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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-05-22 (104 years old)

Place of Birth

Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

Nikolay Grinko

Biography:

Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko (Ukrainian: Микола Григорович Гринько; Russian: Николай Григорьевич Гринько) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor.

His film debut was in the role of a rebel in the film "Taras Shevchenko" by Igor Savchenko. He is best known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rubliov, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker, as well as Sergei Parajanov's "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors".

Known For

Acting

2007

Hamburg Dockland as Waldemar Rebel

1993

To Remember as archivefootage

1989

1988

1987

Ginger Fairy as Grandfather

1986

The Wedding Is Accused as Ivan Timofeevich

1985

About you as father
My Sister Lucy as Ilya Lyova
Unknown Soldier as дедушка «Кроша»

1984

The Unknown Soldier as Grandfather

1983

1982

Colonel Shaligin's Waiting as полковник Шалыгин

1981

Two Long Hoots in the Fog as Фёдор Петрович Калашников, капитан теплохода (озв. Александр Демьяненко)
The Youth of Peter as Nektaryi
Be My Husband as курортник
A Mystery Known to All as старший пират Толстяк
От Буга до Вислы as Коротченко
I'm Staying with You as Горелов
Teheran '43 as Ermolin - resident of the NKGB USSR

1980

Solo as Aleksandr Mihaylovich
One Day I Came Home as Stetsko (voice)
The Adventures of the Electronic as Профессор Громов

1979

Stalker as Professor
The Bodyguard as Nikolai Grigorievich
Подпольный обком действует as Demyan Sergeyevich Korotchenko

1978

1977

Такая она игра as Лавров Валерий — дирек. фут. клуба высшей лиги
The Liberation of Prague as General Bradley
Yuliya Vrevskaya as Savashevich
The Retired Colonel as Корней Корнеевич Полунин

1976

One-Two, Soldiers Were Going... as Полковник
Equilibrist as конюх Василий
Vesnukhin's Fantasies as Uncle Styopa, Militiaman
Afonya as дядя Егор

1975

Mirror as Printery Director
The Adventures of Buratino as Papa Carlo / Папа Карло
The Lost Expedition as Аркадий Николаевич Смелков (профессор)

1974

The Cities and the Years as Лепендин
Car, Violin and Blot the Dog as папа Олега, музыкант на контрабасе
Starling and Lyre as "Uncle Vanya"
Romance for Lovers as Vice-Admiral
Good luck! as Ivan Kuzmich
Under a Stone Sky as Старостин
Each Evening After Work as head teacher

1973

Romashkin Effect as Аристарх Иванович Занозов

1972

Solaris as Kelvin's Father
Night Motorcyclist as Boris Mikhaylovich Komarovskiy

1971

The Commissars as Arefiev
Black Sun as Jean Barthes
One of Us as Keller

1969

Dangerous Tour as Andrei Maksimovich / Viscount de Cordel
Subject for a Short Story as Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

1968

War and Peace as Desalles
One Chance in One Thousand as Denis Korneyevich Prokhorenko

1967

Buryan as Mironov, secretary of the Party Committee
Avdotya Pavlovna as Иван (директор школы)

1966

Andrei Rublev as Daniil Chornyy
We Are Russian People as Ivan Chortomlyk

1965

No Unknown Soldiers as Military physician

1964

1963

A Great Road Ahead as brigade commander

1962

Ivan's Childhood as Gryaznov
Funny Stories as дядя Боря

1961

Peace to Him Who Enters as американец

1956

Some Guy as рабочий Сарафанов