Acting
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Also Known As: Innokenti Michailowitsch Smoktunowski, Innokenti Smoktounovski, И. Смоктуновский
Birth Date
March 28, 1925
Death Date
August 3, 1994
(passed away at 69)
Place of Birth
USSR
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Biography
Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet 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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Mirror
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
1975
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1980 • 1 episode
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
self
1980
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
Prime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger
2000 • 13 episodes
Legends of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2016 • 1 episode
Late love
1983
Возможная встреча
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1992
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1987
Uncle Vanya
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1970
Dandelion Wine
1998 • 4 episodes
Gold
1970
The Steppe
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1978
Restricted Area
1988
Letter Never Sent
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1960
Gold
1992
Mozart and Salieri
Mozart
1962
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
1976
Dead Souls
Плюшкин
1984 • 5 episodes
Dark Eyes
Il Governarore di Sisoiev
1987
Without Sun
1987