Evgeniy Samoylov

Biography

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.

Known For

Shore of his life

Waterloo

A Sleepless Night

They Fought for Their Motherland

Past and Thoughts

The Enchanted Desna

Taras Shevchenko

The Unforgettable Year 1919

All Movies (43)

• The Siege of Venice1991
• The Night of the Iguana1991
• Boris Godunov1987 · as Pimen
• Boris Godunov1986 · as Pimen
• Unripe Raspberries1985 · as Адольф
• Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich1981 · as князь Иван Петрович Шуйский
• Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa1980 · as герцог Дориа
• They Fought for Their Motherland1975 · as Colonel Marchenko
• A Long Path on a Short Day1972 · as Mikhail Petrovich
• The Fall of the Empire1971 · as Savva Abramovich Petrushin
• The Stars Don't Fade1971 · as Chicherin
• Waterloo1970 · as Cambronne
• The Enchanted Desna1964 · as Writer
• The Alive and the Dead1964 · as commander of the communist battalion
• Rings of Fame1962
• A Sleepless Night1960 · as Pavel's Father
• Заре навстречу1960 · as Savych
• Aleksa Dundic1958 · as Bodrov
• To the Black Sea1958
• Three Hundred Years Ago...1956 · as Bohun, colonel
• Unfinished Story1955 · as Aleksandr Aganin
• The Crash of the Emirate1955
• Heroes of Shipka1955 · as Gen. Skobolov
• Adventure in Odessa1953 · as Gleb's Father
• Taras Shevchenko1951 · as Nikolay Speshnev
• The Unforgettable Year 19191951 · as Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
• Court of Honor1949
• New Home1947 · as сaptain Ivan Veshnyak
• Boy From the Outskirts1947
• Admiral Nakhimov1947 · as Lt. Burunov
• Sinegoriya1946 · as Amalgama
• Four Hearts1944 · as Пётр Колчин
• Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War1944 · as Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
• David Bek1944 · as Kasyanov
• He Will Come Back Again1943
• The Elusive Jan1943
• Novelly1941
• The Shining Path1940 · as Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
• Our Cinema1940 · as (archive footage)
• Looking for Happiness1940
• Shchors1939 · as Nikolay Shchors
• Accidental Meeting1936 · as Grigoriy Rybin
• Tom Sawyer1936

All TV Shows (2)

• Shore of his life1984 · as Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy
• Past and Thoughts1972 · as консул