Alex Menglet | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexei Menglet |
| Education | Moscow State Institute of Drama (GETES) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Notable work | Prisoner Kick |
| Children | 2 |
Alex Menglet, born Alexei Menglet in Moscow, USSR, is an actor who has found success working in Australia.
Menglet was born in Moscow, USSR to parents Maya Menglet and Leonid Satanovskiy. He came from a theatrical family. As a child, he played the co-lead in television series The Old Fortress, feature film The Boys and Hurray for the Holidays, before studying a four year course in acting and stage direction at Moscow State Institute of Drama (GETES), where he received his Diploma in 1977. [1]
While studying, met and then married a West German exchange student and moved to Germany in 1978. A friend from Moscow had moved to Melbourne, where he was photographer on some Australian films, influencing Menglet to move there with his wife in 1981. [2]
Menglet is best known for his roles as chef Ray 'Gay Ray' Proctor in the 1984 season of Prisoner and more recently as Zoran Baranoff in the SBS series Kick .
He has also appeared on Australian television series, Skyways , The Sullivans , Cop Shop and Carson's Law [3] and the UKTV mini-series False Witness . He has also appeared in the films Sky Pirates (1986), The Still Point (1986), Holidays on the River Yarra (1991) and He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001). More recently, Menglet appeared as Joan Ferguson's father and fencing instructor, Ivan Ferguson in prison drama Wentworth .
Menglet has appeared in numerous theatre productions throughout his career. [4] He was a member of the Anthill Theatre ensemble in Melbourne in the 1980s, and went on to perform in MTC productions such as The Visit alongside Zoe Caldwell and Cyrano de Bergerac opposite David Wenham. He also went on to direct stage productions including Red Stitch Actors Theatre’s 2005 production of Playing the Victim starring Jim Daly and Angus Sampson.
Menglet has two daughters, Denisia and Katerina. He has a brother, Dmitri.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Malchiki | Goshka Vyezemskiy | Feature film | |
| 1972 | Ura! U nas kanikuly! | Feature film | ||
| 1982 | The Clinic | Feature film | ||
| 1984 | Matthew and Son | Gebhard | TV film | |
| 1985 | Wills & Burke | William Brahe | Feature film | |
| 1986 | Man and Boy | Relievimg Manager | Short film | |
| 1986 | Sky Pirates | Sullivan | Feature film | |
| 1986 | The More Things Change... | Telecom Man | Feature film | |
| 1986 | The Still Point | Paul | Feature film | |
| 1988 | Georgia | Lazlo | Feature film | |
| 1988 | The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy | Velche | TV film | |
| 1989 | Celia | Mr Goldman | Feature film | |
| 1991 | Against the Innocent | Karl Heinmann | Feature film | |
| 1991 | A Woman's Tale | Con 2 | Feature film | |
| 1991 | Holidays on the River Yarra | Big Mac | Feature film | |
| 1992 | Garbo | Czech Agent | Feature film | |
| 1993 | The Feds | Dr Steven Jellicie | TV film | |
| 1996 | Zone 39 | Tito | Feature film | |
| 1996 | Children of the Revolution | Yuri Nikoloyev | Feature film | |
| 2001 | He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | Taylor | Feature film | |
| 2003 | The Long Lunch | Issur Demsky | Feature film | |
| 2004 | One Perfect Day | Bernard May | Feature film | |
| 2004 | Josh Jarman | Sebastian | Feature film | |
| 2008 | Salvation | Anton | Feature film | |
| 2010 | The Wedding Party | Mikhail | Feature film | |
| 2011 | The Crimson Room | Short film | ||
| 2012 | Any Questions for Ben? | Katerina‘s Dad | Feature film | |
| 2014 | The Mule | Victor | Feature film | |
| 2014 | Rabbit | Leonard | Short film | |
| 2016 | Milk of Kindness | Director Merrett | Short film | |
| 2021 | Ascendant | Yaroslav | Feature film | [5] |
| 2022 | Petrol | Vladimir | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Byloe i dumy | Nik | TV series |
| 1979 | Skyways | Mikhail Gosenko | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1981 | Holiday Island | Niko | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | Laszlo Novak | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 1984 | Special Squad | Yuri | TV series, episode 26: "Farewell to a Comrade" |
| 1984-85 | Prisoner | Ray "Gay Ray" Proctor | TV series, 14 episodes |
| 1985 | The Fast Lane | Harwood | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1985 | A Thousand Skies | Antony Fokker | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1985 | Anzacs | Hans | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1985 | The Dunera Boys | Roth | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1987 | The Petrov Affair | Vladimir Petrov | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Always Afternoon | Hans Weissmuller | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1989 | Mission: Impossible | Lieutenant Udo | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Phoenix | Ivan Kastelanic | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left | Mr Hohenhaus | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1994 | The Damnation of Harvey McHugh | Sasha | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Janus | Dr Rogers | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Bordertown | Mihaly Bassa | Miniseries, 10 episodes |
| 1997 | State Coroner | Jim Vandenburg | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | The Genie from Down Under 2 | Grigor | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | SeaChange | Krzysztof | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | High Flyers | Alexei | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 2000 | Eugénie Sandler P.I. | Davorin | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 2001 | Shock Jock | Dieter Kohl | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2003 | Stingers | Ben Schulman | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2004 | Kath and Kim | Photographer | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2007 | Kick | Zoran Baranoff | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 2008 | City Homicide | Walter Pankor | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009 | False Witness | Dimitri | Miniseries (2 part) |
| 2010 | Wilfred | Orpheous | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011 | Killing Time | Uri | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Rake | Gerard | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014-15 | Wentworth | Ivan Ferguson / Fencing Master | TV series |
| 2016 | Hunters | Havi | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2021 | Wakefield | Petrov | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Jack Irish | The Banker | TV series, 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | The Little Prince | Director | Moscow Theatre Academy of Mossoviet |
| 1999 | The Little Cherry Orchard | Translator | Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 2001 | The Seagull | Translator | Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2005 | Playing the Victim | Director | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2007 | Jack Goes Boating | Director | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2007 | The Spook | Dialect consultant | Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2009 | The Rites of Evil | Director / Designer | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne with Melbourne Fringe Festival |
| 2009 | Yellow Moon | Director | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2010 | Uncle Vanya | Translator | Sydney Theatre with Bell Shakespeare |
| 2017; 2019 | Tchekov at the House of Special Purpose | Director | La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne |
| 2021; 2022 | Interculturality... Chekhov: Masha in Translation | Director | Monash University, Melbourne, Theatre Works, Melbourne |