Alexander Adabashyan

Biography

Actor, writer, designer and director Aleksandr Artyomovich Adabashyan was born in Moscow in 1945 the same year as his friend and steady collaborator Nikita Mikhalkov. The two men’s varied pairings began in 1974 when Adabashyan production designed Mikhalkov’s feature debut “At Home Among Strangers, Strangers at Home”, a low budget “Borscht Western” set during the bloody Russian civil war following the Bolshevik revolution. Adabashyan has designed eight Mikhalkov films in all, physically realizing such disparate visions as Moscow during the Khrushchev regime in 1979’s “Five Evenings,” mid-nineteenth century St. Petersburg in 1980’s “Oblomov”, and the infant Soviet film industry in 1976’s “Slave of Love”. In addition, Adabashyan has some two dozen writing credits to his name including multiple pairings with Mikhalkov. After making his onscreen debut in “At Home Among Strangers”, Adabashyan has made frequent appearances in Russian film and television, primarily in character roles.

Movies & TV Shows

1. 12 (2007) — bailiff
2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1 (1981) — John Barrymore
3. Dark Eyes (1987) — episode (uncredited)
4. The Master and Margarita (2005) — Berlioz
5. Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013) — Droid Abradoks(voice)
6. At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974) — episode
7. Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (2010) — Igor
8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) — John Barrymore
9. Siberiade (1979) — salesman
10. Oblomov (1980) — episode (uncredited)
11. Flights in Dreams and in Reality (1983) — The Sculptor
12. King & Jester (2023) — Гордарик / Одноглазый
13. A Slave of Love (1976)
14. The Ghost (2008) — Aleksandr
15. Kin (1982) — episode
16. Five Evenings (1979) — Timofeyev
17. Nastya (1994) — представитель министерства культуры
18. Sunstroke (2014)
19. No Borders (2015) — photographer
20. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2 (1981) — John Barrymore
21. Plus One (2008)
22. The Hero (2016)
23. Region (2003) — геодезист Михалыч
24. The President and his Granddaughter (2000) — Doctor
25. Kiss through the Wall (2011) — Ярило Ольгович
26. Sherlock Holmes (2013) — publishing house editor
27. Guard Me, My Talisman (1986) — французский турист
28. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) — John Barrymore
29. The Kiss (1983) — Sergei, the general's son
30. Strict Regime Parents (2022) — отец
31. The Wedding Is Accused (1986) — Boris Gorin, MC
32. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) — John Barrymore
33. Tycoon's Interpreter (2006) — Ira's father
34. To Remember (1993) — Narrator
35. Poor people (2016) — издатель
36. Moscow Vacation (1995)
37. A Man from Boulevard des Capucines (2010) — строитель-философ
38. Memories of Sherlock Holmes (2000) — John Barrymore
39. The Musicians from Bremen (2000)
40. Your Will Not Leave Me (2006)

Directed

1. Azazel (2002) — Director
2. Mado, poste restante (1990) — Director
3. Azazel (2002) — Director