Yury Kuznetsov (actor)

For other people with the same name, see Yury Kuznetsov.

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Kuznetsov.

Yury Kuznetsov
Юрий Кузнецов
Kuznetsov in 2011
Born	(1946-09-03) 3 September 1946 Abakan, Khakas Autonomous Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–present

Yury Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Кузнецов; born 3 September 1946) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of Russia (2026).

Biography

Yury Kuznetsov was born in Abakan. 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

Filmography

• Torpedo Bombers (1983) as Lieutenant colonel Fomenko, air regiment commander
• Charlotte's Necklace (1984) as Valery Korchyonov, criminal
• A Rogue's Saga (1984) as Volodya
• My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984) as Head of police department
• Confrontation (1985) as Aleksei Ivanovich Zhukov, police major
• Breakthrough (1986) as Gesha Vyazigin, miner
• Once Lied (1987) as Stanislav "Stas" Lapshin, nonconformist painter
• The Cold Summer of 1953 (1987) as Ivan Zotov, director of the trading post
• Heart of a Dog (1988) as well-read janitor
• Stray Dogs (1989) as Ivan Maksimchuk, special squad commander
• The Man Who Doesn't Return (1991) as Andrei Fyodorovich Korneyev
• Arithmetic of a Murder (1991) as Pyotr Prokofyevich Konev, investigator
• Genius (1991) as Andrei Sergeyevich Kuzmin, police major
• Afghan Breakdown (1991) as Shchup, helicopter pilot
• Good Luck, Gentlemen (1992) as Astoria Hotel doorman
• Over the Dark Water (1992) as Sergei
• Prison Romance (1993) as Vasily Sergeyevich Koshkaryov, investigator
• Katya Ismailova (1994) as Romanov, investigator
• What a Wonderful Game (1995) as Filimon Semyonovich
• Brother (1997) as Hoffman, the German
• Schizophrenia (1997) as Walter, head of the security company
• American Bet (1997) as Uncle Misha
• The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (1998) as cossack
• Streets of Broken Lights (1998–2004) as Yuri Aleksandrovich "Mukhomor" Petrenko, police lieutenant colonel
• Women's Property (1998) as Kolosov, theater director
• The Captain's Daughter (2000) as Ivan Ignatyevich
• The Christmas Miracle (2000) as Barankulov
• Peculiarities of the National Hunt in Winter Season (2000) as Yuri Nikolayevich Kurtsov
• Life Is Full of Fun (2001) as Bozhok, Lira's husband
• Mechanical Suite (2001) as morgue pathologist
• Antikiller (2002) as Aleksandr Semyonovich Krylov
• Peculiarities of National Politics (2003) as Stepan Nikolayevich Oslyabin, election candidate
• Moths Games (2004) as Stepanych
• The Island (2006) as Tikhon Petrovich, admiral
• Practical Joke (2008) as Mikhail Mikhailovich, school director
• Tsar (2009) as Malyuta Skuratov
• Pioneer Heroes (2015) as Katya's grandfather
• The Duelist (2016) as Kolychev family servant
• The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) as grandfather Nikolai
• Yolki 7 (2018) as Yevgeny Valentinovich Prokhorov, Denis' father
• To the Lake (2019) as Boris Mikhailovich, Sergey's father
• Fire (2020) as Georgich
• Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021) as Ignatiy Alekseyevich
• Disobedient (2022) as father Anatoly
• Aunt Martha (2022) as Vasily Semyonovich Samsonov, pensioner
• Peace! Love! Chewing Gum! (2023) as uncle Venya
• Yolki 10 (2023) as Petrovich
• The Enchanted Tinderbox (2024) as uncle Semyon

Awards and honours

• Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (15 February 2006)
• Nika Award for Best Supporting Actor (2019) – for his performance as grandfather Nikolai in The Man Who Surprised Everyone
• Tsarskoselskaya Art Award (2024)
• People's Artist of Russia (30 March 2026)

Sources

• Yury Kuznetsov at IMDb
• Kynoslovar. Т.2. Vol.2. Ed., 2001. - P.94-95.