Georgi Burkov profile
Actor profile

Georgi Burkov

31st May 1933 Perm, RSFSR, USSR Acting

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (08/11/1980). Father, Ivan G., worked at Motovilikha in the old factory district of Perm. Started with a worker, rose to the chief mechanic of the plant. The character was soft, friendly. Mother, Maria Sergeyevna, has always been for her son the closest person and best friend. He studied at the law faculty of Perm University (1952-1956), in the evening studio at the Perm Drama Theater (1955-1958). Attempts to conquer theatrical universities in Moscow ended in failure. He worked in the theaters of Bereznikov, Perm (1961), Kemerovo (1963). In Kemerovo, he was seen by a well-known Moscow theater journalist and, returning to Moscow, told the acquaintance of the original actor, Boris Lvov-Anokhin, the main director of the Stanislavsky Theater. He invited Burkov to Moscow, to his theater to the Arts Council. So the 32-year-old actor without special education became an artist of the capital's theater. Since 1965 - actor of the Drama Theater named after K.S. Stanislavsky. In 1970-1971 - actor of the Sovremennik Theater. Since 1980 - artist of the Moscow Art Theater named after Gorky. In 1984-1987 - actor of the theater named after A.S. Pushkin. From 1988 to 1990 - artistic director of the V.M. Culture Center Shukshina. He died in the evening of July 19, 1990 in the First City Hospital of Moscow. The actor was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery (plot number 13). The granite cross on the grave of Burkov is made of the same piece of granite as the monument to his close friend Vasily Shukshin (1929-1974). Chapter 38 of the cycle “To Remember” by Leonid Filatov is dedicated to the life and work of the actor. Widow - Tatyana Ukharova, actress of the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater (04.19.1946). Daughter - actress of the same theater Maria Burkova (05.21.1966).

98 Movies 9 TV Shows 110 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Murder of a Witness poster
Murder of a Witness 1st January 1990 as Евгений Евгеньевич Крайников, глава преступной организации
Tower poster
Tower 16th March 1987 as Sanya Kopytov
The Elusive Foontic poster
The Elusive Foontic 29th January 1986 as Chocolate the hippopotamus / бегемот Шоколад
Banquet poster
Banquet 1st January 1986 as Vasily Petrovich (voice)
Someone Has to... poster
Someone Has to... 31st January 1984 as Константин Константинович Селянин
Kind Men poster
Kind Men 14th July 1980 as Гордей Петрович Кабачков
Akairo poster
Akairo 1st January 1980 as (voice)
The Garage poster
The Garage 23rd November 1979 as Виталий Кузьмич Фетисов, мастер-золотые руки
Funny People! poster
Funny People! 11th December 1978 as человек под зонтом (нет в титрах)
Trouble poster
Trouble 13th March 1978 as Маслаков
Nose poster
Nose 30th December 1977
Office Romance poster
Office Romance 26th October 1977 as Начальник бригады инвентаризации
Old Men: Robbers poster
Old Men: Robbers 7th August 1972 as Фёдор Фёдорович Федяев (начальник Мячикова)
Zosya poster
Zosya 18th September 1967 as Семёнов