Valentin Gaft

Valentin Gaft

Known for
Acting
Born
September 2, 1935
Died
December 12, 2020 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Biography

Valentin Yosifovich Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 to Ukrainian parents recently relocated to Moscow. Gaft entered the Moscow Theater School in 1953 at age 18 and made his film debut three years later in Mikhail Romm’s “Murder on Dante Street”. Over a half century of performing Valentine Gaft has been associated with the Mossovet and Leninsky Komsomol Theater troupes and the Sovremennik Theater which Gaft joined in 1969 and where he continues to work to this day. Gaft was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984 and has authored series of highly acidic epigrams satirizing members of the Russian film and theater communities. ----- Content From 12 Presskit http://www.sonyclassics.com/12/externalLoads/12_presskit.pdf -----

Known For

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Filmography

2018
The Chosen Ones

The Chosen Ones

Movie · as himself

2017
The Scoundrel poster

The Scoundrel

Movie

2016
Milky Way poster

Milky Way

Movie

2016
Четвертый poster

Четвертый

Movie

2016
10 самых... poster

10 самых...

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2014
The Story of an Old Woman poster

The Story of an Old Woman

Movie

2014
Breaking The Vicious Circle poster

Breaking The Vicious Circle

Movie

2013
Six Degrees of Celebration 3 poster

Six Degrees of Celebration 3

Movie

2013
Iron Mountain poster

Iron Mountain

Movie · as Preobrazhensky

2013
Fiery River poster

Fiery River

Movie

2013
Галина Волчек. Любовь и заблуждения

Галина Волчек. Любовь и заблуждения

Movie · as Self

2012
Wings poster

Wings

Movie · as Byvaly (Voice)

2011
The Master and Margarita poster

The Master and Margarita

Movie · as Woland

2011
One Day of Zhora Vladimov poster

One Day of Zhora Vladimov

Movie

2011
The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa) poster

The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)

TV · 12 eps

2011
Morpekhi poster

Morpekhi

TV · 8 eps

2010
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus poster

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

Movie · as Pimen

2010
Равняется одному Гафту

Равняется одному Гафту

Movie · as Self

2010
Сон Гафта, пересказанный Виктюком poster

Сон Гафта, пересказанный Виктюком

Movie

2009
The Book of Masters poster

The Book of Masters

Movie · as Magic mirror

2009
The Music of Life poster

The Music of Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
New Adventures of Babka Ezhka poster

New Adventures of Babka Ezhka

Movie

2007
12 poster

12

Movie · as juror #4

2007
Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later poster

Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later

Movie · as политтехнолог Борис Глебович

2007
The Husband, the Wife and the Lover poster

The Husband, the Wife and the Lover

Movie

2006
Nine Unknowns poster

Nine Unknowns

TV · as Viktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner · 12 eps

2006
Мастер и Маргарита poster

Мастер и Маргарита

TV · as Воланд · 4 eps

2005
The Master and Margarita poster

The Master and Margarita

TV · as Caiaphas / Lavrentiy Beria · 10 eps

2003
Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night poster

Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night

Movie · as Oleh Kostiantynovych

2002
On the Other Side of the Wolves poster

On the Other Side of the Wolves

TV · 4 eps

2001
Сыщик с плохим характером poster

Сыщик с плохим характером

Movie

2000
Old Hags poster

Old Hags

Movie · as General

2000
Tender Age poster

Tender Age

Movie · as Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)

2000
Watch Without Hands poster

Watch Without Hands

Movie

2000
House for the Rich poster

House for the Rich

Movie · as Roman Rumyanov

1999
Sky in Diamonds poster

Sky in Diamonds

Movie

1997
Sympathy Seeker poster

Sympathy Seeker

Movie · as Magician

1996
The Career of Arturo Ui poster

The Career of Arturo Ui

Movie

1994
I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody poster

I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody

Movie

1993
I want to go to America poster

I want to go to America

Movie

1993
Ночные забавы poster

Ночные забавы

TV · as Езепов · 2 eps

1992
Night Fun poster

Night Fun

Movie · as Езепов

1992
Encore, Once More Encore! poster

Encore, Once More Encore!

