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Oleg Menshikov

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64 Years Old

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oleg Evgenyevich Menshikov (born 8 November 1960) is a Soviet and Russian entertainer. He is a film and theatre actor, singer and director. He started his film career in the early 1980s playing in the comedy Pokrovskie vorota and in Nikita Mikhalkov's Rodnya. In 1993, Menshikov collaborated again with Mikhalkov in their most famous film, Burnt by the Sun. Portraying a manipulative and suicidal NKVD agent during Stalin's Great Purge, Menshikov's performance brought him to the attention of a wide international audience. The film won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Menshikov appeared in Régis Wargnier's 1999 film, East-West with Sandrine Bonnaire and Catherine Deneuve. Menshikov played the hero of Mikhalkov's 1998 The Barber of Siberia, with Julia Ormond playing his mistress. He appeared as Erast Fandorin in the 2005 film The Councillor of State. He filled the role of Ostap Bender in the 2006 Russian mini-series based on The Little Golden Calf. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oleg Menshikov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Moscow, USSR [now Russia] on 8th November 1960

All Credits

Prime Suspect Image
Prime Suspect
Milan Lukic
Burnt by the Sun 2 Image
Burnt by the Sun 2
Дмитрий Андреевич Арсентьев - полковник
The Golden Calf Image
The Golden Calf
Ostap Bender
Spoiler Image
Spoiler
Anatoliy Gubarev
Psycho Image
Psycho
Igor
Doctor Zhivago Image
Doctor Zhivago
Yuri Zhivago
Your Honor Image
Your Honor
Mikhail Romanov
Gogol' Image
Gogol'
Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
Charm Image
Charm
Леонид Максимович
Invasion Image
Invasion
General Lebedev
The State Counsellor Image
The State Counsellor
Erast Petrovich Fandorin
Attraction Image
Attraction
Colonel Lebedev
The Barber of Siberia Image
The Barber of Siberia
André Tolstoi
Burnt by the Sun Image
Burnt by the Sun
Dimitri (Mitya)
Gogol. The Beginning Image
Gogol. The Beginning
Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel Image
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel
Dmitriy Arsentyev
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus Image
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
Mitya Arsentyev
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance Image
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance
Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
What Men Talk About Image
What Men Talk About
Himself
Kin Image
Kin
Kirill
The State Counsellor Image
The State Counsellor
Erast Petrovich Fandorin
East/West Image
East/West
Aleksei Golovin
Prisoner of the Mountains Image
Prisoner of the Mountains
Sacha Kostylin
The Pokrovsky Gates Image
The Pokrovsky Gates
Костик
Moonsund Image
Moonsund
Sergey Artenev
Flights in Dreams and in Reality Image
Flights in Dreams and in Reality
Alisa's Friend
Legend No. 17 Image
Legend No. 17
Tarasov
The Legend of Salieri Image
The Legend of Salieri
Dyuba-Dyuba Image
Dyuba-Dyuba
Yankovsky Image
Yankovsky
I Wait and Hope Image
I Wait and Hope
My Favorite Clown Image
My Favorite Clown
Сергей Синицын
The Stairway Image
The Stairway
Владимир Пирошников
Through Main Street with an Orchestra Image
Through Main Street with an Orchestra
Korolkov
These... Three True Cards... Image
These... Three True Cards...
Obstacle Course Image
Obstacle Course
Vladimir
The Hole Image
The Hole
Doctor Zhivago Image
Doctor Zhivago
Капитан Фракасс Image
Капитан Фракасс
Барон де Сигоньяк
Woe From Wit Image
Woe From Wit
Александр Андреевич Чацкий
Mommy Image
Mommy
Lyonchik Yuryev
Splashes of Champagne Image
Splashes of Champagne
Sergei
Big Volodya, Small Volodya Image
Big Volodya, Small Volodya
Игроки Image
Игроки
Утешительный
Limited Life Image
Limited Life
The Kiss Image
The Kiss
Мерзляков
Золотой век Зои Богуславской Image
Золотой век Зои Богуславской
self