Biography
Alexei Valerievich Devotchenko (‹See Tfd›Russian: Алексе́й Вале́рьевич Дево́тченко; 14 October 1965 – 5 November 2014) was a Russian actor and activist.
Born in Leningrad, he studied at the school No. 179 of the Kalinin District (1973-1983). Devotchenko got his first acting experience in Theater of Youth Creativity (1978-1983). In 1990 he graduated from the Cherkasov Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography, workshop of Arkady Katzman and Lev Dodin. He was a member of the United Civil Front in St. Petersburg, the participant Dissenters. On 10 March 2010 he signed the appeal of the Russian opposition "Putin must go".
On 18 November 2011, in his Live Journal blog Devotchenko announced that he refused the title Honored Artist of Russia and the two State Prizes of Russia, and called on cultural figures to boycott events that support the Russian government. In March 2014, he signed a letter "We are with you!" opposing the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
On 5 November 2014, Alexei Devotchenko was found dead in a pool of blood in his apartment in Moscow.
Filmography
all 24
Movies 15
TV Shows 9
My Grandmother Fanny Kaplan (2016)
The Admirer (2012)
Ялта-45 (2011)
Mayakovsky: Two Days (2011)
The Golden Calf (2006)
Red Sky, Black Snow (2005)
Опера. Хроники убойного отдела (2004)
Convoy PQ-17 (2004)
Convoy PQ-17 (2004)
Banditskiy Peterburg: Advokat (2000)
Banditskiy Peterburg: Baron (2000)
Gangster's Petersburg (2000)
Hut (1999)
Whit Monday (1990)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1965-10-14
Deathday2014-11-05 (49 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Petersburg, Russia
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsАлексей Девотченко, A. Devotchenko, Олексій Девотченко, Alexei Devotchenko
AwardsState Prize of the Russian Federation, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation
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