomplices”.

1984:

the role of Doronin Konstantin in the film “Squad”;
"The best road of our life."

1985:

the role of Mr. Hyde in the film “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”;
played Sergeant Elyutin in the TV series “Battalions Ask for Fire”;
Shubnikov’s image in TV “Before Yourself”.

1986:

the role of Sasha in the film “A Summer Incident”;
played Gray in the film “Plumbum, or a Dangerous Game.”

1987:

the image of Victor Prosvirnyak in the film “Shura and Prosvirnyak”;
the role of Pavel in the film “Garden of Wishes”.

1988:

the role of Herman in the film “These... Three True Cards”;
the role of Anatoly in the film “Fathers”;
film "Informer".

1989:

the role of Sandro in the film “The Feast of Belshazzar, or a Night with Stalin”;
the image of the attending physician Lev Evgenievich in the film “Love with Privileges”;
the role of Zhiltsov in the film “The Trial”.

1990:

the role of Vadim in the film “Broken Light”;
played teacher Viktor Ivanovich in the film “Lessons at the end of spring”;
film "Late Autumn".

1991:

the role of a camp political instructor in the film “And the Wind Returns”;
the image of Alexander Vasilyevich in the film “Anna Karamazova”;
the role of the Minister of Cinematography Bolshakov in the film “The Inner Circle”;
played Polyakov in the film “Red Island”;
short film "Bus".

1992:

the role of a physicist in the film “Tomorrow”;
played a co-operator in the film “It Will Be a Long Goodbye”;
the image of Boris Ivanovich in the film “Luna Park”;
the role of Sasha in the film “Prorva”;
the image of Nikolaev in the film “Stalin”.

1993:

the role of Mityai in the film “Children of the Cast Iron Gods”;
played Lopakhin in the film “The Cherry Orchard”;
the role of an observer in the film Russian Ragtime.”

1994:

the role of Mitya in “Moscow Nights”;
short film “Kursk Funk”;
film "Year of the Dog".

1995:

played Alexander Griboyedov in TV “Griboyedov Waltz”;
film-play “The Man Behind the Screen”.

1996: TV series “Kings of Russian Detective.”

1998:

the image of the Evangel in the series “On Knives”;
series "Chekhov and Co."

1999:

the role of Dr. Platon Alekseevich in the TV series “The Denouement of St. Petersburg Mysteries”;
played investigator Borikhin in the TV series “Bourgeois's Birthday”;
the image of Vadim Kulkov in “The File of Detective Dubrovsky”;
film almanac “Are you kidding?”

year 2000:

the role of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin in the series “Empire under attack”;
played the writer Sergei in the film “Envy of the Gods”;
the role of Polyakov in the film “In August 41”;
the image of Andrey in the film “Own Shadow”;
the role of Sergei in the film “21:00”;
film "Love to the grave";
film "House for the Rich".

year 2001:

the image of investigator Borikhin in the series “Birthday of Bourgeois-2”;
the role of doctor Boris Anatolyevich in the TV series “Suspicion”;
played Alexander Suvorov in the TV series “The Fifth Corner”;
the role of Mesyatsev in the film “Avalanche”;
film "In August '44".

2002:

"Red Sky. Black Snow";
"Fall up."

2003:

the role of Vladimir Solovyov in the series “Kamenskaya-3”;
film "Boulevard Binding".

2004:

the role of Alexander Dobrynin in the film “Only You”;
the image of Shantorsky in the series “Farewell Echo”;
the role of Lev Davydov in the film “Apocrypha: Music for Peter and Paul”;
played Prince Rotovit in the film “The Legend of Kashchei.”

2005 year:

the role of a TV presenter in the film “Mother, Don’t Cry-2”;
Svechkin’s image in the TV series “Full Speed Ahead!”;
the role of Molotov in the TV series “Star of the Epoch”.

