Yuriy Nikulin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 andHero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime. Nikulin's effortless style and precise delivery, as well as his mastery of timing and his hilarious masks made him an outstanding comedian, arguably the best Russian comedian ever. Nikulin showed his range in a variety of genres from slapstick comedy to romance and war drama. His most popular film partners were Georgiy Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov,Natalya Varley, Rolan Bykov, Anatoli Papanov, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Leonid Kuravlyov, Andrey Mironov, Evgeni Evstigneev, Vasili Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolay Burlyaev, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Novikov Vladimir Etush, Saveli Kramarov, Nikolai Grinko, and many other notable Russian actors. In the ring, Nikulin presented a phlegmatic temperam…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Andrei Rublev (1966) — Patrikey
2. Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965) — «Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
3. The Diamond Arm (1969) — Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
4. Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967) — Balbes
5. 12 Chairs (1971) — janitor Tikhon
6. Bootleggers (1962) — «Балбес»
7. Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross (1961) — «Балбес»
8. Bobik Visiting Barbos (1977) — Bobik (voice)
9. They Fought for Their Motherland (1975) — pvt. Nekrasov
10. Old Men: Robbers (1972) — Николай Мячиков
11. Scarecrow (1983) — Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather
12. Strictly Business (1963) — Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
13. When the Trees Were Tall (1961) — Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
14. Twenty Days Without War (1976) — Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin
15. Come Here, Mukhtar! (1964) — Glasychev
16. Give Me a Complaints Book (1964) — продавец
17. Seven Old Men and One Girl (1968) — грабитель («Балбес»)
18. Sovershenno seryozno (1961) — «Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)
19. Yeralash (1974)
20. The Unamenables (1959) — Vasily Klyachkin
21. The Taming of the Shrew (1961) — Boys' Choir Master
22. A Girl with Guitar (1958) — Pyromancer Loser
23. The Man from Nowhere (1961) — Militsioner (uncredited)
24. Point, Point, Comma... (1972) — Alexey's father
25. Fuse (1962)
26. No Fear, No Blame (1962) — clown
27. To Remember (1993) — Narrator
28. My Friend, Kolka! (1961) — Vasya
29. New Girl (1969)
30. Captain Krokus (1991) — introductory and concluding remarks
31. The Little Runaway (1966)
32. Telegram (1972) — Fyodor Fyodorovich
33. I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up (1982) — Kloun
34. Young-Green (1962) — Nikolai
35. Fantasizing (1965)
36. When Idols Were Gone (2005) — Himself / ArchiveFootage
37. Голубой огонек - в первый час (1965) — Self
38. Deniska's Stories (1970) — сосед Дениски из похожего дома
39. The Adventures of Travka (1976)
40. Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life (1976) — Himself