{{Short description|Soviet-Russian actor and director (born 1942)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Family name hatnote|Aleksandrovich|Kalyagin|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox actor | name = Aleksandr Kalyagin | image = Alexander Kalyagin (cropped).jpg | caption = Kalyagin in 2018 | birth_name = Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kalyagin | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|25 May 1942}} | birth_place = Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast, Soviet Union | occupation = Actor, director | years_active = 1965–present }}
'''Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kalyagin''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Александрович Калягин}}; born 25 May 1942) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983), Laureate of the State Prizes for his works in the theater and the cinema. He is best known for his roles in the films ''Hello, I'm Your Aunt!'' (1975) and ''Dead Souls'' (1984).<ref name=bio1/><ref name=bio2/>
== Biography ==
In 1965 Kalyagin graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and later worked in Moscow Art Theatre and some other Moscow theaters. In 1996 he was elected the Head of the Union of Theatrical Figures of Russia, and in 2003 he joined the United Russia party. Currently he is an art director of the Moscow Theater 'Et Cetera'.<ref name=bio1/><ref name=bio2/>
An August 2023 blog page at url meduza.io on "How the State is Destroying the 'Golden Mask' " lists as concerns the level of influence of the Ministry of Culture and of Mr. Kalyagin.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Антон |last1=Хитров|title="Всю культурку по закону военного времени нужно причесать" |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2023/08/03/vsyu-kulturku-po-zakonu-voennogo-vremeni-nuzhno-prichesat |work=Meduza |date=3 August 2023 |language=ru}}</ref>
==Filmography== ;Actor * ''Long-Haired Wonder'' (1974) * ''At Home Among Strangers'' (1974) * ''Hello, I'm Your Aunt!'' (1975) * ''A Slave of Love'' (1976) * ''Wounded Game'' (1977) * ''Interrogation'' (1979) * ''The Old New Year'' (1980) * ''Dead Souls'' (1984) * ''A Rogue's Saga'' (1984) * ''The Last Road'' (1986) * ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (1987) * ''Me Ivan, You Abraham'' (1993) * ''Children of Iron Gods'' (1993)
;Voice actor * ''Leopold the Cat'' (1975–1987) * ''Tale of Tales'' (1979)
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=bio1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112161158/http://www.stdrf.ru/union/chairman Председатель СТД РФ — Александр Александрович Калягин]. stdrf.ru</ref> <ref name=bio2>[http://tass.ru/spravochnaya-informaciya/600178 КАЛЯГИН Александр Александрович, выдающийся российский актер и режиссер]. tass.ru. 24 May 2012</ref> }}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0436298}} *[http://www.kalyagin.ru/ Alexander Kalyagin official website] {{Golden Eagle Lifetime Achievement Award}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalyagin, Alexander}} Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Russian male actors Category:21st-century Russian male actors Category:People from Kirov Oblast Category:Academicians of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia Category:Members of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation Category:Academic staff of Moscow Art Theatre School Category:Honored Artists of the RSFSR Category:People's Artists of the RSFSR Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Category:Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Category:Recipients of the USSR State Prize Category:Jewish Russian actors Category:United Russia politicians Category:Russian male film actors Category:Russian male stage actors Category:Russian male voice actors Category:Russian theatre directors Category:Soviet male film actors Category:Soviet male stage actors Category:Soviet male voice actors Category:Soviet theatre directors Category:Recipients of the Golden Mask Category:Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute alumni