Aleksandr Filippenko was born on September 2, 1944 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for The Career of Arturo Ui: New Version (1996), Hard to Be a God (1989) and Master i Margarita (2005). He has been married to Marina Ishimbaeva since April 1978. They have one child. He was previously married to Natalya Zimyanina.