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Evgeniy Samoylov

Evgeniy Samoylov

Born: 1912-04-15 • St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

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
The Siege of Venice poster
The Siege of Venice
1991
The Night of the Iguana poster
The Night of the Iguana
1991
Boris Godunov poster
Boris Godunov
1986 • Pimen
Unripe Raspberries poster
Unripe Raspberries
1985 • Адольф
Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich poster
Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich
1981 • князь Иван Петрович Шуйский
Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa poster
Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa
1980 • герцог Дориа
They Fought for Their Motherland poster
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975 • Colonel Marchenko
A Long Path on a Short Day poster
A Long Path on a Short Day
1972 • Mikhail Petrovich
Крушение империи poster
Крушение империи
1971 • Savva Abramovich Petrushin
The Stars Don't Fade poster
The Stars Don't Fade
1971 • Chicherin
Waterloo poster
Waterloo
1970 • Cambronne
The Enchanted Desna poster
The Enchanted Desna
1964 • Writer
The Alive and the Dead poster
The Alive and the Dead
1963 • командир коммунистического батальона Фрунзенского района Москвы
Rings of Fame poster
Rings of Fame
1962
A Sleepless Night poster
A Sleepless Night
1960 • Pavel's father
Заре навстречу poster
Заре навстречу
1960 • Savych
Aleksa Dundic poster
Aleksa Dundic
1958 • Bodrov
To the Black Sea poster
To the Black Sea
1957
Three Hundred Years Ago... poster
Three Hundred Years Ago...
1956 • Bohun, colonel
Unfinished Story poster
Unfinished Story
1955 • Aleksandr Aganin
The Crash of the Emirate poster
The Crash of the Emirate
1955
Heroes of Shipka poster
Heroes of Shipka
1955 • Gen. Skobolov
Adventure in Odessa poster
Adventure in Odessa
1953 • Gleb's Father
Taras Shevchenko poster
Taras Shevchenko
1951 • Nikolay Speshnev
The Unforgettable Year 1919 poster
The Unforgettable Year 1919
1951 • Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
Court of Honor poster
Court of Honor
1949
New Home poster
New Home
1947 • сaptain Ivan Veshnyak
Boy From the Outskirts poster
Boy From the Outskirts
1947
Admiral Nakhimov poster
Admiral Nakhimov
1947 • Lt. Burunov
Sinegoriya poster
Sinegoriya
1946 • Amalgama
Four Hearts poster
Four Hearts
1944 • Пётр Колчин
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War poster
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
1944 • Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
David Bek poster
David Bek
1944 • Kasyanov
He Will Come Back Again poster
He Will Come Back Again
1943
The Elusive Jan poster
The Elusive Jan
1943
Novelly poster
Novelly
1941
The Shining Path poster
The Shining Path
1940 • Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
Our Cinema poster
Our Cinema
1940 • (archive footage)
Looking for Happiness poster
Looking for Happiness
1940
Shchors poster
Shchors
1939 • Nikolay Shchors
Accidental Meeting poster
Accidental Meeting
1936 • Grigoriy Rybin
Tom Sawyer poster
Tom Sawyer
1936