
Valentin Gaft
Born
September 2, 1935
Died
December 12, 2020 (85 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Valentin Yosifovich Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 to Ukrainian parents recently relocated to Moscow. Gaft entered the Moscow Theater School in 1953 at age 18 and made his film debut three years later in Mikhail Romm’s “Murder on Dante Street”. Over a half century of performing Valentine Gaft has been associated with the Mossovet and Leninsky Komsomol Theater troupes and the Sovremennik Theater which Gaft joined in 1969 and where he continues to work to this day. Gaft was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984 and has authored series of highly acidic epigrams satirizing members of the Russian film and theater communities.
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The Chosen Ones
himself
2018

Подлец
2017

Milky Way
2016

Breaking The Vicious Circle
2014

Six Degrees of Celebration 3
2013

Iron Mountain
Preobrazhensky
2013

Fiery River
2013

The Story of an Old Woman
2013

Wings
Byvaly (Voice)
2012

The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
(12 episodes)
2011

Morpekhi
(8 episodes)
2011

One Day of Zhora Vladimov
2011
Равняется одному Гафту
Self
2010

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
Wise prisoner
2010

Сон Гафта, пересказанный Виктюком
2010

The Music of Life
Self (archive footage)
2009

The Book of Masters
Magic mirror
2009

12
(4 episodes)
2008

New Adventures of Babka Ezhka
2008

12
Juror #4
2007

The Husband, the Wife and the Lover
2007

Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
политтехнолог Борис Глебович
2007

Мастер и Маргарита
(4 episodes)
2006

Nine Unknowns
Viktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner · (12 episodes)
2006

The Master and Margarita
Иосиф Каифа, человек во френче · (10 episodes)
2005

Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night
Oleh Kostiantynovych
2003

On the Other Side of the Wolves
(4 episodes)
2002

Watch Without Hands
2000

House for the Rich
Roman Rumyanov
2000

Tender Age
Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
2000

Old Hags
General
2000

Небо в алмазах
1999

Sympathy Seeker
Magician
1997

The Career of Arturo Ui
1996

The Master and Margarita
Woland
1994

I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody
1994

Ночные забавы
Езепов · (2 episodes)
1993

I want to go to America
1993

Encore, Once More Encore!
Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
1992

The Terrorist
1991

Футболист
1991

Lost in Siberia
Beria
1991

Promised Heaven
President
1991

Night Fun
Езепов
1991

Mister Perrichon's Trip
1990

The Suicide
конферансье
1990

The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
Beriya
1989

The Visit
Alfred III
1989

The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
1989

Rich Pleasure
1988

Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
1988

Kings of Crime
Artur
1988

The Life of Klim Samgin
Trifonov · (14 episodes)
1988

Visiting the Minotaur
Иконников
1987

Visit to the Minotaur
Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov · (5 episodes)
1987

Forgotten Tune for the Flute
Одинков, чиновник
1987

The Magic Bells
The King (voice)
1987

About the Cat...
1987

Time to Fly
Виктор Иванович, саксофонист, пассажир
1987

Year of a Calf
Valerian Sergeyevich
1986

My Dearly Beloved Detective
Inspector Lester
1986

Fouetté
Poet
1986

Through Main Street with an Orchestra
Kostya
1986

Contract of the Century
1985

Eight Days of Hope
Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
1984

Monsieur Lenoir, Who...
Borescou
1984

Romeo and Juliet
Капулетти
1983

Magicians
Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
1982

Чародеи
Аполлон Митрофанович Сатанеев, заместитель директора НУИНУ по административно-хозяйственной части · (2 episodes)
1982

If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
1982

Customs
Владимир Николаевич Никитин
1982

Vertical Races
Алексей Дедушкин, «Батон», вор-рецидивист
1982

Saturday and Sunday
1982

The Dog in Boots
The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
1981

The Black Hen, or Living Underground
Deforge
1981

Esop
Agnostos
1981

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
John Jasper
1980

The Morning Round
Alik
1980

Today and Tomorrow
Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
1980

The Circus Boy
1980

Three Years
1980

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
Полковник Покровский
1980

Hurry to Do Good
1980

The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
Тенвиль
1979

The Garage
Сидорин, председатель гаражного кооператива, ветврач
1979

Cabbages and Kings
Frank Goodwin
1979

Koroli i kapusta
Frank Goodwin · (2 episodes)
1979

The Centaurs
Andres
1979

Islands in the Stream
1978

Players
1978

Postman's Tale
(voice)
1978

An Almost Funny Story
1977

Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?
1977

The Golden Fleece
1977

The Holiday of Disobedience
(voice)
1977

Fight in a Blizzard
1977

Temptation
1977

Daylight Train
1976

Story of an Unknown Actor
1976

Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
Brasset, Lackey
1975

Widower's Houses
1975

Olga Sergeevna
Troyakin
1975

Olga Sergeevna
Троянкин · (8 episodes)
1975

The Magic Skin
1975

Ivan and Marya
казначей
1975

For the Rest of My Life
1975

From Lopatin's Notes
1975

Girl Without Dowry
Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
1974

Tanya
German
1974

Cement
1974

Moscow, My Love
choreographer
1974

Dombey & Son
1974

Long-Haired Wonder
1974

Lot
Innokentiy Zhiltsov
1974

Сергеев ищет Сергеева
Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
1974

Balalaykin and K
1973

Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
1973

Как кошка с собакой
1973

The Man from the Other Side
Andrey Izvolskiy
1972

The Night at 14th Parallel
1972

Записки Пиквикского клуба
1972

Allow Take-Off!
Viktor Azancheyev
1971

The Road to Rübezahl
Apanasenko
1971

The Amazing Boy
Doctor Kapa
1971

An Ordinary History
Surkov
1970
Solo
1970

Family Happiness
1970

A Ballad of Love
Nikolai
1970

Wait For Me, Anna
1969

New Girl
1969

Intervention
Entente Soldier
1968

The First Courier
Nikolay Fon Getsberg
1968

Калиф-аист
1968

Mitya
1967

We Are Russian People
Boer
1966

Fuse
(1 episode)
1962

Подводная лодка
1962

Russian Souvenir
Claude Gerald
1960

Normandy - Neman
Mille
1960

Aleksa Dundic
1958

Poet
1957

Murder on Dante Street
Marsel Ruzhe
1956