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person_profile-Yuriy Nikulin

Yuriy Nikulin Died at age: 75

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Yuriy Nikulin

Date of Birth:

Dec 18, 1921

Country of birth:

USSR

Died:

Aug 21, 1997

Biography of

Yuriy Nikulin

    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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Yuriy Nikulin

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Filmography of

Yuriy Nikulin

Found 35 Movies in total

Captain Krokus

introductory and concluding remarks ( Actor )

... 1991

Scarecrow

Nicolay Bessoltsev, Lena's grandfather ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1982

Twenty Days Without War

Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin ( Actor )

... 1976

They Fought for Their Motherland

pvt. Nekrasov ( Actor )

... 1975

Old Men: Robbers

Николай Мячиков ( Actor )

... 1972

Point, Point, Comma...

Alexey's father ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1972

12 Chairs

дворник Тихон ( Actor )

... 1971

Deniska's Stories

сосед Дениски из похожего дома ( Actor )

... 1970

The Diamond Arm

Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1969

... 1968

... 1967

... 1966

Andrei Rublev

Patrikey ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1965

Give Me a Complaints Book

"Dunce" ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1964

Come Here, Mukhtar!

Glasychev ( Actor )

... 1964

Strictly Business

grabital ( Actor )

... 1963

No Fear, No Blame

clown ( Actor )

... 1963

Young-Green

Nikolai ( Actor )

... 1962

When the Trees Were Tall

Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov ( Actor )

... 1961

The Taming of the Shrew

Boys' Choir Master ( Actor )

... 1961

Sovershenno seryozno

Dunce (segment "Pyos Barbos i neobychajnij kross") ( Actor )

... 1961

The Man from Nowhere

Militsioner (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

My Friend, Kolka!

Vasya ( Actor )

... 1961

The Unamenables

Vasily Klyachkin ( Actor )

... 1959

A Girl with Guitar

Pyromancer Loser ( Actor )

... 1958