Alexander Oleshko
Alexander Oleshko | |
|---|---|
Александр Олешко | |
 Oleshko in 2009 | |
| Born | Alexander Vladimirovich Oleshko 23 July 1976 |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Olga Belova (m. 1998–2000, divorced) |
| Parent(s) | Vladimir Oleshko, Lyudmila Oleshko |
| Website | www |
Alexander Vladimirovich Oleshko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Оле́шко; born 23 July 1976) is a Russian theater and film actor, TV presenter, singer, parodist.[1] Honored Artist of Russia (2015).[2] Member of the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation .
Biography
[edit]Oleshko was born on 23 July 1976 in Chișinău.
His years of childhood and adolescence were in Moldova. In 1991, aged 15, he moved to Moscow, where he entered the State College of Circus and Variety Art and graduated from it, receiving a red diploma with honors. In 1999 he graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (course of Vladimir Ivanov). Since that year he has been in the troupe of the Moscow Satire Theatre. From 2000 to 2010, in the group of the Sovremennik Theatre. As a guest actor he plays in the plays of the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre.[3]
Teacher of acting at the State College of Circus and Variety Art.
From autumn 2009[4] until early 2017 he worked as a leading entertainer of a number of entertainment programs on Channel One Russia. In the summer of 2017, he moved to the NTV, since on the Channel One there were no suitable projects for him.[5]
In April and May 2022, Oleshko participated in a series of concerts organized in order to support the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Телеведущего наградили медалью «За содружество в области химического разоружения»
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации о награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации
- ^ Profile at the Vakhtangov Theater
- ^ "Минута славы Вилле Хаапасало и Александра Олешко". 7 дней. 2009-09-07.
- ^ Александр Олешко перешёл на канал НТВ
- ^ "Гастроли патриотов. Как кремлевские эксперты и шоу-бизнес зарабатывают на концертах "Za Россию"". BBC (in Russian). 11 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- 1976 births
- Living people
- Actors from Chișinău
- Russian male film actors
- Russian male television actors
- Russian male stage actors
- Russian television presenters
- Russian game show hosts
- Russian male voice actors
- Russian male comedians
- Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
- Russian people of Moldovan descent
- 21st-century Russian male singers
- Television people from Chișinău