Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 15, 1912
Place of Birth:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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Evgeniy Samoylov
Biography
Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Siege of Venice | |
| 1991 | The Night of the Iguana | |
| 1986 | Boris Godunov | Pimen |
| 1985 | Unripe Raspberries | Адольф |
| 1981 | Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich | князь Иван Петрович Шуйский |
| 1980 | Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa | герцог Дориа |
| 1975 | They Fought for Their Motherland | Colonel Marchenko |
| 1972 | A Long Path on a Short Day | Mikhail Petrovich |
| 1971 | The Stars Don't Fade | Chicherin |
| 1971 | Крушение империи | Savva Abramovich Petrushin |
| 1970 | Waterloo | Cambronne |
| 1964 | The Enchanted Desna | Writer |
| 1963 | The Alive and the Dead | командир коммунистического батальона Фрунзенского района Москвы |
| 1962 | Rings of Fame | |
| 1960 | A Sleepless Night | Pavel's father |
| 1960 | Заре навстречу | Savych |
| 1958 | Aleksa Dundic | Bodrov |
| 1957 | To the Black Sea | |
| 1956 | Three Hundred Years Ago... | Bohun, colonel |
| 1955 | Unfinished Story | Aleksandr Aganin |
| 1955 | Heroes of Shipka | Gen. Skobolov |
| 1955 | The Crash of the Emirate | |
| 1953 | Adventure in Odessa | Gleb's Father |
| 1951 | The Unforgettable Year 1919 | Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son |
| 1951 | Taras Shevchenko | Nikolay Speshnev |
| 1949 | Court of Honor | |
| 1947 | Admiral Nakhimov | Lt. Burunov |
| 1947 | New Home | сaptain Ivan Veshnyak |
| 1947 | Boy From the Outskirts | |
| 1946 | Sinegoriya | Amalgama |
| 1944 | Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War | Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov |
| 1944 | David Bek | Kasyanov |
| 1944 | Four Hearts | Пётр Колчин |
| 1943 | The Elusive Jan | |
| 1943 | He Will Come Back Again | |
| 1941 | Novelly | |
| 1940 | Looking for Happiness | |
| 1940 | Our Cinema | (archive footage) |
| 1940 | The Shining Path | Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev |
| 1939 | Shchors | Nikolay Shchors |
| 1936 | Tom Sawyer | |
| 1936 | Accidental Meeting | Grigoriy Rybin |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Shore of his life | Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy |
| 1972 | Past and Thoughts | консул |