Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Жа́ров; 27 October 1899 – 15 December 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director.

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(1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1974). He studied under the prominent director

Theodore Komisarjevsky Fyodor Fyodorovich Komissarzhevsky (russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Комиссаржевский; 23 May 1882 – 17 April 1954), or Theodore Komisarjevsky, was a Russian, later British, theatrical director and designer. He began his car ...

and debuted in

Yakov Protazanov Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov (russian: Яков Александрович Протазанов; 4 February ( O.S. 23 January ) 1881 – 8 August 1945) was a Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter, and one of the founding fathers of ...

's ''

Aelita ''Aelita'' (russian: Аэли́та, ), also known as ''Aelita: Queen of Mars'', is a 1924 Soviet silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's 1923 ...

'' (1924). Later he became a Protazanov regular, appearing in ''The Man from the Restaurant'' (1927) together with Mikhail Chekhov. In the 1930s he was a leading actor of

Alexander Tairov Alexander Yakovlevich Tairov (russian: Александр Яковлевич Таиров; uk, Олександр Якович Таїров; 6 July 1885 – 5 September 1950) was a leading innovator and theatre director in Russia before and durin ...

's Chamber Theatre, before moving to the

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where he was engaged from 1938 till the rest of his life and most fully unfolded his actor's gift, mainly playing classical repertoire parts (in ''Wolves and Sheep'', ''The Inspector-General'', ''Heart is not a Stone'', ''The Thunderstorm'', etc.)Актёры советского и российского кино
rusactors.ru Mikhail Zharov gained wide popularity thanks to the role of Zhigan in

Nikolai Ekk Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk (russian: Николай Владимирович Экк; 14 June 1902 – 14 July 1976) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. "Ekk" was in fact a pseudonym; his real surname was Ivakin (russian: � ...

’s internationally known drama '' Road to Life'' (1931). Playing the leader of a gang of thieves, the actor made use of the opportunities of the first sound-film: he endowed his character with a specific accent, played the guitar and sang songs with his peculiar charm. In 1933 he appeared in Boris Barnet's ''

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''. The most acclaimed of his sound films were ''

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 ...

'' (1937), in which he played

Prince Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora ...

, and

Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scre ...

's ''Ivan the Terrible'' (1942–44), in which he played Malyuta Skuratov. His last and probably most popular role was that of Aniskin, an amusing and witty village militiaman in the television series ''The Village Detective'' (1968), ''Aniskin & Fantomas'' (1974) and ''Aniskin Again'' (1978). Zharov was awarded three Stalin Prizes: twice in 1941 and in 1942.«Жаров рассказывает…»
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Partial filmography

* ''Tsar Ivan Vasilevich Groznyy'' (1915) – Soldier * ''

'' (1924) – Actor in Play * '' His Call'' (1925) * '' Chess Fever'' (1925) * ''Miss Mend'' (1926) * '' Man from the Restaurant'' (1927) – The Waiter * ''Belyy oryol'' (1928) * '' Don Diego and Pelagia'' (1928) – Himself * ''Dva-Buldi-dva'' (1929) * '' Road to Life'' (1931) – Tomka Zhigan * ''

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'' (1932) – Officer (uncredited) * ''Dvadtsat shest komissarov'' (1932) – Menshevik * '' Okraina'' (1933) – Krayevitch – Menchevik student * ''

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'' (1934) – Head of Frontier Post * '' The Storm'' (1934) – Koudryash * '' Three Comrades'' (1935) – The Engineer * ''Lyubov i nenavist'' (1935) – Ensign Kukva * ''Po sledam geroya'' (1936) * ''

The Return of Maxim ''The Return of Maxim'' (russian: Возвращение Максима) is a 1937 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg, the second part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. In July 1914, the ...

'' (1937) – Platon Vassilievich Dymba, billiards braggart * ''

'' (1937, part 1) –

Alexander Danilovich Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora ...

* '' The Bear'' (1938) – Alexander Danilovich Menshikov * '' The Vyborg Side'' (1939) – Platon Vassilievich Dymba * '' Man in a Shell'' (1939) – Mikhail Kovalenko * ''

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 ...

'' (1939) – Lazunka – boyar's son * ''

Engineer Kochin's Error Engineer Kochin's Error, (russian: Ошибка инженера Кочина) is a 1939 Soviet thriller directed by Aleksandr Macheret. Plot The film tells about the engineer of the Moscow aviation plant Cochin, who took with him the secret blu ...

'' (1939) – Lartsev * ''Bogdan Khmelnitskiy'' (1941) – Deacon Gavrilo * '' The Defense of Tsaritsyn'' (1942, part 1, 2) – Perchikhin * ''

The District Secretary The District Secretary, (russian: Секретарь райкома) is a 1942 Soviet drama film directed by Ivan Pyryev. Plot The film takes place in the first year of the Great Patriotic War. The plot is based on the fight between the comman ...

'' (1942) – Gavril Fedorovich Rusov * ''Aktrisa'' (1943) – Reciter in hospital * ''

In the Name of the Fatherland ''In the Name of the Fatherland'' (russian: Во имя Родины, ''Vo imya Rodini'') is a 1943 Soviet war film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Dmitriy Vasilyev based on the play ''Russian People'' by Konstantin Simonov. Cast * Nikolai ...

'' (1943) – Ivan Ivanovich Globa * '' Taxi to Heaven'' (1943) – Ivan Baranov * '' The Young Fritz'' (1943, Short) – Fritz * ''

Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Iv ...

'' (1944, 1958, part 1, 2) – Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov * ''

The Call of Love The Call of Love (russian: Близнецы, Bliznetsy) is a 1945 Soviet comedy film directed by Konstantin Yudin. Plot At the station, charming twins, infants were lost. In the arrangement of their destiny take part and a young girl-electricia ...

'' (1945) – Vadim Spiridonovich Yeropkin * ''Bespokoynoe khozyaystvo'' (1946) – Semibab * '' For Those Who Are at Sea'' (1948) – Kharitonov * '' Michurin'' (1949) – Khrenov * '' Happy Flight'' (1949) – Driver Zachyosov * '' Vassa Zheleznova'' (1953) – Prokhor Khrapov * '' The Anna Cross'' (1954) – Artynov * '' A Girl with a Guitar'' (1958) – Sviristinsky * ''Mlechnyy Put'' (1959) – Mikhail Silovich * ''

Kain XVIII ''Cain XVIII'' (russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, ''Two friends''. The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film. Plot A famous inventor ("The Profes ...

'' (1963) – Minister of War * ''Vnimanie! V gorode volshebnik!'' (1964) – Cook * '' Older sister'' (1967) – Ukhov * '' Village Detective'' (1969) – Aniskin

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Biography of Mikhail Zharov
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zharov, Mikhail 1899 births 1981 deaths Male actors from Moscow People from Moskovsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Theatre directors from Moscow Russian film directors Russian male film actors Russian male silent film actors Soviet film directors Soviet male film actors Soviet male silent film actors Soviet theatre directors 20th-century Russian male actors Heroes of Socialist Labour Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of Azerbaijan People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery