Oleg Yankovsky

Oleg Yankovsky was a major Soviet and Russian actor whose career spanned theater and film. He was especially known internationally for his performances in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Mirror and Nostalghia, while his work at Moscow’s Lenkom Theatre established him as an influential stage actor. His other notable films included The Very Same Munchhausen, Dream Flights, and The Assassin of the Tsar; in 1991, he became one of the last recipients of the title People’s Artist of the Soviet Union.