Yuriy Nikulin
Age: 75 | From: Demidov, Smolensk Region, USSR
Person Details
Birthday: 1921-12-18 05:36:38
Death: 1997-08-21 05:36:38
Aliases: Yuri Nikulin , Юрий Владимирович Никулин , Юрий Никулин , Juri Wladimirowitsch Nikulin
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Demidov, Smolensk Region, USSR
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 9
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Andrei Rublev
(1966) Patrikey
Как уходили кумиры
(2005) Himself / ArchiveFootage
To Remember
(1993) Narrator
They Fought for Their Motherland
(1975) pvt. Nekrasov
Scarecrow
(1984) Nicolay Bessoltsev, Lena's grandfather
Twenty Days Without War
(1976) Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin
When the Trees Were Tall
(1961) Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
Come Here, Mukhtar!
(1964) GlasychevActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Himself / ArchiveFootage | |
| 1993 | Narrator | |
| 1991 | introductory and concluding remarks | |
| 1984 | Nicolay Bessoltsev, Lena's grandfather | |
| 1982 | Kloun | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| 1977 | Bobik (voice) | |
| 1976 | Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin | |
| N/A | ||
| 1975 | pvt. Nekrasov | |
| 1972 | Alexey's father | |
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | дворник Тихон | |
| Николай Мячиков | ||
| 1970 | сосед Дениски из похожего дома | |
| 1969 | Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov | |
| N/A | ||
| 1968 | "Dunce" | |
| 1967 | "Dunce" | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Patrikey | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| "Dunce" | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | "Dunce" | |
| Glasychev | ||
| 1963 | grabital | |
| N/A | ||
| clown | ||
| 1962 | Nikolai | |
| «Balbes» | ||
| 1961 | Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov | |
| Boys' Choir Master | ||
| «Balbes» | ||
| Dunce (segment "Pyos Barbos i neobychajnij kross") | ||
| Vasya | ||
| 1959 | Vasily Klyachkin | |
| 1958 | Pyromancer Loser | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
