Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov (Russian: Михаил Александрович Ульянов; 20 November 1927 – 26 March 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was one recognized persons from post-World War II Soviet theatre and cinema. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1969. He was also called a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1986. In 1982, he got the special prize from the Venice Film Festival.

Ulyanov in 1998

Selected filmography

• Oni byli pervymi (1956) as Aleksey Kolyvanov
• Ekaterina Voronina (1957) as Sutyrin
• The House I Live In (1957) as Dmitry Fedorovich Kashirin
• Dobrovoltsy (1958)
• Shli soldaty (1958)
• Gorod na zare (1959) as Belous
• Stuchis' v lyubuyu dver' (1959)
• A Simple Story (1960) as Andrey Egorovich Danilov
• Baltiyskoe nebo (1961) as Rassokhin
• Bitva v puti (1961) as Dmitriy Bakhiryev
• Molodo-zeleno (1962) as Lizlov
• Eto sluchilos v militsii (1963) (voice)
• Silence (1964) as Pyotr Ivanovich Bykov
• The Alive and the Dead (1964) as Sergei Filippovich, Army Commander
• The Chairman (1964) as Yegor Trubnikov
• Solange Leben in mir ist (1965) as Frolow
• Frozen Flashes (1967) as general Alexander Gorbatov
• The Brothers Karamazov (1969) as Dmitri Karamazov
• Unterwegs zu Lenin (1969) as Lenin
• Liberation (1969-1971, part 1-5) as Marshall Georgy Konstantinovitch Zhukov
• The Flight (1970) as general Gregory Lukyanovich Charnota
• Anflug Alpha I (1971) as General Arkatow
• Trotz alledem! (1972) as Lenin
• More v ogne (1972) as Georgiy Zhukov
• Yegor Bulychyov i drugiye (1972) as Yegor Bulychov
• Samyy posledniy den (1973) as Semyon Kolvalyov
• Blokada (1974, 1977, part 1, 2) as Zhukov
• Take Aim (1975) as marshal Georgy Zhukov
• Legenda o Tile (1977) as Klaas
• Soldiers of Freedom (1977, TV Mini-Series) as marshal Georgy Zhukov
• Pozovi menya v dal svetluyu (1978) as Nikolay
• Obratnaya svyaz (1978) as Ignat Maksimovich Nurkov
• The Theme (1979) as Kim Yesenin, writer
• Posledniy pobeg (1981) as Kustov
• Fevralskiy veter (1981)
• Fakty minuvshego dnya (1981)
• Private Life (1982) as Sergei Nikitich Abrikosov
• Without Witness (1983) as He
• Esli vrag ne sdayotsya... (1983) as Marshall Georgiy Zhukov
• Den komandira divizii (1983) as Zhukov
• Pobeda (1985) as Zhukov
• Marshal Zhukov, stranitsy biografii (1985)
• Battle of Moscow (1985) as marshal Georgy Zhukov
• Vybor (1988) as Vladimir Vasilyev
• Zakon (1989) as Zhukov
• Nash bronepoyezd (1989)
• Stalingrad (1990) as marshal Georgy Zhukov
• Dom pod zvyozdnym nebom (1991) as Bashkirtsev Andrey Nikolaevich, academician
• Sam ya - vyatskiy urozhenets (1992) as Alexandr Kirpikov
• Kooperativ Politbyuro ili budet dolgim proshchanie (1992)
• Everything Will Be Fine! (1995) as Grandpa
• Velikiy polkovodets Georgiy Zhukov (1995) as Georgi Zhukov
• Tayna Marchello (1997)
• Sochinenie ko Dnyu Pobedy (1998) as Dyakov
• The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999) as Ivan Fyodorovich Afonin
• Severnoe siyanie (2001) as Old man in the country house
• Antikiller (2002) as Father, criminal boss
• The Master and Margarita (2006) as Pontius Pilate (final film role)

Honours and awards

Ulyanov has won these awards:

• Hero of Socialist Labour (1986)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (17 October 1996) - For services to the state and an outstanding contribution to theatrical art
• Two Orders of Lenin (1986, ?)
• Order of the October Revolution (1977)
• Lenin Prize (1966) - for his performance as Yegor Ivanovich Trubnikov in the feature film "The Chairman"
• RSFSR State Prize, Stanislavsky (1975) - for his role in the play Druyanova "Day in and day out," AL Veytslera and A. Misharin
• USSR State Prize (1983) - for playing Sergei Nikitich Abrikosov in the movie "Private Lives" (1982)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1965)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1969)
• Honoured Worker of Culture of the Polish People's Republic (1974)
• "Golden Lion" (Venice Film Festival, 1982) for starring in the movie "Private Lives"
• Order "For honour and valour" - for service to the Russian people and the badge "Golden Olympus" (2005)
• Sole honorary title of "Superstar" (2005)
• Kinotavr Award nomination for "Prize for creative careers" (1997)
• Award "Golden Aries" in 1999 for "Best Actor"
• Russian Federation President Prize in Literature and Art in 1998
• Crystal Turandot Award (1997)
• Golden Mask (1999)
• Award "Idol" (1999)
• In 2008, Russia's new arctic oil tanker has been named "Mikhail Ulyanov"

Other websites

• (in English) Biography
• Mikhail Ulyanov at the Vakhtangov Theatre website
• Actor Mikhail Ulyanov died in Moscow (in Russian)
• Mikhail Ulyanov on IMDb
• Mikhail Ulyanov at Find a Grave