Valentin Gaft
- Acting
- September 2, 1935 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
- December 12, 2020
Biography
Valentin Yosifovich Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 to Ukrainian parents recently relocated to Moscow. Gaft entered the Moscow Theater School in 1953 at age 18 and made his film debut three years later in Mikhail Romm’s “Murder on Dante Street”. Over a half century of performing Valentine Gaft has been associated with the Mossovet and Leninsky Komsomol Theater troupes and the Sovremennik Theater which Gaft joined in 1969 and where he continues to work to this day. Gaft was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984 and has authored series of highly acidic epigrams satirizing members of the Russian film and theater communities. ----- Content From 12 Presskit http://www.sonyclassics.com/12/externalLoads/12_presskit.pdf -----
Known for
Filmography
- The Chosen Ones · Self
- The Scoundrel
- Четвертый
- 10 самых... · Self
- Milky Way
- Breaking The Vicious Circle
- The Story of an Old Woman
- Six Degrees of Celebration 3
- Iron Mountain · Preobrazhensky
- Fiery River
- Галина Волчек. Любовь и заблуждения · Self
- Wings · Byvaly (Voice)
- The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
- Morpekhi
- The Master and Margarita · Woland
- One Day of Zhora Vladimov
- Равняется одному Гафту · Self
- Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus · Pimen
- Сон Гафта, пересказанный Виктюком · Screenplay
- The Music of Life · Self
- The Book of Masters · Magic mirror
- New Adventures of Babka Ezhka
- 12 · juror #4
- The Husband, the Wife and the Lover
- Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later · политтехнолог Борис Глебович
- Мастер и Маргарита · Воланд
- Nine Unknowns · Viktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner
- The Master and Margarita · Caiaphas / Lavrentiy Beria
- Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night · Oleh Kostiantynovych
- On the Other Side of the Wolves
- Сыщик с плохим характером
- Watch Without Hands
- House for the Rich · Roman Rumyanov
- Tender Age · Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
- Old Hags · General
- Sky in Diamonds
- Sympathy Seeker · Magician
- The Career of Arturo Ui
- I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody
- Ночные забавы · Езепов
- I want to go to America
- Encore, Once More Encore! · Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · Джордж
- The Terrorist
- The Footballer
- Lost in Siberia · Beria
- Promised Heaven · President
- Night Fun · Езепов
- Mister Perrichon's Trip
- The Suicide · конферансье
- The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin · Beriya
- The Visit · Alfred III
- The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
- Expensive Pleasure
- Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
- Kings of Crime · Artur
- The Life of Klim Samgin · Trifonov
- Visiting the Minotaur · Иконников
- Visit to the Minotaur · Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- Forgotten Tune for the Flute · Odinkov
- The Magic Bells · The King (Voice)
- About the Cat...
- Time to Fly · Виктор Иванович, саксофонист, пассажир
- Year of a Calf · Valerian Sergeyevich
- My Dearly Beloved Detective · Inspector Lester
- Fouetté · Poet
- Through Main Street with an Orchestra · Kostya
- Run · Яков Борисович Левин, капитан
- Contract of the Century
- Eight Days of Hope · Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
- Monsieur Lenoir, Who... · Borescou
- Romeo and Juliet · Капулетти
- If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
- Magicians · Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
- Magicians · Сатанеев
- Customs · Владимир Николаевич Никитин
- Vertical Races · Алексей Дедушкин, «Батон», вор-рецидивист
- Saturday and Sunday
- The Dog in Boots · The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
- The Black Hen, or Living Underground · Deforge