Yuriy Nikulin

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: Acting

Born: Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR, 1921-12-18

Died: 1997-08-21

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	A Girl with Guitar	Pyromancer Loser	50
2	1959	The Unamenables	Vasily Klyachkin	66
3	1961	My Friend, Kolka!	Vasya	50
4	1961	The Man from Nowhere	Militsioner (uncredited)	59
5	1961	Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross	«Балбес»	77
6	1961	Sovershenno seryozno	«Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)	69
7	1961	The Taming of the Shrew	Boys' Choir Master	50
8	1961	When the Trees Were Tall	Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov	66
9	1962	Bootleggers	«Балбес»	74
10	1962	Young-Green	Nikolai	60
11	1963	No Fear, No Blame	clown	48
12	1963	Strictly Business	thief (story «Makes the Whole World Kin»)	75
13	1964	Come Here, Mukhtar!	Glasychev	71
14	1964	Big "Wick"	Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)	80
15	1964	Give Me a Complaints Book	продавец	64
16	1965	Fantasizing		20
17	1965	Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures	"Балбес"	75
18	1965	Голубой огонек - в первый час	Self	50
19	1966	Andrei Rublev	Patrikey	80
20	1966	The Little Runaway		10
21	1967	Kidnapping, Caucasian Style	Балбес	77
22	1968	Seven Old Men and One Girl	грабитель («Балбес»)	57
23	1969	New Girl		73
24	1969	The Diamond Arm	Семён Семёнович Горбунков	78
25	1970	Deniska's Stories	сосед Дениски из похожего дома	0
26	1971	12 Chairs	дворник Тихон	76
27	1972	Telegram	Fyodor Fyodorovich	40
28	1972	Point, Point, Comma...	Alexey's father	69
29	1972	Old Men: Robbers	Николай Мячиков	72
30	1975	They Fought for Their Motherland	pvt. Nekrasov	69
31	1976	Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life	Himself	0
32	1976	The Adventures of Travka		0
33	1976	Twenty Days Without War	Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin	67
34	1977	Bobik Visiting Barbos	Bobik (voice)	72
35	1979	Here, Not Far Away		0
36	1982	I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up	Kloun	60
37	1984	Scarecrow	Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather	68
38	1991	Captain Krokus	introductory and concluding remarks	80

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Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1958