Movie · as Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov

1992
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? poster

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Movie · as Джордж

1991
The Footballer poster

The Footballer

Movie

1991
Promised Heaven poster

Promised Heaven

Movie · as President

1991
The Terrorist poster

The Terrorist

Movie

1991
Lost in Siberia poster

Lost in Siberia

Movie · as Beria

1990
Mister Perrichon's Trip poster

Mister Perrichon's Trip

Movie

1990
The Suicide poster

The Suicide

Movie · as конферансье

1989
The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin poster

The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin

Movie · as Beriya

1989
The Visit poster

The Visit

Movie · as Alfred III

1989
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants poster

The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

Movie

1988
Expensive Pleasure poster

Expensive Pleasure

Movie

1988
Aelita, Do Not Pester Men poster

Aelita, Do Not Pester Men

Movie

1988
Kings of Crime poster

Kings of Crime

Movie · as Artur

1988
The Life of Klim Samgin poster

The Life of Klim Samgin

TV · as Trifonov · 14 eps

1987
About the Cat... poster

About the Cat...

Movie

1987
Forgotten Tune for the Flute poster

Forgotten Tune for the Flute

Movie · as Odinkov

1987
Visiting the Minotaur poster

Visiting the Minotaur

Movie · as Иконников

1987
Time to Fly poster

Time to Fly

Movie · as Виктор Иванович, саксофонист, пассажир

1987
The Magic Bells poster

The Magic Bells

Movie · as The King (voice)

1987
Visit to the Minotaur poster

Visit to the Minotaur

TV · as Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov · 5 eps

1986
Year of a Calf poster

Year of a Calf

Movie · as Valerian Sergeyevich

1986
My Dearly Beloved Detective poster

My Dearly Beloved Detective

Movie · as Inspector Lester

1986
Through Main Street with an Orchestra poster

Through Main Street with an Orchestra

Movie · as Kostya

1986
Fouetté poster

Fouetté

Movie · as Poet

1985
Eight Days of Hope poster

Eight Days of Hope

Movie · as Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты

1985
Contract of the Century poster

Contract of the Century

Movie

1985
Run

Run

Movie · as Яков Борисович Левин, капитан

1984
Monsieur Lenoir, Who... poster

Monsieur Lenoir, Who...

Movie · as Borescou

1983
If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender... poster

If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...

Movie

1983
Romeo and Juliet poster

Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Капулетти

1982
Saturday and Sunday poster

Saturday and Sunday

Movie

1982
Magicians poster

Magicians

Movie · as Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev

1982
Vertical Races poster

Vertical Races

Movie · as Алексей Дедушкин, «Батон», вор-рецидивист

1982
Customs poster

Customs

Movie · as Владимир Николаевич Никитин

1982
Magicians poster

Magicians

TV · as Сатанеев · 2 eps

1981
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar poster

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar

Movie · as Полковник Покровский

1981
Esop poster

Esop

Movie · as Agnostos

1981
The Dog in Boots poster

The Dog in Boots

Movie · as The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)

1981
The Black Hen, or Living Underground poster

The Black Hen, or Living Underground

Movie · as Deforge

1980
The Circus Boy poster

The Circus Boy

Movie

1980
Three Years poster

Three Years

Movie · as Ivan Yartsev

1980
Today and Tomorrow poster

Today and Tomorrow

Movie · as Александр Григорьевич Рассолов

1980
Hurry to Do Good poster

Hurry to Do Good

Movie

1980
The Mystery of Edwin Drood poster

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

TV · as John Jasper · 4 eps

1979
Cabbages and Kings poster

Cabbages and Kings

Movie · as Frank Goodwin

1979
The Garage poster

The Garage

Movie · as Сидорин, председатель гаражного кооператива, ветврач

1979
The Centaurs poster

The Centaurs

Movie · as Andres

1979
The Morning Round poster

The Morning Round

Movie · as Alik

1979
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut poster

The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut

Movie · as Тенвиль

1979
Koroli i kapusta poster

Koroli i kapusta

TV · as Frank Goodwin · 2 eps

1978
Postman's Tale poster

Postman's Tale

Movie · as (voice)

1978
Fight in a Blizzard poster

Fight in a Blizzard

Movie

1978
Players poster

Players

Movie

1978
Islands in the Stream poster

Islands in the Stream

TV · 2 eps

1977
The Holiday of Disobedience poster

The Holiday of Disobedience

Movie · as (voice)

1977
An Almost Funny Story poster

An Almost Funny Story

Movie

1977
The Golden Fleece poster

The Golden Fleece

Movie

1977
Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl? poster

Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?

