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Igor Dmitriev
Actor

Igor Dmitriev

29 May 1927Born
26 Jan 2008Died
80Age at death
135Credits

Biography

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (12/10/1963). People's Artist of the RSFSR (08/15/1988). Academician of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia. Member of the English Club and the World Club of Petersburgers. The future actor participated in school amateur performances, studied in the pioneer song and dance ensemble of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers. He made his film debut at the age of 12 - the first role was a Polish high school student in V. Fainberg's film "The Voice of Taras".

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During the Great Patriotic War, together with his mother, he ended up in the city of Molotov (Perm), where they were evacuated along with the Mariinsky Theater and the choreographic school. In 1943 he entered the theater studio at the Perm Drama Theatre, after classes he stayed for performances, played in crowd scenes. In September 1944 he came to Moscow to enter the theater institute. He entered the V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theater, in the class of People's Artists of the USSR Pavel Vladimirovich Massalsky and Sergei Kapitonovich Blinnikov. In 1948 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School and was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Drama Theater, which now bears the name of Vera Fedorovna Komissarzhevskaya. After leaving the theater, he became an actor at the Lenfilm Film Actor Studio. The first significant film role was Yevgeny Listnitsky in the film Quiet Flows the Don (1957). In addition to the domestic actor, he worked a lot at film studios in Hungary, Poland, the GDR, the USA, Morocco, Algeria. Igor Dmitriev is the author of about 30 TV programs from the cycle "At Igor D..." on television in St. Petersburg. This cycle was awarded the Golden Horse Grand Prix at the Velvet Season international festival. In 1984, Igor Dmitriev was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Academic Comedy Theater named after N.P. Akimov, on the stage of which he made his debut in the role of Chinzanov in the play based on the play by Sergei Mikhalkov "Kings Can Do Everything". The return of the actor to the theater stage was a notable event in the cultural life of Leningrad in 1984. Collaborated with the St. Petersburg Theater "Russian Entreprise" named after Andrei Mironov and played in the play "Talents and Admirers" at the Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G.A. Tovstonogov. Igor Dmitriev revived the genre of melody and, having managed to achieve a true harmony of sound and word, was the only Russian actor who mastered this art. For the anniversary of the actor, the Rossiya TV channel shot a documentary film about the life and work of Igor Dmitriev "People's Marquis of the Soviet Union" (2007).

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 135 credits.

  1. 2006Far from Sunset BoulevardFilm: Konstantin Dalmatov in old age
  2. 2006Signs of LoveFilm
  3. 2006The Golden CalfSeries: Хворобьёв (1 episode)
  4. 2004KikorikiSeries: голос за кадром (озвучка) (330 episodes)
  5. 2004The BenchFilm: Рассказчик
  6. 2003Poor NastyaSeries: Оболенский (127 episodes)
  7. 2001Give Me the MoonlightFilm: Eduard Sorokin
  8. 2000The Romanovs: A Crowned FamilyFilm: Baron Friderix
  9. 2000Memories of Sherlock HolmesSeries: Inspector Gregson (13 episodes)
  10. 1997The Children of Captain GrantFilm: Captain Grant
  11. 1996Return of the "Battleship"Film
  12. 1995The Great TuranFilm
  13. 1994The Wheel of LoveFilm: Andrey Dmitrievich
  14. 1994Русский транзитSeries: Николай Владимирович Мезенцев, директор ресторанной сети, главарь бандитской группировки (6 episodes)
  15. 1994Joy RideFilm: Шурик
  16. 1994To Whom Will God SendFilm: Rodion Zosimovskiy
  17. 1993Beautiful StrangerFilm
  18. 1993Goblin SanctuaryFilm
  19. 1993Detective Bureau "Felix"Film
  20. 1993Musketeers Twenty Years LaterSeries: Duke of Beaufort (4 episodes)
  21. 1992Shakh's DiamondsFilm
  22. 1992TartuffeFilm: Клеант
  23. 1992The Confession of a Kept WomanFilm
  24. 1991FufelFilm: Арвид Янович Лещенко
  25. 1991And to Hell with Us!Film
  26. 1990Drums of FireFilm
  27. 1990Was There Karotin?Film: Грюневальд
  28. 1990When the Saints MarchFilm
  29. 1989PantsFilm
  30. 1989Cyrano de BergeracFilm
  31. 1989Bright PersonalityFilm: Бернардов
  32. 1989Дон Сезар де БазанSeries: Маркиз дон Хосе (2 episodes)
  33. 1989The Watchmaker and the ChickenFilm
  34. 1989Don Cesar de BazanFilm: Don Jose
  35. 1988SnitchFilm
  36. 1988The Gypsy BaronFilm: Omonay
  37. 1987The Tale About the Enamored PainterFilm: придворный лекарь
  38. 1987White CurseFilm
  39. 1987Happy Birthday, or IncognitoFilm
  40. 1987Цирк приехалFilm: владелец цирка
  41. 1987Disc JockeyFilm: (uncredited)
  42. 1987A Happy AccidentFilm: newspaperman
  43. 1986Red ShoesFilm: Vodyanoy
  44. 1986Primary RussiaFilm: Tribonian
  45. 1985The Hobbit: The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo BagginsFilm: Gollum
  46. 1985Wonder SeasonFilm: Игорь Борисович
  47. 1985Men Are MenFilm
  48. 1985The Tales of the Old WizardSeries: Первый Министр (2 episodes)
  49. 1984The Lonely Businessman's Big ScoreFilm: Loretti
  50. 1984Makar - PathfinderFilm: Offizier Antanty
  51. 1984Makar - PathfinderSeries: Britanskiy ofitser (1 episode)
  52. 1984Return from OrbitFilm
  53. 1984Fairies' Autumn GiftFilm: General
  54. 1984The Scoundrel, or Running On the SpotFilm: человек в бане, друг Михаила Михайловича
  55. 1984Fairy-Tales of an Old MagicianFilm: First Minister
  56. 1983The HighwayFilm: Double
  57. 1983Anna PavlovaFilm: Léon Bakst
  58. 1983Anna PavlovaSeries: Léon Bakst (2 episodes)
  59. 1983The Murderer Receives the Goncourt PrizeFilm: teacher
  60. 1983Crazy Day of Engineer BarkasovFilm: Юрий Крутецкий, 1-й и 4-й муж Софочки
  61. 1983Near the Dangerous LineFilm
  62. 1983The Pokrovsky GatesFilm: Глеб Орлович
  63. 1983Behind the Blue NightsFilm
  64. 1982For No Apparent ReasonFilm: Эдуард Алмазов, режиссер драмкружка
  65. 1982Big BoyFilm
  66. 1982Vladivostok, Year 1918Film
  67. 1982The TrusteesFilm
  68. 1981SilvaFilm: князь Леопольд Веллергейм, отец Эдвина
  69. 1981Sold LaughterFilm: podruchnyy barona
  70. 1981Only in the Music HallFilm
  71. 1981My Father Is an IdealistFilm
  72. 1981The Adventures of Prince FloriselSeries (3 episodes)
  73. 1980An Ideal HusbandFilm: Vicomte de Nanjac
  74. 1980Journey to Another TownFilm
  75. 1980GnatSeries (1 episode)
  76. 1980The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the TigerFilm: Inspector Gregson
  77. 1980The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. WatsonSeries: inspector Gregson (1 episode)
  78. 1980At the End of SummerFilm
  79. 1980Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Bloody InscriptionFilm: Inspector Gregson
  80. 1980Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: AcquaintanceFilm: Inspector Gregson

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