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Alexander Petrov
Alexander Petrov, born on January 25, 1989, in Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, Russia, is a renowned actor and director. He began his acting career at the University of Pereslavl Faculty of Economics and later moved to Moscow to study at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). Petrov began acting in films from the age of two, with his first role being in the TV show "Voices" directed by Nana Jorjadze in 1997. His first leading role was in the TV series Poka tsvetet paporotnik in 2012. After graduating from GITIS, Petrov was accepted to the Moscow Theater "Et Cetera" under Alexander Kalyagin's direction. He played Graziano in Shylock and rehearsed Hamlet directed by Valeriy Sarkisov, which premiered in December 2013. In 2014, he was offered a role as Lopakhin in Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard." In 2015, Petrov played the lead in Fartsa TV-series, one of the first Russian TV-series ever streamed on Netflix. He also played a charming police officer in Politseyskiy s Rublyovki v Beskudnikovo (2017), which was viewed by millions and gained him national fame. In November 2016, he created his first one-man dramatic show TOBEBORNAGAIN, which was always a sold-out show until its closure. In 2017, Petrov starred in Prityazhenie by Fedor Bondarchuk, which had an outstanding success in Russia and was released worldwide. Gogol' (2017), where he played Nikolay Gogol, became the first TV-series in the world screened in cinemas and won an award at the Indie Gathering International Film Festival. In 2017, Petrov starred in his first international movie, "Anna," released in 2019. He has since starred in several movies that topped the box office in Russia and were released worldwide. Petrov married Viktoriya Petrova in 2023, and they have a daughter, Viktoriya.
