Biography
Yuri Georgiyevich Bogatyryov (Russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Богатырёв, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ bəɡətɨˈrʲɵf]; 2 March 1947, Riga, Latvian SSR — 2 February 1989, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet actor, best known for his roles in five films by Nikita Mikhalkov, including At Home Among Strangers (1974). Bogatyryov, one of the leading actors of Sovremennik (1971-1977) and then Moscow Art Theater (1977-1989), was designated People's Artist of Russia in 1988. Yuri Georgiyevich Bogatyryov was born in Riga, Latvia, to the Soviet Navy officer Georgy Andrianovich Bogatyryov. In 1953 the family moved to Moscow. Yuri was fond of painting and after the eighth grade he left the school to join the Mikhail Kalinin Art college. There, after meeting a member of a youth puppet theatre/studio Globus, he became interested in theater. In 1966 Bogatyryov enrolled into the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and after the graduation joined the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre where he worked up until 1977, to move then to the Moscow Art Theater. Critic and writer Vitaly Wolf recalled: "I remember well him joining the troupe in 1971. He was popular: everybody saw the boy had talent. He was very nervous, very kind and extraordinarily open-hearted. His tutor Katin-Yartsev used to tell me how worried he was about Bogatyryov's openness and vulnerability."In 1970 Bogatyryov debuted on the big screen in Nikita Mikhalkov's short film The Calm Day in the End of the War. The actor became famous four years later after starring in Mikhalkov's 'Soviet western' At Home Among Strangers, as Shilov, a Red Army soldier. Critically acclaimed were his performances in three more Mikhalkov's features, An Unfinished Piece for a Mechanical Piano (1976, based on Chekhov's stories), A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov (1979, the adaptation of Ivan Goncharov's classic), and Family Relations (Rodnya, 1981). Bogatyryov also starred in the TV series Two Captains (1976, based on Veniamin Kaverin's novel) and an epic Declaration of Love (Obyasnenye v lyubvi, 1978).In his later years Bogatyryov experienced severe psychological problems, associated with his bisexuality (the homosexual side of which he apparently was trying to suppress), troubled personal life, financial problems, drugs and alcohol abuse. He died on 2 February 1989, after a dose of clonidine injected by a paramedics' team (called to deal with a heart attack he suffered) clashed with antidepressants he had taken earlier and a large dose of alcohol. Yuri Bogatyryov was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery on 6 February.
Filmography
all 45
Movies 40
TV Shows 5
self 1
Легенды кино (2016)
To Remember (1993)
Дон Сезар де Базан (1989)
Don Cesar de Bazan (1989)
Полет птицы (1989)
Presumption of Innocence (1988)
Roll over Your Head (1987)
First Encounter - Last Encounter (1987)
This Fantastic World 12 (1987)
Dark Eyes (1987)
This Fantastic World 10 (1984)
Dead Souls (1984)
Dead Souls (1984)
Another Man's Wife and Husband Under Bed (1984)
Человек из страны Грин (1983)
Phenomenon (1983)
Quarantine (1983)
Koe-chto iz Gubernskoy Zhizni (1983)
Время для размышлений (1983)
Unexpected, Unforeseen (1982)
Vintage Detective (1982)
This Fantastic World 6 (1981)
Kin (1981)
This Fantastic World 5 (1981)
Мой папа - идеалист (1981)
Two Lines in Small Font (1981)
And I'm with You Again... (1981)
Мятеж (1980)
Глубокие родственники (1980)
Oblomov (1979)
Last Hunt (1979)
Twelfth Night (1979)
September Vacation (1979)
A Declaration of Love (1978)
Nose (1977)
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano (1977)
Вечно живые (1977)
Two Captains (1977)
There, Beyond the Horizon (1976)
Martin Iden (1976)
A Slave of Love (1975)
Tanya (1974)
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)
A Quiet Day at the End of the War (1970)
Ребята с нашего двора (1961)
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GenderMale
Birthday1947-03-02
Deathday1989-02-02 (41 years old)
Birth NameЮрий Георгиевич Богатырёв
Birth PlaceRiga, Latvia
CitizenshipsSoviet Union
Also Known AsYuri Bogatyryov, Юрий Богатырев, Yuriy Bogatyryov, Юрий Богатырёв
AwardsLenin Komsomol Prize, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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