Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev (russian: Николай Петрович Бурляев; born 3 August 1946) is a
Soviet
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and
Russia
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n actor and film director. Born into a family of actors, Burlyayev started his career in film and theatre when he was still a child. He is best known for his title role in
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...
's ''
Ivan's Childhood
''Ivan's Childhood'' (russian: Ива́ново де́тство, ''Ivanovo detstvo''), sometimes released as ''My Name Is Ivan'' in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Co-written by Mikhail Papava, Andrei Konch ...
''. He worked with Tarkovsky again four years later, as Boriska in ''
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev ( rus, Андре́й Рублёв, p=ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf , also transliterated as ''Andrey Rublyov'') was a Muscovite icon painter born in the 1360s who died between 1427 and 1430 in Moscow. He is considered to be one of the ...
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He was elected to the State Duma
The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...
in the 2021 parliamentary elections.
Biography
Burlyayev majored in acting at the Shchukin theater school in Moscow, graduating in 1967. Burlyayev is a graduate of the Film Directors’ Faculty of VGIK, where he studied under Mikhail Romm and Lev Kulidzhanov
Lev Aleksandrovich Kulidzhanov (russian: Лев Александрович Кулиджанов; 19 March 1924 – 17 February 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematograph ...
. He graduated in 1975. Burlyayev's film acting debut was the lead in Andrei Konchalovsky's short film ''The Boy and the Dove
''The Boy and the Dove'' (russian: Мальчик и голубь) is a 1961 Soviet short film directed by Andrey Konchalovsky.
Plot
The film tells about a boy who dreams of acquiring a dove and depicting him on a wall. He can endlessly watch t ...
'' (1960). As a child actor, Burlyayev impressed audiences with his acting in Igor Talankin's postwar drama ''Entry'' (1962) and in Andrei Tarkovsky's ''Ivan's Childhood
''Ivan's Childhood'' (russian: Ива́ново де́тство, ''Ivanovo detstvo''), sometimes released as ''My Name Is Ivan'' in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Co-written by Mikhail Papava, Andrei Konch ...
'' (1962). In later years, Burliaev played the teacher with a gambling habit Aleksei Ivanovich in Aleksei Batalov's screen version of Dostoevsky's ''The Gambler'' (1972) and Evgeni in Mikhail Shveitser's '' Little Tragedies'' (1979, TV, from Aleksandr Pushkin). He also played supporting parts in Petr Todorovski's ''Frontline Romance'' (1983) and in Natalia Bondarchuk's dilogy ''Bambi's Childhood
''Bambi's Childhood'' (russian: Детство Бемби) is a 1985 Soviet family film directed by Natalya Bondarchuk.
Plot
The film tells about a deer named Bambi, who, from birth, learns to understand the mysterious forest world. Life seems b ...
'' (1985) and ''Bambi’s Youth'' (1986). As a filmmaker, Burlyayev debuted with the short ''Little Vania the Kain'' (1977) from the omnibus project ''Old Times in Poshekhonia'' (1975), the adaptation of a novel by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin.
His later films include '' Wartime Romance'' (1983) and ''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 ...
'' (1986), where he played the lead.
Since 1991, Burlyayev has been the founder and director of the annual ''Zolotoi Vityaz'' (Golden Knight) Moscow Film Festival of Slavic and Orthodox Peoples, and since 1996 he has been the founder and chairman of the International Association of Cinematographers of Slavic and Orthodox Peoples.
In March 2014, he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
on Russia's military intervention in Ukraine. Burlyaev emphasizes that he is Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
, repeatedly sharply expressed his negative attitude towards people with non-traditional sexual orientation, calls himself a homophobe
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred or antipathy, ma ...
.
He was married to 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 ...
, and is thus the son-in-law of Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (russian: Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, ; uk, Сергі́й Федорович Бондарчук, Serhíj Fédorovych Bondarchúk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian ...
and Inna Makarova
Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (russian: И́нна Влади́мировна Мака́рова; 28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cine ...
.
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
.
Filmography
* 1961: ''The Boy and the Dove
''The Boy and the Dove'' (russian: Мальчик и голубь) is a 1961 Soviet short film directed by Andrey Konchalovsky.
Plot
The film tells about a boy who dreams of acquiring a dove and depicting him on a wall. He can endlessly watch t ...
