Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 28, 1925 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
USSR
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
| 2016 | Legends of CinemaSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Discovering HamletHamlet (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Memories of Sherlock HolmesPrime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger | |
| 1998 | Dandelion Wine | |
| 1997 | Podróż na wschódMikołaj | |
| 1996 | White Feast | |
| 1994 | Enchanted | |
| 1993 | The MurdererInvestigator | |
| 1993 | I want to go to America | |
| 1992 | Gold | |
| 1992 | The Revelation of John the ForeprinterIvan the Terrible | |
| 1992 | Возможная встречаJohann Sebastian Bach | |
| 1992 | Traveling With a DoubleNarrator | |
| 1991 | GeniusГиля - главарь мафии «Принц» | |
| 1991 | Death Lineтеневой мафиози Луковецкий | |
| 1991 | The Siege of Venice | |
| 1991 | The CaseМуромский, отставной капитан, помещик | |
| 1990 | A Trap for Lonely ManWandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush | |
| 1990 | Ladies TailorIsaak | |
| 1990 | Mother | |
| 1990 | Dina | |
| 1989 | Heart Is Not a Stone | |
| 1988 | Naval Cadets, Charge!kardinal Fleri | |
| 1988 | The Cabal of Hypocrites | |
| 1988 | At the End of the Night | |
| 1988 | Restricted Area | |
| 1988 | Black Corridor | |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister | |
| 1988 | Naval Cadets, Charge!kardinal Fleri | |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century beginsLord Thomas Bellinger - Prime Minister | |
| 1987 | Dark EyesIl Governarore di Sisoiev | |
| 1987 | First Encounter - Last EncounterMember of counter-intelligence | |
| 1987 | Without Sun | |
| 1987 | Mysterious Heir | |
| 1987 | Sherlock Holmes in the 20th CenturyLord Bellinger - Prime Minister | |
| 1987 | My Favorite TimeNarrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | The IdiotNarrator | |
| 1986 | Hercules and Admetus | |
| 1986 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | |
| 1986 | Primary RussiaEmperor Justinian | |
| 1986 | The Last Road | |
| 1985 | Children of the Sun | |
| 1985 | My Sister Lucy(Narrator) | |
| 1985 | Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film DirectorHimself | |
| 1985 | To Be HamletSelf | |
| 1985 | Children of the Sun | |
| 1984 | Gray UralNarrator | |
| 1984 | Dead SoulsPlushkin | |
| 1984 | Dead SoulsПлюшкин | |
| 1983 | Road to Eternity | |
| 1983 | PhenomenonСан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник) | |
| 1983 | Two Under One UmbrellaТиль | |
| 1983 | Late love | |
| 1983 | Awakeningгенерал Гиппиус | |
| 1982 | Big Boy | |
| 1982 | The Queen of SpadesChekalinsky | |
| 1982 | This Fantastic World 7капитан | |
| 1982 | Theft | |
| 1982 | Ivanov | |
| 1981 | Born by the StormStaryy graf | |
| 1981 | Khalif the StorkKhalif / халиф | |
| 1981 | Talking Hands of TravancoreNarrator (voice) | |
| 1981 | A Joke?!... | |
| 1980 | Moscow Does Not Believe in Tearsself | |
| 1980 | Little TragediesСальери \ старый барон | |
| 1980 | With You I Am Again...Narrator (voice) | |
| 1980 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. WatsonLord Bellinger - Prime Minister | |
| 1980 | Little Tragedies | |
| 1979 | Bells of Autumn | |
| 1979 | The BarrierAntoni Manev | |
| 1979 | About a PuppyThe Puppy (voice) | |
| 1979 | Caesar and CleopatraЦезарь | |
| 1978 | Velvet SeasonPolice commissioner | |
| 1978 | The SteppeMoisey Moiseevich | |
| 1978 | Enemies | |
| 1977 | On Thursday and Never AgainIvan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather | |
| 1977 | The Legend of TillCharles V | |
| 1977 | I Am Flying to You as a Memory...Narrator (voice) | |
| 1977 | The Days of Surgeon Mishkin | |
| 1976 | TrustNikolai Bobrikov | |
| 1976 | The Days of Surgeon Mishkin | |
| 1976 | The Princess and the PeaKing | |
| 1976 | The Cherry Orchard | |
| 1976 | Fantasia | |
| 1976 | The Story of the CommunistNarrator (voice) | |
| 1976 | My Heart Is in the Highlands | |
| 1976 | At the Origins of MankindNarrator | |
| 1975 | Teens in the UniverseИ. О. О. | |
| 1975 | Daughters-MothersVadim Antonovich Vasilyev | |
| 1975 | They Fought for Their Motherlandsurgeon | |
| 1975 | Anna and CommanderDramatist | |
| 1975 | MirrorNarrator - The Author's Words (voice) | |
| 1975 | Choice of PurposeRoosevelt | |
| 1974 | Moscow-CassiopeiaИ. О. О. | |
| 1974 | Romance for LoversTrumpeter | |
| 1974 | Fulfillment of Desires | |
| 1974 | The Heron and the CraneNarrator (Voice) | |
| 1972 | A Night for Reflection | |
| 1972 | Taming of the FireKonstantin Tsiolkovskiy | |
| 1972 | Ilf and Petrov Rode in the TramPassazhir tramvaya | |
| 1971 | Mozart and SalieriMozart | |
| 1971 | Little TragediesMozart | |
| 1971 | In Memory of Dostoevskyчитает текст | |
| 1970 | Crime and PunishmentPorfiry Petrovitch | |
| 1970 | TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky) | |
| 1970 | Uncle VanyaIvan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky | |
| 1970 | Gold | |
| 1969 | The Living CorpseIvan Petrovich the genius | |
| 1969 | First LoveFather | |
| 1968 | Degree of RiskСаша | |
| 1968 | Evgeniy UrbanskiyHimself | |
| 1966 | Beware of the Car!Юрий Деточкин | |
| 1966 | The Little PrinceNarrator (voice) | |
| 1966 | On the Same Planet | |
| 1966 | Last Month of Autumn | |
| 1966 | First VisitorVladimir Ilyich Lenin | |
| 1964 | HamletHamlet | |
| 1963 | The Winter of Our DiscontentEthan Allen Hawley | |
| 1962 | Nine Days of One YearIlya Kulikov | |
| 1962 | Mozart and SalieriMozart | |
| 1961 | A Leap YearGennadiy Kupriyanov | |
| 1961 | Until Next SpringAleksei | |
| 1960 | Letter Never SentKonstantin Sabinin | |
| 1958 | The Night Guest | |
| 1957 | On the Road of ImmortalityЮлиус Фучик | |
| 1957 | Next to UsAndrey Korolev | |
| 1957 | StormMuromtsev | |
| 1956 | How He Lied to Her Husband | |
| 1956 | SoldiersFarber | |
| 1956 | Murder on Dante StreetMolodoy fashist |
| 1985 | Children of the SunWriter | |
| 1985 | Children of the SunWriter |