Vasili Lanovoy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-01-16 (87 years old)

Deathday

2021-01-28

Place of Birth

Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Vasili Lanovoy

Biography

Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev. In 2013, he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers.

Acting

2012

Александр Белявский. Личное дело Фокса

as Self - Народный артист СССР

1968

War and Peace

as Anatol Kuragin

1978

The Leader

as (voice)

1993

1971

Officers

as Иван Варавва

1978

A Strange Woman

as Andrianov

2011

Pier

as чтец Пушкина

1961

Scarlet Sails

as Arthur Grey

1980

Dark Sun

as Professor Obermeier

1976

Days of the Turbins

as Леонид Юрьевич Шервинский, поручик, личный адъютант гетмана

1967

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

as Anatol Kuragin (uncredited)

1967

Anna Karenina

as Vronsky

1995

Lady Into Lassie

as Ivan Berestov

1983

Start Liquidation

as Colonel Vadim Gavrilovich Chistyakov, pilot, aka Altunin, captain of aviation

1987

1981

Ogaryova Street, Number 6

as Владислав Николаевич Костенко

2013

The Three Musketeers

as кардинал Ришелье

1954

Problem Child

as Valentin

1962

Collegues

as Aleksey Maximov

1956

Pavel Korchagin

as Pavel Korchagin

2001

1980

Antony and Cleopatra

as Octavius Caesar

1966

Comrade Song

as Сергей

1977

Meeting on a Distant Meridian

as Василий Лановой

1975

2014

1987

Thirteenth Chairman

as Сагадеев

2014

Martha's Line

as Юрий

1968

The Sixth of July

as Felix Dzerzhinsky

2006

Офицеры

as генерал

1993

The Falling

as Krutov

2000

A Chivalrous Romance

as Алексий II Комнин - император Византии

1973

Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet

as Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father

1961

Striped Trip

as Otdykhayushiy na plyazhe

1965

1961

1971

Тысяча душ

as Yakov Vasilyevich Kalinovich

2005

Brezhnev

as Yuri Andropov

1971

Princess Turandot

as Калаф

1956

Three Hundred Years Ago...

as lieutenant Orzhelskiy

1990

Бес в ребро

as Vladimir Petrovich Chagin

1970

Lyubov Yarovaya

as Mikhail Yarovoy

2007

One Love of My Soul

as Nikolay Karamzin

1980

Petrovka Street, Number 38

as Владислав Николаевич Костенко

2017

Чужой дед

as Igor Stepanovich

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