Yevgeni Lazarev
Yevgeni Nikolayevich Lazarev (Belarusian: Яўген Мікалаевіч Лазараў, romanized: Jaŭhen Mikałajevič Łazaraŭ; Russian: Евге́ний Никола́евич Ла́зарев; 31 March 1937 – 18 November 2016), also credited as Eugene Lazarev, was a Russian–American actor[2] and director. He was born in Minsk.
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| Born | Yevgeni Nikolayevich Lazarev (Евгений Николаевич Лазарев) 31 March 1937[1] |
| Died | 18 November 2016 (aged 79) |
| Other names | Yevgeny Lazarev, Evgeniy Lazarev, Eugene Lazarev |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1959—2016 |
Biography
He graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio,[1] and played in the Riga Russian Drama Theatre and Mayakovsky Theatre.[1]
In the 1990s, he emigrated to the US, and later appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including The Saint, The Sum of All Fears, Lord of War, and Iron Man 2 (as Anton Vanko), as well as in TV series such as The West Wing (Episode: The Lame Duck Congress), Alias, and 24.
He was a professor at the Moscow Art Theatre Studio School and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, and was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. From 2003 to 2016, he had been teaching at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting of Los Angeles[3] and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He also voiced Imran Zakhaev in Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007). He died on November 18, 2016 at the age of 79.[4][5]
Filmography
- Vasily Surikov (1959) as Surikov
- Dlinnyy den (1961)
- Silence (1963) as Arkady Uvarov
- Tishina (1964)
- Crime and Punishment (1970) as dr. Zosimov
- Nezhdannyy gost (1972)
- Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973, TV Mini-Series) as Emelyanov
- The Road to Calvary (1975) as Prince Lobanov-Rostovsky
- Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (1976)
- Po volchemu sledu (1977) as Grigoriy Kotovskiy
- Bolshaya-malaya voyna (1980) as Kotovsky
- Osobo vazhnoye zadaniye (1981)
- Odnazhdy dvadtsat let spustya (1981)
- Cherez Gobi i Khingan (1981)
- Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1981, TV Series) as Vladimir Tarasovich Vasykin
- Private Life (1982) as Viktor Sergeyevich
- Ottsy i dedy (1982)
- U opasnoy cherty (1983)
- Schastlivnik (1988)
- Bez nadezhdy nadeyus (1989)
- Futbolist (1990)
- Vrag naroda - Bukharin (1991) as Vyshinskiy
- Vstretimsya na Taiti (1991)
- Uroki v kontse vesny (1991)
- Klan (1991)
- Stalin (1992, TV Movie) as Andrey Vyshinsky
- Ice Runner (1993) as Nikolay Antonov
- The Saint (1997) as President Karpov
- Hamilton (1998) as Yuri Chivartsev
- The West Wing (2000, TV Series) as Vassily Kononov
- The Quickie (2001) as Uncle Anatoly
- Alias (2001, TV Series) as dr. Kreshnik
- 24 (2002, TV Series) as Nikola Luminovic
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) as General Dubinin
- ER (2002, TV Series) as Ivo Guter
- Duplex (2003) as Mr. Dzerzhinsky
- Pearl Diver (2004) as Issac Epp
- Malachance (2004) as Mr. Karmin
- The Turkish Gambit (2005) as Alexander II of Russia
- Lord of War (2005) as General Dmitri Volkov
- The Unit (2006, TV Series) as Russian Ambassador
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) as Imran Zakhaev
- The Nine (2006, TV Series) as Mr. Lushtak
- The Onion Movie (2008) as Slovesevic
- The Pink Panther 2 (2009) as Pope
- Driven to Kill (2009) as bartender
- Iron Man 2 (2010) as Anton Vanko (final film role)
Awards
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1973)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Order of Honour (1998)[6]
- Moscow Prize
References
- "Yevgeni Lazarev - kinoteatr". kinoteatr.ru. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
- Невидимые миру слёзы
- "The information related to History, Biography, Spouse, Salary, Awards, Profession of Yevgeni Lazarev". Movie Stars. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- "Evgeniy Lazarev - School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile". USC School of Cinematic Arts. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- "Сын актера Евгения Лазарева сообщил, где похоронят его отца". Ren TV. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 августа 1998 года