Valeri Zolotukhin

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Valeri Zolotukhin (2011)

Valeri Sergeevich Zolotukhin (Russian: Валерий Серге́евич Золотухин, June 21, 1941, Altai Krai, USSR — March 30, 2013, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian theatrical and cinema actor from the Taganka Theatre. He was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1987.^[1]

Zolothukhin graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts and worked in Yuri Lyubimov's Taganka Theatre since its inception in 1964. He was a close friend of the theatre's major star, Vladimir Vysotsky, and published several memoirs about their friendship. After Lyubimov was ousted from the theatre in 2011, Zolotukhin was appointed its artistic director.

After starring in the 1971 film Bumbarash, Zolotukhin also pursued a distinguished cinematic career, playing many eerie or sinister characters.

Filmography

Bumbarash (1971)
Hail, Mary! (1971)
Little Tragedies (1979)
Charodei (1982)
The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (1994)
Don't Play the Fool (1997)
Night Watch (2004)
Day Watch (2006)

References

↑ Умер Валерий Золотухин interfax.ru (in Russian)

External links

Valeri Zolotukhin at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 18109300 LCCN: n85115442 ISNI: 0000 0001 0855 652X GND: 122593960 BNF: cb15081318n

Persondata
Name	Zolotukhin, Valeri
Alternative names
Short description	Russian actor
Date of birth	June 21, 1941
Place of birth	Altai Krai, USSR
Date of death	March 30, 2013
Place of death	Moscow, Russia

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