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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 27, 1940
Died
February 16, 2008
Place of Birth
Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR
Also Known As
- Boris Khmelnitskiy
- Борис Хмельницкий
- Boriss Hmeļņickis
Boris Khmelnitsky
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983). From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions. Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.
Known For
5.2
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
2009
0.0
Aleksandr Podzhio
One Love of My Soul
2007
0.0
Svyatoslav / Erik, King of Sweden
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004
0.5
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
7.0
Mozart in St. Petersburg
1997
0.0
The Career of Arturo Ui
1996
5.8
Religious Mercenary
Jonathan of the Bears
1995
🎬
8.0
Zagrava
The Hetman's Jewels
1993
1.0
Joe Alex
Murder at Sunshine-Manor
1992
0.0
Cocktail Mirage
1991
Credits
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
2009
5.2
One Love of My Soul
as Aleksandr Podzhio
2007
0.0
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
as Svyatoslav / Erik, King of Sweden
2004
0.0
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
0.5
Mozart in St. Petersburg
1997
7.0
The Career of Arturo Ui
1996
0.0
Jonathan of the Bears
as Religious Mercenary
1995
5.8
🎬
The Hetman's Jewels
as Zagrava
1993
8.0
Murder at Sunshine-Manor
as Joe Alex
1992
1.0
Cocktail Mirage
1991
0.0
The Caravan Of Death
as Mercenary leader
1991
4.0
The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard
as Roma
1990
2.5
Sultan Beybars
as Sultan Kutuz
1989
0.0
Beybars
as Sultan Kutuz
1989
0.0
Savraska
as Captain
1989
0.0
Comedy of Lysistrata
1989
3.4
Tragedy, Rock Style
as Dmitriy Ivanovich's Friend
1989
4.4
Etudes on Vrubel
as Semyon Gayduk
1989
0.0
Ten Days That Shook the World
1987
0.0
The Trial in Ershovka
1987
0.0
The Life and Immortality of Sergei Lazo
as Попов
1986
9.0
Interception
as хулиган
1986
4.2
In Search of Captain Grant
as captain Harry Grant
1985
7.7
The Black Arrow
as Lord Shoreby
1985
3.0
The Comic Lover, or The Amorous Adventures of Sir John Falstaff
as Виконт
1984
0.0
Password "Hotel Regina"
1984
0.0
A Person Changes Skin
as Павел Кристаллов
1982
7.0
The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe
as Robin Hood
1982
6.3
The Black Triangle
as Ритус
1981
8.5
At the Beginning of Glorious Days
as Кузьма Чермный, стрелец
1981
0.0
A Story of the Forest: Mavka
as Red (forest) Demon
1980
5.8
Antarctic Tale
1980
7.0
Savage Hunt of King Stakh
as Ales' Vorona
1979
5.1
A Certificate of Poverty
as Геннадий, "Крест"
1979
0.0
Hatred
1978
0.0
The Arrows of Robin Hood
as Robin Hood
1976
6.2
Defying Everybody
as Nikanor
1973
4.8
Peterss
1973
9.0
Sing a Song, Poet
as uncle
1973
3.7
Poems About the Beautiful Lady
1972
0.0
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
1971
7.0
The Retribution
1971
0.0
An Ordinary History
as Count Novinskiy
1970
4.3
The Red Tent
as Alfredo Viglieri
1969
6.0
Prince Igor
as Prince Igor
1969
2.0
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
as Petro
1968
6.8
Sofiya Perovskaya
as Nikolay Kibalchich
1968
8.0
Love Awaits Those Who Return
1968
5.8