Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov (russian: Михаил Александрович Ульянов; 20 November 1927 – 26 March 2007) was a

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and

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who was one of the most recognized persons of the post-

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theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

and cinema. He was named a

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...

in 1969 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1986 and received a special prize from the

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in 1982.

Biography

Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov spent his childhood and youth in the town of

Tara, Omsk Oblast Tara (russian: Та́ра) is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tara and Irtysh Rivers at a point where the forested country merges into the steppe, about north of Omsk, the administrative center of the 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

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’s ''Idiot'' being the most remarkable of them. In 1979 he staged

Vasily Shukshin Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes. A ...

’s epic novel ''I have come to give you freedom'', where he starred as

Stepan Razin Stepan Timofeyevich Razin (russian: Степа́н Тимофе́евич Ра́зин, ; 1630 – ), known as Stenka Razin ( ), was a Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy in southern Russia in 16 ...

. In 1985 Mikhail Ulyanov staged the satirical pamphlet ''The Child Buyer'' by the American playwright

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. As regards movies, he was frequently cast in the parts of staunch Communist leaders like

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...

and

Marshal Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...

. His well-known character Yegor Trubnikov in '' Predsedatel'' (Chairman) (1964) became a Soviet classic and his most emblematic role. ''

The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, ''Brat'ya Karamazovy'', ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing '' ...

'', a 1969 film he co-directed, was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

and was entered into the

6th Moscow International Film Festival The 6th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 22 July 1969. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Cuban film '' Lucía'' directed by Humberto Solás, the Italian film '' Serafino'' directed by Pietro Germi and the Soviet film ' ...

. He also starred in ''Tema'' (1979) and '' Private Life'' (1982), the films that won top awards at the

Berlin Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

and

, respectively. More recently, he was acclaimed for the roles of Julius Caesar in the screening of Shakespeare's play (1990),

Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate (; grc-gre, Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος, ) was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from 26/27 to 36/37 AD. He is best known for being the official who presided over the trial of ...

in the film adaptation of ''

The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' (russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940 during Stalin's regime. A censored version, with several chapters cut by ...

'' (1994), and an avenging veteran marksman in '' The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment'' (1999), directed by

Stanislav Govorukhin Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (russian: Станислав Сергеевич Говорухин; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was named People's Artis ...

. He died on March 26, 2007 of intestinal disease.

Selected filmography

* ''Oni byli pervymi'' (1956) as Aleksey Kolyvanov * ''

Ekaterina Voronina Ekaterina Alexandrovna Voronina (russian: Екатерина Александровна Воронина; born 16 February 1992 in Tashkent) is an Uzbekistani track and field athlete who competes in the heptathlon. Her personal best for the event ...

'' (1957) as Sutyrin * '' The House I Live In'' (1957) as Dmitry Fedorovich Kashirin * ''Dobrovoltsy'' (1958) * ''Shli soldaty'' (1958) * ''Gorod na zare'' (1959) as Belous * ''Stuchis' v lyubuyu dver (1959) * '' A Simple Story'' (1960) as Andrey Egorovich Danilov * ''Baltiyskoe nebo'' (1961) as Rassokhin * ''Bitva v puti'' (1961) as Dmitriy Bakhiryev * ''Molodo-zeleno'' (1962) as Lizlov * ''Eto sluchilos v militsii'' (1963) (voice) * ''

Silence Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be extended to apply to the c ...

'' (1964) as Pyotr Ivanovich Bykov * '' The Alive and the Dead'' (1964) as Sergei Filippovich, Army Commander * '' The Chairman'' (1964) as Yegor Trubnikov * ''

Solange Leben in mir ist Solange Leben in mir ist (English: As Long As There's Life in Me) is a 1965 German biopic from the East German state-owned DEFA studios and director Günter Reisch following the life of the German Communist leader Karl Liebknecht during the fir ...

'' (1965) as Frolow * '' Frozen Flashes'' (1967) as general Alexander Gorbatov * ''

'' (1969) as Dmitri Karamazov * ''Unterwegs zu Lenin'' (1969) as Lenin * '' Liberation'' (1969-1971, part 1-5) as Marshall Georgy Konstantinovitch Zhukov * '' The Flight'' (1970) as general Gregory Lukyanovich Charnota * ''Anflug Alpha I'' (1971) as General Arkatow * ''Trotz alledem!'' (1972) as Lenin * ''More v ogne'' (1972) as Georgiy Zhukov * ''Yegor Bulychyov i drugiye'' (1972) as Yegor Bulychov * ''Samyy posledniy den'' (1973) as Semyon Kolvalyov * ''Blokada'' (1974, 1977, part 1, 2) as Zhukov * '' Take Aim'' (1975) as marshal Georgy Zhukov * ''Legenda o Tile'' (1977) as Klaas * ''

Soldiers of Freedom ''Soldiers of Freedom'' (russian: Солдаты свободы) is a four-part 1977 film epic directed by Yuri Ozerov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Matveyev, Vasily Lanovoy. It is a World War II historical drama and the sequel to 197 ...

