Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Actor
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.
Filmography
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
as Self 1980
Beware of the Car!
as Юрий Деточкин 1966
Letter Never Sent
as Konstantin Sabinin 1960
Dark Eyes
as Il Governarore di Sisoiev 1987
They Fought for Their Motherland
as surgeon 1975
Hamlet
as Hamlet 1964
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister 1987
Moscow-Cassiopeia
as И. О. О. 1974
The Heron and the Crane
as Narrator (Voice) 1974
Nine Days of One Year
as Ilya Kulikov 1962
Naval Cadets, Charge!
as kardinal Fleri 1988
Uncle Vanya
as Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky 1970
Teens in the Universe
as И. О. О. 1975
Crime and Punishment
as Porfiry Petrovitch 1970
Genius
as Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц» 1991
Romance for Lovers
as Trumpeter 1974