Oleg Yankovskiy

Oleg Yankovskiy was born on Feb 23, 1944 in Kazakhstan]. Oleg Yankovskiy's big-screen debut came with Shchit i mech - Season 1 directed by Vladimir Basov in 1968, strarring Heinrich Schwarzkopf. Oleg Yankovskiy is known for Hipsters directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy, Anton Shagin stars as Mels and Oksana Akinshina as Polza. Oleg Yankovskiy has got 18 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Oleg Yankovskiy achieved is Nika Awards. The upcoming new movie Oleg Yankovskiy plays is Hipsters which will be released on Oct 01, 2011.

Yankovsky was named best actor in a 1984 reader poll by Soviet Screen for his role in "In Love Because He Wants to Be." He was awarded the State Prize in 1987 for his role in "Flying Asleep and Awake." In 1989 he received the Vasiliev State Prize for his role in "The Kreutzer Sonata." Yakovsky was given the lifetime achievement award at the 1983 All-Union Film Festival. He won the best actor NIKA in 1991, and in the same year was named People's Artist of the Soviet Union. Yankovsky was born in Kazakhstan and studied at the Slonov Theater Academy in Saratov. In 1965 he joined the Saratov Drama Theater, moving to Moscow's Lenkom Theater in 1973. He has presided over the Kinotavr Russian Open Film Festival since 1993.