Nikolay Cherkasov | |
|---|---|
Николай Черкасов | |
 Cherkasov inAlexander Nevsky, 1938 | |
| Born | (1903-07-27)July 27, 1903 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | September 14, 1966(1966-09-14) (aged 63) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Tikhvin Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1918–1965 |
| Awards | Stalin prize (1941, 1946, 1950, 1951 −twice) |
Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov[a] (27 July [O.S. 14 July] 1903 – 14 September 1966) was aSoviet andRussianactor. He was namedPeople's Artist of the USSR in 1947.[1]
He was born inSaint Petersburg (later Petrograd in 1914, and Leningrad from 1924 to 1991) into the family of a railway clerk. From 1919 he was amime artist in Petrograd'sMaryinsky Theatre, theBolshoi Theatre, and elsewhere. After graduating from the Institute of Stage Arts in 1926, he began acting in theYoung Spectator's Theatre inLeningrad.
Cherkasov debuted in film with the supporting part of hairdresser Charles in Vladimir Gardin’s Pushkin biopicThe Poet and the Tsar (1927). Cherkasov was one ofStalin's favorite actors and played title roles inSergei Eisenstein's monumentalsound filmsAlexander Nevsky (1938) and Parts I & II ofIvan the Terrible (1945 & 1946; though Part II was not officially released until 1958 because of Stalin's repression of the film). He also playedJacques Paganel in the 1936 adaptation ofJules Verne'sThe Children of Captain Grant. In the 1947comedySpringtime, Cherkasov appeared alongside other icons of Soviet cinema,Lyubov Orlova andFaina Ranevskaya. For the role ofAlexander Popov in the filmAlexander Popov in 1951, he received aStalin Prize of the second degree. In 1957, Cherkasov portrayedDon Quixote in directorGrigori Kozintsev'sscreen adaptation of the novel.
In 1941, Cherkasov was awarded theStalin Prize; in 1947, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR. He wrote his memoirs, "Notes of a Soviet Actor" in 1951. He died in Leningrad in 1966 and was buried inTikhvin Cemetery, the "Necropolis of the Masters of Art", at theAlexander Nevsky Lavra.
The image of Cherkasov in the role of Alexander Nevsky is on the SovietOrder of Alexander Nevsky, because there are no known portraits of Nevsky himself.[2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | The Poet and the Tsar | Charles, the barber | |
| 1928 | His Excellency | Tall clown | |
| 1928 | My Son | Pat | |
| 1929 | Luna sleva | Kalugin | |
| 1929 | Rodnoy brat | ||
| 1930 | Vsadniki vetra | ||
| 1932 | Vstrechnyy | ||
| 1934 | Crown Prince of the Republic | Waitor | |
| 1934 | Lyublyu li tebya? | Student | |
| 1934 | Kto tvoy drug | ||
| 1935 | Happiness | ||
| 1935 | Red Army Days | Kolka Loshak | |
| 1935 | Zhenitba Zhana Knukke | Captain Hans Pfal | |
| 1935 | Granitsa | ||
| 1936 | Girl Friends | White army Officer | |
| 1936 | The Children of Captain Grant | Jacques Paganel | |
| 1937 | Baltic Deputy | Professor Dmitriy Illarionovich Polezhayev | |
| 1937-1938 | Pyotr Pervyy (part 1, 2) | Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia | |
| 1937 | Za sovetskuyu rodinu | Commander-in-Chief | |
| 1938 | Treasure Island | Billy Bones | |
| 1938 | Alexander Nevsky | Alexander Nevsky | Stalin Prize of first degree (1941) |
| 1938 | Friends | Beta the Ossesian | |
| 1939 | Lenin in 1918 | Maxim Gorky | |
| 1940 | Kontsert na ekrane | Concert MC | |
| 1942 | The Defense of Tsaritsyn | Peasant | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Yego zovut Sukhe-Bator | Baron Ungern | |
| 1943 | Shestdesyat dney | ||
| 1944 1957 | Ivan the Terrible (part 1, 2) | Ivan the Terrible | Stalin Prize of first degree (1946) |
| 1947 | In the Name of Life | Lukich, the attendant | |
| 1947 | Springtime | Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov, director | |
| 1947 | Novyy dom | Mikhail Kostousov akademik | |
| 1947 | Pirogov | Lyadov | |
| 1948 | Pamyati S. M. Eyzenshteyna | Self | |
| 1949 | Ivan Pavlov | Maxim Gorky | |
| 1949 | Alexander Popov | Alexander Popov | Stalin Prize of second degree (1951) |
| 1949 | The Battle of Stalingrad (part 1, 2) | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| 1949 | Schastlivogo plavaniya | kapitan Levashov | Stalin Prize of third degree (1950) |
| 1950 | Mussorgsky | Stasov, the critic | Stalin Prize of first degree (1951) |
| 1953 | Rimsky-Korsakov | ||
| 1955 | They Knew Mayakovsky | Mayakovsky | |
| 1957 | Poyet Ives Montand | Self | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Don Quixote | Don Quixote | |
| 1962 | Shumyat porogi Ueykengo | Captain Stanton | tv-movie |
| 1963 | Melodii Dunaevskogo | Self | |
| 1963 | Vsyo ostayotsya lyudyam | akademik Fyodor Dronov | Lenin Prize (1964) |
| 1965 | Tretya molodost | Gedeonov | |
| 1965 | Stranitsy bolshoy druzhby | Narrator | |
| 1966 | Malenkie tragedii | Baron | last role |
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