Alexander Golovin, actor, personal life: biography facts
Alexander Golovin was born in the Czech city of Brno on January 13, 1989, where his father, a military pilot, was sent for military service. The mother was a housewife and was involved in raising Sasha and the boy’s older sister, Evgenia.
After his father retired, the Golovin family returned to Moscow to open a small hardware store in the capital.
The acting biography of Alexander Golovin began by accident. Mother decided to enroll Sasha’s sister in Vyacheslav Zaitsev’s modeling school, and Sasha begged her to take him to the casting too. The brother and sister were enrolled in studies, and there Sasha was noticed by Andrei Belkin, an actor at the Sovremennik Theater who taught acting.
A sensitive teacher and professional in his field helped the boy discover his talent to the fullest.
Childhood and early career
Alexander Golovin was born in the small Kuzbass town of Kaltan on May 30, 1996. Sasha dreamed of becoming a professional football player and playing for the Russian national team since childhood. He set this goal for himself and systematically moved towards it. Since there were no good football fields in the town, he started playing in the hall. Then he was taken to the school of Novokuznetsk "Metallurg-Kuzbass", the father took his son to training 30 kilometers away.
Sasha’s parents had nothing to do with sports, but the family’s tradition was hiking in the Altai mountains, thanks to which the boy grew up strong and resilient. At the age of 11, Golovin was brought to Moscow for a tryout at the Moscow Spartak school, but the future Russian football star was not accepted there, citing “lack of ability.”
From the age of 14, Alexander studied at the Olympic reserve school in Leninsk-Kuznetsk. His talent, which the capital’s specialists did not see, was considered by coach Sergei Vasyutin, who had previously trained the ex-captain of the Russian national team Alexei Smertin. During these years, Golovin hardly stood in goal, he tried out everywhere, but he still found himself in the center of midfield. Alexander worked out the most, staying for a long time after finishing training.
Alexander Golovin, actor, personal life: acting career
Golovin’s first acting job was filming in Nike Borzov’s video “Three Words,” when the young artist was ten years old.
Two years later, Sasha received a cameo role in the film “Pale-faced Liar” by Vitaly Moskalenko.
The next stage was the main role in the film “Lord of the Puddles,” where the boy played a little cadet at the naval school, Vanya. The short, fair-haired boy captivated the audience. This role largely determined the future role of the young artist.
After the release of the film, Golovin starred in the humorous film magazine “Yeralash”, where Sasha participated in thirteen issues.
At the same time, the young actor, not intending to stop there, decided to try himself on the theatrical stage.
Alexander auditioned for the children's troupe of the musical "Nord-Ost" and went down in history as the first performer of the role of Sanya Grigoriev as a child in the first Russian musical. Golovin, who was not involved in music professionally, was surprised to discover his vocal talents.
In 2004, Alexander acted as a presenter paired with Masha Rybakova at the Kinotavrik children's film festival.
A year later, together with Anya Tsukanova-Kott, the young man repeated the presenter’s experience at a concert dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Jumble.
At the age of fifteen, Golovin received one of the main roles in the patriotic series “Cadets”. The artist's character is Mikhail Obolensky. Golovin’s “cadet” image was developed in the role of Maxim Makarov in the large-scale project “Cadetism,” which continued with the television series “Kremlin Cadets.”
The relaxedness of Cadet Makarov, coupled with humor and charm, made this character a favorite of young fans of the series.
Alexander also voiced a character in a computer game based on the “cadet” TV series.
However, Golovin’s real serious acting work, appreciated by critics, relates to playing the main role in Alexander Atanesyan’s film “Bastards,” based on the story of the same name by Vladimir Kunin. Alexander got to the shooting by chance, he thought that he wouldn’t even have time to get to the casting.
The young actors spent a long time preparing for filming and underwent serious physical training, which allowed them to perform most of the stunts on their own.
The film itself caused many contradictory responses and complaints due to its provocativeness and free interpretation of historical material. At the same time, critics agreed that Alexander Golovin, who played the role of a street child named Cat, played beyond all praise.
For his high skill, Alexander was awarded the MTV-Russia film award in the Breakthrough of the Year category.
Alexander Golovin’s theatrical experience includes more than a dozen performances, among which there are both works based on already sensational projects (“We are playing Yeralash”, “Cadet Blues”), and plays based on classical works (“Decameron”, “Viy”).
The lack of a diploma from a theater university does not prevent him from performing as part of the troupe of the Moscow Independent Theater and receiving applause from an admiring audience.
Alexander Golovin's career in the Russian national team
Alexander made his debut for the Russian U17 national team on March 23, 2013 in a qualifying match for the 2013 European Youth Championship against the Slovenes. In the final tournament, he played all the matches, and his team became the European champion. Golovin also participated in the 2013 World Youth Championship, where he scored one goal against Venezuela (4:0), and the Russian team itself reached the 1/8 finals.
