Acting · St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia] · Born April 15, 1912
Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova.
MovieThe Siege of Venice
1991
as Priest
MovieThe Night of the Iguana
1991
Boris Godunov
1987
as Pimen
MovieBoris Godunov
1986
as Pimen
MovieUnripe Raspberries
1985
as Адольф
TVShore of his life
1984
as Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy
MovieTsar Fyodor Ioannovich
1981
as князь Иван Петрович Шуйский
MovieFiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa
1980
as герцог Дориа
MovieThey Fought for Their Motherland
1975
as Colonel Marchenko
MovieA Long Path on a Short Day
1972
as Mikhail Petrovich
TVPast and Thoughts
1972
as консул
MovieThe Fall of the Empire
1971
as Savva Abramovich Petrushin
MovieThe Stars Don't Fade
1971
as Chicherin
MovieWaterloo
1970
as Cambronne
MovieThe Enchanted Desna
1964
as Writer
MovieThe Alive and the Dead
1964
as commander of the communist battalion
MovieRings of Fame
1962
MovieA Sleepless Night
1960
as Pavel's Father
MovieЗаре навстречу
1960
as Savych
MovieAleksa Dundic
1958
as Bodrov
MovieTo the Black Sea
1958
MovieThree Hundred Years Ago...
1956
as Bohun, colonel
MovieUnfinished Story
1955
as Aleksandr Aganin
MovieThe Crash of the Emirate
1955
MovieHeroes of Shipka
1955
as Gen. Skobolov
MovieAdventure in Odessa
1953
as Gleb's Father
MovieTaras Shevchenko
1951
as Nikolay Speshnev
MovieThe Unforgettable Year 1919
1951
as Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
MovieCourt of Honor
1949
MovieNew Home
1947
as сaptain Ivan Veshnyak
MovieBoy From the Outskirts
1947
MovieAdmiral Nakhimov
1947
as Lt. Burunov
MovieSinegoriya
1946
as Amalgama
MovieFour Hearts
1944
as Пётр Колчин
MovieSix O'Clock in the Evening After the War
1944
as Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
MovieDavid Bek
1944
as Kasyanov
He Will Come Back Again
1943
MovieThe Elusive Jan
1943
MovieNovelly
1941
MovieThe Shining Path
1940
as Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
MovieOur Cinema
1940
as (archive footage)
MovieLooking for Happiness
1940
MovieShchors
1939
as Nikolay Shchors
MovieAccidental Meeting
1936
as Grigoriy Rybin
MovieTom Sawyer
1936
