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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Birthday: 1925-03-28 | Place of Birth: USSR

Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. Served during World War II. An acclaimed performer, his portrayal of Hamlet in a 1964 film won him praise overseas, including a BAFTA nomination. One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater (1957) and Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre (1973). Awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1991
Genius

as    Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»

1990
A Trap for Lonely Man

as    Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush

1988
Naval Cadets, Charge!

as    kardinal Fleri

1987
Dark Eyes

as    Il Governarore di Sisoiev

1987
First Encounter - Last Encounter

as    Member of counter-intelligence

1983
Phenomenon

as    Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)

1981
Khalif the Stork

as    Khalif / халиф

1980
Little Tragedies

as    Сальери \ старый барон

1977
The Legend of Till

as    Charles V

1975
1974
Romance for Lovers

as    Trumpeter

1974
Moscow-Cassiopeia

as    И. О. О.

1972
Taming of the Fire

as    Tsiolkovski

1966
The Little Prince

as    Narrator (voice)

1966
Beware of the Car!

as    Yury Detochkin

1964
Hamlet

as    Hamlet

1962
Nine Days of One Year

as    Ilya Kulikov

1962
Letter Never Sent

as    Konstantin Sabinin

1962
Mozart and Salieri

as    Mozart

1956
Soldiers

as    Farber