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Valentin Gaft is a Actor Russe born on 2 september 1935 at Moscow (Russie)

Valentin Gaft

Valentin Gaft
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Birth name Valentin Yosifovich Gaft
Nationality Russie
Birth 2 september 1935 at Moscow (Russie)
Death 12 december 2020 (at 85 years)

Valentin Yosifovich Gaft (Russian: Валенти́н Ио́сифович Гафт; born 2 September 1935 in Moscow) is a Russian and Soviet actor, People's Artist of Russia (1984).

Biography

Valentin Gaft was born in Moscow to a family of a lawyer Iosif Romanovich Gaft (1907–1969) and Gita Davydovna Gaft (1908–1993). The family moved to Moscow from Poltava, Ukraine. During the World War II Iosif Gaft served in the Red Army finishing with the rank of Major.

Valentin Gaft graduated from the School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theatre (1953–1957). Among the students of the same course were future popular actors Oleg Tabakov and Maya Menglet. Gaft started his work for the cinema in 1956 in the Mikhail Romm's film Murder on Dante Street.

After graduating Gaft worked for a number of theaters including the Mossovet Theater, Leninski Komsomol Theatre (under famous director Anatoly Efros), Theater of Satire. In 1969 he started to work for the Sovremennik Theatre and works there to the present time.

Today Gaft is one of the most popular Russian actors both as a stage and as a movie actors. He also the author of poisonous but extremely popular epigrams against many theatrical and movie figures. Gaft is married to Olga Ostroumova, a popular actress.

Best films

12 (2007)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Valentin Gaft (18 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2012WingsActorByvaly (Voice)
2010Burnt by the Sun 2: ExodusActorWise prisoner
2009LeningradActor
200712ActorJuror #4
2000Old HagsActorGeneral
1994The Master and MargaritaActorWoland
1992Encore, Once More Encore!ActorFyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
1991Lost in SiberiaActorBeria
1991Promised HeavenActorPresident
1987Forgotten Tune for the FluteActorOdinokov
1987Visiting the MinotaurActorИконников
1982MagiciansActorApollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
1981The Dog In BootsActorThe Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
1979The GarageActorSidorin
1975Hello, I'm Your Aunt!ActorBrasset, Lackey
1975For Whole Remaining LifeActor
1973Seventeen Moments of SpringActorGewernitz
1960Normandy - NemanActorMille