Aleksandr Andreevich Petrov (Russian: Александр Андреевич Петров; born 25 January 1989; Pereslavl-Zalesskiy) is a Russian actor, known for his roles in T-34 (2019), Attraction (2017) and Gogol. The Beginning (2017).
After school he entered the economic department of the University of Pereslavl at the Institute of Program Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. However, he soon realized that this was not for him - when he began to participate in the student team of the KVN and the performances of the theatre (also student) "Entreprise". During the theatrical festival, he took part in the master classes of teachers of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts - GITIS and made his final choice. In 2008 he left the university and went to Moscow. From his first attempt he managed to enter the GITIS for the directing department in the workshop of L. Kheifets. In 2012-2013, Alexander served in the Moscow Theatre "Et Cetera". Based on the results of diploma theatricals, he received an offer from Aleksandr Kalyagin about enrollment in the troupe of the Moscow theatre "Et Cetera". He played Graziano in "Shylock" based on William Shakespeare's play "The Venetian Merchant", directed by Robert Sturua. In 2013 he was admitted to the troupe of the Yermolova Theatre, under the leadership of Oleg Menshikov. In the Yermolova Theatre, he played Hamlet in William Shakespeare's tragedy, directed by Valeriy Sarkisov.
Petrov made his debut in 2010 in an episodic role of the television series Voices. In 2012, he played a major role in the series While the fern is blooming. In the 2015 crime drama serial The Method produced by Alexander Tsekalo's Sreda, Petrov played the supporting role of police officer Zhenya. In the same year he also acted in the TV series Fartsa, by the same production company, this time in the lead role. The series is about Fartsovka — the illegal acquisition of consumer goods and currency from foreigners during the Soviet Union. He played Andrei Trofimov, an aspiring writer. In 2017, he acted in Sreda's feature film — Gogol. The Beginning. In this horror-fantasy picture, loosely based on Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, he portrayed writer Nikolai Gogol. He played one of the main roles in the disaster-film Attraction (2017) by Fyodor Bondarchuk. According to the plot of the film; over the city there is an unidentified object, which later, for the safety of citizens, is shot down. Only when it falls to the ground do experts find that this object is of unearthly origin. In 2018 he acted in the musical romantic drama about figure skating, Ice. Film news and database website Kinopoisk named Alexander Petrov as the most popular Russian actor of 2017. He again played the role of Artyom in Invasion, the sequel of Attraction in 2020.
Artyom
Matvey Rysak
Victor Voronin
Artyom (Tom)
Piotr
Veselchak U
Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich
Sasha
Vasya/Kolya
Nikolay Ivushkin
Yashka, tank commander, senior lieutenant
Evgeniy Osmyslovskiy
Chromov in the baby's body (motion capture)
Alex
Grey (voice)
Grigory Shtuchny in his youth
Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich
Sasha Gorin
Maks
Andrey
Пётр Маслов
Ilya Goryunov
Mstitel
Kostas
Kryukov, merchant
Max
Pasha in his youth
Grisha Izmailov
Барковский
Вадик
self
Матье
Artem Isayev, Jr.
Igor Spiridonov
Kirill
Sasha
Mark
Alexander
Егор Румянцев
Artyom Isaev Jr.
Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich
Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol
Grisha Izmaylov
Lyokha
Denis Volkovsky, 'The Wolf'
Андрей Трофимов
Кирилл
Russian Guest
Kompot
Кирилл
Ilya Goryunov
Vanya Kotov
Kirill Filatov
Трус
Bazilio
Eduard Streltsov
Denis
Славик
Seva Gorelov
Ilya
Max
Lyokha
Lecha
guy in the baseball cap
Петя Лютиков
Artem
Efreytor
Kirill
Anton
Pasha
Рома
Sergey Esenin
Guest
Self - Guest
Guest
Self - Guest