Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Biography
Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet film and stage actor. Served during World War II. An acclaimed performer, his portrayal of Hamlet in a 1964 film won him praise overseas, including a BAFTA nomination.
One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater (1957) and Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre (1973).
Awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
122
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-03-28 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
USSR
Acting
2011
Discovering Hamlet as Hamlet (archive footage)2000
Memories of Sherlock Holmes as Prime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger1998
Dandelion Wine as Not available1997
Podróż na wschód as Mikołaj1996
White Feast as Not available1994
Enchanted as Not available1993
I want to go to America as Not available1993
The Murderer as Investigator1992
The Revelation of John the Foreprinter as Ivan the Terrible1992
Traveling With a Double as Narrator1992
Gold as Not available1992
Возможная встреча as Johann Sebastian Bach1991
The Case as Муромский, отставной капитан, помещик1991
Genius as Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»1991
Death Line as теневой мафиози Луковецкий1991
The Siege of Venice as Not available1990
Mother as Not available1990
Dina as Not available1990
A Trap for Lonely Man as Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush1990
Ladies Tailor as Isaak1989
Heart Is Not a Stone as Not available1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins as Lord Thomas Bellinger - Prime Minister1988
Naval Cadets, Charge! as kardinal Fleri1988
At the End of the Night as Not available1988
Restricted Area as Not available1988
The Cabal of Hypocrites as Not available1988
Black Corridor as Not available1988
Naval Cadets, Charge! as kardinal Fleri1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1 as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister1987
Dark Eyes as Il Governarore di Sisoiev1987
First Encounter - Last Encounter as Member of counter-intelligence1987
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister1987
Mysterious Heir as Not available1987
My Favorite Time as Narrator (voice)1987
Without Sun as Not available1986
Primary Russia as Emperor Justinian1986
The Last Road as Not available1986
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Not available1986
Hercules and Admetus as Not available1985
My Sister Lucy as (Narrator)1985
Children of the Sun as Not available1985
Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director as Himself1984
Dead Souls as Плюшкин1984
Dead Souls as Plushkin1984
Gray Ural as Narrator1983
Two Under One Umbrella as Тиль1983
Phenomenon as Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)1983
Road to Eternity as Not available1983
Late love as Not available1982
The Queen of Spades as Chekalinsky1982
Theft as Not available1982
Big Boy as Not available1982
Ivanov as Not available1982
This Fantastic World 7 as капитан1981
Khalif the Stork as Khalif / халиф1981
Talking Hands of Travancore as Narrator (voice)1981
A Joke?!... as Not available1981
Born by the Storm as Staryy graf1980
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister1980
Little Tragedies as Not available1980
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears as Self1980
Little Tragedies as Сальери \ старый барон1980
With You I Am Again... as Narrator (voice)1979
About a Puppy as The Puppy (voice)1979
The Barrier as Antoni Manev1979
Caesar and Cleopatra as Цезарь1979
Bells of Autumn as Not available1978
Enemies as Not available1978
Velvet Season as Police commissioner1978
The Steppe as Not available1977
The Legend of Till as Charles V1977
I Am Flying to You as a Memory... as Narrator (voice)1977
On Thursday and Never Again as Ivan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather1976
The Princess and the Pea as King1976
The Cherry Orchard as Not available1976
Trust as Nikolai Bobrikov1976
The Story of the Communist as Narrator (voice)1976
Fantasia as Not available1976
My Heart Is in the Highlands as Not available1976
The Days of Surgeon Mishkin as Not available1975
Mirror as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)1975
They Fought for Their Motherland as surgeon1975
Teens in the Universe as И. О. О.1975
Daughters-Mothers as Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev1975
Anna and Commander as Dramatist1974
Moscow-Cassiopeia as И. О. О.1974
The Heron and the Crane as Narrator (Voice)1974
Romance for Lovers as Trumpeter1974
Fulfillment of Desires as Not available1972
Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram as Passazhir tramvaya1972
Taming of the Fire as Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy1972
A Night for Reflection as Not available1971
Little Tragedies as Mozart1970
Crime and Punishment as Porfiry Petrovitch1970
Uncle Vanya as Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky1970
Tchaikovsky as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)1970
Gold as Not available1969
The Living Corpse as Ivan Petrovich the genius1969
First Love as Father1968
Degree of Risk as Саша1968
Evgeniy Urbanskiy as Himself1966
Beware of the Car! as Юрий Иванович Деточкин, страховой агент1966
On the Same Planet as Not available1966
Last Month of Autumn as Not available1966
First Visitor as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin1966
The Little Prince as Narrator (voice)1964
Hamlet as Hamlet1963
Зима тревоги нашей as Not available1962
Nine Days of One Year as Ilya Kulikov1962
Mozart and Salieri as Mozart1961
A Leap Year as Gennadiy Kupriyanov1961
Until Next Spring as Aleksei1960
Letter Never Sent as Konstantin Sabinin1958
The Night Guest as Not available1957
Next to us as Andrey Korolev1957
Shtorm as Muromtsev1957
On the Road of Immorality as Юлиус Фучик1956
Murder on Dante Street as Molodoy fashist1956
Soldiers as FarberNaN
Mozart and Salieri as Mozart1956
How He Lied to Her Husband as Not availableCrew
1985
Children of the Sun Writer