Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy

Comes from a family deported in the 1920-ies the Cossacks (on the maternal side, from the don, paternal — of Chernihiv). Mother Agrippina Yakovlevna Pankratova, father — Vasily Trofimovich Guzev. Father fought in the great Patriotic war, died in 1952, leaving his wife with four children. Two of them died of starvation, survived only Alexander and his sister Zinaida[source not specified 339 days]. In his childhood he dreamed of clowning, and his mother of career of the military. In 1968, A. V. Pankratov graduated from the Gorky theatre school. In 1968-1971, he worked as an actor Penza drama theater. In 1976 he graduated from the directing Department of VGIK workshop of E. L. Dzigan. Prefix to the name "earned" in order to distinguish it from the other Alexander Pankratov, who studied with him in the same course. Starred in many films of the 1980-ies and 1990-ies. Was a participant of TV program "White parrot", "the Wheel of history".