Biography
Boris Vladimirovich Klyuyev (Russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Клю́ев; 13 July 1944 — 1 September 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor and theatre teacher. He served as one of the lead actors of the Maly Theatre from 1969 to 2020 and taught acting technique in Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. He was named a People's Artist of Russia in 2002. He died on 1 September 2020 at the age of 76 from lung cancer. Boris Klyuyev was born in Moscow. He spent his childhood in the area of the Patriarch Ponds. When Boris was four years old, his father Vladimir Klyuyev died from a heart attack at the age of 36. Due to the difficult financial situation in the family, Boris had to unload wagons since he was 13. He started working at a construction site at the age of 16.
After graduating from school Klyuyev entered Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. In a year he joined the Soviet Army and served for three years. During his army service, he took part in the extras on the set of Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace. Klyuyev returned to the theatre school after demobilization and served as the school's Komsomol secretary. He graduated from Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in 1969. After that he was offered to join the troupe of the Maly Theatre.
During his fourth year at the theatre school, Klyuyev started his film career. His first significant role was Vasily Shulgin in The Fall of the Empire (1971). Klyuyev became famous across the country for portraying Comte de Rochefort in Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich's D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) and Mycroft Holmes in Igor Maslennikov's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980).
Since 1990s Klyuyev took part in Russian dubbing of foreign movies. He mostly voiced characters played by Alan Rickman, Christopher Lee and Geoffrey Rush. Klyuyev's most famous role in 2010s was grumpy and mocking pensioner Nikolai Petrovich Voronin in sitcom Voronin's Family.
Klyuev was diagnosed with lung cancer in May 2018. He died on September 1, 2020, in Moscow and was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.
Filmography
all 61
Movies 45
TV Shows 16
Godunov (2018)
The French Companion (2016)
P. E. Teacher (2014)
Watchmaker (2013)
1812. Ballad of the Uhlans (2012)
The Voronins (2009)
По следу феникса (2009)
Братаны (2009)
Contrary to common sense (2008)
Кровные узы (2008)
07th Changes Course (2007)
The Funeral Party (2006)
Девять неизвестных (2006)
Умножающий печаль (2005)
Oy, Frost, Frost! (2005)
Казус Кукоцкого (2005)
Paris love Kostya Gumankova (2004)
Taxist (2004)
Удар Лотоса 2: Сладкая горечь полыни (2002)
The Lion's Share (2001)
Memories of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
Простые истины (1999)
The Countess de Monsoreau (1998)
Shizofreniya (1997)
Queen Margot (1996)
Царская охота (1994)
The Alaska Kid (1993)
Sin: A Story of Passion (1993)
The Dream of Russia (1992)
Tattooed Mummy (1992)
Футболист (1991)
Genius (1991)
How Is It Going, Crucians? (1991)
Rear Window (1991)
Сократ (1991)
His Nickname Is Beast (1990)
The Royal Hunt (1990)
The Charming Traveller (1990)
The Criminal Quartet (1989)
Treasure (1988)
Otryad spetsyalnogo naznacheniya (1987)
The End of Eternity (1987)
Attempt on GOELRO (1986)
Murder complicity (1986)
To Award (Posthumously) (1986)
The Secret Agent’s End (1986)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 2 (1986)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 1 (1986)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
My Sister Lucy (1985)
The Scandalous Affairs of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (1981)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers (1980)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1979)
Land, Poste Restante (1973)
Rudobel Republic (1972)
Вчера, сегодня и всегда (1972)
The Red Tent (1969)
Across Rus' (1968)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1944-07-13
Deathday2020-09-01 (76 years old)
Birth NameБорис Владимирович Клюев
Birth PlaceMoscow, Russia
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsБорис Клюев
AwardsOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Order of Honour, Order of Friendship, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, TEFI, People's Artist of the Russian Federation
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