Evgeniy Samoylov
Actor
Biography
Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova.
Filmography
They Fought for Their Motherland
as Colonel Marchenko 1975
Boris Godunov
as Pimen 1986
The Enchanted Desna
as Writer 1964
Four Hearts
as Пётр Колчин 1944
The Alive and the Dead
as командир коммунистического батальона Фрунзенского района Москвы 1963
Unfinished Story
as Aleksandr Aganin 1955
Taras Shevchenko
as Nikolay Speshnev 1951
Heroes of Shipka
as Gen. Skobolov 1955
Shchors
as Nikolay Shchors 1939
The Shining Path
as Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev 1940
Admiral Nakhimov
as Lt. Burunov 1947
Aleksa Dundic
as Bodrov 1958
The Unforgettable Year 1919
as Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son 1951
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
as Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov 1944
To the Black Sea
1957
Accidental Meeting
as Grigoriy Rybin 1936