Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Born
March 28, 1925
Died
August 3, 1994 (69 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
USSR
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.
Known For
Discovering Hamlet
Hamlet (archive footage)
2011
Enchanted
1994
The Murderer
Investigator
1993
Gold
1992
The Revelation of John the Foreprinter
Ivan the Terrible
1992
Genius
Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»
1991
Death Line
теневой мафиози Луковецкий
1991
A Trap for Lonely Man
Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush
1990
Ladies Tailor
Isaak
1990
Naval Cadets, Charge!
kardinal Fleri
1988
At the End of the Night
1988
The Cabal of Hypocrites
1988
First Encounter - Last Encounter
Member of counter-intelligence
1987
Dark Eyes
Il Governarore di Sisoiev
1987
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1986
Primary Russia
Emperor Justinian
1986
Hercules and Admetus
1986
Children of the Sun
1985
Dead Souls
Plushkin
1984
Gray Ural
Narrator
1984
Phenomenon
Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)
1983
Road to Eternity
1983
The Queen of Spades
Chekalinsky
1982
Big Boy
1982
Theft
1982
This Fantastic World 7
капитан
1982
Born by the Storm
Staryy graf
1981
Little Tragedies
Сальери \ старый барон
1980
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Self
1980
The Barrier
Antoni Manev
1979
Bells of Autumn
1979
Velvet Season
Police commissioner
1978
On Thursday and Never Again
Ivan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather
1977
The Princess and the Pea
King
1976
Trust
Nikolai Bobrikov
1976
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
1976
Anna and Commander
Dramatist
1975
They Fought for Their Motherland
surgeon
1975
Daughters-Mothers
Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev
1975
Teens in the Universe
И. О. О.
1975
Romance for Lovers
Trumpeter
1974
Moscow-Cassiopeia
И. О. О.
1974
A Night for Reflection
1972
Taming of the Fire
Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy
1972
Uncle Vanya
Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky
1970
Crime and Punishment
Porfiry Petrovitch
1970
Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
1970
The Living Corpse
Ivan Petrovich the genius
1969
Degree of Risk
Саша
1968
The Little Prince
Narrator (voice)
1966
On the Same Planet
1966
Beware of the Car!
Юрий Иванович Деточкин, страховой агент
1966
Hamlet
Hamlet
1964
The Winter of Our Discontent
Ethan Allen Hawley
1963
Mozart and Salieri
Mozart
1962
Nine Days of One Year
Ilya Kulikov
1962
The Night Guest
1958
On the Road of Immorality
Юлиус Фучик
1957
Soldiers
Farber
1956
Murder on Dante Street
Molodoy fashist
1956
How He Lied to Her Husband
1956
Mozart and Salieri
Mozart
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
Prime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger · (13 episodes)
2000
Dandelion Wine
(4 episodes)
1998
Podróż na wschód
Mikołaj
1997
White Feast
1996
I want to go to America
1993
Traveling With a Double
Narrator
1992
Возможная встреча
Johann Sebastian Bach
1992
The Case
Муромский, отставной капитан, помещик
1991
The Siege of Venice
1991
Mother
1990
Dina
1990
Heart Is Not a Stone
1989
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
Lord Thomas Bellinger - Prime Minister · (1 episode)
1988
Restricted Area
1988
Black Corridor
1988
Naval Cadets, Charge!
kardinal Fleri · (4 episodes)
1988
Without Sun
1987
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
1987
Mysterious Heir
1987
My Favorite Time
Narrator (voice)
1987
The Last Road
1986
Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director
Himself
1985
To Be Hamlet
Self
1985
My Sister Lucy
(Narrator)
1985
Dead Souls
Плюшкин · (5 episodes)
1984
Two Under One Umbrella
Тиль
1983
Late love
1983
Ivanov
1982
Talking Hands of Travancore
Narrator (voice)
1981
Khalif the Stork
Khalif / халиф
1981
A Joke?!...
1981
Little Tragedies
(3 episodes)
1980
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister · (1 episode)
1980
With You I Am Again...
Narrator (voice)
1980
Caesar and Cleopatra
Цезарь
1979
About a Puppy
The Puppy (voice)
1979
Enemies
1978
The Steppe
1978
The Legend of Till
Charles V
1977
I Am Flying to You as a Memory...
Narrator (voice)
1977
The Story of the Communist
Narrator (voice)
1976
Fantasia
1976
The Cherry Orchard
1976
My Heart Is in the Highlands
1976
At the Origins of Mankind
Narrator
1976
Choice of Purpose
Roosevelt
1975
Mirror
Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
1975
Fulfillment of Desires
1974
The Heron and the Crane
Narrator (Voice)
1974
Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram
Passazhir tramvaya
1972
Little Tragedies
Mozart
1971
Gold
1970
First Love
Father
1969
Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Himself
1968
First Visitor
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
1966
Last Month of Autumn
1966
A Leap Year
Gennadiy Kupriyanov
1961
Until Next Spring
Aleksei
1961
Letter Never Sent
Konstantin Sabinin
1960
Next to Us
Andrey Korolev
1957
Shtorm
Muromtsev
1957