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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Waterloo (1970) — Cambronne
2. They Fought for Their Motherland (1975) — Colonel Marchenko
3. Boris Godunov (1986) — Pimen
4. The Enchanted Desna (1964) — Writer
5. Four Hearts (1944) — Пётр Колчин
6. The Alive and the Dead (1964) — commander of the communist battalion
7. Unfinished Story (1955) — Aleksandr Aganin
8. Taras Shevchenko (1951) — Nikolay Speshnev
9. Heroes of Shipka (1955) — Gen. Skobolov
10. Shchors (1939) — Nikolay Shchors
11. The Shining Path (1940) — Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
12. Admiral Nakhimov (1947) — Lt. Burunov
13. Aleksa Dundic (1958) — Bodrov
14. The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951) — Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
15. Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War (1944) — Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
16. To the Black Sea (1958)
17. Accidental Meeting (1936) — Grigoriy Rybin
18. The Siege of Venice (1991) — Priest
19. Adventure in Odessa (1953) — Gleb's Father
20. David Bek (1944) — Kasyanov
21. A Sleepless Night (1960) — Pavel's Father
22. Tom Sawyer (1936)
23. The Elusive Jan (1943)
24. New Home (1947) — сaptain Ivan Veshnyak
25. Court of Honor (1949)
26. The Crash of the Emirate (1955)
27. A Long Path on a Short Day (1972) — Mikhail Petrovich
28. Three Hundred Years Ago... (1956) — Bohun, colonel
29. Заре навстречу (1960) — Savych
30. Shore of his life (1984) — Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy
31. Looking for Happiness (1940)
32. Our Cinema (1940) — (archive footage)
33. Novelly (1941)
34. Sinegoriya (1946) — Amalgama
35. The Stars Don't Fade (1971) — Chicherin
36. Boy From the Outskirts (1947)
37. Rings of Fame (1962)
38. He Will Come Back Again (1943)
39. The Old House (1970)
40. Unripe Raspberries (1985) — Адольф