Biography
Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Ульянов; 20 November 1927 – 26 March 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor who was one of the most recognized persons of the post-World War II Soviet theatre and cinema. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1986 and received a special prize from the Venice Film Festival in 1982. Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov spent his childhood and youth in the town of Tara, Omsk Oblast. Although he had failed his exams in Schepkinskoe School and for the Moscow Art Theatre School, he moved to Omsk in 1944 to become an actor. After two years of studies in the studio at Omsk Drama he went to Moscow and entered the Schukin Theatre School in 1946.
Ulyanov worked in the Vakhtangov Theatre from 1950 and directed it from 1987. He played a wide range of characters on stage, with Rogozhin in Dostoevsky's Idiot being the most remarkable of them. In 1979 he staged Vasily Shukshin's epic novel I have come to give you freedom, where he starred as Stepan Razin. In 1985 Mikhail Ulyanov staged the satirical pamphlet The Child Buyer by the American playwright John Hersey.
As regards movies, he was frequently cast in the parts of staunch Communist leaders like Vladimir Lenin and Marshal Zhukov. His well-known character Yegor Trubnikov in Predsedatel (Chairman) (1964) became a Soviet classic and his most emblematic role.
The Brothers Karamazov, a 1969 film he co-directed, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. He also starred in Tema (1979) and Private Life (1982), the films that won top awards at the Berlin Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, respectively.
More recently, he was acclaimed for the roles of Julius Caesar in the screening of Shakespeare's play (1990), Pontius Pilate in the film adaptation of The Master and Margarita (1994), and an avenging veteran marksman in The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999), directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. He died on March 26, 2007, of intestinal disease.
Filmography
all 41
Movies 37
TV Shows 4
Writer 1
Director 1
Red Deer Hunting (2005)
Antikiller (2002)
The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999)
An Essay on Victory Day (1999)
The Great Commander Georgy Zhukov (1995)
The Case of Sukhovo-Kobylin (1991)
Наш бронепоезд (1988)
The Choice (1987)
Counterstrike (1985)
Battle for Moscow (1985)
Commander's Day (1983)
Without Witness (1983)
If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender... (1982)
Февральский ветер (1982)
Facts of the Past Day (1981)
Posledniy pobeg (1981)
Антоний и Клеопатра (1980)
Antony and Cleopatra (1980)
The Theme (1979)
Islands in the Stream (1978)
Обратная связь (1978)
Call Me from Afar (1978)
The Legend of Till (1977)
Личное счастье (1977)
Situation (1977)
Yegor Bulychyov and Others (1973)
Самый последний день (1972)
The Flight (1971)
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow (1970)
On the Way to Lenin (1970)
The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
Ленин в Швейцарии (1966)
As Long as There’s Life in Me (1965)
The Chairman (1964)
Три часа дороги (1963)
Battle on the way (1961)
A Simple Story (1960)
Baltic Skies (1960)
Let It Shine! (1960)
The Volunteers (1958)
Knock on Any Door (1958)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-11-20
Deathday2007-03-26 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceBergamak, Russia
SpouseAlla Parfanyak
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
AwardsZasłużony Działacz Kultury, The Crystal Turandot, Golden Mask, USSR State Prize, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class, Golden ram, Order of the October Revolution, Nika Award, People's Artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin, Lenin Prize, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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