Yuriy Nikulin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1921
- Died
- August 21, 1997 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 andHero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime. Nikulin's effortless style and precise delivery, as well as his mastery of timing and his hilarious masks made him an outstanding comedian, arguably the best Russian comedian ever. Nikulin showed his range in a variety of genres from slapstick comedy to romance and war drama. His most popular film partners were Georgiy Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov,Natalya Varley, Rolan Bykov, Anatoli Papanov, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Leonid Kuravlyov, Andrey Mironov, Evgeni Evstigneev, Vasili Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolay Burlyaev, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Novikov Vladimir Etush, Saveli Kramarov, Nikolai Grinko, and many other notable Russian actors. In the ring, Nikulin presented a phlegmatic temperament, slow and unsmiling, and to many in the West his personality was reminiscent of the great silent film comedian Buster Keaton. Rich in mimicry, doleful of expression, Nikulin was hailed as “a brainy clown” outside Russia. Simple in style and gentle with children, his only vestiges of make-up were a reddened nose and black lines around his eyes, much different from the grotesquely painted faces of Western clowns. Nikulin, affectionately called Uncle Yury by Russian children, relied mainly upon his wits to earn his place in history as one of the best clowns of the 20th century.
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Filmography
Георгий Вицин. Не надо смеяться
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Legends of Cinema
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
When Idols Were Gone
TV · as Himself / ArchiveFootage · 1 ep
To Remember
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Клуб «Белый попугай»
TV · 1 ep
Captain Krokus
Movie · as introductory and concluding remarks
Scarecrow
Movie · as Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather
I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up
Movie · as Kloun
Here, Not Far Away
Movie
Bobik Visiting Barbos
Movie · as Bobik (voice)
Clowns and Children
Movie
Twenty Days Without War
Movie · as Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin
The Adventures of Travka
Movie
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
Movie · as Himself
They Fought for Their Motherland
Movie · as pvt. Nekrasov
Yeralash
TV · 1 ep
Old Men: Robbers
Movie · as Николай Мячиков
Point, Point, Comma...
Movie · as Alexey's father
Telegram
Movie · as Fyodor Fyodorovich
12 Chairs
Movie · as janitor Tikhon
Parad-Alle
Movie
Deniska's Stories
Movie · as сосед Дениски из похожего дома
The Diamond Arm
Movie · as Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
Seven Old Men and One Girl
Movie · as грабитель («Балбес»)
New Girl
Movie
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Movie · as Balbes
Сказки русского леса
Movie · as Balbes
Andrei Rublev
Movie · as Patrikey
The Little Runaway
Movie
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Movie · as «Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
Give Me a Complaints Book
Movie · as продавец
Голубой огонек - в первый час
Movie · as Self
Fantasizing
Movie
Come Here, Mukhtar!
Movie · as Glasychev
Big "Wick"
Movie · as Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)
Strictly Business
Movie · as Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
Young-Green
Movie · as Nikolai
No Fear, No Blame
Movie · as clown
Fuse
TV · 1 ep
Bootleggers
Movie · as «Балбес»
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · as Boys' Choir Master
When the Trees Were High
Movie · as Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
Movie · as «Балбес»
Sovershenno seryozno
Movie · as «Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)
My Friend, Kolka!
Movie · as Vasya
The Man from Nowhere
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Unamenables
Movie · as Vasily Klyachkin
A Girl with Guitar
Movie · as Pyromancer Loser