Actor profile

Evgeniy Samoylov

15th April 1912 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia] Acting

Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova.

42 Movies 2 TV Shows 46 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Siege of Venice poster

The Siege of Venice 14th November 1991 as Priest

The Night of the Iguana poster

The Night of the Iguana 10th August 1991

Boris Godunov poster

Boris Godunov 1st May 1986 as Pimen

Unripe Raspberries poster

Unripe Raspberries 16th September 1985 as Адольф

Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich poster

Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich 11th September 1981 as князь Иван Петрович Шуйский

Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa poster

Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa 7th May 1980 as герцог Дориа

They Fought for Their Motherland poster

They Fought for Their Motherland 5th November 1975 as Colonel Marchenko

A Long Path on a Short Day poster

A Long Path on a Short Day 16th October 1972 as Mikhail Petrovich

The Fall of the Empire poster

The Fall of the Empire 12th April 1971 as Savva Abramovich Petrushin

The Stars Don't Fade poster

The Stars Don't Fade 20th March 1971 as Chicherin

Waterloo poster

Waterloo 26th October 1970 as Cambronne

The Old House poster

The Old House 23rd March 1970

The Enchanted Desna poster

The Enchanted Desna 7th December 1964 as Writer

The Alive and the Dead poster

The Alive and the Dead 22nd February 1964 as commander of the communist battalion

Rings of Fame poster

Rings of Fame 16th December 1962

A Sleepless Night poster

A Sleepless Night 23rd May 1960 as Pavel's Father

Toward the Dawn poster

Toward the Dawn 19th April 1960 as Savych

Aleksa Dundic poster

Aleksa Dundic 18th May 1958 as Bodrov

To the Black Sea poster

To the Black Sea 30th April 1958

Three Hundred Years Ago... poster

Three Hundred Years Ago... 1st October 1956 as Bohun, colonel

Unfinished Story poster

Unfinished Story 17th October 1955 as Aleksandr Aganin

The Crash of the Emirate poster

The Crash of the Emirate 20th June 1955

Heroes of Shipka poster

Heroes of Shipka 22nd February 1955 as Gen. Skobolov

Adventure in Odessa poster

Adventure in Odessa 25th March 1953 as Gleb's Father

Taras Shevchenko poster

Taras Shevchenko 17th December 1951 as Nikolay Speshnev

The Unforgettable Year 1919 poster

The Unforgettable Year 1919 6th June 1951 as Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son

Court of Honor poster

Court of Honor 25th February 1949

New Home poster

New Home 10th September 1947 as сaptain Ivan Veshnyak

Boy From the Outskirts poster

Boy From the Outskirts 15th April 1947

Admiral Nakhimov poster

Admiral Nakhimov 2nd January 1947 as Lt. Burunov

Sinegoriya poster

Sinegoriya 26th August 1946 as Amalgama

Four Hearts poster

Four Hearts 28th December 1944 as Пётр Колчин

Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War poster

Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War 16th November 1944 as Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov

David Bek poster

David Bek 14th February 1944 as Kasyanov

The Elusive Jan poster

The Elusive Jan 8th March 1943

Novelly poster

Novelly 22nd August 1941

The Shining Path poster

The Shining Path 7th October 1940 as Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev

Our Cinema poster

Our Cinema 1st July 1940 as (archive footage)

Looking for Happiness poster

Looking for Happiness 22nd January 1940

Shchors poster

Shchors 2nd May 1939 as Nikolay Shchors

Accidental Meeting poster

Accidental Meeting 20th October 1936 as Grigoriy Rybin

Tom Sawyer poster

Tom Sawyer 22nd January 1936

Shore of his life poster

Shore of his life 2nd December 1984 as Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy

Past and Thoughts poster

Past and Thoughts 1st January 1972 as консул