Evgeniy Samoylov
Known for Acting
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
They Fought for Their Motherland
1975
as Colonel Marchenko
The Alive and the Dead
1964
as commander of the communist battalion
Waterloo
1970
as Cambronne
Boris Godunov
1986
as Pimen
Our Cinema
1940
as (archive footage)
The Shining Path
1940
as Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
Unfinished Story
1955
as Aleksandr Aganin
Taras Shevchenko
1951
as Nikolay Speshnev
Four Hearts
1944
as Пётр Колчин
Novelly
1941
A Long Path on a Short Day
1972
as Mikhail Petrovich
Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War
1944
as Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
The Crash of the Emirate
1955
The Enchanted Desna
1964
as Writer
A Sleepless Night
1960
as Pavel's father
Three Hundred Years Ago...
1956
as Bohun, colonel
The Unforgettable Year 1919
1951
as Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
Aleksa Dundic
1958
as Bodrov
Heroes of Shipka
1955
as Gen. Skobolov
New Home
1947
as сaptain Ivan Veshnyak