Nikolay Cherkasov

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The preeminent Russian actor, at least in Western eyes, of the first half of the twentieth century. He became interested in the theatre as a teenager and joined the Teatr Mariinskij as a stagehand in 1918. He apprenticed with various traveling companies and therein learned ballet, pantomime, and acrobatics. He studied at the St. Petersburg (... See full bio »

Born:

July 27, 1903 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Died:

September 14, 1966 (age 63) in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

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Known For

Alexander Nevsky Aleksandr Nevsky

(1938)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I Czar Ivan IV

(1944)

Baltic Deputy Professor Dmitri Illarionovich Polezhayev

(1937)

Mussorgsky Stasov, the critic

(1950)

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Filmography

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Actor (46 credits)

1988 Ivan the Terrible, Part III (Short)
Czar Ivan IV (uncredited)

1965 Tretya molodost
Gedeonov

1963 Vsyo ostayotsya lyudyam
Scientist Fedor Dronov

1958 Ivan the Terrible, Part II
Czar Ivan IV

1957 Don Kikhot
Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano (as N. Cherkasov)

1955 They Knew Mayakovsky
Mayakovsky

1953 Rimskiy-Korsakov
Stasov (as N. Cherkasov)

1950 Mussorgsky
Stasov, the critic

1949 The Victors and the Vanquished
Franklin D. Roosevelt

1949 Schastlivogo plavaniya
kapitan Levashov (as N. Cherkasov)

1949 Stalingradskaya bitva I
President Franklin D. Roosevelt

1949 Aleksandr Popov
Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov

1949 Ivan Pavlov
Maxim Gorky

1947 Pirogov
Lyadov (as N. Cherkasov)

1947 Novyy dom
Academician Kostousov (as N. Cherkasov)

1947 Spring
Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov

1947 In the Name of Life
Lukich, the attendant

1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Czar Ivan IV

1943 Shestdesyat dney

1942 Yego zovut Sukhe-Bator
Baron Ungern

1942 Fortress on the Volga
Peasant (uncredited)

1940 Kontsert na ekrane

1939 Lenin in 1918
Maksim Gorky

1939 Friends
Beta, an Ossetian

1938 Conquest of Peter the Great
Prince Alexei

1938 Alexander Nevsky
Aleksandr Nevsky (as N. Cherkasov)

1938 Ostrov sokrovishch
Billy Bones (as N. Cherkasov)

1937 Ski Battalion
Commander-in-Chief

1937 Peter the First
Prince Alexei

1937 Baltic Deputy
Professor Dmitri Illarionovich Polezhayev

1936 Capt. Grant's Family
Jacques Paganel

1936 Three Women

1935 Granitsa

1935 Zhenitba Zhana Knukke
Captain Hans Pfal

1935 Red Army Days
Kolka Loshak

1935 Happiness

1934 Kto tvoy drug

1934 Lyublyu li tebya?

1934 Naslednyy prints respubliki
Waitor

1932 Shame

1930 Vsadniki vetra

1929 Rodnoy brat

1929 Luna sleva
Kalugin

1928 Moy syn
Pat

1928 Seeds of Freedom
Tall Clown

1927 Poet i tsar
Charles, the barber

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Director (2 credits)

2011 Zolushka (TV Movie)

2010 Gore ot uma (creative director)

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Thanks (1 credit)

2009 Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory (Short) (grateful acknowledgment) / (in memory of)

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Self (1 credit)

1957 Reflets de Cannes (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode dated 6 May 1957 (1957) ... Himself

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Archive footage (4 credits)

2009 Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory (Short)
Himself

2004 Bozhestvennaya Glikeriya (Documentary)

1998 Iskrenne vash, Georgiy Vitsin... (TV Movie documentary)

1943 The Battle of Russia (Documentary)
Alexander Nevsky

Personal Details

Other Works:

Book: "Zapiski sovetskogo aktera" ("Notes of a Soviet Actor"), Moscow 1951.

Publicity Listings:

3 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Alternate Names:

N. Cherkasov | Nikolai Tscherkassow

Height:

6' 6" (1.98 m)

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Trivia:

He was Luchino Visconti's choice for the lead role in "The Leopard" (1963). The producers were concerned about his age and health, and had wanted to cast a name American actor. Also, Cherkasov reportedly turned down the role. The role was eventually filled by American actor Burt Lancaster.