Yury Alexandrovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Ю́рий Алекса́ндрович Кузнецо́в; born September 3, 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, recipient of the Meritorious Artist award of Russia.
Yury Kuznetsov was born on September 3, 1946, in Abakan, Khakass Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In 1969, he graduated from the acting department of the Far Eastern Pedagogical Institute in Vladivostok. He started a theatrical career and was a member of the following institutions:
1969 — 1979: Khabarovsk Drama
1979 — 1986: Omsk Drama Theater
1986 — 1999: Leningrad Theatre of Comedy
He received the award of Meritorious Artist in 2006.
1984: My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин) as Superintendent
1985: Confrontation (Противостояние) as police major Zhukov
1988: Cold Summer of 1953 (Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…) as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
1990: Afghan Breakdown (Афганский излом) as Shchup
1991: Genius (Гений) as police major Kuzmin
1995: What a Wonderful Game (Какая чудная игра) as Filimon Semenovich
1997: Brother (Брат) as Nemets (the German)
1997 — 2003: Streets of Broken Lights (Улицы разбитых фонарей) as Petrenko
1998: The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались) as cossack
2000: The Christmas Miracle (Рождественская мистерия)
2002: Antikiller (Антикиллер) as Krylov
2006: The Island (Остров) as Tikhon
2009: Tsar (Царь) as Malyuta Skuratov
2016: The Duelist (Дуэлянт) as servant Kolychev