Occupation actor Spouse Olga Ostroumova (m. 1996) Years active 1956-present Education Moscow Art Theatre | Name Valentin Gaft Role Actor | |
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Full Name Valentin Yosifovich Gaft Born September 2, 1935 (age 88) ( 1935-09-02 ) Moscow, Soviet Union Awards Order of Friendship (1995) Parents Iosif Romanovich Gaft, Gita Davydovna Gaft Movies The Garage, Yolki 3, Charodei, The Master and Margarita, Say a Word for the Poor Hussar Similar People Olga Ostroumova, Liya Akhedzhakova, Eldar Ryazanov, Oleg Basilashvili, Oleg Tabakov | ||
Children Vadim Nikitin, Olga Gaft | ||
Valentin Yosifovich Gaft (Russian: Валенти́н Ио́сифович Гафт; born 2 September 1935 in Moscow) is a Russian and Soviet actor, People's Artist of Russia (1984).
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Валентин Гафт. Временно доступен
Biography
Valentin Gaft was born in Moscow to a family of a lawyer Iosif Romanovich Gaft (1907–1969) and Gita Davydovna Gaft (1908–1993). The family moved to Moscow from Poltava, Ukraine. During World War II Iosif Gaft served in the Red Army finishing with the rank of Major.
Valentin Gaft graduated from the School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theatre (1953–1957). Among the students of the same course were future popular actors Oleg Tabakov and Maya Menglet. Gaft started his work for the cinema in 1956 in the Mikhail Romm's film Murder on Dante Street.
After graduating Gaft worked for a number of theaters including the Mossovet Theater, Leninski Komsomol Theatre (under famous director Anatoly Efros), Theater of Satire. In 1969 he started to work for the Sovremennik Theatre and works there to the present time.
Today Gaft is one of the most popular Russian actors both as a stage and as a movie actors. He also the author of poisonous but extremely popular epigrams against many theatrical and movie figures. Gaft is married to Olga Ostroumova, a popular actress.
For "statements contradicted the interests of our national security" Gaft is banned from entering Ukraine.
Honours and awards
Filmography
Actor
2016
Chetvertyy (Short) as
Doctor
2016
Mlechnyy put
2014
Tyghyryqtan zhol tapqan
2013
Yolki 3 as
Nikolay Petrovich
2013
Käshbasshy zholy as
Professor
2012
Wings as
Byvaly (voice)
2011
Utomlennye solntsem 2 (TV Mini Series) as
ZZK Pimen
2011
Zhizn i priklyucheniya Mishki Yaponchika (TV Series) as
Mendel Gersh
2010
Burnt by the Sun 2 as
Zek Pimen
2009
Leningrad as
Rezhisser
2009
Kniga masterov as
Volshebnoe Zerkalo
2009
Osenniye tsvety (TV Series)
2009
Prityazhenie (TV Movie)
2008
Operatsiya 'Chegevara' (TV Movie)
2008
12 (TV Mini Series) as
4-y prisyazhnyy
- 4 Episode (2008) - 4-y prisyazhnyy
- 3 Episode (2008) - 4-y prisyazhnyy
- 2 Episode (2008) - 4-y prisyazhnyy
- 1 Episode (2008) - 4-y prisyazhnyy
2007
12 as
4-y prisyazhnyy
2007
Karnavalnaya noch 2, ili 50 let spustya as
Spin doctor
2006
Master i Margarita as
Voland
2006
Devyat neizvestnykh (TV Mini Series) as
Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Rodina padshikh angelov (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Veruyu - ibo nevozmozhno! (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Khvost Pifona (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Appolon myortv (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Prizraki proshlogo (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Nasledie predkov (Anenerbe) (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Pechat zabveniya (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Boevoy mag (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Drugaya zhizn (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Velikiy uravnitel (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Tot, kto podayot golos (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
- Artefakt (2006) - Viktor Sevidov - Britanskiy Millioner
2005
Lebediniy rai (TV Series)
2005
Master i Margarita (TV Mini Series) as
Man in Uniform / Caiaphas
- Desyataya seriya (2005) - Man in Uniform
- Devyataya seriya (2005) - Man in Uniform
- Vosmaya seriya (2005) - Man in Uniform
- Sedmaya seriya (2005) - Man in Uniform
- Shestaya seriya (2005) - Man in Uniform
- Chetvyortaya seriya (2005) - Man in Uniform
- Vtoraya seriya (2005) - Caiaphas / Man in Uniform
- Pervaya seriya (2005) - Caiaphas / Man in Uniform
2004
Vse nachinaetsya s lubvi (TV Movie) as
Yosef
2003
Snezhnaya lyubov, ili Son v zimnyuyu noch
2003
Yeralash (TV Series) as
Mag (segment "Tyomnaya magiya")
- Vypusk 165: Ideal, Venik, Tyomnaya magiya (2003) - Mag (segment "Tyomnaya magiya")
2002
Po tu storonu volkov (TV Mini Series) as
The Doctor
- Episode #1.4 (2002) - The Doctor
- Episode #1.2 (2002) - The Doctor
- Episode #1.3 (2002) - The Doctor
- Episode #1.1 (2002) - The Doctor
2001
Chasy bez strelok (TV Movie)
2001
Syshchik s plokhim kharakterom (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.4 (2001)
- Episode #1.3 (2001)
- Episode #1.2 (2001)
- Episode #1.1 (2001)
2000
Dom dlya bogatykh
2000
Nezhnyy vozrast
2000
Starye klyachi as
General
1999
Nebo v almazakh
1997
Tayna Marchello
1997
Sympathy Seeker as
Magician
1996
Karera Arturo Ui
1994
Ya svoboden, ya nichey
1993
Khochu v Ameriku
1992
Encore, Once More Encore! as
Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
1991
Night Fun as
Yezopov
1991
Terroristka
1991
Le flic de Moscou (TV Series) as
Lapchine
- Crime sous hypnose (1991)
- Meurtre au monastère (1991) - Lapchine
1991
The Promised Heaven as
President
1991
Lost in Siberia as
Beria
1990
Samoubiytsa
1990
Soccer Player
1989
Piry Valtasara, ili noch so Stalinym as
Beriya
1989
Selo Stepanchikovo i ego obitateli (TV Movie)
1989
Vizit damy (TV Movie) as
Alfred III
1988
Aelita, ne pristavay k muzhchinam!
1988
Dorogoe udovolstvie
1988
Subbota i voskreseniye (TV Short) as
Speech Therapist
1988
Vory v zakone as
Artur
1988
Vremya letat as
Viktor Ivanovich (as V. Gaft)
1988
Zhizn Klima Samgina (TV Series) as
Trifonov
- Raspad (1914-1917) (1988) - Trifonov
- Zrelost (1912-1913) (1988) - Trifonov
- Za granitsey (1909-1912) (1988) - Trifonov
- Radenie (1906-1908) (1988) - Trifonov
- Barrikada (1905) (1988) - Trifonov
- Vosstanie (1905) (1988) - Trifonov
- Voskresenie (1904-1905) (1988) - Trifonov
- Odinochestvo (1902) (1988) - Trifonov
- Pered vyborom (1897-1899) (1988) - Trifonov
- Moskva (1896) (1988) - Trifonov
- Provintsiya (1896) (1988) - Trifonov
- Peterburg (1895) (1988) - Trifonov
- Yunost (1894) (1988) - Trifonov
- Detstvo (1877-1893) (1988) - Trifonov
1987
The White Heron (Short)(voice)
1987
Volshebnye kolokolchiki (Short)
1987
Vizit k Minotavru (TV Mini Series) as
Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- Episode #1.5 (1987) - Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- Episode #1.4 (1987) - Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- Episode #1.3 (1987) - Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- Episode #1.2 (1987) - Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- Episode #1.1 (1987) - Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
1987
Forgotten Tune for the Flute as
Odinokov
1987
Puteshestviye gospodina Perrishona as
mayor Mathieu
1986
God telyonka as
Valerian Sergeyevich
1986
Moy nezhno lyubimyy detektiv (TV Movie) as
Lester
1986
Fuete
1986
Po glavnoy ulitse s orkestrom as
Kostya
1985
Kontrakt veka as
Smit
1985
Pro kota... (TV Movie)
1984
Peregon (TV Movie) as
Yakov Borisovich Levin
1984
Vosem dney nadezhdy
1983
Esli vrag ne sdayotsya... as
Wilhelm Stemmermann
1983
Pokhozhdeniya grafa Nevzorova as
Narrator (voice)
1982
Esop (TV Movie) as
Agnostos
1982
Gonki po vertikali (TV Movie) as
Lekha 'Baton'
1982
Magicians (TV Movie) as
Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
1982
Tamozhnya as
Vladimir Nikolayevich Nikitin
1981
Pup in Boots (Short) as
The Noble (voice, as V. Gaft)
1981
Chyornaya kuritsa, ili Podzemnye zhiteli as
Deforzh
1981
O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo (TV Movie) as
Ivan Pokrovskiy polkovnik
1980
3 Goda (TV Movie) as
Ivan Yartsev
1980
Utrenniy obkhod as
Alik
1980
The Garage as
Sidorin
1980
Tsirkachonok as
Georges
1979
Muzhchiny i zhenshchiny (Short)
1979
Segodnya i zavtra (TV Mini Series)
1979
Kentavry as
Andreas
1978
Ostrova v okeane (TV Movie) as
Lieutenant
1978
Devochka, khochesh snimatsya v kino? as
Pavel Vladimirovich
1978
Igroki (TV Movie) as
Uteshitelnyy (as V. Gaft)
1978
The Fight in the Blizzard as
Chuzak
1977
Disobedience Festival (voice, as V. Graft)
1977
Pochti smeshnaya istoriya (TV Movie)
1977
Povest o neizvestnom aktyore as
Roman Znamensky
1977
Kísértés as
Szép Miska, Béla apja
1977
Beshenoe zoloto as
Horace Logan
1976
Nu, publika! (TV Movie) as
Aleksey Timofeyevich Balbinskiy
1976
Daylight Train (TV Movie)
1976
Chudo s kosichkami (uncredited)
1976
Iz zapisok Lopatina (TV Movie) as
Lopatin
1975
Na vsyu ostavshuyusya zhizn... (TV Mini Series) as
Kramin (1975)
- Episode #1.2 (1975) - Kramin (1975)
- Episode #1.1 (1975) - Kramin (1975)
1975
Zdravstvuyte, ya vasha tyotya! (TV Movie) as
Brasset, Lackey
1975
Doma vdovtsa (TV Movie) as
