
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Known for Acting · 133 credits
- Born
- 1925-03-28
- Died
- 1994-08-03
- Place of birth
- USSR
- Also known as
- Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy · Иннокентий Смоктуновский · Innokenti Michailowitsch Smoktunowski · Innokenti Smoktounovski · И. Смоктуновский · Innochentij Smoktounovskj
Biography
Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet film and stage actor. Served during World War II. An acclaimed performer, his portrayal of Hamlet in a 1964 film won him praise overseas, including a BAFTA nomination.
One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater (1957) and Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre (1973).
Awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Known For

Mirror
1975
as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister

Memories of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Prime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger

Legends of Cinema
2016
as Self (archive footage)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
1988
as Lord Thomas Bellinger - Prime Minister

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980
as self
TV Shows (10)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister

Memories of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Prime Minister Lord Thomas Ballinger

Legends of Cinema
2016
as Self (archive footage)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
1988
as Lord Thomas Bellinger - Prime Minister

Dandelion Wine
1998

Little Tragedies
1980

Dead Souls
1984
as Плюшкин

Naval Cadets, Charge!
1988
as kardinal Fleri

Children of the Sun
1985

The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
1977
Movies (123)

Mirror
1975
as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980
as self

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1
1988
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister

Beware of the Car!
1966
as Юрий Деточкин

Hamlet
1964
as Hamlet

They Fought for Their Motherland
1975
as surgeon

Dark Eyes
1987
as Il Governarore di Sisoiev

Letter Never Sent
1960
as Konstantin Sabinin

Tchaikovsky
1970
as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)

Dead Souls
1984
as Plushkin

Murder on Dante Street
1956
as Molodoy fashist

The Legend of Till
1977
as Charles V

Trust
1976
as Nikolai Bobrikov

Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram
1972
as Passazhir tramvaya

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
1987
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister

Teens in the Universe
1975
as И. О. О.

Uncle Vanya
1970
as Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky

Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Hamlet (archive footage)

How He Lied to Her Husband
1956

The Last Road
1986

The Siege of Venice
1991

Big Boy
1982

At the End of the Night
1988

Little Tragedies
1980
as Сальери \ старый барон

Khalif the Stork
1981
as Khalif / халиф

Mysterious Heir
1987

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1986

I Am Flying to You as a Memory...
1977
as Narrator (voice)

Primary Russia
1986
as Emperor Justinian

Crime and Punishment
1970
as Porfiry Petrovitch

The Living Corpse
1969
as Ivan Petrovich the genius

Restricted Area
1988

First Encounter - Last Encounter
1987
as Member of counter-intelligence

Ivanov
1982

Bells of Autumn
1979
as Narrator (voice)

I want to go to America
1993

Velvet Season
1978
as Police commissioner

The Winter of Our Discontent
1963
as Ethan Allen Hawley

Genius
1991
as Гиля - главарь мафии «Принц»

A Trap for Lonely Man
1990
as Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush

On Thursday and Never Again
1977
as Ivan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather

Nine Days of One Year
1962
as Ilya Kulikov

The Cabal of Hypocrites
1988

The Princess and the Pea
1976
as King

White Feast
1996

Moscow-Cassiopeia
1974
as И. О. О.

Daughters-Mothers
1975
as Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev

Next to Us
1957
as Andrey Korolev

Talking Hands of Travancore
1981
as Narrator (voice)

First Visitor
1966
as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Evgeniy Urbanskiy
1968
as Himself

A Joke?!...
1981

Phenomenon
1983
as Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)

This Fantastic World 7
1982
as капитан

About a Puppy
1979
as The Puppy (voice)

Taming of the Fire
1972
as Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy

Hercules and Admetus
1986

Death Line
1991
as теневой мафиози Луковецкий

Romance for Lovers
1974
as Trumpeter

Children of the Sun
1985

Fulfillment of Desires
1974

The Heron and the Crane
1974
as Narrator (Voice)

A Leap Year
1961
as Gennadiy Kupriyanov

To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self

The Murderer
1993
as Investigator

Last Month of Autumn
1966

The Queen of Spades
1982
as Chekalinsky

The Revelation of John the Foreprinter
1992
as Ivan the Terrible

The Cherry Orchard
1976

Gold
1970

My Sister Lucy
1985
as (Narrator)

With You I Am Again...
1980
as Narrator (voice)

Mother
1990

Anna and Commander
1975
as Dramatist

The Little Prince
1966
as Narrator (voice)

Late love
1983

Until Next Spring
1961
as Aleksei

Enemies
1978

Degree of Risk
1968
as Саша

The Case
1991
as Муромский, отставной капитан, помещик

Soldiers
1956
as Farber

Возможная встреча
1992
as Johann Sebastian Bach

My Heart Is in the Highlands
1976

My Favorite Time
1987
as Narrator (voice)

Fantasia
1976

Theft
1982

Choice of Purpose
1975
as Roosevelt

The Steppe
1978
as Moisey Moiseevich

Two Under One Umbrella
1983
as Тиль

Without Sun
1987

Gold
1992

Road to Eternity
1983

Naval Cadets, Charge!
1988
as kardinal Fleri

Storm
1957
as Muromtsev

Dina
1990

Enchanted
1994

Little Tragedies
1971
as Mozart

Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director
1985
as Himself

The Barrier
1979
as Antoni Manev

Caesar and Cleopatra
1979
as Цезарь

Gray Ural
1984
as Narrator

On the Same Planet
1966

The Night Guest
1958

On the Road of Immortality
1957
as Юлиус Фучик

Heart Is Not a Stone
1989

Mozart and Salieri
1962
as Mozart

Ladies Tailor
1990
as Isaak

First Love
1969
as Father
Георгий Вицин. Отшельник
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Awakening
1983
as генерал Гиппиус
Mozart and Salieri
1971
as Mozart

Born by the Storm
1981
as Staryy graf

At the Origins of Mankind
1976
as Narrator

Traveling With a Double
1992
as Narrator

The Idiot
1987
as Narrator
The Story of the Communist
1976
as Narrator (voice)

Black Corridor
1988

The Days of Surgeon Mishkin
1976
Podróż na wschód
1997
as Mikołaj

A Night for Reflection
1972
About Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet film and stage actor. Served during World War II. An acclaimed performer, his portrayal of Hamlet in a 1964 film won him praise overseas, including a BAFTA nomination. One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in B… With 133 credits spanning from 1956 to 2016, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy has appeared in 123 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy Movies
- Mirror (1975) — as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)
- Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) — as self
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1 (1988) — as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
- Beware of the Car! (1966) — as Юрий Деточкин
- Hamlet (1964) — as Hamlet
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