Aleksei Vasilyevich Petrenko (russian: Алексей Васильевич Петренко; 26 March 1938 – 22 February 2017) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...

n film and stage actor. He played

Grigori Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian Mysticism, mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II, the ...

in Elem Klimov's historical drama '' Agony'' and

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...

in the

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documentary '' World War II: Behind Closed Doors''. Vladimir Putin 10 December 2001-1

Selected filmography

* ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane a ...

'' (''Король Лир'', 1970) as Oswald * '' Agony'' (by Elem Klimov) (1975, ''Агония''), Petrenko, played the role of ''

'', released in 1982 in the West and in 1985 in the USSR. * ''

How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor ''How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor'' (russian: Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил, ''Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil'') is a 1976 musical film directed by the Russian filmmaker Alexander Mit ...

'' (''Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил'', 1976) as

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

* ''

Twenty Days Without War ''Twenty Days Without War'' (russian: Двадцать дней без войны, translit=''Dvadtsat' dney bez voyny'') is a 1976 Soviet film based on a story by Konstantin Simonov, directed by Aleksey German and starring Yuri Nikulin and Lyudmi ...

'' (''Двадцать дней без войны'', 1977) as Yuri Stroganov * ''

Beda Bede ( ; ang, Bǣda , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom o ...

'' (''Беда'', 1977) as Kirill Alekseevich, the Director of the school * ''Yuliya Vrevskaya'' (''Юлия Вревская'', 1978) as Stepan Knyazev * ''

Marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

'' (''Женитьба'', 1978) as Podkolesin Ivan Kuzmich * '' Agony'' (1981) as Grigori Rasputin * '' Farewell'' (''Прощание'', 1983) as Vorontsov * '' TASS Is Authorized to Declare...'' (''ТАСС уполномочен заявить'', 1984, TV Mini-Series) as Paul Dick * '' Lev Tolstoy'' (''Лев Толстой'', 1984) as Vladimir Grigoryevich Chertkov * ''

A Cruel Romance ''A Cruel Romance'' (russian: Жестокий романс) is a 1984 Russian romantic drama directed by Eldar Ryazanov. It is based on Alexander Ostrovsky's classic play ''Without a Dowry'' (1878)., which had earlier been adapted into a film in 1 ...

'' (''Жестокий романс'', 1984) as Knurov * '' Day of Wrath'' (''День гнева'', 1985) as Meller * ''

The Prisoner of Château d'If ''The Prisoner of Château d'If'' or (russian: Узник замка Иф, Uznik zamka If) is a 1988 Soviet drama film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on the novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas. Plot The film is set ...

'' (''Узник замка Иф'', 1988, TV Series) as

Abbé Faria Abbé Faria (), or Abbé (Abbot) (born José Custódio de Faria; 31 May 1756 – 20 September 1819), was a Luso-Goan Catholic monk who was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism, following on from the work of Franz Mesmer. ...

* '' The Servant'' (''Слуга'', 1989) as Roman Romanovich Bryzgin * '' The Feasts of Belshazzar, or a Night with Stalin'' (''Пиры Валтасара, или Ночь со Сталиным'', 1989) as

* '' Presence'' (''Присутствие'', 1992) as Petya * ''

Candles in the Dark ''Candles in the Dark'' is a 1993 American made for television Christmas drama film directed by Maximilian Schell. Produced for The Family Channel, the film stars Alyssa Milano and Chad Lowe. Plot When her father thinks she is too spoiled, he ...

'' (1993) as episode * ''

Musketeers Twenty Years After ''Musketeers Twenty Years After'' (russian: Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя, translit. ''Mushketeri dvadsat' let spustya'') is a four-episode Russian musical film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on Alexa ...

'' (''Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя'', 1992) as King Charles I * ''

The Barber of Siberia ''The Barber of Siberia'' (russian: Сибирский цирюльник, translit. ''Sibirskiy tsiryulnik'') is a 1998 Russian film that re-united the Academy Award-winning team of director Nikita Mikhalkov and producer Michel Seydoux. It ...

'' (1998) as General Radlov * '' Memoirs on Sherlock Holmes'' (''Воспоминания о Шерлоке Холмсе'', 2000, TV Series) as

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

* '' In August 1944'' (''В августе 44-го...'', 2001) as General Yegorov * ''

The Idiot ''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69. The title is an ...

'' (''Идиот'', 2003, TV Mini-Series) as general Ardalion Ivolgin * ''

Lilacs The Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (in Portuguese), acronym LILACS, and previously called Latin American Index Medicus,Piegas MH, Nowinski A. Index Medicus Latino-Americano: exemplo de cooperação técnica entre pa ...

'' (''Ветка сирени'', 2007) as Nicholas Zverev * '' 12'' (2007) as 5th Juror * '' Illusion of Fear'' (Иллюзия страха, 2008) as Petrovsky * '' World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West'' (''Вторая мировая война. За закрытыми дверями: Сталин, нацизм и и Запад'', 2008, TV Series documentary) as Joseph Stalin * ''

Bury Me Behind the Baseboard ''Bury Me Behind the Baseboard'' (russian: Похорoните меня за плинтусом, Pokhoronite menya za plintusom) is a 2009 Russian psychological drama film directed by Sergey Snezhkin, based on the autobiographical story of the sam ...

'' (2009) as Granddad * '' Into The Storm'' (''Навстречу шторму'', 2009, TV Movie) as Joseph Stalin * ''

Burnt by the Sun 2 ''Burnt by the Sun 2'' (russian: Утомлённые солнцем 2, translit. Utomlyonnye solntsem 2: Predstoyanie) is a 2010 Russian drama film directed by and starring Nikita Mikhalkov. The film consists of two parts: ''Exodus'' (201 ...

'' (''Утомлённые солнцем 2'', 2010) as elderly lieutenant-accountant * '' Petrovich'' (''Петрович'', 2012) as Trofim Petrovich Streltsov * '' Viktor'' (''Виктор'', 2014) as Vetrov * ''

Yolki 2 ''Yolki 2'' (russian: Ёлки 2, meaning ''Christmas Trees 2''), is 2011 Russian New Year comedy film directed by Dmitry Kiselyov and written by Timur Bekmambetov. The main roles are played by Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Alexey Petrenko and T ...

'' (''Ёлки 2'', 2014) as Grigory Zemlyanikin * '' Yolki 5'' (''Ёлки 5'', 2016) as Grigory Zemlyanikin * '' Hoffmaniada'' (''Гофманиада'', 2018) as Coppelius / Sandman (final film role, released posthumously)

Awards

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

(1984) *

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...

(1988) *

Order For Merit to the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

4th class (1998) *

State Prize of the Russian Federation The State Prize of the Russian Federation, officially translated in Russia as Russian Federation National Award, is a state honorary prize established in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates ...

(1999) * People's Artist of Ukraine (1999) * Golden Eagle Award (2007) * Order of Honour (2014)Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 октября 2014 года № 680 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации
(PDF) . Retrieved on 23 February 2017.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrenko, Aleksei 1938 births 2017 deaths Soviet male actors Russian people of Ukrainian descent Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors People's Artists of Russia People from Chernihiv Oblast Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Honored Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates