Evgeniy Samoylov
Acting
Born: 1912-04-15 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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.
Known For
Waterloo
Cambronne
They Fought for Their Motherland
Colonel Marchenko
Boris Godunov
Pimen
The Enchanted Desna
Writer
Four Hearts
Пётр Колчин
Heroes of Shipka
Gen. Skobolov
The Alive and the Dead
commander of the communist battalion
Unfinished Story
Aleksandr Aganin
Taras Shevchenko
Nikolay Speshnev
Shchors
Nikolay Shchors
The Shining Path
Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
Admiral Nakhimov
Lt. Burunov
Aleksa Dundic
Bodrov
The Unforgettable Year 1919
Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
To the Black Sea
Accidental Meeting
Grigoriy Rybin
The Siege of Venice
Priest
Adventure in Odessa
Gleb's Father
David Bek
Kasyanov
A Sleepless Night
Pavel's Father
Tom Sawyer
The Elusive Jan
New Home
сaptain Ivan Veshnyak
Court of Honor
The Crash of the Emirate
A Long Path on a Short Day
Mikhail Petrovich
Three Hundred Years Ago...
Bohun, colonel
Toward the Dawn
Savych
The Old House
Shore of his life
Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy
Looking for Happiness
Our Cinema
(archive footage)
Novelly
Sinegoriya
Amalgama
The Stars Don't Fade
Chicherin
Boy From the Outskirts
Rings of Fame
He Will Come Back Again
Unripe Raspberries
Адольф