Aleksandr Ustyugov

Aleksandr Ustyugov continued his education in Omsk, where in 1993 he entered the Omsk State Transport University with a degree in "Carriage Engineering". He studied there for full-time for three semesters, before transferring to the Omsk Youth Theatre as an illuminator, before joining the theater's troupe. Omsk audience remembered the brilliant performance of the role of the Spider in the ballet extravaganza in verses from the life of insects Fly-Tsokotuha directed by Boris Krichmar.

In 1996 Aleksandr entered the Omsk Regional College of Culture and Art (at OmTUZ), then in 1999 attended the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute for a further 3 years. After graduating from it, he moved to Moscow, where in 1999 he entered the Higher Theater School named after B.V. Schukin (course of Rodion Yurievich Ovchinnikov).

He made many appearance in theatre productions before landing his first movie role in the 2002 film The Star.

In 2003, upon graduation, he was invited to the troupe of the Russian Academic Youth Theater (RAMT) in Moscow, where he served until 2014. In 2014 Aleksandr moved to live in Saint Petersburg.

In 2018, Ustyugov was nominated for the TEFI Award in the category "Best Actor in a TV Series" for his lead role in the TV series "The Golden Horde".^[1] In 2019, Ustyugov played the main villainous character Victor Toropov in 16 episodes of the Netflix TV series Better than Us ^[2]

In August 2005, Aleksandr married actress Yanina Sokolovskaya, with whom he studied together on the same course at the Shchukin Theater School. In 2007, they had a daughter, Yevgeniya, and in 2015 the marriage broke up. In September 2015, Aleksandr married the daughter of a famous businessman, Anna Ozar, but three months later the marriage broke up.

In 2015, Ustyugov created his own musical group called "Ekibastuz". The group performs in the genre of St. Petersburg Rock. The band peeked on January 19, 2017 in the concert hall "Coliseum" in St. Petersburg, for the presentation of the debut album "Roads" written by Ustyugov who was also lead vocals.

In 2017 Aleksandr was awarded the title "Honorary Citizen of Ekibastuz" was awarded for his contribution to the socio-economic development of the Ekibastuz region.^[3]

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