Nikolai Grinko | |
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| Born | Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko 22 May 1920 |
| Died | 10 April 1989 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1946–1989 |
Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko (Ukrainian: Микола Григорович Гринько; Russian: Никола́й Григо́рьевич Гринько́; 22 May 1920, Kherson – 10 April 1989, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor.
Biography
Nikolai Grinko was born on 22 May 1920[1]) in Kherson, then in Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).[2] He died on 10 April 1989[1] in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine).[2]
His wife was Ayshe Rafetovna Chulak-ogly (born 1932), a violinist of the State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR, a jazz-symphonic ensemble Dnepr.[3]
Career
In 1961, Mykola Hrynko switched to cinema. But at his "native" Dovzhenko Film Studio, he was not considered a "native" actor, he was filmed very little, and was not offered any leading roles. His screenplay for Ivan Franko's Stolen Happiness had been lying in the studio offices for 6 years and was put on the shelf.
Grinko is well known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker.[4][5]
He also starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43.
Selected filmography
- Peace to Him Who Enters (1961) - Shofyor-amerikanets
- Ivan's Childhood (1962) - Gryaznov
- Velká cesta (1963) - Velitel brigády
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) - Vatag
- War and Peace (1966-1967, part 1, 3) - Dessalles
- Andrei Rublev (1966) - Daniil Chyorny
- Subject for a Short Story (1969) - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
- Dangerous Tour (1969) - Andrei Maksimovich
- Solaris (1972) - Nik Kelvin, father of Kris Kelvin
- A Lover's Romance (1974) - Vitse-admiral
- Adventures in a City that does not Exist (1974) - Don Quixote
- Mirror (1975) - Printing house director
- Afonya (1975) - dyadya Yego
- Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches (1975) - otets Mukhina
- The Adventures of Buratino (1976, TV Movie) - Papa Carlo
- One-Two, Soldiers Were Going... (1977) - polkovnik, komandir Konstantina
- Twenty Days Without War (1977) - polkovnik Aleksandrov
- Osvobození Prahy (1977) - General Omar Bradley
- Stalker (1979) - Professor
- The Adventures of the Elektronic (1979, TV Mini-Series) - Professor Gromov
- The Bodyguard (1979)
- The Youth of Peter the Great (1980) - Nektaryi
- At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980)
- Teheran 43 (1981) - Hermolin
- Be My Husband (1981) - Holiday-maker, husband of the theatregoer
References
- 1 2 Страница Н. Г. Гринько Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 IMDb
- ↑ Интервью Айше Чулак-оглы
- ↑ "Как играть гения". day.kyiv.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ↑ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 272–273. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.