Alexander Domogarov was born on July 12, 1963 in Moscow. His paternal grandfather's name was Lev Kovanko, he was a member of the Provisional Government, a naval officer, one of those who arranged Kerensky's escape from the Winter Palace. Her paternal grandmother was a descendant of an ancient Georgian princely family, and bore the surname Domogarova. It was from her that the boy got an extraordinary appearance and a strong character. The grandmother instilled in her grandson a sense of self-worth, which, in her opinion, a person should have for life and in any situation.
His father Yuri Lvovich worked as the managing director of "Mosconcert" and "Rosconcent", was in charge of the Natalia Sats Musical Theater. Mother Natalia Petrovna was not close to art, worked in a department store. Parents brought up Alexander and his older brother Andrey in strictness, but at the same time supported them in their endeavors.
During his school years, Domogarov was better at humanities. The boy enjoyed attending classes in the Russian language and history, and he adored literature at all. According to the actor, he fell in love with books even before he learned to read.
Sometimes, not wanting to sit in classes on unloved subjects, Alexander ran away from lessons to the Salyut cinema, located directly opposite the school. There he enjoyed watching films of famous masters of Soviet cinema. And the first trip to the theater made an unforgettable impression. The question of choosing a profession was solved by itself. After graduation, Alexander became a student of the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theater School.
Theatre
From 1984 to 1985 he worked as an actor in the troupe of the Maly Theater, and then served for ten years in the Central Academic Theater of the Soviet (now Russian) army. Among Domogarov's theatrical works of this period are the roles of Vittorio in the production "My profession is a signor from society", Platon Zubov in the play "The Name of the strange Potemkin ... (Finding)", the director in "Trees die standing", Armand Duval in "The Lady with Camellias", Milovidov in the comedy "In a lively Place", Alexander in "Paul I".
Since 1995, the artist has been working at the Mossovet Theater. Here he was engaged in the productions of "The Fleeing Wanderers", "He Came", "Dear Friend". Andrey Zhitinkin recalls that after getting acquainted with Domogarov, he realized "that he had found the long-awaited performer Georges Duroy, a partner for Margarita Terekhova, with whom he had long wanted to stage "Dear Friend". The brilliant duo of Domogarov - Terekhov delighted the audience, who applauded the actors standing up. With this performance, the theater performed in many countries, was on its first big tour of US cities."
He has been playing in the play "My Poor Marat" since 1995 until now. In the current repertoire, the actor is also engaged in "The Strange Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" - a musical directed by Pavel Chomsky. Here Domogarov plays two main roles. The actor created two works in the performances of Andrei Konchalovsky based on Chekhov's plays, playing Astrov in "Uncle Vanya" and Voynitsky in "Three Sisters".
At the Mossovet Theater, he played a role that many artists dream of: Cyrano de Bergerac in a play based on Rostand's comedy of the same name.
For several years, the artist played Nijinsky in the play directed by Andrey Zhitinkin "Nijinsky, the crazy clown of God" at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. It was a performance that was recorded for six months. Such he had a stunning success and, above all, thanks to the inspired play of the actor. For creating the image, he was awarded the prize of the Diaghilev Foundation at UNESCO and received a bronze statuette - Nijinsky in the famous pose of a faun.
At the Bagatela Theater in Krakow (Poland), he played Macbeth in the production of the same name. "I remember that he just shocked me with his Macbeth, which he played in Polish. He did not repeat the memorized text, but really lived in the image, existed with an understanding of the language and the essence of the role. And this is an extremely difficult task," Viktor Korshunov recalls.
Movie
In cinema, Alexander Domogarov began acting since 1984, mainly in episodic roles - Alexander Sumarokov in the series "Mikhail Lomonosov", Anton in the film "The Beginning of the Evil Trouble", Alexander I in the film "ASSA", Hobie in "The Visit of a Lady". He played his first major film role in 1990 in the film "The Cross of Mercy".
The actor's success was brought by the role of Pavel Gorin in "Midshipmen III" - the third film from the adventure trilogy. The television series "Comtesse de Montsoreau", where Domogarov appeared in the role of Count de Bussy, became very popular with the audience.
In 1999, recognition abroad also came: the Polish film "Fire and Sword", in which Domogarov created the image of the Ukrainian Cossack Bogun, was presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
The actor does a lot of TV series: he played the main roles of "Bandit Petersburg", "March of the Turkish", "MOORE", "Furtseva", "Sonnentau", "Maryina Grove", "On the sunny side of the street", "Dostoevsky", etc.
In total, the actor played more than 50 roles in the movie. He starred with Sergei Solovyov, Mikhail Kozakov, Alexander Proshkin, Svetlana Druzhinina, Vladimir Bortko.
"All the women of Europe are in love with Domogarov," film director Vladimir Bortko expressed this opinion to RIA Novosti. - It is extremely difficult to find such a handsome man, and if he is smart at the same time, which rarely happens, and still talented, then there is no price for him. An example of this is Alexander Domogarov, with whom I worked on two paintings, which I am proud of, and I dare to hope for cooperation in the future."
Television
Domogarov participated in several television projects. In 2002-2004 he was one of the presenters of the program "The Last Hero" on Channel One, in 2003 he took part in the show "Fort Boyard" on the TV channel "Russia". In 2005, he hosted the talk show "Only for men" on TVC channel, and for some time was the host of the program "Wait for me" and the program "Heart of Africa" on Channel One.
