Aleksei Zharkov
| Aleksei Zharkov | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov 27 March 1948 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
| Died | 5 June 2016 (aged 68) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1975–2009 |
| Awards |
People's Artist of Russia Order of Friendship |
Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Жарков; 27 March 1948 – 5 June 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (1994).
Aleksei Zharkov graduated from Moscow Art Theater School (acting course of Alexander Karev). In 1971-1988 years - Zharkov is an actor of Yermolova Theatre. In 1988-2000 years - an actor of Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre. Zharkov returned to Yermolova theater in 2000.
Zharkov played more than a hundred roles in movies. He had a very distinctive voice, so often invited the actor to voice the role of other actors.
Aleksei Zharkov married only once, in 1972 to a former flight attendant Lybov. They had two children: Maxim (employed as a police inspector) and Anastasia, who like her famous father went into the acting profession.
In 2012, Zharkov experienced a stroke, after which the actor became temporarily paralyzed. After that he lived in his dacha outside of Moscow. At the beginning of March 2016 he suffered a new attack. Aleksei Zharkov died on 5 June 2016 in Moscow; the cause of death was heart failure after a long illness. The actor is buried in a small cemetery in the Naro-Fominsk.
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