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Aleksandr Demyanenko

Acting Born May 30, 1937 Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR 24 credits

Biography

Aleksandr S. Demyanenko (May 30, 1937 – August 22, 1999) was a Russian film and theater actor. He was given the honorary distinction of People's Artist of the RSFSR. He began his acting career with the film "Veter" in 1958, and is well known for playing the character Shurik in a number of films, beginning with the 1965 comedy "Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures", and ending with the 1997 film "Old Songs of the Main Things 2".

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Known for

Film

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

as Shurik
Film

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

as Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor

Full filmography

  • Fuse (1962)
  • To Remember (1993) as Narrator
  • Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965) as Shurik
  • Legends of Cinema (2016) as Self (archive footage)
  • When Idols Were Gone (2005) as Himself / ArchiveFootage
  • Racket (1995) as Gavrila Ivanovich Obozov
  • Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973) as Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor
  • Ugryum-River (1969) as Илья Сохатых
  • Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967) as Shurik
  • Open Book (1980) as дервиш
  • The Tales of the Old Wizard (1985) as Людоед
  • The Salt of the Earth (1979) as Семен Васильевич Грибков
  • Old Songs about the Main Thing (1995) as Шурик
  • King Lear (1970) as Albany (voice)
  • Obsession (1965) as Shurik
  • The Green Van (1983) as Viktor Prokofyevich
  • Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street... (1978) as Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
  • The Bat (1979) as Dr. Blind
  • Dauria (1972) as episode
  • The White Robes (1992) as Борис Николаевич Порай (дядик Борик)
  • The Only One (1976) as scientist
  • Racket (1992)
  • Smart Things (1973) as продавец
  • Eleven Hopes (1976) as пациент Володя