(1962), where the 14-year old Zharkov played one of the main roles a Soviet teenager who becomes friends with a Japanese girl who survived the tragedy of Hiroshima.

Zharkov played both major and minor roles in the films The Last Hunt (1979), The Wife Forsaken (1979), The Quay (1979), The Cask with the Cucumber (1979), The Scream of the Loon (1980), Citizen Leshka (1980), The Night Accident (1980), Three Times about Love (1981).

[1] The first great success was brought to Zharkov in the works Torpedo Bearers (1983) by Semyon Aranovich and My Friend Ivan Lapshin by Aleksei German (1984), as well as in the drama Parade of the Planets (1984) by Vadim Abdrashitov.

[1] In total, Aleksei Zharkov played more than a hundred roles in the cinema, among which was Taras Postnikov in the historical film Mikhailo Lomonosov (1984-1986), policeman William Henry Blore in the Soviet film adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (1987), banker Danglars in the adventure film The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988), investigator Sergei Ryabinin in the film Criminal Talent (1988), criminal Chibis in the action movie Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991), lawyer Ivan Stashkov in the black comedy Stalin's Testament (1993), Artemy Filippovich Strawberry in comedy Inspector (1996), a self-taught breeder Gladishev in the comedy Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1993), the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the historical drama Khrustalyov, My Car!

[1] Among the last works of the actor was the role of Aleksei Dolgoruky in the historical series by Svetlana Druzhinina Secrets of Palace Coups (2000-2008), member of the combat group Pyotr Kosenko in the action series Zeta Group (2007-2009), the head physician in the drama by Karen Shakhnazarov Ward №6 (2009).