Yury Kuznetsov (actor)

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Yury Kuznetsov
Yury Kuznetsov (2011)
Born	Yury Alexandrovich Kuznetsov (1946-09-03) 3 September 1946 Abakan, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974-present

Yury Alexandrovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Ю́рий Алекса́ндрович Кузнецо́в; born September 3, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, recipient of the Meritorious Artist award of Russia.

Biography

Yury Kuznetsov was born on September 3, 1946, in Abakan, Khakass Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1969, he graduated from the acting department of the Far Eastern Pedagogical Institute in Vladivostok. He started a theatrical career and was a member of the following institutions:

• 1969 — 1979: Khabarovsk Drama
• 1979 — 1986: Omsk Drama Theater
• 1986 — 1999: Leningrad Theatre of Comedy

He received the award of Meritorious Artist in 2006.

Selected films

• 1984: My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин) as Superintendent
• 1985: Confrontation (Противостояние) as police major Zhukov
• 1986: Breakthrough (Прорыв) as sinker Vyazigin
• 1988: Cold Summer of 1953 (Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…) as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
• 1990: Afghan Breakdown (Афганский излом) as Shchup
• 1991: Genius (Гений) as police major Kuzmin
• 1991: The Man Who Doesn't Return (Невозвращенец) as Andrey Korneyev
• 1995: What a Wonderful Game (Какая чудная игра) as Filimon Semenovich
• 1997: Brother (Брат) as Nemets (the German)
• 1997 — 2003: Streets of Broken Lights (Улицы разбитых фонарей) as Petrenko
• 1998: The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались) as cossack
• 1999: Women's Property (Женская собственность) as Kolosov
• 2000: Peculiarities of the National Hunt in Winter Season (Особенности национальной охоты в зимний период) as Yuri Kurtsov
• 2000: The Christmas Miracle (Рождественская мистерия)
• 2001: Mechanical Suite (Механическая сюита) as pathologist
• 2002: Antikiller (Антикиллер) as Krylov
• 2003: Peculiarities of National Politics (Особенности национальной политики) as Stepan Nikolaevich
• 2006: The Island (Остров) as Tikhon
• 2009: Tsar (Царь) as Malyuta Skuratov
• 2016: The Duelist (Дуэлянт) as servant Kolychev

Sources

• Yury Kuznetsov at IMDb
• Kynoslovar. Т.2. Vol.2. Ed., 2001. - P.94-95.