 Among the last works of the actor was the role of Alexei Dolgoruky in the historical series by Svetlana Druzhinina "Secrets of palace coups" (2000-2008), member of the combat group Petra Kosenko in the action series "Zeta Group" (2007 2009), the head physician in the drama by Karen Shakhnazarov "Ward №6" (2009).Alexei Zharkov was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984), People's Artist of Russia (1994), awarded the Order of Friendship (1998).Aleksei Zharkov married only once, in 1972 to a former flight attendant Lybov.