Alexander Baluev is a famous Russian actor who has played about 40 characters in theatrical productions and more than 100 roles in films. Good appearance, strong physique, a real hero - this is how he appears before the viewer. And he is also an ordinary man with his personal life - children and a beloved woman.
The path to glory
Alexander Baluev was born on December 6, 1958 in the capital in the family of a career military man and engineer who worked at a military institute. The father dreamed that his son would continue his dynasty and from childhood he prepared Alexander for the army, teaching him to strict discipline. Mother, an intelligent and sophisticated woman, an engineer by profession, who was very fond of art, theater and opera, instilled a love of beauty in her son. Alexander was fond of hockey, alpine skiing and ski lifts. In his senior year, Alexander Baluev attended the play "Princess Turandot" at the Vakhtangov Theater, which dramatically changed the interests and life of the future actor. In his interviews, he admitted that he still remembers in great detail the sound of footsteps on the wooden covering of the proscenium.
And then in his biography there was an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Shchukin School, study at the Moscow Art Theater School, work as a lighting assistant at Mosfilm, tried himself at Lenkom, Sovremennik. But he received an invitation to cooperation from several theaters at once before serving in the army. Alexander opted for the Theater of the Soviet Army. Here he played vivid characters in the performances "The Arrow of Robin Hood", "Trees Die Standing", "The Lady of the Camellias". In 1986 he worked at the Yermolova Theater, where he played the main roles. As a guest artist he played in other theaters and at other venues.
But he gained fame with the viewer by acting in films. Although earlier filmmakers did not seem to notice Baluev for a long time, and if they gave roles, they were most often episodic. Among them is the role of the boat commander in the film "Yegorka", the twin brothers Pavel and Sergei Udaltsovs in the drama "The Kerosene Man's Wife", for which he received the prize for Best Actor. After this film, Baluev was more often invited to the cinema and given the roles of strong personalities - the military, intelligence officers, businessmen, oligarchs, crime bosses and swindlers.
The television series "The Moscow Saga", "Kamenskaya", "The Death of the Empire", "On the Other Side of the Wolves" brought particular popularity to the actor. The viewer especially liked Major Klimenty Platova - Klim in the TV series "Spetsnaz", who embodied all the qualities of a real hero. However, all the roles of Alexander Baluev are bright, interesting, characteristic.
Personal life of Alexander Baluev
Communicating with journalists, Alexander Baluev speaks more about creativity. He prefers to leave his personal life behind the scenes. The only thing that he does not hide is that he never had affairs with partners on the set.
With his wife - Polish journalist Maria Urbanovskaya - Baluev met in Koktebel, where he starred in the film "Richard the Lionheart", and she was on vacation with the children. Urbanovskaya was married at that time. When she left Crimea, Baluev realized that he was missing Maria. Daily calls to Warsaw began, then - trips. It didn't matter to Alexander that his beloved was eight years older than him.
Soon, Maria divorced her husband, with whom she lived in a civil marriage for almost ten years. They officially registered their relationship shortly before the birth of their daughter. The "newlyweds" married in Poland. Maria and Alexander had a good family, they built a country house, raised their daughter Maria-Anna.
When the girl was ten years old, Urbanovskaya decided to leave her husband. The reason for the family discord was Alexander's frequent tours, his constant absence and worries, which, as a result, fell on the shoulders of Urbanovskaya. The spouses filed for divorce in 2013. Maria-Anna Balueva lives with her mother in Warsaw, but often sees her father.
After a divorce from Maria, Urbanovsky Baluev became close to the mother of the composer Gleb Matveychuk
The greatest love of Alexander Baluev
In 2003, Alexander Baluev became the father of a glorious girl, who was named Maria-Anna, whom he affectionately calls Marusya. Alexander dreamed of a daughter and is very glad that she looks like him: a beauty with green eyes and thick dark hair.
Like her father, Maria-Anna is a creative person, she plays the piano, attends a music school, loves to sing and takes part in various competitions and school events. Baluyev often calls up with his daughter and flies to Warsaw at the first opportunity.
