Igor Zolotovitskiy

Igor Yakovlevich Zolotovitskiy (; 18 June 1961 – 14 January 2026) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theatre teacher, television director and presenter. He was director of the Moscow Art Theatre School from 2013 until his death. Zolotovitskiy was an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation in 2002. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Laureate of the Figaro Prize (2020).

Early life and career Igor Zolotovitskiy was born on 18 June 1961 in Tashkent, to Yakov and Sofia Zolotovitskaya. and began teaching as a professor there in 1989. In 1996, he hosted the NTV educational program Live News. In 2013, Zolotovitskiy was made rector of the school Moscow Art Theatre School. with whom he had two sons, both of whom are graduates of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.

Zolotovitskiy died from cancer in Moscow, on 14 January 2026, at the age of 64.

Work

Theatre roles Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre 2001 – No. 13 Ray Cooney. Director: Vladimir Mashkov – Ronnie 2003 – The Last Victim by Alexander Ostrovsky. Director: Yuri Yeryomin – Salai Saltanovich 2003 – The Siege by Yevgeni Grishkovetz. Director: Yevgeni Grishkovetz – The First Warrior 2004 – Playing the Victim by The Presnyakov Brothers. Director: Kirill Serebrennikov – Zakirov 2011 – The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Director: Janos Szasz – Berlioz 2011 – The House by Yevgeni Grishkovetz. Director: Sergey Puskepalis – Igor 2014 – Drunken by Ivan Vyrypaev. Director: Viktor Ryzhakov – Karl 2014 – Illusions by Ivan Vyrypaev. Director: Viktor Ryzhakov 2021 – The Seagull by A.P. Chekhov. Director: O. Korshunovas – Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn (introduction) 2022 – Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Director: Yegor Mikhailovich Peregudov – Count de Gish

Other theatre 1997 – The Dark Lady of Sonnets. Director: Roman Kozak. Et cetera Theater – The Sentinel 2000 – Shylock (The Merchant of Venice). Director: Robert Sturua. Et Cetera Theater. 2005 – Faster Than Rabbits. Quartet I Theater. 2019 – Blessed Island. Director: Mikhail Bychkov. Et Cetera Theater – Savvatiy Savelyevich Guska

Selected filmography Egorka (1984) as Rybakov, hydroacoustician This Fantastic World: Sign of the Salamander (1984) as fireman Amateurs (1985) as Bun This Fantastic World: No Messing with Robots (1987) as robot juror The Story of One Billiard Room teams (1988) as lieutenant How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea (1989) Taxi Blues (1990) as Petyunchik, Seliverstov's friend Sunset (1990) as Levka Broken Light (1990) as Oleg, actor of "Lenkocert" The Day Before to... (1991) as Dima Luna Park (1992) as restaurant owner Prorva (1992) as taxi driver Russian Project (1995) as passerby (video "Remember Your Loved Ones") Chekhov and Co (1998) as German salesman (episode 1, short story "Forgot") Composition for Victory Day (1998) as psychologist Mother (1999) as mental hospital administrator Moscow (2000) as Tall The Fifth Corner (2001) as Viktor Chagin Summer Rain (2002) as Dima Lighter (2003) as Vovchik Remote access (2004) as Andrey The Most Beautiful (2005) as Man Horror Novel (2005) as Yur Yurych Unexpected Joy (2005) as Nikolay Budko Fool (2005) as Ivan Ageyev Rabbit Over the Void (2006) as Malay Collector (2016) as Kurchatov, journalist, host of radio "Echo of Moscow" (voice) Story of One Appointment (2018) as Nikolai Ilyich, manager of the estate of Count L. N. Tolstoy Love (2021) as Nikolay