Aleksei Vasilyevich Petrenko (russian: Алексей Васильевич Петренко; 26 March 1938 – 22 February 2017) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

and

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n film and stage actor. He played Grigori Rasputin in

Elem Klimov Elem Germanovich Klimov (russian: link=no, Элем Германович Климов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film dire ...

's historical drama ''

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'' and

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

in the BBC Two documentary '' World War II: Behind Closed Doors''. Vladimir Putin 10 December 2001-1

Selected filmography

* ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...

'' (''Король Лир'', 1970) as Oswald * ''

'' (by

) (1975, ''Агония''), Petrenko, played the role of '' Grigori Rasputin'', released in 1982 in the West and in 1985 in the USSR. * ''

How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor ''How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor'' (russian: Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил, ''Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil'') is a 1976 musical film directed by the Russian filmmaker Alexander Mi ...

'' (''Сказ про то, как царь Пётр арапа женил'', 1976) as Peter the Great * ''

Twenty Days Without War ''Twenty Days Without War'' (russian: Двадцать дней без войны, translit=''Dvadtsat' dney bez voyny'') is a 1976 Soviet film based on a story by Konstantin Simonov, directed by Aleksey German and starring Yuri Nikulin and Lyudmi ...

'' (''Двадцать дней без войны'', 1977) as Yuri Stroganov * '' Beda'' (''Беда'', 1977) as Kirill Alekseevich, the Director of the school * ''Yuliya Vrevskaya'' (''Юлия Вревская'', 1978) as Stepan Knyazev * ''

Marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

'' (''Женитьба'', 1978) as Podkolesin Ivan Kuzmich * ''

'' (1981) as Grigori Rasputin * '' Farewell'' (''Прощание'', 1983) as Vorontsov * '' TASS Is Authorized to Declare...'' (''ТАСС уполномочен заявить'', 1984, TV Mini-Series) as Paul Dick * ''

Lev Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

'' (''Лев Толстой'', 1984) as Vladimir Grigoryevich Chertkov * '' A Cruel Romance'' (''Жестокий романс'', 1984) as Knurov * ''

Day of Wrath ''Day of Wrath'' ( da, Vredens dag) is a 1943 Danish drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and starring Lisbeth Movin, Thorkild Roose and Preben Lerdorff Rye. It is an adaptation of the 1909 play '' Anne Pedersdotter'' by Hans Wiers-Jens ...

'' (''День гнева'', 1985) as Meller * '' The Prisoner of Château d'If'' (''Узник замка Иф'', 1988, TV Series) as Abbé Faria * ''

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'' (''Слуга'', 1989) as Roman Romanovich Bryzgin * '' The Feasts of Belshazzar, or a Night with Stalin'' (''Пиры Валтасара, или Ночь со Сталиным'', 1989) as

* '' Presence'' (''Присутствие'', 1992) as Petya * '' Candles in the Dark'' (1993) as episode * ''

Musketeers Twenty Years After ''Musketeers Twenty Years After'' (russian: Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя, translit. ''Mushketeri dvadsat' let spustya'') is a four-episode Russian musical film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on Alexa ...

'' (''Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя'', 1992) as King Charles I * '' The Barber of Siberia'' (1998) as General Radlov * '' Memoirs on Sherlock Holmes'' (''Воспоминания о Шерлоке Холмсе'', 2000, TV Series) as Arthur Conan Doyle * '' In August 1944'' (''В августе 44-го...'', 2001) as General Yegorov * ''

The Idiot ''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69. The title is an ...

'' (''Идиот'', 2003, TV Mini-Series) as general Ardalion Ivolgin * '' Lilacs'' (''Ветка сирени'', 2007) as Nicholas Zverev * '' 12'' (2007) as 5th Juror * ''

Illusion of Fear Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov ( uk, Олександр Валентинович Турчинов; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Secu ...

'' (Иллюзия страха, 2008) as Petrovsky * '' World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West'' (''Вторая мировая война. За закрытыми дверями: Сталин, нацизм и и Запад'', 2008, TV Series documentary) as Joseph Stalin * '' Bury Me Behind the Baseboard'' (2009) as Granddad * '' Into The Storm'' (''Навстречу шторму'', 2009, TV Movie) as Joseph Stalin * ''

Burnt by the Sun 2 ''Burnt by the Sun 2'' (russian: Утомлённые солнцем 2, translit. Utomlyonnye solntsem 2: Predstoyanie) is a 2010 Russian drama film directed by and starring Nikita Mikhalkov. The film consists of two parts: ''Exodus'' (201 ...

'' (''Утомлённые солнцем 2'', 2010) as elderly lieutenant-accountant * '' Petrovich'' (''Петрович'', 2012) as Trofim Petrovich Streltsov * ''

Viktor The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

'' (''Виктор'', 2014) as Vetrov * ''

Yolki 2 ''Yolki 2'' (russian: Ёлки 2, meaning ''Christmas Trees 2''), is 2011 Russian New Year comedy film directed by Dmitry Kiselyov and written by Timur Bekmambetov. The main roles are played by Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Alexey Petrenko and T ...

'' (''Ёлки 2'', 2014) as Grigory Zemlyanikin * ''

Yolki 5 ''Yolki 5'' (russian: Ёлки 5, meaning ''Christmas Trees 5'' or ''Those Christmas Trees''), is a 2016 Russian comedy film, sequel to ''Yolki 1914''. The roles are played by Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Kirill Pletnev, Katerina Shpitsa, Anna ...

'' (''Ёлки 5'', 2016) as Grigory Zemlyanikin * ''

Hoffmaniada ''Hoffmaniada'' (russian: Гофманиа́да, translit=Gofmaniáda) is a 2018 Russian stop motion-animated feature film from Soyuzmultfilm. The film is one of the first full-length puppet animated film in the recent history of the animation stu ...

'' (''Гофманиада'', 2018) as Coppelius / Sandman (final film role, released posthumously)

Awards

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

(1984) *

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...

(1988) *

Order For Merit to the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

4th class (1998) * State Prize of the Russian Federation(1999) *

People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). Estab ...

(1999) * Golden Eagle Award (2007) * Order of Honour (2014)Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 октября 2014 года № 680 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации
(PDF) . Retrieved on 23 February 2017.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrenko, Aleksei 1938 births 2017 deaths Soviet male actors Russian people of Ukrainian descent Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors People's Artists of Russia People from Chernihiv Oblast Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Honored Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates