Acting · Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR · Born December 18, 1921
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.
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2016
as Self (archive footage)
TVLegends of Cinema
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Георгий Вицин. Отшельник
2008
as Self (archive footage)
TVWhen Idols Were Gone
2005
as Himself / ArchiveFootage
TVКлуб «Белый попугай»
1993
TVTo Remember
1993
as Narrator
MovieCaptain Krokus
1991
as introductory and concluding remarks
MovieScarecrow
1983
as Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather
MovieI Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up
1982
as Kloun
MovieHere, Not Far Away
1979
Clowns and Children
1977
MovieBobik Visiting Barbos
1977
as Bobik (voice)
MovieTwenty Days Without War
1976
as Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin
MovieThe Adventures of Travka
1976
MoviePyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
1976
as Himself
MovieThey Fought for Their Motherland
1975
as pvt. Nekrasov
TVYeralash
1974
MovieOld Men: Robbers
1972
as Николай Мячиков
MoviePoint, Point, Comma...
1972
as Alexey's father
MovieTelegram
1972
as Fyodor Fyodorovich
Movie12 Chairs
1971
as janitor Tikhon
MovieParad-Alle
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MovieDeniska's Stories
1970
as сосед Дениски из похожего дома
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1969
as Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
MovieNew Girl
1969
MovieSeven Old Men and One Girl
1968
as грабитель («Балбес»)
MovieKidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967
as Balbes
MovieСказки русского леса
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as Balbes
MovieThe Little Runaway
1966
MovieAndrei Rublev
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as Patrikey
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1965
as Self
MovieOperation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
1965
as «Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
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1965
MovieGive Me a Complaints Book
1964
as продавец
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1964
as Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)
MovieCome Here, Mukhtar!
1964
as Glasychev
MovieStrictly Business
1963
as Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
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1962
as Nikolai
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1962
MovieNo Fear, No Blame
1962
as clown
MovieBootleggers
1962
as «Балбес»
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1961
as Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
MovieThe Taming of the Shrew
1961
as Boys' Choir Master
MovieDog Barbos and Unusual Cross
1961
as «Балбес»
MovieSovershenno seryozno
1961
as «Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)
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1961
as Militsioner (uncredited)
MovieMy Friend, Kolka!
1961
as Vasya
MovieThe Unamenables
1959
as Vasily Klyachkin
MovieA Girl with Guitar
1958
as Pyromancer Loser