'' as Boy
*1961: ''Judgment of the Mad
''Judgment of the Mad'' (russian: Суд сумасшедших) is a 1961 Soviet science fiction drama film directed by Grigori Roshal.
Plot
The film takes place in Germany in the 1930s. The film tells about a scientist named Johannes Werner, ...
'' as Sam Hagger
*1962: ''Ivan's Childhood
''Ivan's Childhood'' (russian: Ива́ново де́тство, ''Ivanovo detstvo''), sometimes released as ''My Name Is Ivan'' in the US, is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Co-written by Mikhail Papava, Andrei Konch ...
'' as Ivan
*1962: '' No Fear, No Blame'' as Yura Sorokin
* 1963: '' Introduction to Life'' as Oleg
*1964: ''The Blizzard
"The Blizzard" (or The Snow Storm) (russian: Мете́ль, ''Metél' '') is the second of five short stories that constitute ''The Belkin Tales'' by Alexander Pushkin. The manuscript for the story was originally completed October 20, 1830. It wa ...
'' as Lancer
*1966: '' Hero of Our Time'' as Blind man
* 1966: ''Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev ( rus, Андре́й Рублёв, p=ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf , also transliterated as ''Andrey Rublyov'') was a Muscovite icon painter born in the 1360s who died between 1427 and 1430 in Moscow. He is considered to be one of the ...
'' as Boriska
*1966: '' Boy & Girl'' as Boy
*1968: '' Two Comrades Were Serving'' as Sergei Lukashevich
* 1969: '' Mama Married'' as Boris Golubev
*1969: '' Family Happiness'' as Ivan Shchupaltsev
*1969: ''Not Under the Jurisdiction
''Not Under the Jurisdiction'' (russian: Неподсуден, Nepodsuden) is a 1969 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Krasnopolskiy and Valery Uskov.
Plot
Yegorov was slandered by his friend Sorokin and abandoned by a girl who later marr ...
'' as Seryozha's voice (role played by Vladimir Kuznetsov)
*1971: ''Telegram
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'' as Gleb, Zina's son
*1974: '' Under en steinhimmel'' as Lyosha Vasilyev
*1974: ''Take Aim
''Take Aim'' (russian: Выбор цели, Vybor Tzeli) is a 1974 two-part Soviet biographical drama film directed by Igor Talankin.
Plot
The film depicts the nuclear arms race that took place between all sides in the World War II and the beginni ...
'' as Fedya
*1974: ''Ivan and Marya
''Ivan and Marya'' (russian: Иван да Марья) is a 1974 Soviet comedy film directed by Boris Rytsarev.
Plot
The film takes place on the Black Sea in a pioneer camp. Suddenly the pioneer horn disappears and all the pioneers go in search ...
'' as Marquis
*1979: '' A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov'' as Olga's visitor
* 1979: '' Little Tragedies'' as Alber, young baron
* 1983: '' Wartime Romance'' as Aleksandr Netuzhilin
*1984: ''Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed
"Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed" (russian: Чужая жена и муж под кроватью, ''Chuzhaya zhena i muzh pod krovatyu'') is an 1848 short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Background
The story originated from two sep ...
'' as Tvorogov
*1985: ''Trial on the Road
''Trial on the Road'' (russian: Проверка на дорогах, translit=''Proverka na dorogakh'') is a 1971 black-and-white Soviet film set in World War II, directed by Aleksey German, starring Rolan Bykov, Anatoly Solonitsyn and Vladim ...
'' as Young policeman (filmed in 1970)
*1985: ''Bambi's Childhood
''Bambi's Childhood'' (russian: Детство Бемби) is a 1985 Soviet family film directed by Natalya Bondarchuk.
Plot
The film tells about a deer named Bambi, who, from birth, learns to understand the mysterious forest world. Life seems b ...
'' as Adolescent Bambi
* 1986: ''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 ...
'' as Mikhail 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 ...
/Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
(also director)
* 1994: ''The Master and Margarita
''The Master and Margarita'' (russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐf ...
'' as Yeshua Ha-Notsri
* 1995: ''What a Wonderful Game
''What a Wonderful Game'' (russian: Какая чудная игра, Kakaya chudnaya igra) is a 1995 Russian drama film directed by Pyotr Todorovsky. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
* Andrey Ilin as Felix ...
'' as Mikhail Mikhailovich
* 2008: ''Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...
'' as Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...
References
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Biography of Nikolai Burlyayev
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