Vladimir Tolokonnikov
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Template:Infobox person Vladimir Alexeyevich Tolokonnikov (Template:Lang-ru; born June 25, 1943, Almaty, Kazakh SSR, USSR) is a Soviet, Russian and Kazakh film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR. He was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship (May 5, 2009).[1]
Biography
Vladimir Tolokonnikov was born June 25, 1943. In 1973 he graduated from the acting department of Yaroslavl State Theatre Institute.
He has worked at the National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama in Almaty since graduating from drama school.[2]
Tolokonnikov became widely known after the film Heart of a Dog, directed by Vladimir Bortko and based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, which appeared in 1988 as a Sharikov.[3][4]
He played a starring role in director Pyotr Tochilin's Khottabych, embodying on the screen the image of an ancient genie faced with today's Internet culture. For the role Khottabych won Best Comedic Performance at the Russian MTV Movie Awards in 2007.[5]
Selected filmography
- 1981 - The last transition as Tolokonnikov[3]
- 1988 - Heart of a Dog as Polygraph Polygraphovich Sharikov[3]
- 1990 - Cloud-Paradise as Felomeev
- 2006 - Khottabych as Khottabych
- 2011 - Rasputin-New. Without cover as Grigory Rasputin
Recognition and Awards
- Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1990) for his role Polygraph Polygraphovich Sharikov in the film Heart of a Dog (1988)
- Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR
- Annual independent national award Club Patrons of Kazakhstan Platinum Tarlan in the category - Theater (2006)
- MTV Movie Awards in the category Best Comedic Performance for his role Khottabych (2007)
- Russian Order of Friendship (2009)
References
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