Boris Grigoryevich Plotnikov (russian: Борис Григорьевич Плотников; 2 April 1949 – 2 December 2020)Умер актер Борис Плотников
was a

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and

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n film actor. His film debut was as Sotnikov in '' The Ascent'', the acclaimed final film of Russian director

Larisa Shepitko Larisa Yefimovna Shepitko (, uk, Лариса Юхимівна Шепітько, translit=Larysa Yukhymivna Shepitko; 6 January 1938 – 2 July 1979) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actress. She is considered one of the best fe ...

. Plotnikov appeared in more than seventy feature films and television series.

Biography

Early life

Boris Plotnikov was born on 2 April 1949, in the city of

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, Sverdlovsk Oblast. His father worked as a mechanic and his mother as an engineer-technologist. A few years later, the Plotnikov family moved to Novouralsk. He graduated from school No. 57 in

Novouralsk Novouralsk (russian: Новоура́льск, lit. ''new town in the Urals'') is a closed town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains, about north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the obla ...

. He graduated from the Sverdlovsk Theater School (1970, the course of Yuri Zhigulsky) and the Philological Faculty of the

Ural State University The Ural State University (russian: Урáльский госудáрственный университéт и́мени А.М. Гóрького, , often shortened to USU, УрГУ) is a public university located in the city of Yekaterinburg, Sv ...

(1983).

Career

From 1970 to 1978, Plotnikov served in the Sverdlovsk Youth Theater. He made his debut in 1976 in Larisa Shepitko's internationally renowned film '' The Ascent'', which brought him all-union fame. He played the role of Dr. Bormental in the film ''

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'' by

Vladimir Bortko Vladimir Vladimirovich Bortko (russian: Владимир Владимирович Бортко; born 7 May 1946) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was a member of the State Duma between 2011 and 2021, and was a ...

. In 1992, Plotnikov portrayed the prisoner Danilov in the mystery play of composer

Alexey Rybnikov Alexey Lvovich Rybnikov (russian: links=no, Алексей Львович Рыбников; born July 17, 1945) is a modern Russian composer. He is the author of music for Soviet and Russian musicals (rock operas) '' The Star and Death of Joaqu ...

''Liturgy of Catechumens''. He appeared in the drama television series '' Empire Under Attack'' (2000), where he portrayed Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. In the musical melodrama ''Cricket Behind the Fire, Plotnikov'' received the leading role of the Cricket, the keeper of the home. He appeared in the role of Dr. Dmitri Ivanovich in the action movie ''

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'' (2005) and in the crime drama ''Experts'' (2007), where he played a forensic medical worker. In 2006, director

Natalya Bondarchuk Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Бондарчук) (born 10 May 1950) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's ''Solaris (1972 ...

invited Plotnikov to play the Chief of the Gendarmes of the Secret Chancellery, Leonti Dubelt, in the drama ''Pushkin. The Last Duel''. Boris Plotnikov also participated in the military themed series ''Everyone has his Own War'' (2011), ''Snipers: Love under Sight'' (2012), ''Fighters, The Last Battle'' (2015).

Death

He died from

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during the

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Filmography

* '' The Ascent'' (''Восхождение'', 1977) as Sotnikov * ''Nakanune premiery'' (1978) as Andrey Lagunin * '' Pugachev'' (''Емельян Пугачев'', 1978) as iconographer * '' The Wild Hunt King Stach'' (''Дикая охота короля Стаха'', 1979) as Andrew Beloretskiy * ''

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'' (''Лес'', 1980) as Gennadiy Neschastlivtzev * ''Dve glavy iz semeynoy khroniki'' (1983) as Manfred * ''Dublyor nachinaet deystvovat'' (1984) as Kostin * ''Obvineniye'' (1984) as Butenko * '' Iona or Artist at Work'' (''Иона, или Художник за работой'', 1984, TV Movie) as Iona * ''Sdelka'' (1985) as Migel * '' Peter the Great'' (''Пётр Великий'', 1986, TV Mini Series) as

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* ''

Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

'' (''Лермонтов'', 1986) as Yurii Petrovich Lermontov * ''Vremya synovey'' (1986) as Aleksandr Kordin * ''Gobseck'' (1987) as Verbrest * '' First Encounter - Last Encounter'' (1988) as Kuklin, an inventor * '' Cold Summer of 1953'' (''Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего'', 1988) as Nikolai Starobogatov's son * ''

'' (''Собачье сердце'', 1988, TV Movie) as Dr. Ivan Arnoldovich Bormental * ''Gambrinus'' (1990) as Misha * ''Igra v smert, ili postoronniy'' (1991) * ''Progulka po eshafotu'' (1992) as Nekto * ''Padeniye vverkh'' (1998) * '' Empire under Attack'' (''Империя под ударом'', 2000, TV Mini Series) as Sergei Alexandrovich * ''Lavina'' (2001) * ''Sverchok za ochagom'' (2002) as Cricket * ''

'' (''Бой с тенью'', 2005) as Dr. Dmitri Ivanovich * '' Puschkin. Last Duel'' (''Пушкин. Последняя дуэль'', 2006) as Leontiy Dubelt

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plotnikov, Boris 1949 births 2020 deaths Soviet male film actors Soviet male television actors Soviet male stage actors Russian male film actors Russian male voice actors Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors People's Artists of Russia Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Ural State University alumni Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia