Valentin Gaft
Known for Acting · 149 credits
- Born
- 1935-09-02
- Died
- 2020-12-12
- Place of birth
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
- Also known as
- В. Гафт · V. Gaft
Biography
Valentin Yosifovich Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 to Ukrainian parents recently relocated to Moscow. Gaft entered the Moscow Theater School in 1953 at age 18 and made his film debut three years later in Mikhail Romm’s “Murder on Dante Street”. Over a half century of performing Valentine Gaft has been associated with the Mossovet and Leninsky Komsomol Theater troupes and the Sovremennik Theater which Gaft joined in 1969 and where he continues to work to this day. Gaft was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984 and has authored series of highly acidic epigrams satirizing members of the Russian film and theater communities.
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Known For
TV Shows (17)
Fuse
1962
The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
2011
The Master and Margarita
2005
as Caiaphas / Lavrentiy Beria
10 самых...
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Visit to the Minotaur
1987
as Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
The Life of Klim Samgin
1988
as Trifonov
Ночные забавы
1993
as Езепов
Magicians
1982
as Сатанеев
Nine Unknowns
2006
as Viktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner
Koroli i kapusta
1979
as Frank Goodwin
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1980
as John Jasper
Olga Sergeevna
1975
as Троянкин
On the Other Side of the Wolves
2002
Morpekhi
2011
Мастер и Маргарита
2006
as Воланд
Бесприданница
1974
as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
Islands in the Stream
1978
Movies (132)
Year of a Calf
1986
as Valerian Sergeyevich
Old Hags
2000
as General
Encore, Once More Encore!
1992
as Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
About the Cat...
1987
The Holiday of Disobedience
1977
as (voice)
Intervention
1968
as "Длинный", Каро
Run
1985
as Яков Борисович Левин, капитан
The Scoundrel
2017
The Star Hour
1973
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
2010
as Pimen
12
2007
as juror #4
Poet
1956
Six Degrees of Celebration 3
2013
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1992
as Джордж
Fight in a Blizzard
1978
Галина Волчек. Любовь и заблуждения
2013
as Self
The First Courier
1968
as Nikolay Fon Getsberg
Четвертый
2016
Wings
2012
as Byvaly (Voice)
Сон Гафта, пересказанный Виктюком
2010
The Master and Margarita
2011
as Woland
Mitya
1967
Lost in Siberia
1991
as Beria
Ivan and Marya
1975
as казначей
Russian Souvenir
1960
as Claude Gerald
The Book of Masters
2009
as Magic mirror
The Dog in Boots
1981
as The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
1988
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
1980
as Полковник Покровский
The Garage
1979
as Сидорин, председатель гаражного кооператива, ветврач
Vertical Races
1982
as Алексей Дедушкин, «Батон», вор-рецидивист
Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night
2003
as Oleh Kostiantynovych
Magicians
1982
as Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
Night Fun
1991
as Езепов
Kings of Crime
1988
as Artur
The Suicide
1990
as конферансье
A Ballad of Love
1970
as Nikolai
Sympathy Seeker
1997
as Magician
Family Happiness
1970
Forgotten Tune for the Flute
1987
as Odinkov
Girl Without Dowry
1974
as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
Tender Age
2000
as Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
My Dearly Beloved Detective
1986
as Inspector Lester
Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
1975
as Brasset, Lackey
The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
1989
as Beriya
Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
2007
as политтехнолог Борис Глебович
Moscow, My Love
1974
as choreographer
The Visit
1989
as Alfred III
House for the Rich
2000
as Roman Rumyanov
Promised Heaven
1991
as President
Through Main Street with an Orchestra
1986
as Kostya
The Terrorist
1991
Подводная лодка
1962
The Magic Bells
1987
as The King (voice)
Daylight Train
1976
Tanya
1974
as German
Normandy - Neman
1960
as Mille
Sky in Diamonds
1999
The Black Hen, or Living Underground
1981
as Deforge
The Man from the Other Side
1972
as Andrey Izvolskiy
The Pickwick Papers
1972
The Story of an Old Woman
2014
Sergeev Seeking Sergeev
1974
as Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
Lot
1974
as Innokentiy Zhiltsov
Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?
1977
The Centaurs
1979
as Andres
We, The Russian People
1966
as Boer
The Golden Fleece
1977
I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody
1994
Romeo and Juliet
1983
as Капулетти
Time to Fly
1987
as Виктор Иванович, саксофонист, пассажир
Cabbages and Kings
1979
as Frank Goodwin
The Magic Skin
1975
Mister Perrichon's Trip
1990
Story of an Unknown Actor
1976
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
1979
as Тенвиль
Like Cat and Dog
1973
The Husband, the Wife and the Lover
2007
Hurry to Do Good
1980
Visiting the Minotaur
1987
as Иконников
Breaking The Vicious Circle
2014
An Almost Funny Story
1977
Dombey & Son
1974
Long-Haired Wonder
1974
The Road to Rübezahl
1971
as Apanasenko
Players
1978
Aleksa Dundic
1958
Today and Tomorrow
1980
as Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
Balalaykin and K
1973
Eight Days of Hope
1985
as Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
The Music of Life
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Fouetté
1986
as Poet
I want to go to America
1993
New Girl
1969
Contract of the Century
1985
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1980
as John Jasper
For the Rest of My Life
1975
Expensive Pleasure
1988
Three Years
1980
as Ivan Yartsev
The Morning Round
1980
as Alik
Saturday and Sunday
1982
Watch Without Hands
2000
Murder on Dante Street
1956
as Marsel Ruzhe
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
1989
Temptation
1977
Widower's Houses
1975
The Amazing Boy
1971
as Doctor Kapa
Allow Take-Off!
1971
as Viktor Azancheyev
From Lopatin's Notes
1975
Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
1973
Равняется одному Гафту
2010
as Self
Iron Mountain
2013
as Preobrazhensky
Fiery River
2013
Solo
1970
If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
1983
Wait For Me, Anna
1969
Milky Way
2016
An Ordinary History
1970
as Surkov
Monsieur Lenoir, Who...
1984
as Borescou
Olga Sergeevna
1975
as Troyakin
About Valentin Gaft
Valentin Yosifovich Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 to Ukrainian parents recently relocated to Moscow. Gaft entered the Moscow Theater School in 1953 at age 18 and made his film debut three years later in Mikhail Romm’s “Murder on Dante Street”. Over a half century of performing Valentine Gaft has been associated with the Mossovet and Leninsky Komsomol Theater troupes and the Sovremennik Theater which Gaft joined in 1969 and where he continues to work to this day. Gaft was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984 and has authored… With 149 credits spanning from 1956 to 2018, Valentin Gaft has appeared in 132 films and 17 TV shows.
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- Year of a Calf (1986) — as Valerian Sergeyevich
- Old Hags (2000) — as General
- Encore, Once More Encore! (1992) — as Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
- About the Cat... (1987)
- The Holiday of Disobedience (1977) — as (voice)
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