In June 2020, Alexander Golovin was called up to the Russian national team to prepare for the 2016 European Championship qualifying match with Austria and a friendly match with Belarus. On June 7, in a match with Belarus, Alexander made his debut game for the national team - Golovin came on as a substitute in the second half. In the 77th minute of the same match, Alexander scored a goal.
Alexander Golovin returned to the national team after it was headed by CSKA coach Leonid Slutsky. On March 26, 2020, in a friendly match against Lithuania, Alexander Golovin scored a goal.
After this, Alexander was called up to the national team to participate in the 2020 European Championship, where Golovin took part in each of the group stage matches, but failed to excel.
On June 7, 2020, Alexander Golovin was included in the Russian national team’s application for the Confederations Cup. Before the tournament, FIFA called Golovin, along with Alexey Miranchuk and Georgy Dzhikia, “the new hope of the Russian national team.”
In the opening match of the World Cup with Saudi Arabia, in which the Russian team won 5:0, he scored the 5th goal from a free kick in the last added minute of the match, and also became the author of two assists.
Alexander Golovin, actor, personal life: about personal
Alexander Golovin is not married, so fans of the actor regularly find out whether Alexander is in a relationship and who the girlfriend of the popular actor is.
During the “cadet” epic, Alexander admitted in an interview that he had never fallen in love. To be fair, it should be said that the young actor did not have time for relationships at that time, so the most difficult thing for the young actor was to play a romantic relationship.
The guy became friends with his partner in the series, Elena Zakharova, but there was no talk of any love relationship.
In later conversations with the press, Alexander, on the contrary, began to call himself very amorous.
According to rumors, Golovin had a relationship with Daria Melnikova, also an actress by profession.
The actor was also credited with an affair with Lera Kozlova, who for some time acted as Sasha’s filming partner in an advertisement for expensive jewelry, and with Asya Aksenova, about whom practically nothing is known.
On the set of the series “The Last Muscovite,” where the actor plays the main role, Galina Bezruk, a participant in the talent show “Voice of the Country,” became the young man’s partner on the set. There were rumors that Alexander Golovin and Galina Bezruk were dating, but the actor himself did not comment on this assumption.
In 2020, Golovin called himself a free young man and talked about making new acquaintances. According to the actor, the young man avoids obsessive fans and prefers to meet people himself. Sasha also thought about family, but decided that at his age it was too early to start such a serious relationship.
Today, nothing is known about Alexander’s romantic status, but the end of 2018 was marked by a major scandal. Golovin’s ex-girlfriend, make-up artist Svetlana Belogurova, said that she was raising a daughter from the actor. They dated for some time in 2017, but after Svetlana found out about her situation, Alexander decided to put an end to their relationship.
At the moment, Svetlana has turned to lawyer and socialite Katya Gordon for help in order to prove Golovin’s paternity and legally oblige him to support the child.
Success in cinema
Alexander gained his first acting experience while acting in a video clip for Nike Borzov. At that time, the aspiring actor was only 10 years old. His debut in cinema took place 2 years later. Alexander was invited to star in the film “The Pale Liar.” He appeared before the audience in a minor episode.
Then there were a couple more roles in film projects and performances on the theater stage. He also starred in the famous project “Yeralash”. But Alexander’s fame came after the release of the multi-part film “Kadetstvo”, in which the guy received a leading role. He also appeared in the sequel, which was released under the title “Kremlin Cadets.”
According to critics, Alexander’s first serious work was his role in the film “Bastards.” Our hero again appeared before the audience in the form of a leading character, playing a guy nicknamed Cat.
To get used to the image of a teenage criminal, he had to undergo serious physical training, which included extreme mountaineering classes. Thanks to this, Alexander and his partners on the set performed many of the stunts without the help of stuntmen.
Although the film itself caused conflicting reviews, absolutely everyone praised Alexander’s acting.
Among the most successful projects in which Alexander participated, we should highlight such films as “Christmas Trees”, “Only Girls in Sports”, “Women Against Men”, “Hero”, “Christmas Trees. The Last", "Mr. Nobody".
Although Alexander admits that he enjoys working on the set more, he also performs on the theater stage. Played more than a dozen different roles. At the same time, the lack of appropriate education does not at all prevent him from getting new roles.
Interesting Facts
- Alexander Golovin is fond of road racing on scooters. He even takes part in competitions.
- Alexander is a fan of FC Spartak.
- With the advent of popularity, Alexander began to constantly change his mobile phone. He just had too many female fans who, without much difficulty, found out the actor’s address and phone numbers.
- The popular artist turned down a role in a film directed by a famous American director. The thing is that the film was about Russian soldiers who mocked other peoples while serving in Chechnya. Alexander gave the script to his father to read, and he noted that everything written there was not true.
- The actor's agent is his mother. It is to her that he gives half of his proceeds.
