Alexei Petrenko died

In Moscow, at the 79th year of his life, actor Alexei Petrenko suddenly died. This was reported on the website of the Union of Cinematographers.

Petrenko was born in the Chernihiv region. After graduating from the Kharkov Theater Institute in 1961, the actor played in the theaters of Zaporozhye and Mariupol. In 1964, Igor Vladimirov invited Petrenko to the Leningrad Theater. Lensoveta, where the actor served until 1977.

Since 1977, Alexei Petrenko has played on the stage of the Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Since 1978 he played in the Moscow Art Theater. In 1991-1992, A. Petrenko entered the stage of the Theater "School of the Modern Play".

Since 1991, Petrenko has been a full -time actor of the film studio. M. Gorky. On July 26, 2010, he entered the Patriarchal Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Petrenko starred in almost 80 features, among which the fairy tale about how Tsar Peter Arapa married, Agony, Cruel Romance, TASS is authorized to declare, "Prisoner of the IF Castle", "Musketeers twenty years later", "Siberian Barber", "Dr. Zhivago", "Bury me for the plinth." And others.

In 1984, Petrenko received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, in 1988 - People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 1999, Petrenko was awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. In the same year, the actor became the laureate of the State Prize of Russia.