Background
Aleksander Filippenko was born in Moscow his parents moved to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan where he graduated from high school.
Aleksander Filippenko was born in Moscow his parents moved to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan where he graduated from high school.
In 1970 he entered Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and graduated with honors.
Filippenko was honored with People"s Artist of Russia in 2000. Later on he entered MFTI where he took active part in MFTI KVN team The first time he appeared on stage at the MGU Variety Studio Our Home in a stage adaptation of Kersanov"s Story of Tsar Emelian.
In 1975 he started working at Vakhtangov Theater where he took part in famous plays "Treaty of Brest-Litovsk" (Брестский Мир) "Richard III" and many others
Filippenko left Vakhtangov Theater in 1994 and started his own theatrical project "Mono-Duet-Trio". He directs and plays various mono-plays (one man shows) such as "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "Product" in Praktika theatre, "Enthusiast"s demarche" in Polytheatre and many others based on Russian classical literature.
Since 1969 Filippenko was a key member of Taganka Theater.