Born 1912 (age 93) · St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Appears in 45 titles

Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova.

Filmography

Waterloo
7.1
Waterloo
1970
as Cambronne
They Fought for Their Motherland
6.9
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975
as Colonel Marchenko
Boris Godunov
5.8
Boris Godunov
1986
as Pimen
The Enchanted Desna
5.4
The Enchanted Desna
1964
as Writer
Four Hearts
5.5
Four Hearts
1944
as Пётр Колчин
The Alive and the Dead
6.0
The Alive and the Dead
1964
as commander of the communist battalion
Unfinished Story
5.3
Unfinished Story
1955
as Aleksandr Aganin
Taras Shevchenko
4.8
Taras Shevchenko
1951
as Nikolay Speshnev
Heroes of Shipka
5.3
Heroes of Shipka
1955
as Gen. Skobolov
Shchors
5.8
Shchors
1939
as Nikolay Shchors
The Shining Path
4.9
The Shining Path
1940
as Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
Admiral Nakhimov
5.3
Admiral Nakhimov
1947
as Lt. Burunov
Aleksa Dundic
5.6
Aleksa Dundic
1958
as Bodrov
The Unforgettable Year 1919
5.5
The Unforgettable Year 1919
1951
as Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
4.2
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
1944
as Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
To the Black Sea
6.2
To the Black Sea
1958
Accidental Meeting
5.8
Accidental Meeting
1936
as Grigoriy Rybin
The Siege of Venice
Adventure in Odessa
9.0
Adventure in Odessa
1953
as Gleb's Father
David Bek
4.7
David Bek
1944
as Kasyanov