Aleksei Kravchenko

Aleksei Yevgenyevich Kravchenko (; born 10 October 1969) is a Russian actor known for his role in the 1985 film Come and See as a young boy in the resistance army.

Biography Kravchenko was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1985, aged 15, he made his debut in the film Come and See directed by Elem Klimov. He was 14 when filming started. After graduating from vocational school, he served in the Navy.

He attended the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, starting in 1991 and graduating in 1995. He was taught by actress Alla Kazanskaya.

He did not act in anything for more than a decade, but since 1998, he has appeared in at least one film or TV show almost every year. He was awarded the Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 2007.

In 2023, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine added Aleksei Kravchenko to the list of persons posing a threat to the national security of Ukraine due to his involvement in the 2021 war film Solntsepyok, which depicts the war in Eastern Ukraine and portrays PMC Wagner mercenaries as positive characters. Filming took place in annexed Crimea.

Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes 1985 Come and See Flyora (Florian) Gaishun 2000 The Christmas Miracle Maxim 2002 Brigada Vvedensky TV series 2002 The Star Sergeant Anikanov 2002 Spetsnaz Captain 'Doc' Vladimir Vyazemsky TV miniseries 2003 Spetsnaz 2 Captain 'Doc' Vladimir Vyazemsky TV miniseries 2005 The 9th Company Captain Bystrov 2005 The Fall of the Empire Captain Rysin TV series 2006 Yeralash Issue number 198 (Fell, squeeze!) 2007 Attack on Leningrad TV series 2009 Bros Makar Krylov TV series 2009 High Security Vacation Sergei Gagarin 2010 Iron Lord Harald 2010 Bros – 2 Makar Krylov TV series 2011 Brothers Konstantin Starostin, Major MUR TV series 2011 Steep banks Andrey Belyaev TV series 2012 Bros – 3 Makar Krylov TV series 2013 Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was... Sergey Nikolayevich Burenin TV miniseries 2013 Bros – 4 Makar Krylov TV series 2013 Double blues Igor Krutitsky TV miniseries 2014 Men's holidays Yuriy Popov TV series 2014 I'm not afraid anymore Igor Koltsov TV series 2016 Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi evil wizard Karachun 2017 Ancestral Land Makar Morozov TV series 2019 The Painted Bird Gavrila 2019 Lev Yashin. The Goalee of My Dreams Alexei Khomich 2021 Hotsunlight Pavel Gritsay 2022 Best in Hell Shopot 2022 The Telki Boris Borisovich TV series 2025 Rowing for Gold Colonel Levitin

Awards

2003 – State Prize of the Russian Federation in the area of literature and art – for his role in the film The Star. 20 August 2007 – Merited Artist of the Russian Federation – for merit in the arts 30 March 2020 – People's Artist of Russia – for great merit in the arts 18 May 2022 – Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class – for great contribution to the development of national culture and active civil position