Alexander Natanovich Rappoport is a famous Russian and American artist, psychotherapist, TV presenter and talented singer and musician. The creative path of this talented person was not easy, fate presented him with many surprises, both pleasant and painful. In the article, we will consider in more detail the biography of our hero, his creative and personal life. The story began 70 years ago in Bulgaria.
Biography
Alexander Rappoport was born on April 1, 1947 in the small Bulgarian town of Kazanlak. During this period, the father of little Sasha served as an officer. Immediately after the birth of a child, the family leaves the country, settling first in Georgia, and then in Russia, settling in Leningrad. From early childhood, the boy dreamed of becoming an actor, but his parents were strongly against such a frivolous profession. At the insistence of his father, Sasha enters the Perm Medical Institute (by the way, at the same time as his father). But even there the desire to become an artist does not fade away. Alexander Rappoport takes an active part in amateurperformances of the institute, besides, a guy with a height of 188 cm is taken to the basketball team.
At first, medicine did not attract the young man's interest at all, he listened to lectures half-heartedly, often had to retake exams. But in the last years, when they began to study psychiatry proper, Sasha became interested, and study began to bring pleasure.
After graduating from medical school, Alexander goes to work at the famous Moscow clinic named after P. P. Kashchenko. Everything was fine until trouble came to the house.
Escape the country
In 1980, conscripts come to the clinic to undergo an examination of unsuitability for military service. Alexander did not reveal pathology in the guys and gave a certificate of fitness. For this, the doctor was sentenced to 4 years under a political article. After such an attitude on the part of officials, Alexander Rappoport decides to leave the country.
Due to lack of funds, the man, along with his son, actually sets off on foot across Europe to Barcelona. On the way, I had to earn money for my daily bread by singing in the streets and doing small jobs. In 1990, he is transported to the USA.
Life in America
The first years in the USA of Alexander Rappoport were difficult. I had to work as a taxi driver. Then he additionally studied at Adelfay University, renewing his diploma as a psychotherapist. Even now, when a childhood dream has come true and Alexander Natanovich is actively acting in films, he does not stop working as a doctor. He conducts with people privateindividual trainings, helping troubled families to restore peace and well-being in personal relationships.
The work of a TV presenter
The first author's program of Alexander Rappoport called "Mirror" was released in the USA. There he discussed the psychological problems of modern society. Since then, he has often been invited to Russian television, where he took part in such programs as "One Hour Before Midnight", "Men's Territory", "I Want Your Husband", "I Love, I Can't…".
The doctor who sings
Alexander Rappoport, like any talented person, has many abilities. A good doctor and a great presenter, it turns out that he is also a great singer. He actively records studio albums, shoots video clips. The first success brought him a song in the style of chanson "Barcelona". In the late 90s, chanson lovers listened to her.
Now Alexander can boast of numerous discs. The success of a talented musician did not go unnoticed in his second homeland. After a number of musical concerts, Alexander Rappoport was invited to the USA to participate in a theatrical production at the Steps Theater. The play "Last Summer in Chulimsk" reminded him of his childhood dream of becoming an artist. After the end of the season, the newly minted actor takes master classes with the famous American film industry stars - Al Pacino, Michael Caine and Meryl Streep. After that, Russian directors began to invite Alexander. So he took part in the performances of the Sovremennik Theater with Galina Volchek.
Working in movies
Movie debuttook place in 2000 in the picture of Russian directors who live in America. But these were small roles. As Alexander himself admits, his first real role as a film actor took place in the film "My Prechistenka". There he embodied the image of the Chekist Kuznetsov. By this time, he was already 50 years old, but, as you can see in the photo, Alexander Rappoport is a very attractive man in appearance, with a beautiful and slender figure, so when Galina, the wife of George Danelia, saw him, she said that such a man simply cannot be not filmed.
Since then, many years have passed, and Alexander is constantly invited to shoot. At such a mature age, he took part in more than 100 films. In an interview, the actor admits that he still considers medicine to be his main profession, and the profession of an actor is closely related to psychiatry. This is the second facet of artists, the ability to transform into their characters, to find an approach to the realization of the image.
Private life
In the personal life of the actor - a complete understanding. The only love of his life, his wife Lyudmila, whom Alexander affectionately calls Luska, has been married to our hero since the age of 18. The couple have two sons and a grandson.
The eldest son - Vyacheslav works as a manager in the USA. The younger one, Cyril, who walked to Barcelona during the difficult years of his father's life, remained in Spain and is engaged in business. Now he lives with the rest of his family in the United States and runs a small cafe. Kirill married the Russian model and also actress Irina Dmitrakova. And he named his son after his grandfather -Alexander.
