Alexander Ermakov

Biography

After graduating from the Gorky Theatre School in 1972, Alexander Ermakov was invited to join the company of the Gorky Comedy Theatre and quickly distinguished himself in substantial stage roles. Among his first dramatic stage roles were Dyula in Wake up and Sing! by I. Dyyrvash, Christopher Wren in the The Mousetrap by A. Christie, the Commander in the play Then in Seville by S. Alyoshin and others. He forged his reputation playing versatile roles.

In 1974 he started working at the Kharkov Young Spectator's Theatre, where he performed a number of leading roles from the classical and contemporary repertoire: Bekpergen (The Brandenburg Gate by M. Svetlov), Kochkaryov (Marriage by N. Gogol), Vaska Pepel (The Lower Depths by M. Gorky), Nikolai Ostrovsky (Letters to a Friend by A. Lihanov and A. Shura), Prince and Swineherd (Swineherd by H. C. Andersen), Ivan (Ivan, the Peasant’s Son by V. Sudarushkin) and others.

In the Ostrovsky Moscow Regional Drama Theatre the artist successfully performed the role of Apollon Murzavetsky (Wolves and Sheep by A. Ostrovsky) and Ivan (Stories From a Village by V. Shukshin).

From 1981 to 1995 Alexander Ermakov worked at the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre. Among his greatest achievements were the roles of Karl Moor (The Robbers by F. Schiller), Fedor (Motives by M. Varfolomeev), Liputin (Demons by F. Dostoyevsky), Oberon, the fairy king (A Midsummer Night's Dream by W. Shakespeare), Bolvio (The Triumph of Love by P. de Marivaux), Goran (Eric XIV by A. Strindberg), Lyapkin Tyapkin (The Government Inspector by N. Gogol), Ivanov (Ivanov's Family by A. Platonov), Fiddler (Desire Under the Elms by E. O'Neill) and many others. Alexander Ermakov was awarded the diploma of the Ministry of Culture of Russia for his performance in the Motives (Best Actor).

In 1995 Alexander Ermakov was invited to join the Maly Theatre’s company.

He also appeared in numerous TV series: Three Against All, Maroseika, 12, At the Corner, at the Patriarch's Ponds- 2, Where the Homeland Begins, Life and Destiny, Anna Karenina, Godunov and many others, as well as feature films The Demidovs, Stalin's Wife, White Tiger, Lev Yashin, Odessa Steamer, Survivor, etc.

Repertoire

Roles at the Maly Theatre
Mikhailo Nagoy (Tsar Ivan the Terrible by Alexei Tolstoy, director Vladimir Dragunov, 1996)
Prince Mstislavsky (Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich by Alexei Tolstoy, director Boris Ravenskikh, 1996)
Godunov (Prince Serebrenni by Alexei Tolstoy, director Vitaliy Ivanov, 1996)
Saltykov (Tsar Boris by Alexei Tolstoy, director Vladimir Beylis, 1997)
Fyodor (Krechinsky's Wedding by Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin, directors Vitaliy Solomin and Alexander Chetverkin, 1997)
Neschastlivtsev (The Forest by Alexander Ostrovsky, director Yuri Solomin, 1998)
Metropolitan Dimitry (Chronicles of the Palace Coup by Galina Turchina, director Vladimir Beylis, 1999)
Dan Gerard (Happy End based on Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s play Getting Away with Murder, director Vladimir Beylis, 2001)
Golutvin (Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man by Alexander Ostrovsky, director Vladimir Beylis, 2002)
Baron de Ratiniere (Mysterious Chest by Pyotr Karatygin, director Yuri Solomin, 2003)
Belsky (Tsar Ivan the Terrible by Alexei Tolstoy, director Vladimir Dragunov, 2003)
Vershinin (Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, director Yuri Solomin, 2004)
Shpekin (The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, directors Yuri Solomin and Vasiliy Fyodorov, 2006)
Charles Varlet de La Grange (The Life and Love of Monsieur de Molière, or The Cabal of Hypocrites by Mikhail Bulgakov, director Vladimir Dragunov, 2009)
The Commander (Don Juan by Alexei Tolstoy, director Alexander Klyukvin, 2011)
Florent (The Sacred Monsters by Jean Cocteau, director Anton Yakovlev, 2012)
Count De Guiche (Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, director Georges Lavaudant, 2012)
Nocella, the lawyer (Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo, director Stefano de Luca, 2013)
Mazarin (The Youth of Louis XIV by Alexandre Dumas, père, director Yuri Solomin, 2014)
Narokov (Talents and Admirers by Alexander Ostrovsky, director Vladimir Dragunov, 2017)
Lavr Mironovich (The Last Sacrifice by Alexander Ostrovsky, director Vladimir Dragunov, 2017)
Anuchkin (Marriage by Nikolai Gogol, director Yuri Solomin, 2017)
Bishop Sergiy (Time Of Troubles. 1609-1611 by Vladimir Medinksiy, director Vladimir Beylis, 2018)
Hopper (The Rest Is Silence by Viña Delmar, director Yuri Solomin, 2019)
Dr. Diafoirus (The Imaginary Invalid by Jean-Baptiste Molière, director Sergei Zhenovach, 2019)
Vyshnevsky (A Profitable Position by Alexander Ostrovsky, director Andrey Tsisaruk, 2020)
Papa Carlo (Buratino by Alexei Tolstoy, directors Yuri Solomin and Stanislav Soshnikov, 2021)
Chekalinsky (The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin, director Andrey Zhitinkin, 2022)
A patient (Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, director Alexei Dubrovsky, 2022)
Don Luis (Don Juan, or The Feast of Stone by Jean-Baptiste Molière, director Vladimir Dragunov, 2023)