Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt (, born July 19, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, screenwriter and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). Since 2000 he has been a theatre director of Moscow Satire Theatre. Biography Aleksandr Shirvindt was born in Moscow in a family of a violinist and music teacher Anatoly Gustavovich Shirvindt (1896–1962) and Raisa Samoilovna Shirvindt (1898–1985) of Moscow Philharmonic Society. Grandfather, Gustav (Gedaliah) Moiseyevich Shirvindt (a graduate of Vilnius 1st Gymnasium in 1881), was a doctor. In 1956 Shirvindt graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. The same year he made his cinema debut in She Loves You! (1956). Shirvindt appeared in more than 40 films, including Grandads-Robbers (1971), The Irony of Fate (1975), The Twelve Chairs (1976), Three Men in a Boat (1979), Station for Two (1982), The Irony of Fate 2 (2007). He voiced Aramis in Dog in Boots film. Filmography actor Come Tomorrow, Please... (Приходите завтра..., 1963) as Vadim Major Whirlwind (Майор "Вихрь", 1967) as Jozef Grandads-Robbers (Старики-разбойники, 1971) as spokesman of the minister The Irony of Fate (Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, 1975) as Pavlik The Twelve Chairs (Двенадцать стульев, 1976) as one-eyed chess player Heavenly Swallows (Небесные ласточки, 1976) as Château-Gibus Three Men in a Boat (Трое в лодке, не считая собаки, 1979) as Sir Samuel William Harris Incognito from St. Petersburg (Инкогнито из Петербурга, 1977) as district doctor Borrowing Matchsticks (1980) as narrator Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих, 1982) as Shurik, pianist The Circus Princess (Принцесса цирка, 1982) as Firelli, director of the circus Simply Awful! (Просто ужас!, 1982) as Chief Physician The Most Charming and Attractive (Самая обаятельная и привлекательная, 1985) as Arkady Winter Evening in Gagra (Зимний вечер в Гаграх, 1985) as presenter Forgotten Melody for a Flute (Забытая мелодия для флейты, 1987) as Myasoedov Hello, Fools! (Привет, дуралеи!, 1996) as leader of the Social-Socialist party The Irony of Fate 2 (Ирония Судьбы. Продолжение, 2007) as uncle Pasha The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (Возвращение мушкетёров, или Сокровища кардинала Мазарини, 2009) as Jean-Baptiste Colbert voice The Time Machine (1967) as narrator Bayadere (1973) as Storyteller Like mushrooms with peas fought (1977) as King Peas New Aladdin (Новый Аладдин, 1979) as Aladdin Alice in Wonderland (Алиса в Стране чудес, 1981) as Cheshire Cat Dog in Boots (Пёс в сапогах, 1981) as Pretty Boy The smallest dwarf (1981) as Goat