Andrejs Žagars

Andrejs Žagars (2012)

Andrejs Žagars , Russian А́ндрейс Жа́гарс (born October 16, 1958 in Chernogorsk , Russian Soviet Republic , Soviet Union ; † February 26, 2019 in Riga , Latvia ) was a Soviet and Latvian actor and theater manager.

Life

Born in Chernogorsk , Russia , Žagars grew up in Cēsis , Latvia , where his family had moved a year after he was born. Žagars graduated from the Latvian Music Academy Jāzeps Vītols in Riga in 1982 .

Žagars mainly starred in Soviet and Russian films. From 1996 to 2013 he was artistic director of the Latvian National Opera and also tried his hand as a theater director.

Filmography (selection)

1978: Your son ( Твой сын )
1986: Dubultnieks
1987: The life of Klim Samgin ( Жизнь Клима Самгина )
1987: The Boy Scout ( Следопыт )
1992: Good luck, gentlemen ( Удачи вам, господа! )

Awards

2001: Commander of the Legion of Honor
2002: Three-Star Order IV Class
2006: Order of Orange-Nassau
2010: Order of Friendship
2012: Order of the Marienland Cross III. class

Web links

Commons : Andrejs Žagars - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Andrejs Žagars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Андрейс Жагарс , kino-teatr.ru (Russian)
Андрейс Жагарс , krasopera.ru (Russian)
Андрейс Жагарс , sobaka.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

↑ Андрейс Жагарс , vokrug.tv
↑ Mūžībā aizgājis aktieris, režisors un uzņēmējs Andrejs Žagars delfi.lv, accessed on February 26, 2019
↑ Андрейс Жагарс: Я чувствую себя свободным , brunch.lv , April 7, 2015
↑ Андрей Жагарс ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , pribalt.info @1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Andrejs Žagars , opera.lv
↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 6 июля 2010 года № 833 «О награждении орденом Дружбы Жагарса А.» , kremlin.ru (Russian)
↑ Андрейс Жагарс , people-archive.ru

personal data
SURNAME	Žagars, Andrejs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Жа́гарс, А́ндрейс (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Soviet and Latvian actor and theater manager
DATE OF BIRTH	October 16, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chernogorsk , Russian Soviet Republic , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH	26th February 2019
Place of death	Riga , Latvia

[1] Андрейс Жагарс , vokrug.tv

[2] Mūžībā aizgājis aktieris, režisors un uzņēmējs Andrejs Žagars delfi.lv, accessed on February 26, 2019

[3] Андрейс Жагарс: Я чувствую себя свободным , brunch.lv , April 7, 2015

[4] Андрей Жагарс ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , pribalt.info @1@ 2

[opera.lv-5] Andrejs Žagars , opera.lv

[6] Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 6 июля 2010 года № 833 «О награждении орденом Дружбы Жагарса А.» , kremlin.ru (Russian)

[7] Андрейс Жагарс , people-archive.ru