| 1 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/220px-Oleg_Menchikov_Cannes_2010_6244.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:220:Меньшиков, Олег Евгеньевич]] |
| 3 | Oleg Yevgenyevich Menshikov (Russian: Оле́г Евге́ньевич Ме́ньшиков, born 8 November 1960 in Serpukhov, Russia) is a Soviet and Russian entertainer. He is a film and theatre actor, singer and director. He started his film career in the early 1980s playing in the comedy ''Pokrovsky Gates'' and in the Creator/NikitaMikhalkov film ''Kinfolk''. |
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| 5 | In 1993, Menshikov collaborated again with Mikhalkov in their most famous film, ''Film/BurntByTheSun''. Portraying a manipulative and suicidal NKVD agent during Stalin's Great Purge, Menshikov's performance brought him to the attention of a wide international audience. The film won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. |
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| 7 | Menshikov appeared in Régis Wargnier's 1999 film ''Film/EastWest'' with SandrineBonnaire and CatherineDeneuve. |
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| 9 | Menshikov played the hero of Mikhalkov's 1998 ''Film/TheBarberOfSiberia'', with Creator/JuliaOrmond playing his mistress. He appeared as Literature/ErastFandorin in the 2005 film ''The State Councilor''. He filled the role of Ostap Bender in the 2006 Russian mini-series based on ''Literature/TheLittleGoldenCalf''. |
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| 11 | He is comparable in range of roles to the Western actor Creator/ColinFirth. |
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| 13 | !Roles |
| 14 | * Kinfolk (Родня) (1981) |
| 15 | * Film/FlightsInDreamsAndInReality (Полёты во сне и наяву) (1982) |
| 16 | * Film/PokrovskyGates (Покровские ворота) (1982) |
| 17 | * Film/MyFavoriteClown (Мой любимый клоун) (1986) |
| 18 | * Moonzund (Моонзунд) (1987) |
| 19 | * Film/DyubaDyuba (Дюба-Дюба) (1993) |
| 20 | * Film/BurntByTheSun (Утомлённые солнцем) (1994) |
| 21 | * Film/PrisonerOfTheMountains (Кавказский пленник) (1996) |
| 22 | * Film/TheBarberOfSiberia (Сибирский цирюльник) (1998) |
| 23 | * Film/EastWest (Восток - Запад) (1999) |
| 24 | * Series/PrimeSuspect 6 (Главный подозреваемый 6: Последний свидетель) (2003, TV) |
| 25 | * Literature/TheStateCounsellor (Статский советник) (2005) |
| 26 | * ''Film/DoctorZhivago'' (Доктор Живаго) (2006) |
| 27 | * Film/BurntByTheSun 2 (2010) |
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