
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 28, 1925
- Died
- August 3, 1994
- Birthplace
- USSR
Innokentiy Smotkunovkiy (born 28 March 1925 – 3 August 1994) was a Soviet film and stage actor. Served during World War II. An acclaimed performer, his portrayal of Hamlet in a 1964 film won him praise overseas, including a BAFTA nomination. One of Smotkunovkiy's best known roles among wider audiences was in a popular Soviet crime comedy Beware of the Car, a satire where he portrayed a thief who stole cars from criminals to donate the money from car sales to orphanages. Other notable roles include dramatizations of Dostoyevsky's The Idiot in Bolshoi Drama Theater (1957) and Tolstoy's Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in Maly Theatre (1973). Awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.
Filmography

Discovering Hamlet 2011
as Hamlet (archive footage)
- Podróż na wschód
Podróż na wschód 1997
as Mikołaj

White Feast 1996
Actor

Enchanted 1994
Actor
- Initiation Into Love
Initiation Into Love 1994
Actor

I want to go to America 1993
Actor

The Murderer 1993
as Investigator

Genius 1992
as Gilya «Prints» is the head of the mafia

Traveling With a Double 1992
as Narrator

Gold 1992
Actor

Возможная встреча 1992
as Johann Sebastian Bach

The Revelation of John the Foreprinter 1992
as Ivan the Terrible

The Case 1991
as Муромский, отставной капитан, помещик

The Siege of Venice 1991
as Inquisitor

Death Line 1991
as теневой мафиози Луковецкий

Mother 1990
Actor

A Trap for Lonely Man 1990
as Wandering artist Paul Brisarr nicknamed Papa Merlush

Ladies Tailor 1990
as Isaak

Dina 1990
Actor

Heart Is Not a Stone 1989
Actor

Naval Cadets, Charge! 1988
as kardinal Fleri

At the End of the Night 1988
Actor

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 1 1988
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister

Black Corridor 1988
Actor

Restricted Area 1988
Actor

The Cabal of Hypocrites 1988
Actor

The Idiot 1987
as Narrator

Without Sun 1987
Actor

First Encounter - Last Encounter 1987
as Member of counter-intelligence

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century 1987
as Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister

Dark Eyes 1987
as Il Governarore di Sisoiev

My Favorite Time 1987
as Narrator (voice)

Mysterious Heir 1987
Actor

The Last Road 1986
Actor

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1986
Actor

Primary Russia 1986
as Emperor Justinian

Hercules and Admetus 1986
Actor

Children of the Sun 1985
Actor, Writer

Mikhail Romm. Confessions Of A Film Director 1985
as Himself

To Be Hamlet 1985
as Self

My Sister Lucy 1985
as (Narrator)

Gray Ural 1984
as Narrator

Two Under One Umbrella 1983
as Тиль

Phenomenon 1983
as Сан Саныч (врач-психиатр, взяточник)

Late love 1983
Actor

Road to Eternity 1983
Actor
- Awakening
Awakening 1983
as генерал Гиппиус

The Queen of Spades 1982
as Chekalinsky

Big Boy 1982
Actor

Theft 1982
Actor

Ivanov 1982
Actor

This Fantastic World 7 1982
as капитан

Born by the Storm 1981
as Staryy graf

Talking Hands of Travancore 1981
as Narrator (voice)

Khalif the Stork 1981
as Khalif / халиф

A Joke?!... 1981
Actor

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears 1980
as self

With You I Am Again... 1980
as Narrator (voice)

Caesar and Cleopatra 1979
as Цезарь

The Barrier 1979
as Antoni Manev

About a Puppy 1979
as The Puppy (voice)

Bells of Autumn 1979
as Narrator (voice)

Enemies 1978
Actor

Velvet Season 1978
as Police commissioner

The Steppe 1978
as Moisey Moiseevich

The Legend of Thyl 1977
as Charles V

I Am Flying to You as a Memory... 1977
as Narrator (voice)

On Thursday and Never Again 1977
as Ivan Modestovich, Sergey's stepfather
- The Story of the Communist
The Story of the Communist 1976
as Narrator (voice)

Fantasia 1976
Actor

The Princess and the Pea 1976
as King

The Days of Surgeon Mishkin 1976
Actor

The Cherry Orchard 1976
Actor

My Heart Is in the Highlands 1976
Actor

Trust 1976
as Nikolai Bobrikov

At the Origins of Mankind 1976
as Narrator

Choice of Purpose 1975
as Roosevelt

Anna and Commander 1975
as Dramatist

They Fought for Their Motherland 1975
as surgeon

Daughters-Mothers 1975
as Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev

Teens in the Universe 1975
as И. О. О.

Mirror 1975
as Narrator - The Author's Words (voice)

Romance for Lovers 1974
as Trumpeter

Moscow-Cassiopeia 1974
as И. О. О.

Fulfillment of Desires 1974
Actor

The Heron and the Crane 1974
as Narrator (Voice)

A Night for Reflection 1972
Actor

Ilf and Petrov Rode in the Tram 1972
as Passazhir tramvaya

Taming of the Fire 1972
as Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy

In Memory of Dostoevsky 1971
as читает текст

Little Tragedies 1971
as Mozart
- Mozart and Salieri
Mozart and Salieri 1971
as Mozart

Uncle Vanya 1970
as Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky

Crime and Punishment 1970
as Porfiry Petrovitch

Tchaikovsky 1970
as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Gold 1970
Actor

The Living Corpse 1969
as Ivan Petrovich the genius

First Love 1969
as Father

Degree of Risk 1968
as Саша

Evgeniy Urbanskiy 1968
as Self

The Little Prince 1966
as Narrator (voice)

First Visitor 1966
as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

On the Same Planet 1966
Actor

Last Month of Autumn 1966
Actor

Beware of the Car! 1966
as Юрий Деточкин

Hamlet 1964
as Hamlet

The Winter of Our Discontent 1963
as Ethan Allen Hawley

Mozart and Salieri 1962
as Mozart

Nine Days of One Year 1962
as Ilya Kulikov

A Leap Year 1961
as Gennadiy Kupriyanov

Until Next Spring 1961
as Aleksei

Letter Never Sent 1960
as Konstantin Sabinin

The Night Guest 1958
Actor
- First Day
First Day 1958
as Antonov-Ovseyenko

Next to Us 1957
as Andrey Korolev

Storm 1957
as Muromtsev

On the Road of Immortality 1957
as Юлиус Фучик

Soldiers 1956
as Farber

Murder on Dante Street 1956
as Molodoy fashist

How He Lied to Her Husband 1956
Actor
Credits from TMDB.