Nikolai Grinko

Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko ( 22 May 1920 – 10 April 1989) was a Soviet actor.

Biography Nikolai Grinko was born on 22 May 1920, in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR. He died on 10 April 1989,

Career In 1961, Grinko switched to cinema. But at his "native" Dovzhenko Film Studio, he was not considered a "native" actor, he was filmed very little, and was not offered any leading roles. His screenplay for Ivan Franko's Stolen Happiness had been lying in the studio offices for 6 years and was put on the shelf.

Grinko is well known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker.

He also starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43.

Selected filmography

Peace to Him Who Enters (1961) − American driver Ivan's Childhood (1962) − Gryaznov Velká cesta (1963) − red brigade commander Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) − Vatag War and Peace (1966−1967, part 1, 3) − Dessalles Andrei Rublev (1966) − Daniil Chyorny Subject for a Short Story (1969) − Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Dangerous Tour (1969) − Andrei Maksimovich Solaris (1972) − Nik Kelvin, father of Kris Kelvin A Lover's Romance (1974) − Vice Admiral Adventures in a City that does not Exist (1974) − Don Quixote Mirror (1975) − printing house director Afonya (1975) − aunt Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches (1975) − Mukhin's father The Adventures of Buratino (1976, TV Movie) − Papa Carlo One−Two, Soldiers Were Going... (1977) − Colonel, Konstantin's commander Twenty Days Without War (1977) − Colonel Aleksandrov Osvobození Prahy (1977) − General Omar Bradley Stalker (1979) − professor The Adventures of the Elektronic (1979, TV Mini−Series) − professor Gromov The Bodyguard (1979) − Nikolai Grigorievich The Youth of Peter the Great (1980) − Nektaryi At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980) − Nektaryi Teheran 43 (1981) − Hermolin Be My Husband (1981) − Holiday–maker, husband of the theatregoer