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Yuri Nikulin

Soviet and Russian actor and clown (1921-1997) · Russia · On the map · Actors · Died at 75

Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin was a Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He is best known for his roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as The Diamond Arm and Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, although he occasionally starred in dramatic roles and performed in the Moscow Circus.

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A life in dates

1997Died21 August 19971993To RememberSeries, NarratorКлуб «Белый попугай»Series, 19931983ScarecrowFilm, Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather1982I Don't Want to Be a Grown-UpFilm, Kloun1977Bobik Visiting BarbosFilm, Bobik (voice)1976Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great LifeFilm, Himself1974YeralashSeries1972Old Men: RobbersFilm, Николай Мячиков1970Deniska's StoriesFilm, сосед Дениски из похожего дома1969New GirlFilm1967Kidnapping, Caucasian StyleFilm, Balbes1965FantasizingFilm1964Big "Wick"Film, Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)1962FuseSeriesNo Fear, No BlameFilm, 1962clown1961BootleggersFilm, «Балбес»1958A Girl with GuitarFilm, Pyromancer Loser1921Born18 December 1921

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Known for

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  • Andrei Rublev 1966
  • The Diamond Arm 1969
  • 12 Chairs 1971
  • Kidnapping, Caucasian Style 1967
  • Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross 1961

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

51 credits on file

Television 6

Media & music

Awards

Order of Lenin
Zhukov Medal
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Hero of Socialist Labour
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For Courage"
Medal "For Labour Valour"
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Merited Artist of the RSFSR
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Kinotavr
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 1997 · aged 75

In the same film or series as Yuri

Kristina OrbakaitėAlso in Scarecrow (1983)Lyudmila GurchenkoAlso in A Girl with Guitar (1958)Klara RumyanovaAlso in 12 Chairs (1971)Lidiya Fedoseyeva-ShukshinaAlso in They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)Andrei KonchalovskyAlso in Andrei Rublev (1966)