2006:

the role of Major Ivan Ivanovich in the TV series “Tanker Tango”;
the image of Mishakov in the series “The Enchanted Site”;
the role of Yu. V. in the multi-part film “Diamonds for Dessert”;
played Eduard Ershov in the film “Flowers for the Snow Queen”;
"Koljat's Gold"

2007:

the role of Alice’s husband in the film “The main thing is to be in time”;
played Alice's father in the TV series "The Right to Happiness";
the image of the tramp Kolya in the film “The Homeless Woman”;
the role of Dmitry Sergeevich in the film “The Snow Maiden for an Adult Son”;
the image of taxi driver Dimych in the melodrama “The Betrothed and Mummer”;
played Colonel Ryumin in the TV series “Kill the Serpent”;
"Tatiana";
"On the way to the heart";
"Paid for by death."

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2008:

the role of Mukhin in the film “Dead Souls”;
the image of a district police officer in the film “On the Roof of the World”;
the role of the head physician of the Gorskys in the film “Day of Dependence”;
the image of Vladislav Zatsepin in “The Gardener”;
played the father-in-law in the film “Inhabited Island”;
film "Homeless Woman";
series "The General's Daughter - Tatyana."

year 2009:

the role of the father-in-law in the film “Inhabited Island. Fight";
the image of Petrovich in the film “Business Trip”;
the role of the tramp Kolya in the film “Bumzhikha-2”;
Avdeev’s role in the TV series “Big Oil. The price of success";
the image of Vladimir Barsukov in the film “Katya. Military history";
played Father Mitrofaniy in the series “Pelagia and the White Bulldog”;
the image of Gleb Sergeevich in the film “St. Petersburg Vacations”;
the role of Nikolai Kiselev in the TV series “I’ll be back.”

2010:

played a police major in the TV series “Truth Hides Lies”;
the image of Chertov in “Assassination”;
the role of Antonov Valery Ivanovich in the series “I’m going out to look for you”;
the image of Mickey in the film “Cool Men”;
the role of Lopakhin in the film “Death in Pince-nez”;
played investigator Rogov in the TV series “Dance of the Ermine”;
the image of Chertov in the film “Assassination”;
“Who are you, Mr. Ka?”;
“Hide!”;
"Dove";
"Matchmakers-4";
"Everyone has their own war."

2011: the role of Alexander Berkovich in the TV series “Matchmakers-5”.

year 2012:

the role of Fedotov in the TV series “Yalta-45”;
played Ilya Ilyich Zaitsev in the TV series “The Diary of Doctor Zaitseva”;
“The Diary of Doctor Zaitseva-2”;
“Not like everyone else.”

2013: the role of Alexander Berkovich in the TV series “Matchmakers-6”.

Filmography

Alexander Feklistov is one of the most sought-after domestic actors. He performed more than 120 roles, most of which were of primary importance. In 2020, he worked on such films as: “The Songbird”, NO-ONE, “Optimists”. Now the actor is filming the next part of the cult TV series “Matchmakers,” which brought Feklistov considerable fame.

His filmography begins in 1983 in “Accomplices,” where Feklistov played the role of Krylovich. The very next year he played Konstantin Doronin in “The Squad” and received a role in “The Best Road of Our Life.” The actor loves to play military roles, as, for example, in “Battalions Ask for Fire,” where he played Sergeant Elyutin. The films “These... Three True Cards”, “Fathers” and “Informer” replenished the acting treasury of Alexander Feklistov in 1988.

Every year the actor gets more and more roles. In 2010, Alexander Vasilyevich played in 10 films. Some of them: “The truth hides the lies”, “Cool guys”, “Ermine Dance”, “Who are you, Mr. Ka?”, “Everyone has their own war”, “Dove”, “Matchmakers”. Alexander Feklistov is a workaholic who passionately loves his profession.

Prizes and awards of Alexander Feklistov

The actor played a lot in various theatrical productions and films. He has such activity and versatility that it is not at all surprising that he received the following prizes and awards:

Received the Crystal Rose prize in 1993 for his participation in the play Nijinsky.
The actor was awarded in 1994 in the category “Best Actor” in the film “Bashmachkin”.
Alexander received the Golden Mask Award in 1994.
In 1995, the actor received the Smoktunovsky Prize for his theatrical work.
In 2003, he received the Seagull Award for the best comedic role in the “Smile M” nomination.
In 2005, he was awarded a special prize from Longines and Eurotime.

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Alexander Feklistov is a wonderful professional actor. In life he is no less interesting than on stage or screen. He has a busy life, rich in emotions. Nevertheless, he is a reserved, intelligent person; such people are rare these days.