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Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 andHero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious Order of Lenin, which he received twice in his lifetime.
Nikulin's effortless style and precise delivery, as well as his mastery of timing and his hilarious masks made him an outstanding comedian, arguably the best Russian comedian ever. Nikulin showed his range in a variety of genres from slapstick comedy to romance and war drama. His most popular film partners were Georgiy Vitsin, Yevgeni Morgunov,Natalya Varley, Rolan Bykov, Anatoli Papanov, Sergei Filippov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Leonid Kuravlyov, Andrey Mironov, Evgeni Evstigneev, Vasili Shukshin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Nikolay Burlyaev, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Novikov Vladimir Etush, Saveli Kramarov, Nikolai Grinko, and many other notable Russian actors. In the ring, Nikulin presented a phlegmatic temperament, slow and unsmiling, and to many in the West his personality was reminiscent of the great silent film comedian Buster Keaton. Rich in mimicry, doleful of expression, Nikulin was hailed as “a brainy clown” outside Russia. Simple in style and gentle with children, his only vestiges of make-up were a reddened nose and black lines around his eyes, much different from the grotesquely painted faces of Western clowns. Nikulin, affectionately called Uncle Yury by Russian children, relied mainly upon his wits to earn his place in history as one of the best clowns of the 20th century.
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-12-18
Place of birth
Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Andrei Rublev
1966
8.00
The Diamond Arm
1969
7.80
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967
7.71
12 Chairs
1971
7.60
Here, Not Far Away
1979
0.00
Bootleggers
1962
7.40
Scarecrow
1984
6.80
Old Men: Robbers
1972
7.18
Give Me a Complaints Book
1964
6.37
Seven Old Men and One Girl
1968
5.60
The Taming of the Shrew
1961
5.00
Bobik Visiting Barbos
1977
7.13
When the Trees Were Tall
1961
6.57
Голубой огонек - в первый час
1965
5.00
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
1961
7.70
Come Here, Mukhtar!
1964
7.10
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975
6.85
Sovershenno seryozno
1961
6.89
My Friend, Kolka!
1961
5.00
A Girl with Guitar
1958
5.00
Point, Point, Comma...
1972
6.90
Young-Green
1962
6.00
Deniska's Stories
1970
0.00
Twenty Days Without War
1976
6.66
Captain Krokus
1991
8.00
The Man from Nowhere
1961
5.88
The Little Runaway
1966
1.00
Fantasizing
1965
2.00
The Adventures of Travka
1976
0.00
Telegram
1972
4.00
I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up
1982
6.00
The Unamenables
1959
6.60
No Fear, No Blame
1963
4.80
New Girl
1969
7.33
Big "Wick"
1964
8.00
Strictly Business
1963
7.40