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Yuriy Nikulin

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1921-12-18

Birth Place

Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Movies and TV shows :

12 Chairs

12 Chairs

1971

7.6

Movie
A Girl with Guitar

A Girl with Guitar

1958

5.0

Movie
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

1966

8.0

Movie
Big "Wick"

Big "Wick"

1964

8.0

Movie
Bobik Visiting Barbos

Bobik Visiting Barbos

1977

7.1

Movie
Bootleggers

Bootleggers

1962

7.5

Movie
Captain Krokus

Captain Krokus

1991

8.0

Movie
Come Here, Mukhtar!

Come Here, Mukhtar!

1964

6.8

Movie
Deniska's Stories

Deniska's Stories

1970

0.0

Movie
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross

1961

7.8

Movie
Fantasizing

Fantasizing

1965

0.0

Movie
Give Me a Complaints Book

Give Me a Complaints Book

1964

6.5

Movie
Here, Not Far Away

Here, Not Far Away

1979

0.0

Movie
I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up

I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up

1982

6.0

Movie
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

1967

7.9

Movie
My Friend, Kolka!

My Friend, Kolka!

1961

5.0

Movie
New Girl

New Girl

1969

8.0

Movie
No Fear, No Blame

No Fear, No Blame

1963

3.7

Movie
Old Men: Robbers

Old Men: Robbers

1972

7.3

Movie
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

1965

7.6

Movie
Point, Point, Comma...

Point, Point, Comma...

1972

6.9

Movie
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

1976

0.0

Movie
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1984

6.9

Movie
Seven Old Men and One Girl

Seven Old Men and One Girl

1968

5.6

Movie
Sovershenno seryozno

Sovershenno seryozno

1961

7.2

Movie
Strictly Business

Strictly Business

1963

7.6

Movie
Telegram

Telegram

1972

4.0

Movie
The Adventures of Travka

The Adventures of Travka

1976

0.0

Movie
The Diamond Arm

The Diamond Arm

1969

7.8

Movie
The Little Runaway

The Little Runaway

1966

1.0

Movie
The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere

1961

5.7

Movie
The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

1961

5.0

Movie
The Unamenables

The Unamenables

1959

6.6

Movie
They Fought for Their Motherland

They Fought for Their Motherland

1975

7.1

Movie
poster

To Remember

1993

7.0

TV
Twenty Days Without War

Twenty Days Without War

1976

6.9

Movie
When the Trees Were Tall

When the Trees Were Tall

1961

6.8

Movie
Young-Green

Young-Green

1962

6.0

Movie
Голубой огонек - в первый час

Голубой огонек - в первый час

1965

5.0

Movie
poster

Как уходили кумиры

2005

8.5

TV