'' (1977, TV Mini-Series) as marshal Georgy Zhukov * ''Pozovi menya v dal svetluyu'' (1978) as Nikolay * ''Obratnaya svyaz'' (1978) as Ignat Maksimovich Nurkov * ''

The Theme ''The Theme'' (russian: Тема, Tema) is a 1979 Soviet comedy film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It tells the story of an egotistical playwright who thinks of himself as an artist, but who allows the system to make him write conformist plays. The ...

'' (1979) as Kim Yesenin, writer * ''Posledniy pobeg'' (1981) as Kustov * ''Fevralskiy veter'' (1981) * ''Fakty minuvshego dnya'' (1981) * '' Private Life'' (1982) as Sergei Nikitich Abrikosov * '' Without Witness'' (1983) as He * ''Esli vrag ne sdayotsya...'' (1983) as Marshall Georgiy Zhukov * ''Den komandira divizii'' (1983) as Zhukov * ''Pobeda'' (1985) as Zhukov * ''Marshal Zhukov, stranitsy biografii'' (1985) * ''

Battle of Moscow The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between September 1941 and January ...

'' (1985) as marshal Georgy Zhukov * ''Vybor'' (1988) as Vladimir Vasilyev * ''Zakon'' (1989) as Zhukov * ''Nash bronepoyezd'' (1989) * ''

Stalingrad Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

'' (1990) as marshal Georgy Zhukov * ''Dom pod zvyozdnym nebom'' (1991) as Bashkirtsev Andrey Nikolaevich, academician * ''Sam ya - vyatskiy urozhenets'' (1992) as Alexandr Kirpikov * ''Kooperativ Politbyuro ili budet dolgim proshchanie'' (1992) * ''

Everything Will Be Fine! Everything Will Be Fine! (russian: Всё будет хорошо!, Vsyo budet khorosho!) is a 1995 comedy film directed by Dmitry Astrakhan. Plot Quiet and measured life in an old residence of a provincial town are waiting for fun change in t ...

'' (1995) as Grandpa * ''Velikiy polkovodets Georgiy Zhukov'' (1995) as Georgi Zhukov * ''Tayna Marchello'' (1997) * ''Sochinenie ko Dnyu Pobedy'' (1998) as Dyakov * '' The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment'' (1999) as Ivan Fyodorovich Afonin * ''Severnoe siyanie'' (2001) as Old man in the country house * ''

Antikiller ''Antikiller'' (russian: italic=yes, Антикиллер) is a 2002 Russian crime film directed by Egor Konchalovsky. It portrays a brutal war between obnoxious crime gangs and a one-man vigilante, a former police officer. The movie is based on ...

'' (2002) as Father, criminal boss * ''

'' (2006) as

(final film role)

Honours and awards

Ulyanov has won the following awards: * Hero of Socialist Labour (1986) *

Order of Merit for 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 ...

, 3rd class (17 October 1996) - For services to the state and an outstanding contribution to theatrical art * Two

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

(1986, ?) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

(1977) * Lenin Prize (1966) - for his performance as Yegor Ivanovich Trubnikov in the feature film "The Chairman" * RSFSR State Prize, Stanislavsky (1975) - for his role in the play Druyanova "Day in and day out," AL Veytslera and A. Misharin *

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

(1983) - for playing Sergei Nikitich Abrikosov in the movie "Private Lives" (1982) *

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 orches ...

(1965) *

(1969) * Honoured Worker of Culture of the Polish People's Republic (1974) * "Golden Lion" (

, 1982) for starring in the movie "Private Lives" * Order "For honour and valour" - for service to the Russian people and the badge "Golden Olympus" (2005) * Sole honorary title of "Superstar" (2005) *

Kinotavr Kinotavr (russian: Кинотавр), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival held in the resort town, resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Ru ...

Award nomination for "Prize for creative careers" (1997) * Award "Golden Aries" in 1999 for "Best Actor" * Russian Federation President Prize in Literature and Art in 1998 * Crystal Turandot Award (1997) * Golden Mask (1999) * Award "Idol" (1999) * In 2008, Russia's new arctic oil tanker has been named "Mikhail Ulyanov"

References

External links

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Biography

Mikhail Ulyanov at the Vakhtangov Theatre website

Actor Mikhail Ulyanov died in Moscow
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