Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 27, 1940
Died
Feb 16, 2008
Place of Birth
Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR
Credits
49 titles
Boris Khmelnitsky
Biography
Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983). From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions. Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.
Known For
Filmography
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
Тарас Бульба
One Love of My Soul
Aleksandr Podzhio
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Svyatoslav / Erik, King of Sweden
Mozart in St. Petersburg
The Career of Arturo Ui
Jonathan of the Bears
Religious Mercenary
The Hetman's Jewels
Zagrava
Murder at Sunshine-Manor
Joe Alex
Cocktail Mirage
The Caravan Of Death
Mercenary leader
The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard
Roma
Beybars
Sultan Kutuz
Sultan Beybars
Sultan Kutuz
Savraska
Captain
Comedy of Lysistrata
Tragedy, Rock Style
Dmitriy Ivanovich's Friend
Etudes on Vrubel
Semyon Gayduk
Ten Days That Shook the World
The Trial in Ershovka
The Life and Immortality of Sergei Lazo
Попов
Interception
хулиган
In Search of Captain Grant
captain Harry Grant
The Black Arrow
Lord Shoreby
The Comic Lover, or The Amorous Adventures of Sir John Falstaff
Виконт
Password "Hotel Regina"
The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe
Robin Hood
A Person Changes Skin
Павел Кристаллов
The Black Triangle
Ритус
At the Beginning of Glorious Days
Кузьма Чермный, стрелец
A Story of the Forest: Mavka
Red (forest) Demon
Antarctic Tale
Savage Hunt of King Stakh
Ales' Vorona
A Certificate of Poverty
Геннадий, "Крест"
Hatred
The Arrows of Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Defying Everybody
Nikanor
Peterss
Sing a Song, Poet
uncle
Poems About the Beautiful Lady
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
The Retribution
An Ordinary History
Count Novinskiy
The Red Tent
Alfredo Viglieri
Prince Igor
Prince Igor
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
Petro
Sofiya Perovskaya
Nikolay Kibalchich
Love Awaits Those Who Return