Nikolay Trofimov

Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Трофи́мов; January 21, 1920, Sevastopol - November 7, 2005, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990).

Biography

Nikolay Trofimov was born into a working class family. Stage career began in 1934.^[1]

During the Great Patriotic War he served in the navy.^[2]

On the stage Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater played more than 40 roles. In the cinema, Nikolai Trofimov played mostly small roles.

Nikolay Nikolaevich Trofimov died on the night of November 7, 2005 in the St. Petersburg Alexandrovsky hospital from the consequences of a stroke. He was buried on November 14 at the Literary Sheds of Volkovskoye Cemetery.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Pirogov (1947)
• Belinsky (1951)
• Tamer of Tigers (1954)
• Striped Trip (1961)
• Cain XVIII (1963)
• War and Peace (1967)
• The Diamond Arm (1969)
• Tchaikovsky (1970)
• About the Little Red Riding Hood (1977)
• Streets of Broken Lights (1998)

Awards

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1960)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
• People's Artist of the USSR (December 12, 1990) - for great services in the development of Soviet theater art^[4]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class (2000) - for the great contribution to the development of the domestic theatrical art^[5]
• Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (1985)^[6]
• Order of the Red Star^[7]
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

References

External links

• Stanislav Chekan on IMDb