Cokane
1975
Olga Sergeevna (TV Series)
1975
Shagrenevaya kozha (TV Movie) as
Rastignac
1975
Ivan da Mariya as
Kaznachey (as V. Graft)
1974
Bespridannitsa (TV Movie) as
Sergey Sergeyevich Paratov
1974
Dombi i syn (TV Movie) as
Mr. Dombey
1974
Sergeyev ishchet Sergeyeva as
Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin (as V. Gaft)
1974
Tanya (TV Movie)
1974
Tsement (TV Movie) as
Dmitriy Ivagin
1974
Zhrebiy as
Kesha
1974
Moscow, My Love as
Baletmeyster
1973
Balalaykin i Ko (TV Movie) as
Glumov
1973
Vsego neskolko slov v chest gospodina de Molyera (TV Movie) as
Marquis d'Orsini
1973
Zvyozdnyy chas (TV Movie) as
Colonel's Assistant
1973
Seventeen Moments of Spring (TV Mini Series) as
Gaevernitz
- Vosmaya seriya (1973) - Gaevernitz
- Dvenadtsataya seriya (1973) - Gaevernitz
- Pyataya seriya (1973) - Gaevernitz
1972
Buddenbroki (TV Movie) as
Thomas Buddenbrook
1972
Zapiski Pikvikskogo kluba (TV Movie) as
Sam Weller
1972
Razreshite vzlyot! as
Viktor Azancheyev (as V- Gaft)
1972
Chelovek s drugoy storony as
Andrey Izvolskiy
1971
Noch na 14-y paralleli as
Journalist Stepanov
1971
Zagovor (TV Movie) as
Martin 'Jiggs' Casey
1971
Doroga na Ryubetsal as
Apanasenko (Mitya Melnikov)
1971
Udivitelnyy malchik as
Doctor Kapa
1970
Koroli i kapusta as
Frank Goodwin
1970
Obyknovennaya istoriya (TV Movie) as
Surkov
1970
Semeynoe schaste as
Salesman
1969
Zhdi menya, Anna as
Kloun (as V. Gaft)
1969
Novenkaya as
Konstantin Barantsev trener
1968
Interventsiya as
Dlinnyy
1968
Kalif-Aist (TV Movie)
1968
Parviyat kurier as
Fon Getsberg
1967
Mitya (TV Movie) as
Mitya
1967
Dva goda nad propastyu as
Standartenfuehrer Grause
1966
A Ballad of Love as
Nikolai
1966
My, russkiy narod as
Boer
1962
Podvodnaya lodka (Short) as
Jim Temple
1960
Russkiy suvenir as
Claude Gerard, French composer (as V. Gaft)
1960
Normandie - Niémen as
Mille
1958
Oleko Dundich
1957
Poet as
André (as V. Gaft)
1956
Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante as
Marsel Ruzhe (as V. Gaft)
Producer
2009
Mutuality (Short) (producer)
Soundtrack
1997
Sympathy Seeker (performer: "Skazhite, pochemu ...")
1981
O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo (TV Movie) (performer: "Romans polkovnika")
Self
2015
Evening Urgant (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Valentin Gaft (2017) - Self - Guest
- Valentin Gaft/John Newman/Vremya i Steklo (2015) - Self - Guest
2016
White Studio (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Guest
- Valentin Gaft (2016) - Self - Guest
2015
Oleg Tabakov. Smotryu na mir vlyublyonnymi glazami (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2011
Odin den Zhory Vladimova (Documentary short)
2010
Ravnyaetsya odnomu Gaftu (Short documentary) as
Self - People's Artist of Russia
2010
Gaft, kotoryy gulyaet sam po sebe (TV Movie documentary)
1999
Chtoby pomnili (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Chapter 66. Konstantin Sorokin (2000) - Self
- Chapter 53. Leonid Markov (1999) - Self
1992
Dvory nashego detstva (TV Movie documentary) as
The actor
1992
Dvory nashego detstva. Film vtoroy (TV Movie documentary) as
The actor
Archive Footage
2019
SSSR. Znak kachestva (TV Series documentary) as
Sidorin (segment 'Garazh')
- Beregis avtomobilya (2019) - Sidorin (segment 'Garazh')
References
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