Yuriy Nikulin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-12-18 (76 years old)

Deathday

1997-08-21

Place of Birth

Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Yuriy Nikulin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 andHero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime. Nikulin's effortless style and precise delivery, as well as his mastery of timing and his hilarious masks made him an outstanding comedian, arguably the best Russian comedian ever. Nikulin showed ...

Acting

1966

Andrei Rublev

as Patrikey

1967

1969

The Diamond Arm

as Семён Семёнович Горбунков

1971

12 Chairs

as дворник Тихон

1962

Bootleggers

as «Балбес»

1984

Scarecrow

as Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather

1972

Old Men: Robbers

as Николай Мячиков

1964

Give Me a Complaints Book

as продавец

1968

Seven Old Men and One Girl

as грабитель («Балбес»)

1961

The Taming of the Shrew

as Boys' Choir Master

1977

Bobik Visiting Barbos

as Bobik (voice)

1961

When the Trees Were Tall

as Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov

1961

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

as «Балбес»

1964

1961

Sovershenno seryozno

as «Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)

1961

1958

A Girl with Guitar

as Pyromancer Loser

1972

Point, Point, Comma...

as Alexey's father

1962

Young-Green

as Nikolai

1970

Deniska's Stories

as сосед Дениски из похожего дома

1976

Twenty Days Without War

as Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin

1991

Captain Krokus

as introductory and concluding remarks

1961

The Man from Nowhere

as Militsioner (uncredited)

1972

Telegram

as Fyodor Fyodorovich

1959

The Unamenables

as Vasily Klyachkin

1962

1964

Big "Wick"

as Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)

1963

Strictly Business

as thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)

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