Valentin Gaft
Acting1935Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2018
The Chosen Ones
as himself
2016
2013
2011
The Master and Margarita
as Woland
2010
2009
The Book of Masters
as Magic mirror
The Music of Life
as Self (archive footage)
2007
12
as Juror #4
Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
as политтехнолог Борис Глебович
2005
The Master and Margarita
TVas Иосиф Каифа, человек во френче
2003
Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night
as Oleh Kostiantynovych
2000
Old Hags
as General
House for the Rich
as Roman Rumyanov
1999
1997
Sympathy Seeker
as Magician
1992
Encore, Once More Encore!
as Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
1991
1990
The Suicide
as конферансье
1989
The Visit
as Alfred III
1987
The Magic Bells
as The King (voice)
1986
Fouetté
as Poet
1983
Romeo and Juliet
as Капулетти
1981
The Black Hen, or Living Underground
as Deforge
Esop
as Agnostos
The Dog in Boots
as The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
1980
The Morning Round
as Alik
Three Years
as Ivan Yartsev
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
as Полковник Покровский
1979
Cabbages and Kings
as Frank Goodwin
The Centaurs
as Andres
The Garage
as Сидорин, председатель гаражного кооператива, ветврач
1975
1974
Moscow, My Love
as choreographer
Sergeev Seeking Sergeev
as Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
Lot
as Innokentiy Zhiltsov
Tanya
as German
1972
1971
Allow Take-Off!
as Viktor Azancheyev
The Amazing Boy
as Doctor Kapa
1970
1968
The First Courier
as Nikolay Fon Getsberg
1966
We, The Russian People
as Boer
1962
1960
Normandy - Neman
as Mille
Russian Souvenir
as Claude Gerald
1956
Murder on Dante Street
as Marsel Ruzhe