Oleg Yankovskiy

Oleg Yankovskiy

Actor · Director

Bolshoy Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR
February 23, 1944

Biography

Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (Russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; February 23, 1944 – May 20, 2009) was a Soviet/Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Alla Pugacheva, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR.

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Representative Works

Mirror
Mirror
7.9
/ Russian
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
7.8
/ Russian
The Man Who Cried
The Man Who Cried
6.1
/ English
Mute Witness
Mute Witness
6.4
/ English
The Musicians from Bremen
The Musicians from Bremen
3.0
/ Russian
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
5.4
/ Russian
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1
7.3
/ Russian
For Better and for Worse
For Better and for Worse
5.8
/ Russian
Love by Request
Love by Request
6.0
/ Russian
The Shield and the Sword
The Shield and the Sword
No Rating Yet
/ Russian
Hipsters
Hipsters
6.5
/ Russian
Tsar
Tsar
6.0
/ Russian

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Mirror
1975Winner

Best Performance

Mirror

Nostalgia
1983Winner

Best Performance

Nostalgia

The Man Who Cried
2000Nominee

Best Performance

The Man Who Cried

Career Highlights

Mute Witness
1995Highlight

Best Performance

Mute Witness

The Musicians from Bremen
2000Highlight

Best Performance

The Musicians from Bremen

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