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Oleg Menshikov

Acting 65 years old Moscow, USSR [now Russia] ★ 0.7
Born: November 8, 1960

Biography

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Oleg Evgenyevich Menshikov (born 8 November 1960) is a Soviet and Russian entertainer. He is a film and theatre actor, singer and director. He started his film career in the early 1980s playing in the comedy Pokrovskie vorota and in Nikita Mikhalkov's Rodnya. In 1993, Menshikov collaborated again with Mikhalkov in their most famous film, Burnt by the Sun. Portraying a manipulative and suicidal NKVD agent during Stalin's Great Purge, Menshikov's performance brought him to the attention of a wide international audience. The film won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Menshikov appeared in Régis Wargnier's 1999 film, East-West with Sandrine Bonnaire and Catherine Deneuve. Menshikov played the hero of Mikhalkov's 1998 The Barber of Siberia, with Julia Ormond playing his mistress. He appeared as Erast Fandorin in the 2005 film The Councillor of State. He filled the role of Ostap Bender in the 2006 Russian mini-series based on The Little Golden Calf.

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Known For

Invasion
Invasion General Lebedev 2020
Attraction
Attraction Colonel Lebedev 2017
The Barber of Siberia
The Barber of Siberia André Tolstoi 1998
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator 2018
Burnt by the Sun
Burnt by the Sun Dmitry 1994

Filmography

Acting Credits (51)

Emelianenko
Emelianenko self 2026
Interview
Interview 2024
Золотой век Зои Богуславской
Золотой век Зои Богуславской Self 2024
Charm
Charm Леонид Максимович 2024
Your Honor
Your Honor Mikhail Romanov 2021
Psycho
Psycho Igor 2020
Invasion
Invasion General Lebedev 2020
Gogol
Gogol Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator 2019
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator 2018
Gogol. The Beginning
Gogol. The Beginning Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator 2017
Attraction
Attraction Colonel Lebedev 2017
Yankovsky
Yankovsky 2015
Legend No. 17
Legend No. 17 Tarasov 2013
Burnt by the Sun 2
Burnt by the Sun 2 Дмитрий Андреевич Арсентьев - полковник 2011
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel Dmitriy Arsentyev 2011
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus Mitya Arsentyev 2010
What Men Talk About
What Men Talk About Himself 2010
Игроки
Игроки Утешительный 2006
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago Yuri Zhivago 2006
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 2006
The Golden Calf
The Golden Calf Ostap Bender 2006
The State Counsellor
The State Counsellor Erast Petrovich Fandorin 2005
The State Counsellor
The State Counsellor Erast Petrovich Fandorin 2005
Woe From Wit
Woe From Wit Александр Андреевич Чацкий 2000
East/West
East/West Aleksei Golovin 1999
Mommy
Mommy Lyonchik Yuryev 1999
The Barber of Siberia
The Barber of Siberia André Tolstoi 1998
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains Sacha Kostylin 1996
Burnt by the Sun
Burnt by the Sun Dmitry 1994
Dyuba-Dyuba
Dyuba-Dyuba 1992
Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect Milan Lukic 1991
The Hole
The Hole 1990
Limited Life
Limited Life 1989
The Stairway
The Stairway Владимир Пирошников 1989
Splashes of Champagne
Splashes of Champagne Sergei 1989
These... Three True Cards...
These... Three True Cards... 1988
Moonsund
Moonsund Sergey Artenev 1987
Speak...
Speak... 1987
My Favorite Clown
My Favorite Clown Sergei Sinitsin 1987
Through Main Street with an Orchestra
Through Main Street with an Orchestra Korolkov 1986
The Legend of Salieri
The Legend of Salieri 1986
Big Volodya, Small Volodya
Big Volodya, Small Volodya 1985
Obstacle Course
Obstacle Course Vladimir 1984
Капитан Фракасс
Капитан Фракасс Барон де Сигоньяк 1984
The Kiss
The Kiss Merzlyakov 1983
The Pokrovsky Gates
The Pokrovsky Gates Костик 1983
Flights in Dreams and in Reality
Flights in Dreams and in Reality Alisa's Friend 1983
Kin
Kin Kirill 1982
The Birthday of Teresa
The Birthday of Teresa Хосе 1980
I Wait and Hope
I Wait and Hope 1980
Spoiler
Spoiler Anatoliy Gubarev

Directing Credits (2)

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