Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 18, 1921
Died
Aug 21, 1997
Place of Birth
Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Credits
49 titles
Yuriy Nikulin
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Георгий Вицин. Не надо смеяться
Self (archive footage)
Legends of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Георгий Вицин. Отшельник
Self (archive footage)
When Idols Were Gone
Himself / ArchiveFootage
Клуб «Белый попугай»
To Remember
Narrator
Captain Krokus
introductory and concluding remarks
Scarecrow
Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather
I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up
Kloun
Here, Not Far Away
Clowns and Children
Bobik Visiting Barbos
Bobik (voice)
Twenty Days Without War
Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin
The Adventures of Travka
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
Himself
They Fought for Their Motherland
pvt. Nekrasov
Yeralash
Old Men: Robbers
Николай Мячиков
Point, Point, Comma...
Alexey's father
Telegram
Fyodor Fyodorovich
12 Chairs
janitor Tikhon
Parad-Alle
Deniska's Stories
сосед Дениски из похожего дома
The Diamond Arm
Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
New Girl
Seven Old Men and One Girl
грабитель («Балбес»)
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Balbes
Сказки русского леса
Balbes
The Little Runaway
Andrei Rublev
Patrikey
Голубой огонек - в первый час
Self
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
«Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
Fantasizing
Give Me a Complaints Book
продавец
Big "Wick"
Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)
Come Here, Mukhtar!
Glasychev
Strictly Business
Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
Young-Green
Nikolai
Fuse
No Fear, No Blame
clown
Bootleggers
«Балбес»
When the Trees Were Tall
Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
The Taming of the Shrew
Boys' Choir Master
Sovershenno seryozno
«Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
«Балбес»
The Man from Nowhere
Militsioner (uncredited)
My Friend, Kolka!
Vasya
The Unamenables
Vasily Klyachkin
A Girl with Guitar
Pyromancer Loser