Alexandre Marine (Russian: Александр Валентинович Марин; born September 30, 1958, in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia) is a Russian-born actor-director-playwright currently based in Montreal. On April 23, 1993, he was recognized by the Russian government as a Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation.
His award-winning productions include "The Blue Rose" (Special Jury Prize at Amurskaya Osen' in Blagoveshensk), "...the itsy bitsy spider..." (Best of Baltimore, 2010), "Marie Stuart" (Best Montreal production, 2007-2008 season) and "Amadeus" (Best English-language production, 2006-2007 season)
Apart from his career as a stage actor and stage director, he has appeared in several Russian films.
Marine began his career as an actor at Oleg Tabakov's theatre (commonly known as the Tabakerka), where he had his directorial debut, later becoming a staff director at the theatre.
2015: "The Tempest.Variations" translated from English by Alexandre Marine, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2015: "KNOCK: A Journey to a Strange Country" adapted by Alexandre Marine and Boris Zilberman, Lost & Found Project, New York City, New York
2013: "COVERS" by Ruvym Gilman and Boris Zilberman, Lost & Found Project, New York City, New York
2012: "Sister Hope" based on Alexander Volodin's play "Elder Sister," Tabakov Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2012: "Waiting for the Barbarians" adapted from J.M. Coetzee's novel Waiting for the Barbarians, Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
2012: "Marriage 2.0", adapted from Anton Chekhov's short stories and one act plays, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2011: "The Blue Rose", adapted from Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, VIP-Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2010: Vassa, adapted from Maxim Gorky, Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Montréal
2009: "...the itsy bitsy spider...", adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Possessed, Studio Six Theater Company, New York City (with performances in Bridgeport, CT, Baltimore, MD and Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
2009: "A Streetcare Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Montréal, Canada
2009: "The Swan" by Elizabeth Egloff, Premiere, Moscow, Russia
2009: "Le Boeuf sur le toit", music by Darius Milhaud, based on a scenario by Jean Cocteau, I Musici de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2008: "Dangerous Liaisons" by Christopher Hampton, at the Leonor and Alvin Segal Theatre at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, Canada
2008: "The Postman Always Rings Twice", a 2008 play based on the novel by James M. Cain, Imperiya Zvezd, and, later, Master Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2008: "Hay Fever" by Noël Coward, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2007: "The Emigrants" by Slawomir Mrozek, Théâtre Deuxième Réalité, Montréal, Canada
2007: "Marie Stuart" by Friedrich Schiller, Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Montréal, Canada
2006: "The Old Maid and the Thief" by Gian Carlo Menotti, I Musici de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2005: "Antiformalist Rayok" by Dmitri Shostakovich, I Musici de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2004: "Macbeth.com based on Shakespeare's play, Starvin' Kitty Productions, New York, NY
2004: "Antony and Cleopatra" by Shakespeare, ACRON Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
2003: "Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2003: "The Seagull 2288" based on Chekhov's play, ArcLight Theatre, New York, NY
2002: "Duck Hunting" by Aleksandr Vampilov, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2001: "The Beatles Babes" by Sergei Volynets, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2000: "Mother Courage" by Bertolt Brecht, Hayuza Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
1999: "Hamlet" by Shakespeare, Théâtre Deuxième Réalité, Montréal, Canada
1997: "Sublimation of Love" by Aldo De Benedetti, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
1996: "We" adapted from Yevgeny Zamyatin's eponymous novel, Théâtre Deuxième Réalite, Montréal, Canada
1980: "Dr. Faustus" by Goethe, Tabakov Studio, Moscow, Soviet Union
2015: Prospero in "The Tempest.Variations" based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2007: Ensemble in "12" based on the works of Russian poets during the Silver Age of Russian Poetry, Théâtre Deuxième Réalité, Montréal, Canada
2004: Semyon Podsekalnikov in Nikolai Erdman's "The Suicide", Théâtre Deuxième Réalité, Montréal, Canada
1994: Nikolay Ivanovich in "Mechanical Piano" based on Chekhov's early works, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow, Russia
1991: Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment," Theatre Atelier, Moscow, Soviet Union
1989: Khlestakov in Gogol's "The Inspector General," Tabakov Theatre, Moscow, Soviet Union
1988: Epstein in Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," Tabakov Theatre, Moscow, Soviet Union
1983: Alan Strang in Peter Shaffer's Equus (play), Pushkin Theatre, Moscow, Soviet Union
1979: Longnose in "Two Arrows," Tabakov Studio, Moscow, Soviet Union
