Biography
An outstanding Soviet theater and film actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1937). People's Artist of the RSFSR (03/11/1939). People's Artist of the USSR (02.26.1947). He graduated from the Institute of Performing Arts (1926). Since 1919 - a mimic artist of the Petrograd Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater, the Bolshoi Drama Theater and other theaters. In the years 1926-1929 - actor of the Leningrad Youth Theater. In 1929-1931 - artist of the Leningrad and Moscow music halls. In the years 1931-1933 - artist of the Leningrad Mobile Theater "Comedy". In 1933-1965 - artist of the Leningrad Academic Drama Theater named after Pushkin. Nikolai Cherkasov is the only actor whose face is imprinted on the order. Stalin personally chose and approved the portrait of Cherkasov for one of the highest state awards - the Soviet Order of Alexander Nevsky. Member of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR 1-2 convocations. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 3-4 convocations (1950-1958). Chairman of the Leningrad branch of the WTO (since 1948). Member of the Soviet Peace Committee (since 1949). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1940. September 14, Nikolai Konstantinovich died at the 64th year of life. When the great actor passed away, one of his students said that he died not from heart failure, but from insufficient heartiness... The actor was buried in the Necropolis of Artists of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Leningrad. July 27, 1970 the name of Cherkasov was assigned to one of the streets in Leningrad.
Filmography
all 47
Movies 46
self 2
TV Shows 1
![Как уходили кумиры](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/341149.webp)
Как уходили кумиры (2005)
![Ivan the Terrible, Part III](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/772703-ivan-the-terrible-part-iii.webp)
Ivan the Terrible, Part III (1988)
![Nights of Farewell](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120492-nights-of-farewell.webp)
Nights of Farewell (1965)
![All Remains to People](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/119531-all-remains-to-people.webp)
All Remains to People (1963)
![Don Quixote](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/51808-don-quixote.webp)
Don Quixote (1957)
![Mussorgsky](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120490-mussorgsky.webp)
Mussorgsky (1950)
![The Battle of Stalingrad](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120483-the-battle-of-stalingrad.webp)
The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
![Happy Sailing](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120510-happy-sailing.webp)
Happy Sailing (1949)
![Alexander Popov](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/292881-alexander-popov.webp)
Alexander Popov (1949)
![Academician Ivan Pavlov](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/520563-academician-ivan-pavlov.webp)
Academician Ivan Pavlov (1949)
![Pirogov](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120507-pirogov.webp)
Pirogov (1947)
![New Home](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/190923-new-home.webp)
New Home (1947)
![Spring](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120495-spring.webp)
Spring (1947)
![In the Name of Life](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120488-vo-imya-zhizni.webp)
In the Name of Life (1946)
![Ivan the Terrible, Part I](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/24312-ivan-the-terrible-part-i.webp)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
![Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/3847-why-we-fight-the-battle-of-russia.webp)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
![The Invincible](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120505-the-invincible.webp)
The Invincible (1943)
![His Name Is Sukhe-Bator](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/384984-his-name-is-sukhe-bator.webp)
His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (1942)
![60 Days](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120503-60-days.webp)
60 Days (1940)
![Концерт на экране](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/644552.webp)
Концерт на экране (1940)
![Lenin in 1918](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/106638-lenin-in-1918.webp)
Lenin in 1918 (1939)
![Friends](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120502-friends.webp)
Friends (1939)
![Alexander Nevsky](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/24315-alexander-nevsky.webp)
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
![Peter the First, Part II](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120497-peter-the-first-part-ii.webp)
Peter the First, Part II (1938)
![Treasure Island](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Treasure Island (1937)
![For the Soviet Motherland](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/135002.webp)
For the Soviet Motherland (1937)
![Peter the First, Part I](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120496-peter-the-first-part-i.webp)
Peter the First, Part I (1937)
![Baltic Deputy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/134459-baltic-deputy.webp)
Baltic Deputy (1937)
![Capt. Grant's Family](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120499-capt-grant-s-family.webp)
Capt. Grant's Family (1936)
![Granitsa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Granitsa (1935)
![Hectic Days](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/167824-hectic-days.webp)
Hectic Days (1935)
![Happiness](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/120493-happiness.webp)
Happiness (1934)
![Do I Love You?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/508695-lyublyu-li-tebya.webp)
Do I Love You? (1934)
![Moon on the Left](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/1141778-moon-on-the-left.webp)
Moon on the Left (1929)
![Brother](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/1141777-brother.webp)
Brother (1929)
![His Excellency](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
His Excellency (1928)
Gallery
![Nikolai Cherkasov](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/25097-nikolai-cherkasov.webp)
![Nikolai Cherkasov](https://images.moviefit.me/p/b/1/25097-nikolai-cherkasov.webp)
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1903-07-27
Deathday1966-09-14 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Petersburg, Russia
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Also Known AsNikolay Cherkasov, Николай Черкасов, Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov, Nikolai Tscherkassow
AwardsStalin Prize, Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of Lenin, Lenin Prize, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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