Movie

1977
Temptation poster

Temptation

Movie

1976
Daylight Train poster

Daylight Train

Movie

1976
Story of an Unknown Actor poster

Story of an Unknown Actor

Movie

1975
The Magic Skin poster

The Magic Skin

Movie

1975
Ivan and Marya poster

Ivan and Marya

Movie · as казначей

1975
Hello, I'm Your Aunt! poster

Hello, I'm Your Aunt!

Movie · as Brasset, Lackey

1975
Olga Sergeevna poster

Olga Sergeevna

Movie · as Troyakin

1975
From Lopatin's Notes poster

From Lopatin's Notes

Movie

1975
Widower's Houses poster

Widower's Houses

Movie

1975
Olga Sergeevna poster

Olga Sergeevna

TV · as Троянкин · 8 eps

1975
For the Rest of My Life poster

For the Rest of My Life

TV · as Kramin · 4 eps

1974
Cement poster

Cement

Movie

1974
Long-Haired Wonder poster

Long-Haired Wonder

Movie

1974
Lot poster

Lot

Movie · as Innokentiy Zhiltsov

1974
Moscow, My Love poster

Moscow, My Love

Movie · as choreographer

1974
Sergeev Seeking Sergeev poster

Sergeev Seeking Sergeev

Movie · as Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin

1974
Girl Without Dowry poster

Girl Without Dowry

Movie · as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов

1974
Tanya poster

Tanya

Movie · as German

1974
Бесприданница poster

Бесприданница

TV · as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов · 2 eps

1974
Dombey & Son poster

Dombey & Son

TV · 3 eps

1973
Like Cat and Dog poster

Like Cat and Dog

Movie

1973
Balalaykin and K poster

Balalaykin and K

Movie

1973
Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière poster

Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière

Movie

1973
The Star Hour poster

The Star Hour

Movie

1972
The Pickwick Papers poster

The Pickwick Papers

Movie

1972
The Man from the Other Side poster

The Man from the Other Side

Movie · as Andrey Izvolskiy

1972
The Night at 14th Parallel poster

The Night at 14th Parallel

Movie

1971
The Amazing Boy poster

The Amazing Boy

Movie · as Doctor Kapa

1971
Allow Take-Off! poster

Allow Take-Off!

Movie · as Viktor Azancheyev

1971
The Road to Rübezahl poster

The Road to Rübezahl

Movie · as Apanasenko

1970
A Ballad of Love poster

A Ballad of Love

Movie · as Nikolai

1970
An Ordinary History poster

An Ordinary History

Movie · as Surkov

1970
Family Happiness poster

Family Happiness

Movie

1970
Solo

Solo

Movie

1969
Wait For Me, Anna poster

Wait For Me, Anna

Movie

1969
New Girl poster

New Girl

Movie

1968
Intervention poster

Intervention

Movie · as "Длинный", Каро

1968
The First Courier poster

The First Courier

Movie · as Nikolay Fon Getsberg

1968
Калиф-аист poster

Калиф-аист

Movie

1967
Mitya poster

Mitya

Movie

1966
We, The Russian People poster

We, The Russian People

Movie · as Boer

1962
Подводная лодка poster

Подводная лодка

Movie

1962
Fuse poster

Fuse

TV · 3 eps

1960
Normandy - Neman poster

Normandy - Neman

Movie · as Mille

1960
Russian Souvenir poster

Russian Souvenir

Movie · as Claude Gerald

1958
Aleksa Dundic poster

Aleksa Dundic

Movie

1956
Murder on Dante Street poster

Murder on Dante Street

Movie · as Marsel Ruzhe

1956
Poet poster

Poet

Movie