Valery Borisovich Garkalin (russian: Вале́рий Бори́сович Гарка́лин; 11 April 1954 – 20 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was awarded the

People's Artist of the Russian Federation People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Наро́дный худо́жник Росси́йской Федера́ции). The honorary title "People's Artist of the Russian Federation" is given no earlier than five years after the h ...

in 2008.Награждён указом президента России № 332 от 11 марта 2008 года
/ref> Garkalin was also a professor of

GITIS The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...

Personal life

He was married to Yekaterina from 1978 until her death in 2009. His daughter Nika is active in theatrical production. His son-in-law is an actor of the

Theatre of Nations The Theatre of Nations, also known as the State Theatre of Nations (russian: Госуда́рственный теа́тр на́ций), is a theatre located in the heritage-listed building originally built in 1885 as the Korsh Theatre in ce ...

Pavel Akimkin. Garkalin became a grandfather in 2012 when his daughter gave birth to a son named Timofey. Garkalin was hospitalized with

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

Kommunarka Kommunarka is an urban-type settlement (posyolok) in Sosenskoye Settlement, Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. The Kommunarka (Sokolnicheskaya line) station opened in 2019. History A mass burial site of the late 1930s, known as ...

on 2 October 2021, during the

COVID-19 pandemic in Russia The COVID-19 pandemic in Russia is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Ch ...

. He died from complications of COVID-19 on 20 November 2021.

Selected filmography

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Katala Katala (russian: Катала, Katala, also known as ''The Gambler'') is a 1989 Soviet crime drama directed by Sergei Bodrov and Alexander Buravsky. Plot In a small seaside town lives Aleksei 'The Greek' Grekov, a former katala a slang term i ...

'' (1989) as Aleksei Grekov * ''

Tsar Ivan the Terrible ''Tsar Ivan the Terrible'' (russian: Царь Иван Грозный, Tsar Ivan Groznyy) is a 1991 Soviet drama film directed by Gennady Vasilyev. Plot The film tells about Ivan the Terrible and his brutal rule of Russia. Cast * Kakhi Kavsa ...

'' (1991) as Vaska Gryaznoy * ''

Russian Symphony ''Russian Symphony'' ( ''Russkaya simfoniya'') is a 1994 Russian psychological drama film directed by Konstantin Lopushansky and starring Viktor Mikhaylov. The narrative is set in a dark version of contemporary Russia where the world seems to be co ...

'' (1994) as Borisych * ''

What a Mess! ''Shirli-myrli'' (russian: Ширли-мырли, also released as ''What a Mess!'') is a 1995 farce comedy film of the early post-soviet era directed by Vladimir Menshov. Centered around a pursued con man, who stole a huge diamond, the movie, amon ...

'' (1995) as Vasily Krolikov, Innokentiy Shniperson, Roman Almazov and Patrick Crolikow * ''

Poor Sasha ''Poor Sasha'' (russian: Бедная Саша, Bednaya Sasha) is a 1997 Russian adventure film directed by Tigran Keosayan. Plot A touching New Year's fairy tale about those who, despite money and status, lack love and warmth. Moscow, late 199 ...

'' (1997) as Nikolay Kryshkin * ''

House for the Rich ''House for the Rich'' (russian: Дом для богатых, Dom dlya bogatykh) is a 2000 Russian drama film directed by Vladimir Fokin. Plot The film is set in the apartment of an old Moscow mansion. In the middle of the 19th century, the squan ...

'' (2000) as captain Skorokhodov * '' Silver Lily of the Valley'' (2000) as Roman Kromin * ''

Yeralash ''Yeralash'' ( rus, Ералаш, p=jɪrɐˈlaʂ) is a Russian children's comedy TV show and magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word ''eralash'' means "mixed, mishmash" or "jumble" and is taken from ...

'' (2004—2006) as cameo * ''

Fitil ''Fitil'' ( rus, Фитиль, p=fʲɪˈtʲilʲ, ''Fuse'') is a popular Soviet short film and television anthology series which ran for 608 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called , ''Little Fuse''. Each issue contain ...

'' (2004—2006) as cameo * '' My Fair Nanny'' (2004) as writer Francois Lyapen * ''

Popsa Popsa (russian: Попса) is a Russian musical drama film, released in 2005. The film was directed by Elena Nikolaeva. It is a film about the enduring passion of the inhabitants of the remote area to Moscow. Plot The eighteen-year-old provincial ...

'' (2005) as Lev Malinovsky * ''

One Night of Love ''One Night of Love'' is a 1934 American Columbia Pictures romantic musical film set in the opera world, starring Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati. The film was directed by Victor Schertzinger and adapted from the story ''Don't Fall in Love'', by ...

'' (2008) as Monsieur Charles, Fencing Teacher

Awards

Kinoshock "Kinoshock" Open Film Festival of CIS and Baltic countries, also spelt Kinoshok, is a film festival staged in the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia, each September. "CIS" refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, comprising nine member s ...

(1995) — Award for Best Actor *

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

(2000) for merits in the field of artУказ Президента Российской Федерации от 26 июля 2000 года № 1380 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
/ref> *

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

(2008)

References

External links

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Неофициальный сайт Валерия Гаркалина
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