Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov was born on Oct 21, 1945 in USSR [now Russia]. Nikita Mikhalkov's big-screen debut came with Tuchi nad Borskom directed by Vasili Ordynsky in 1961, strarring . Nikita Mikhalkov is known for Silver Skates directed by Michael Lockshin, Fedor Fedotov stars as Matvey and Sonya Priss as Alice. Nikita Mikhalkov has got 41 awards and 43 nominations so far. The most recent award Nikita Mikhalkov achieved is Golden Eagle Awards, Russia. The upcoming new movie Nikita Mikhalkov plays is Chempion mira which will be released on Dec 30, 2021.

Nikita Mikhalkov is the son of the famous communist poet Sergey Mikhalkov, who wrote the lyrics of the Soviet national anthem and had strong connections to the Communist Party. Nikita Mikhalkov's mother, Natalya Petrovna Konchalovskaya, was also a poet and daughter of famous painter Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky and his wife Olga Vasilievna Surikova, and by her the great granddaughter of another great painter Vasily Surikov. And then last, but not least, Nikita Mikhalkov is the brother of Andrey Konchalovskiy, also a distinguished film director who, unlike Nikita, has worked in the USA.Not only did Mikhalkov direct the Academy Award-winning film "Burnt by the Sun" but he is also well-known as a versatile actor, having appeared in over 40 films, including the role of the Russian Tsar Alexander III in his own "The Barber of Siberia" (1998).Mikhalkov has an impressively long list of wins at the most prestigious film festivals, like Cannes, Venice, Moscow or Karlovy Vary.Following his movie's Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film, Nikita Mikhalkov won a parliamentary seat in the then Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin's party.He is always in the spotlight, especially in Moscow, where he resides.