Today, the heart of the famous theater and film actor Alexey Kuznetsov stopped. Sad news was heard in the Theater. Vakhtangov. “It is with deep regret that we inform you that today, July 5, at the age of 83, the master of the Vakhtang stage, Honored Artist of Russia, Honored Artist of Russia, Alexei Glebovich Kuznetsov, died,” said Elena Kuzmina, press attache of the theater.
Colleagues remember the artist as an intelligent person with a subtle sense of humor. “A director who knows how to work deeply and in detail with actors; an experienced teacher with impeccable literary taste, “assured the theater.
Alexei Kuznetsov was born on May 14, 1941 in Moscow. In 1964, he graduated from the theater school named after Shchukin and in the same year he was accepted into the troupe of the State Academic Theater. E. Vakhtangova, where he served for more than 55 years, until the end of his life. He played about 50 roles.
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“Began acting in films in 1954 as a teenager (“Graduation Certificate” and “Somewhere We Met”). In the fate of Alexei Kuznetsov there were roles after which he was recognized by the whole country, for example, a charming taxi driver in “The Green Light”, Kirsanov the Elder in “Fathers and Sons” and, of course, the magnificent Duke of Buckingham in Yungvald-Chilkevich’s film “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers,” they said in the theater.
He dubbed Russian characters in the popular foreign cartoons Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, DuckTales and Miracles on the Turns, portrayed roles in computer games: Heroes of Might and Magic V, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King”, “Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader”, “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim”.
“Vakhtangov’s theater has always been his main love. His life was filled with work, creativity, endless love for theater and people. Clear and eternal memory of a wonderful, pure and beautiful person – Alexei Glebovich Kuznetsov! We express our deepest condolences to his family and friends,” the theater said.
“With him, I became a laureate of the Yakov Smolensky competition twice, I became a laureate of the reading competition named after D. Žuravlev,” actor and TV presenter Alexander Oleshko told MK. – With him I won the competition named after Yakhontov. It was Alexei Glebovich who taught me to read Tolstoy and discovered Saltykov-Shchedrin for me… Last year, I was entrusted with organizing his anniversary evening, which we couldn’t hold in time due to the pandemic. What a blessing to be able to do this. How fortunate that they were able to confess their love to him again and again! What a pity that we didn’t manage to do the planned work together in the theater… It’s a shame that I didn’t see him walking down the street (we lived nearby). And that the audience will no longer see a faithful and real person, actor, teacher on the stage … “
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Source: The Voice Mag
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