Vasili Lanovoy
Acting
Born 1934-01-16
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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.
Known For
Popular credits
War and Peace
Anatol Kuragin
Striped Trip
episode (uncredited)
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Karl Wolf - SS Obergruppenfuehrer
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
Anatol
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
Anatol
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
Anatol
Officers
Ivan Varavva
Scarlet Sails
Arthur Grey
Anna Karenina
Vronsky
Solaris
Lady Into Lassie
Ivan Berestov
Days of the Turbins
Леонид Юрьевич Шервинский, поручик, личный адъютант гетмана
The Three Musketeers
кардинал Ришелье
Petrovka Street, Number 38
Kostenko
Start Liquidation
Colonel Vadim Gavrilovich Chistyakov, pilot, aka Altunin, captain of aviation
The Sixth of July
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Soldiers of Freedom
Andrei Grechko
Black Square
Ogaryova Street, Number 6
Владислав Николаевич Костенко
Dark Sun
Professor Obermeier