Vasili Lanovoy
Actor
Biography
Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev. In 2013, he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers.
Filmography
Striped Trip
as Otdykhayushiy na plyazhe 1961
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
as Anatol Kuragin 1966
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
as Anatol Kuragin 1966
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
as Anatol Kuragin (uncredited) 1966
Officers
as Иван Варавва 1971
Scarlet Sails
as Arthur Grey 1961
Anna Karenina
as Vronsky 1967
Solaris
1968
Lady Into Lassie
as Ivan Berestov 1995
The Three Musketeers
as кардинал Ришелье 2013
Days of the Turbins
as Леонид Юрьевич Шервинский, поручик, личный адъютант гетмана 1976
Petrovka Street, Number 38
as Владислав Николаевич Костенко 1980
Start Liquidation
as Colonel Vadim Gavrilovich Chistyakov, pilot, aka Altunin, captain of aviation 1983
The Sixth of July
as Felix Dzerzhinsky 1968
Black Square
1992
Ogaryova Street, Number 6
as Владислав Николаевич Костенко 1981